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Show RULINGS OF PRESIDENT VOID LEVER ACT, HE INSISTS M CHARLES EVANS HUGHES DE-j DE-j TENQ3 MINE WORKERS. H Motion Made to Quash Indictments H Against Numerous Lsadcrs Cited H Into Federal Court Deaths From H Accidents In Colorado Collieries H Last Year Total Thrco Thousand. B IN'DIAN'Al'OI.lS, In.!., May & H Huh inmm!pHleil li.v l'reiident Wil- H win HMitt llie Uvtr art imperative in H the fHrl industry. Charles Kvmw H Hugh declared in the lnilcd Klntra H district eonrt here today. HucIm. H wh is etinc m wIh1 nititiM-l for H mmWm if the t'nilwl Mine Work- H em of Awwrlea, chnrxetl with con- n jrv lo violate the Jrtr hp(, enn- nui Mm arsmmenl in mitort or b H Htotimi filed elrih.v lo iHBIi the H Imlielttwtit iqcHinit Iim client. Mine tttitr hIm rr under indictment on H the mm clmrjt. The nreaident tiro- H iHHkruteil rule under the providon H of See. 'Jn of Ihe Iver net in regul.t- H ti'M of lite fuel industry which mip- H erwded Ihe jceneml proxiMom til Die H law. Unfile declared. Willi the nnmilptim of thec fl regulation the. president IihiU cum- H ptote pwwiwaion of the fuel industry and ihi jury' eM define whnt might H lie rntennnhle or uurenwinnhle in H raieot to the poiiduet of the Indus- try. In muhiiiIiis; hi final argument, H Hughe (totaled out that count of 1 the Indictment drawn under See. ! of H the Irer Met nn unamended could mil B rtHd heenttte See. provided no H iwiialty. lie further Mid count drawn H ' umlw the mtiwided See. 4 could not HH at ml Ihthu the amended ewtion Rj wim elMM Isolation and therefore -H HtMiHwtitutioml. . See. I) of the net, H he Hinlel out, Imd leeii rietiled H OcHolwrf ti, HUP, nnd therefor wa M not opurotive after tlml dale to aua- H tain tne counts drawn under it. An attorney, representing Ihe gtv- H ornmetit. held tlml Ihe president' H ralen did mrt MipenHsIe. (he general B pwvinltHiH of the lever Net. Ah to H ii)nm leni)Hliii, he deelrel, tlwre B wm mi eonntiliitiouHl iuliihitioii H Hgnhwl the jNMH(e of clmut lef(idN- Mom in Se. n of Ihe eoiiililution Mit it H rehttwl "to due proeeM of Ihw." M REPORT IS MADE ON THE M COST THE COUNTRY OVER H TIm federal trade eomiHimdoii, hetciu- B i nine with .iHiumry, lin reunnl wd- J lediluH of monthly eiMt reMirtH of hi- J tMwIiHrtw etwil oH)ratorn, Hetsinlliw to J ltM4n XewM lliirwtu. Thin i in line J ' witk th Mliev folloHetl hy the fuel J mUoiniMratioii from AiitftHt, 11)17. to J I)enUr, HUH, hut nendetl Ul J ymr. Of eiyhleen hiindre! mid fifty- J hIiki opralim who iiMile return for J jHUuary in ix competitive field cov- J triug In wtuutry, wlne toUl ouloul J nmtwnlwl to aft(WHtSI ton rr llmt J itMHith, return lHiwe.l Mverake Mile ) nwliiMlioii or 417-1 h lm Kint J ekinml etMla hi miiih of W.W, Ichv- J Iik Hvenwe lUHnHu of forty-tto eent j h ton. Till eoHiiMretl with return J of twenty-four hmidre! mid eiKhty- j thne uterntont in HUH for the entire ymr, with production of lt)0AK)(l,:il'J j t4HW ( HVerane or ll.llllfj iiwmth- H ly) with renlijwtion on hhIw of L0fi m n lou Hiid eot per ton f o. Ii. nt inine H of 4'i.tU, Itwviinr uuirKin of nlxiy-mii' B ctmU. CiMt (MiniHitml i not intend- H cd to ineludu nelliiiK exHnM, inter. H tt on inventuutut, including horrow- H etl KHpitHl, nlloMHiire for ineoiue nnd K uxow4 profit inm nnd profit on in- vitetnMiit. It tke In Nvtunl jiroduo- tion exene of iHhor, mipplie mid H KMittral ttXHtne. H To Mrrive Ht compiriin of ineren- H d mmI, figure or ideiiticHl ojierator H hHve Ihwu eontpMreil for entire er B 1UIS Mud firt iimiith of thi )er. B TIhm oHtratoni uiiiiHl 'HtWiiJA' H tHM (hh HVenwe of 21,111570 iiMiuth- 1 ly) in 1018 Mild ao,IM1.2tt7 m JMnimry, B ll30. IttMlixNtiou on Mle wr tmi for 1U1S whm .tKI HMnt(e nnd f. o. 1 1. ml He WNti &2.IKI, Ihhmuk filly-veu B eent margin, hIIhwiih; hii exeww of V 1U18 cIhIiiiwI eot over icwmmI cotir of H oiglit cent per ton. Thi itmimr B with 2.78 iMltNi reHlnwtiou for .Ihu- B imry of thi ytwtr, mine it of $2.31 H h tun nnd nmrtriu of forty-four tent B h Ion. Thi wh un iuereaH) of Jnii- 1 imry, 1U20, clnimiMl eot or JU10 MMrf of twenty-three cent n lou or 11 B Tho cMUMt ura rHMmnililo for thi H ' RVtmHfe inurtMM of 11 ner rent u tun V ovur 1018 tntnl f. o. It. mine cotl. , Unit, the hiis'liur who mwId j)tit into 1 uffeet in Xoemhur. 101U, n ruult of fuel HilminiitrHtor reeouunvndutiun 1 of M Mr cunt jtiertHN (hIuhIi i H uhout Imlf tlin total of 27 pur cent re- H cttntly rwMiminuiidfMl hy hituminuu H (mihI miniiii)ii), uud, secondly, the H biihiII deeretue muiithly output for H GEOPHONE OOMINO INTO H USE IN THE COAL MINES H The veophone in mi iimtnnnunt in- H vunlod by the Frenvli (luring the wnr BVVJ to dotcet, through tho uorth, thu sttp- H plug nnd undcrvrouml minium opera- H linns of tht) enemy. It then attnietwl H Unit od btnti ungiutiunt uud mure B recently hus hotin 1'urtliar imnrovud H bv tliiu of the United Stutwi Inireuu H yT wltt, nnd its nu in ugnuvatiun H with i)ul gamut m heu dtvolon-BBBM dtvolon-BBBM BBBV BBBR' BBBKr BBBhI' ed. The inMrumeiit, thoueh Kinnll, is rswntmlly n seisnuijtnipli since it works on tho shine ptiu,eiple ft tho Mtidprons npwratUA hy which enrth-iiunke enrth-iiunke tremors nrc recorded. It con-aiU con-aiU of mi iron riiiff nlnnit three nnd A Imlf inches in dintneter, within tho center of which is suspended a, lead weight t lint is fniMeycd hy n single bolt through two metnl dlsen (pure nickel discs 0.025 Inch thick nrc used), one of which covers the top nnd the other the bottom of Ihe ring. There are two brass enp pieces, the top one having mi opening in the center to which is fastened n rubber tulni lending lo n stcthcscople cor piece. These cop pieces nrc fastened wll'i holt lo the iron ring nnd servo also lo bold tho metnl disc In piece. It is of grenl value for rescue work in mines. It frequently happens Hint nftcr n disnstcr men Imrricnde tl,nm-sulves tl,nm-sulves in some tHirtion of Ihe property where the nir is Mill good nnd nwnit rescue jmrtios. In such n ense, if they keep up u continuous Niunding, it mny easily he xiblo to locale them hv menus or the geojihone. Otherwise ft is Mlllc that Ihe ncue imrty may come near them without discovering their place of refuge. The Mine is true of metnl mines, where men mny be impriMHietl behind falls or even he Imrricnded in some tortl(in of the mine lo which they Imve ret rc toil in order to protect themselves from the fumes of n fire. The gcophone tine hIso been proved of value for rough survey work in hoth coal nnd metnl mines, for purtioses of checking mi1-lions mi1-lions of headings, wiuites or raises, being driven, sunk or raised lo make n connection. It is pcrlins of more value under (he conditions usually prevailing in metnl mines, since direction direc-tion is more easily determined through rock than through coal. It is easily seen that gcnphomM nrc of value when Ihe heading of tunnels tun-nels difficult lo survey are coining together. Direction dcliirtniiifttloii should be made front each tunnel, nnd if the results are consistent the or-ator or-ator can be sure of his data. Th rv suit may not agree if the strata between be-tween Ihe two tunnel hesds are mtt homogeneous, and or course in this ease, little reliance chii be plseed llMin them. NINETY-ONE COAL MINER3 KILLED DURINO THE YEAR An cu'ii ninety -one ohiI miners lost their lies tin Colorado during the year 1010, Hceonling to the annual re-Mirt re-Mirt of .lauie I)Mlriiile, state coal mine inHK'lor, just made HibIio. Of Ihi number eighly-niue were killed underground and two on the Mir face. Koeklalls, fall of coal, eleelroeution and exidosion of mt were the chief causes of fatal accident. Thirty-one men were killed by git explosion; thirteen in the Kuuiiru mine in I.H Animas county, nnd eighteen In the Oakdnlo mine in ltoiitt county. Of Ihe ninety-one deathH thirty went found to be unavoidable, ten were enused Jiy eareleiwne of the wen killed Mini in the cm of thirty the blame wa put on the empoei. AlliNjfetlier (I12,7IMI men were em- ployed in Mild about the luine of the lHte during the Near. The total nail production for the enr i giveti as 111,-llKlAIS ton. Of thi pnaluetioii . 2,lnfl,2W Ion were hipted out of Ihe . stale, 1,217118 lou were turned into , cuke in the five hundred and eighteen , oven which were in ojierHtion in the , state during the ear. The mine IheiHitelve ud 2410.070 in all ton ' for steam uud heal. j The miner worked on an average of 221.1 day during the year nnd the ' average production ier miner for the " )ear wa IftSUJi Ion. PLANS TO CONSOLIDATE ILLINOIS COAL INTERESTS . St. I.0U1S, 7i.7Mny8.-:ort to eoiiMiIiilatu under i ndiente owiur-sbip owiur-sbip about forty eon I mining com iwultst in Southern Illinoi i being ' made by New York interests, accord ' ing to UmU J. NiiNilaus, vicu prest- ' dent of the Stifel-Xieoluu Invest- ' iiuuit ooiiimny here, which i promot ing Ihe huge project. The comaimi'4 ' oiwrate alaiut heveuty coal mine uud . NicdHiN Mild option already had , been obtained on close lo thirtv ol them. The ontioii oner about At) , Iter cent of the total output of the mine involved. Iletwcen ftl.OOO.OIIO uud 1(),00(),0I)0 of iswl mine uru involved in-volved In the deal. The total dully production reprtweut between 00,-000 00,-000 and 75,000 ton. The merger U exeelwl to slabiliM the priie or coal throiigboiit the yeur h a to kiep production uniform uud affnld steudy employment for the miner. AROUND THE LOCAL CAMPS; PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE , Frederick 0. Cottrell of California linn been nominated by President Wil-Mm Wil-Mm to he director of the bureuu of mino, hiieceeiling Villi If. Mmming, rufcigncd. Jiuues A. StulliiiL', Kindle 0, Jen-Min Jen-Min and ChnrltM T. Wurluy, nil of Suit Luke City, ure tanking iipplicutiuu to purchiuu exml hinds up in Spring Canyon. Can-yon. Work hntt aturted ut Ilinwuthn on about forty new dwelling of modern coiiHtnwtiou for employe. Several are to be built nt Mohrlnnd ulso fur United Stutu Fuel oompuny, Suit for an injunction rtwt mining b'ovemment official from eoinpellinu their iippwiruneo in tho United Stutu (list riot court at IiullniiapolU, luil., to auswor indietmeuta olinrviiit; violation viola-tion of the Lover food una fuel control con-trol nut, huvo been filed in federal egurt at St, Louis, Mo., by three mine (Continued On Tase Ulclit.) i RULINGS OF PRESIDENr VOID LEVER ACT, HE I j INSISTS ffnnrimietl Tfrom Pag six) ( ' operator under imlirtinent ns a re : milt of the recent miners' strike. 1 Nlieriff Willmms of lmvn nnil.nth em are opening up a conl voln nt lied ; Narrow over in SMinish Fork Canyon nbotit ix miles nisi of Thistle. It m i cflgily renehed from the Denver nml I Itio flrnnde mnin line. ! Cnrlton county minoi lnyc worked little better tlmn hnlftitne the in.it ; week or ten days becmno of the rnil-; rnil-; roml enr shortngc. There .nre more orders nhend for conl nt this timo of ! tho yenr tlmn ever before. Utnh Fuel company mines rorkcrt about half timo last week and nbout : the same this week. There sire oil kinds of orders nhend for conl, nut 1 senreity of rnilrond cars. Tho Mine is truo of all the other properties in the Carbon fields. K. M. Fuller, in charge of construction construc-tion work for tho Mutunl people up in Spring Canyon, has been on the ; ground since tho going of the snow the Inst few dnys and promises to ndd another shiiiper to the list of Carbon ; producers during the summer. ' fleorgo H. Dem of Snlt Lake Citv has telegraphed Senator William li. King declining tho office of assistant ; director of tho bureau of mines. The plncc wns offered him several davs ago because of his enperinl fitness and becnusti of the importnnoo of the HHlitilUI. Irwin Wimlier, who recently lost a leg under n mine car whilo working for the Spring Canyon Conl compnn, has been nwnnled eomjienwitloii for the injury and nlso for the jieriod of total disability, In ncconlancc with previous decisions of the state Indus trial pommiMiou in 'similar one. According to 0. K. JJicridgo of lilawntlin, the Hlnck Iln'wk coal mine Is putting out from two to three thou Mind tons of conl n day, while tho Ilia wnthn and Mohrland arc putting out fifteen to sixteen hundred tons, hjm Sunday's Snlt Itku Ilcrnld. Then-miiiM Then-miiiM are owned by the United Stntcs Fuel roinpnny. Ilcvuridgo is registered register-ed nt the Wilson. Andrew Wwttciukow, while in the eniiloy of the Liberty Fuel company, recently met with mi nrcident by which he lout by nmuptntion his left forearm and five toe of the left foot. Ilo npiilied to the state industrial commislon for rouiieustiiiii, and has jiut been nwnrded sixteen dollars per week to coiiitiienro on April 1, l2o, to continue so long as total disability may lust. In addition, sixteen dollars dol-lars per week for n hundred and sixty weeks for the low of his left forearm and seventy-eight weeks for the m of the toes wns ordered, the Liberty Fuel company to make the myumnt and to meet medienl ami lnHtpltnl efll-pense efll-pense incurred, . |