Show GOAL COAL MINING RECORD I ILess Less Time Lost Through Labor I Disaffections in 1 1905 Than Ever Before Aug 2 h hav t been th years In the coa 1 g h s stor s- s tor tory of or the thc United States when There was less les time lost through labor disaffections dis- dis affections than during 1905 1005 says E. E W. W Parker statistician of the United States Slates geological survey In a forthcoming forthcoming forthcoming forth forth- coming report on tho the production of or coal in 1905 The he m most st serious trouble exper- exper lencel last year was In Illinois and was vas the result o of the enactment of what is known as the shot fix shot shot-fre law Jaw The he number of men on strike sti-ike in iii IllInois Ill Ill- 11 nois during the year was 15 or em 4 G per cent of the total number of at inca nen mel In bituminous mines Idle on account account account ac ac- ac- ac count of or strikes These men were ere idle an avera average e of 21 days lays the thc total otal number of working days lost by them hem amounting to or 42 per percent percent percent cent of the thc entire entre time lost by strikes in n all al the bituminous mines of tho the countr country Outside of Illinois the principal losses loses of oC time by by reason leason of strikes were In Pennsylvania where whore GSG men nen w wore Cre re idl idle an nn aver average c of or 33 days dars In iii n Ohio where men lost an aim average av- av rago o of 10 Hi days das in Kentucky Kentuck where 93 men lost host an average averse o of 68 days In iii n Montana where at one mine mino men were on omi strike for tor ISO days das and anti andIn In n Alabama where the strike Inaugurated inaugurated ur- ur In 1904 is still sUI In effect In n Iowa and I Kansas there were comparatively com corn lar large e numbers of men on strike but the time lost in each of or the states tales was insignificant |