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Show STILL ANOTHER CARBON PROPERTY 18 SOON TOSHIP AOREAOE AND VEINS LARGE AND PRODUCT GOOD. Most of tho Money For Development Said to Bo Raised and the Balance But Matter of Very Short Time Peter BarbogUo of Prlco Interested In Townslto and tho Mines. Tho Utah 1'uel and Iron compnny, incorporated in Nevada, is planning operation in this state which will re-stilt re-stilt in tho near ftituru in nu output of n thousand tons of coal daily, it is set forth in statements made before-tlit) before-tlit) state secuntied commiMion. The initial work is already dono and tho output only await tho conntruction of n tlnple and n short stretch of railroad. rail-road. Tho holdings of the concern lie inoMly in Carbon and Kinory conn-tios. conn-tios. They consist of n tow mile of eighty acres, with water rights upon which wilt bo onslructod the main huililiiijrs of tho company. In addition the holdings consist of forty-fivo hundred hun-dred and sixty acre of patented coal land. A vein some twenty feet thick and said to ho without Beams, runs through tho entire property, tho report re-port claims. Holdings of the Utah Fuel and Iron nro south of Sunn side some eight or ten miles in I Torso Cnnjon. Construction Construc-tion of n branch railroad from cast of Mounds on tho Denver and ltio (Iraudo and n tipple is to begin immediately. im-mediately. Tho state securities commission com-mission last Saturday granted tho company tho right to sell $260,000 of tho stook in Utah. In addition to tho stock sold in this slate, it is said, about seven hundred thousand worth has bicn bargained for up in Oregon. Tho company has mining properties in Nevada and Oregon as well. Officers of tho company an D, 1'. Dense! of Halt Lako City, president; I'ctor Itarlniglio of Price, vice president, presi-dent, and J. I). Qulnn of Salt l.ako City, secretary and treasurer. STRIKE LAW 18 UPHELD; LEADERS TO STAND TRIAL GUI:i:LI:Y, Colo , Oct. 10.-In ono of tho most important decisions ever handed down in n district court of Colorado, Judgo George H. llrailficld of (1 ret ley, lata yesterday dcniid a motion to quash tho criminal informations infor-mations against George O. Johnson, former president of District No. If), United Mine Workers of America, and Oliver Duller and ltobert Lucoek. two miners' of ficials at Frederick ami Puritan, charging them with violating tho ttato industrial law by calling n htriko on November 18th of coal minors, min-ors, .ludgo llrailficld held that tho statu industrial law which, among other things makes it compulsory to Kivtt thirty days' notice in Colorado before n labor strike can be called, whh violated. .Itiibit) IlrNilfield held that laith the state industrial eommisftiou and tho district court had ample jurisdiction in tho premise and ruled that tho i ailing of the striku was inimical to pillilie interest in that it involved tho general Hunpeusinu of coat mining nt h time when fuel was ono of the iieteaaariea of life. Had the strike been called at merel) one mine, tho court olmuAcil, the interests of the public would not have been seriously jeoiardixed because mieary fuel (Otild have been obtained elsewhere and in which ease his ruling might have been different. Counsel for the minora held that neither the district court or the stato ludtMtrial eommisaton had jurisdiction jurisdic-tion in the premises. On Novemhei 10th, the day following the strike, tho industrial commisMm took jurisdiction jurisdic-tion aud ordered the union official to withdraw, cancel and rescind the strike order, 'this order was disobeyed, dis-obeyed, lolloping which criminal information in-formation were filed against the minors' leaders. The detendanta were arrested and released on bond. SLIGHT INCREASE SHOWN IN PRODUCTION OF COAL WASHINGTON, D. C, Oor, IS. Hituiuiunus coul production bus reut lied li-ed tho 12, 000,000 ton wekl total which tho National Coal Herniation mently declared was nwessurv to insure in-sure against any shortage ot the winter win-ter suppl 'Ihu geologiclal aiuviw aiinoiiiKOH that tho output during the week ended Octobor 0th was 12,075,-000 12,075,-000 tons, an increase of 700,000 tons over the production tho week before Total productions of anthracite lor tho wiek ended Octobor Oth was estimated esti-mated at 1,817,000 net tons, ns compared com-pared with 1,801,000 tons for tho preceding pre-ceding week. Tho shipments wens re-ixirted re-ixirted to have heon tho largest since July. A total of 1,283,000 tons of bituminous bi-tuminous coal was dumped nt tide-wutor tide-wutor piers for tho week ended October Octo-ber 10th. Exports wcro 015,000 tons, a slight dtcnusc, but theio vvus an increase in tho tonnage for bunker and othor account. Miners Strike Looms. WASHINGTON. D. C, Oot. 10. Workers in tho big government toal mi new of Alaska havo threatened to cull n stnko unloss tho government meets their demands for a wugo increase in-crease of $1 50 a day. Demands of tho miuers were reported to tho interior I department today by the chairman of tho Alaska railroad commission who said the workers domanded an answer by November 7th Tho chairman added ad-ded that similar demand probably would be made by other clawes of labor la-bor on the government railroad project pro-ject if those of the miners wero met Sccretar 1'ajne today had not acted on tho chairman's request thnt n wage board be sent to Alaska to adjust ad-just the demands The department of labor has recommended tlint the increase in-crease be granted, but has offered as an alternative to send n conciliator to Alaska. NEW ENGINEER OF MINES RESCUE OAR IS ASSIGNED G. C. McKlroy has been assigned as engineer in charge of United States Hurcau of Mine ltencilo Car No. 11, succeeding It. V. Agcton, who went to a simllor position in Michigan aoino two months ago. McElroj has for the iast several months been conducting mino ventilation investigations in Anona, whore tho work was being done in co-operation with tho United States public health service. Recently tho health sen ice withdrew with-drew jwrt of its financial support to the investigation, and McKlroy was assigned to the ost with the bureau of mines car, but wilt continue tho investigation! in-vestigation! as a part of his duties here. Ho will spend n jKirtion of his tlmo in closo touch with the office of Carl A. Allen, district engineer for tho bureau, as well as stato inspector of mines in Utah. McKlroy has taken up his new duties. du-ties. The car is at Sunnysidc, where it had gone to be of what assistnnco it might in tho ocning up ot Sunny-sldo Sunny-sldo Mino No. 2 recently scaled tip on account of fire. Allen is with the cnr nt present. PEONAGE OHAROED TO THE COAL OPERATORS IN SOUTH INDIANAPOLIS, Inil , Oct. 10 The federal government will bo asked b tho United Mine Workers to ascertain ascer-tain whether peonage exists in the Alabama coal fields where miners nro on strike. The initio workers' journal in a ptibllslad article vestorday says many Alabama mines are surrounded with high fences or guardhouses or both with armed men to prevent any ono entering or leaving without permission. per-mission. It further charges that tho Tennessco Coal, Iron and ltailroad company, a United States Steel cor-(Miration cor-(Miration subsidiary, has issued many ''blacklist" letters in Alabama. Tho journal declares (ho majority of tho men "blaeklistcd" cither had joined or had sought to have others join the union. Prices Coming Down. NKW YOltIC, Oct. KJ.-1'redlollon that the recent dcoliuo in tho pnee of bituminous coal is to be followed by a "much more decided drop within a short time," was mndo tonight b Charles S. Allen, secretary of the Wholesale Coal Trade association of New York. Allen said his statement was "hated on a consensus of opinion of tho numbers of that association, "which, he added, was due to the action ac-tion this week of Attorney General Palmer in calling ujMin the coal operators oper-ators to take atoM "to reduce prum and eliminate pnifiteeniw Northern West Viriginta coal operator oper-ator at a meeting here this week adopted reaolutions which reduced the price of eoal ut the mines there not nlread.v under contrail at low figures, from fourteen to six dollars. Attorney General Palmer, according to Allmi, naked the National Coal association as-sociation to take similar action, and tho association had teferrcd the resolution reso-lution to its federal relation committee, com-mittee, and they will prolmlil.s "wain become a icullty." Company Incorporates. 1M10VO, Oil. 1 1. Articles of In-corporation In-corporation were filed tatrila for the Utah County Coal ooiiiHn,v. 'lhe officers are J. T. Williams, president; Charles M. Croft of Morgan, the first vite nresiiluit; John C. Hluthraii of Thistle, second vice president ; Frank Itaimw, secretary, and John C. Car-dassls Car-dassls of Salt Lake Cit, Niik Turn-hums Turn-hums and Peter Trinnas of Thistle complete the board. Tim eoni(iij is iuooiHrated for a million shar'ea at a par value of but ten cents each. The company owns twentj-five hundred ncie of land in Spanish Fork Can-j Can-j on. Appropriation For Utah. WASHINGTON, D C, Oot. 10 The bureau of mines has allotted oven $27,000 for co-operative oxiwrimental work ut various institutions in Utah which aro delving into problems of metal und coal mining, and has ulloted $7500 to tho Idaho bureau of miiuM and geology, 'those sums must bo matched by stato contributions Of the Utah allotments, $10,000 is for tho Univonsity of Utah and Oslioru Mou-uett, Mou-uett, $12,000 goes into another fund for tho University of Utnli and $-1500 to tho industrial commissiui of Utah AROUND THE LOCAL CAMPS; PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE Com i selling in several Iown cities at twenty dollars a ton. In tho smaller small-er plaeoa com may be burned for tttel tho coming winter. Wost Virginia's burcnu of mines, which is credited by exports with tho host equipment in tho country for rescuing entombed miners, litis just added to its outfit for that work threo now pieces of apparatus n geophouo, board that tho genoral land offico holds that tho stato's titlo did not attach at-tach to lauds within a federal oil ro- a earlxHi monoxide detntor and ul a hrusa ineased thermoineter HiMirt from Stotkholm alio that Sweden is able to fate the Ilritiah coal alrike composedlv, latanae her winter fuel consumption ia provided foi Throughout tho whole ot Scandinavia, Scan-dinavia, in faet, there are sufficient Mock to last for three month Ulerl Fuel eomany upatLatuda ha nliout completed Ita new tunnel that is costing around sixt thousand dollar and opens up a new vein of of coal fourteen feet in thiikuess Other went improvements are an office of-fice building of two stories and totting tott-ing $25,000. Alleged limitations "which literally literal-ly cut tho heart out of the case" phued upon him by Attorney General Gen-eral Palmer in tho proseeution of the government's case against coal operator oper-ator and miners officials aeeused of conspiracy caused Don W Sinims to resign ns a special assistant United Stales district attorney in Indiana Simms aided in tho prosecution of the contempt and injunction proceedings against tho minora several month ago and was to lmo pushed th conspiracy con-spiracy ease in tho United Stntes district dis-trict court at Indianapolis, Ind , u xt month Aftor receiving information that his resignation had been aicupt-ed aicupt-ed Simiiis Hindu public a letter from tho attorney general stating thnt "this is to remind jou that the impending im-pending case against tho minora is to im based uion nota occurring subsequent subse-quent to tho injunction and contempt (Continued on Page Bight) STILL ANOTHER CARBON PROPERTY 18 SOON TOSHIP (Concluded From Pago Thre proceedings and in not lo lie based uiwn the facts whioh lel lo the proceedings." pro-ceedings." It. M. Mngravv is bnek nt Hiawathn from n recent husinom trip over in Colorado. Mutual Coal poiniHiny oxpcols to be sliippiiMr out of Spring Cnnjon in about fl( weeks. A mile mid a half of railroad track remains to be laid. Tour hundred laborers and minors wero killed in n coal mino explosion in the Olii LI provinco of China on Thursday of Inst week. Smoke caused most of the denths. Aftor deliberating ninny weeks, the state public utilitiM eommlMion bns rendered n decision Krantlng advanced advanc-ed rates Hint will ndd approximately n million dollars nnnunlly to the revenue of the Utah Power and Light company. Tho decision caino as the result of an investigation by the commission com-mission of about fifty of tho largest lovv erasers, who were buying their elect no energy on spccinl contract on n wholesale basis. Several Carbon county coal properties nro hit hard. They may put in their own plants. Tho Intcnnountnin Development compnn proiwscs to issuo in Utah $1,000,000 of preferred stock to raise money for tlio purposo of buying options op-tions mid nthervviso nctlng ns n holding hold-ing company in tho dilclopmcnt of various Utah and Nevada industries. Tho company is at present planning to develop the Urado Oil roiiimny. which has n plant near tho Utah and Colorado state line nnd certain silver proiiuriios in Xcvnda. It is also contemplating con-templating stc,ps in other oil projvor. ties as welt ns in coal nnd hydrocarbons hydrocar-bons "Many operating nccounts of coal companies nro padded for tho puqwso of avoiding tho federal incomo tax," declared Gov. James 1. Qoodnch In nn ndd rem nt a good roads meeting nt Cannelton, I ml., n few days ngo in discussing orders of the special coal and food commission, which recently fixed coal pnees in Indiana. Ho declared de-clared that if tlio mino operators continue con-tinue their refusal to furnish coal u I ton tho order of tho commission "all tho fads in tho jiossvasion of the commission will bo given to tho public." pub-lic." Discussing tho assertion of Phil II. l'eiiua, secretary of tlio Indiana Indi-ana liitiimlnous Conl Operators' association, as-sociation, that tho mlno owners had no intention of complying with tho orders of tho commission, tho governor gover-nor said that men in Ohio, who before tbu war, wero content with salaries of from 16000 to $10,000, w ore now drawing draw-ing $30,000 and $-10,000, for managing mine. "I don't think lYnna or nnv-out nnv-out else connected with thtt operators' association wants tho inside facts laid Iwfore tho teoide of tho state," says (Inventor Goodrich, who himself is n coal mino operator. |