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Show LARGEST COAL OUTPUT' SINCE JANUARY IS . REPORTED AUGUST AVERAGE REDUCED BY ANTHRACITE STRIKE. I Working Becomes Erratic, Gains in Ono Section Being Offset By Losses i in Others Output Below Demand i No rigurcs From Utah Oar, Situation Seems to Bo Better. I ConepondemeThe Sun. WAMIIVGTON', 1). ft, Kept. 27-, The prodtirlion of ft root during I the week ended September 18lh wn the larjrwt with one execptiou in any W.?i ",l,ct ,,Hm,"r Ueue of the strike in the anthracite region, how-i ever, Ihe total production of bard Hiiil! soft coal combined was much Iwlow the nvemgeof AiiKtist. The output or bituminous (mcliid-Itiff (mcliid-Itiff UkiiiIp and coal poked) is eslimat. i ... ' "cii in escimni- cd til 11,(111,00.1 net tons. This was1 nn incrense, when minred with tlie latoat r.illluiM, wet-k (Aupist 30ih-Hcptemlier 30ih-Hcptemlier Ith) of H7.00II tons or I per rent, and was within lWI.Oim tons of tlial Tor the week of August lllli, tho largest olilsliieil sinet last Jnnu-nry. Jnnu-nry. One factor in the increased output out-put was Ihe release of pars fnmi Ihe nnllirsulp region of t'ennsvlvHiiia for iiho in the adjacent bituminous fiihk The rule of priHltiction per workint; ln wns 110,00(1 tons, ns Hgainst 2,008,ihhi ions during, the week of Ijilwir Dav Tclegraphm reHirtH on loflilii.gs liv tho pruiciml camera inilicato bn't prodiiciion declined sllgl.il on Monday Mon-day ami Tuesday of the prvsml wwk (Scjiltmlier aothaist.) Production diinnj; (he first tXi working days or tho lst tour eMrx Ims been ns follow fol-low (in net tons): 11)17, .TtllJIOO,-000; .TtllJIOO,-000; HUH, l,n68,00(l; 1011), .TJ1),003,. 000; 1.0, nSO.S'J.VIOO. Tho iiir 1020 is thus about fourteen million tons behind 1017, and forty-thne and n quarter million tons beliiiid 1018, but is over liftv-onu million tons nliead of 1010. In this connection it should be roim mix red thnt production sluriiif; 1018 t x redid consumntioit and pro-idrd pro-idrd for n net nddition to consumers' consum-ers' stocks by tho end of the jenr of approximately 30,000,000 tons. In 1010 t lie condition wnn reversed; con-siimptli con-siimptli u exceeded production r.nd t'lpVn n net dnift on hi oik of IKjrhnim 10,000,000 tons for the jenr. Aljfiough tho figures of prudurtinn for tho week ended Scpttmbir lKth show no general rcsuui)tion of nc tlvity in the nnthrncito rrpon, time has been u markid imprnvciiitnt during dur-ing tho present weik (.September Jillli to 25th. Tho total shipnunts iltirttif; tho week of .September 18th wire 13,001 cars. HxpnxMcd in nit tons, tho total ipinntit) shipiud, iimmI for mlno fuel, and sold locull.v would be uIkiiiI 000,000 tons, tip iiKrisciH.' of lfJ,000 tons over the preceding week but still only about 30 per tent of the pro strike nvcrnge Ileginuing with Monday, September -Otii, a itinera! nturn to work set in mid b. Wednes-iluy, Wednes-iluy, Sc)tember -Jl, shipinvnlH bad rvnrhed 00 er cent of the iemge beforo the strike 'I ho mine rcxirts foi the week n ded Septijiuber llth nro colored bv the iiresCnre of the Iibor Dav holidHv Iho dimund for curs whn redmed, and in roumpiunco the nvailnble tmp ply appeared moro adequate Tin re was it neurit noo of tho mint strike In Wiwturn Keutuik.v. The week iibxi furnished the lirst lest nt tttrtugih ol the strike order in Alabama Lading off work on more da.vs tlmn the bolidny itself was ro Heeled in a general inereoM) in the loas due to In Isir shortage. The total loss Mliribut ed to labor, nn hiding IhiIIi lalior shortage nnd Htnkex, iuireaed I rum 0.5 to 11.0 per cout. In the (Vnirwl Coinpctitivo Field losseN due to lalxir liavo now declined to small proNir-tious proNir-tious In the limglilmiiug legion of Westorn Kentucky, however, slukis again dovuloied, eatising a lotitl lots mnoiiuling to 37.2 )er cint ol the capacity of the district Ol oilier Western fields, the only one to ttMui Mgnifiwiut stnko loses whs Aikaii-a In the Knsteru bituminous luliU interest (entered in Alabama, win re after many weeks of (outiociv. dining which the loste due to I dor ranged from 1 1 to 20 p i rent, a stiike was called effective in c 1 1 -lit September 0th The opeiniiug iiimius tor the week of September llth tluu aaSBnsi wiifssaarss fnrnlsh h test of the strength of both partie. lteMirts were received from 190 mine, with n present weeklv eHicit of 383,000 tons These mines worked on the average 08 0 ier cent of (be time, producing lHfl.000 tuns They rciorted lossea on sceoiint of strikes amounting to the average of 21.3 r rent of fnlllime In addition, 1 3 jwr rent was lost on aceiHtnt of la-lor la-lor shortage. The losa on aeeuiint of lalMir slmrtnge and strikes eombimHl was 2ri0 ier eenl, as against 18 2 jier eent diirinr the itrreedlmf week. In addition to the greater hiaa of mine oK-mtiiig lime ihere was a re-ditetion re-ditetion in the lnmrly rate of production produc-tion at manv mine which continued to work, caused In, the absetwe of in-dividnat in-dividnat miners. The ac'unl p"o!ur-tiou p"o!ur-tiou of the mine refilling wa 17 iter cent leas than during the preeed ing week The situation ma be sum manxed in the statement that lalsir dialurltancea have now closed down hImmiI a fourth of the oaweil, in Ala liauiH, and that as nmMred to the preceding week the output during the first week following the stnke order slmwed a decrease of 17 iter eenl The demand continued U lie Mirta of hmt time through a Isck of orders were received fmm two mines in Soul hern Illinois, nnd from the Northwestern States In the average for the United Slates, however, no marktt is a negligible factor, Ihe total loss amounting to less than one-tenth of 1 per cent. It Is n familiar fact that after n holiday the ear muml) improve. The railroads work while the 'nines are clo(d down nnd are llicrrfote iiiahlid to catch up, in part in their work of placing imply cam. To this chum is inrj-dy ntlributnblo the wi .upr.-nil improvemmt in car supply. Against n loss of 27.1 ter eent of fulltime during the preceding week, the weik of I.ntmr Day shows nn average aver-age of only 10 3 er cent. There is .reason to btllcvo that the improvement improve-ment was not due wholly to tho effect ,of the holiday. Whether it will r. sist or not, only the rqtorts for succeeding suc-ceeding wnks can show. It is significant, signi-ficant, howracr, that tho car supply improved in tho Westmoreland, Somerset, Som-erset, Cumberland-I'iidmont, and ! gan fields, in which the holiday whs not olwcrvcd. In certain districts, however, the car supply grew less adequate; these were tho Hiitler-Merrcr field of Northwestern l'onns.vlvnuia, the West Virginia l'auhandle, Winding Gulf, I'ocHhonla, and Northeastern Ken-tuck) Ken-tuck) Tlie regions of iioulo car shortage short-age remained Kentucky, Arkansas, I and West Virginia, exeet the lVe. hontas and Kcnovn-Thacker fields. 'I lie output ot btihive coke declined 8 per cent during the week ended September 18th. Iho total production 'is estimated on the Iwsis of railioal tConllnuecl On race Hlk'ht ) J! mi m B1 SSBM88BaalBBSBaaSM LAROEST COAL OUTPUT SINCE JANUARY REPORT. (Continued on l'age l'ivo) shi)mcnt nt 402,00) tons ns against 153,000 tons during the week before, nd 410,000 tons in the corrosjondinj week of 1010. The principal fnctors in tho decrease were n le ndequnte ear suiiply in Pennsylvnnin and the coal miners' strike in Alabama. Production Pro-duction in tho Connellsvillo region ns rejKirted by the Connellsvillo Courier, declined from 217,080 to 200,030 tons. The oumtilntivc production from the beginning of the year still leads thnt for 1011) by nbout 8 por cent. Lako Shipments. Dumpings at take Uric porta during dur-ing the week of Kcptembor 18th recovered re-covered partially from the LalnirDny depression, but were still far short of the maximum nttninod in the Inst week of August The total quantity dumped Is reMirteil to tho gcologioal survey by the Ore nnd Coal Hxehnngc ns 1,007,8m Ions, of which 1)03,502 were cargo nnd 30,271 vessel fuel. Total dumpings in tho corresponding week of 1017 nnd 1018 were about 1,-180,000 1,-180,000 Ions. Isl year nt this sonson dumpings had Iwgun to decline nnd amounted to only 008,000 tons. Tho cumulative take movement from the opening of the season now stands nt 13,077,000 tons ns ngniust 20,417,000 in 1018 ami 17,605.000 in 1010. The year 1020 is thui still fnr behind 1018, but is overtaxing 1010. It is nbout six nnd n half million torn behind 1018, but is within four million mil-lion tons of 1010. Weekly Movement to Tidewater. Tho volume of tho tldcwntcr movement move-ment declined slightly during the week of September 18th. Totnl cars dumped number 2-1,430, nn inerenso In totnl nmount over the week of tabor Day, but n decrease in tho nvcragc per operating day. The dcclino occurred oc-curred nt New York, Philadelphia and Chnrleston. At tho Chesoonko Bay jxirta the rate increased. TRANSPORTATION FROM THE MINES PROBLEM WITH ALL Shortage of cars to trnnsort conl from the Utnh nnd Wyoming mines to tho Knit take City nnd other markets Is still serious nnd may become more so, said IT. V. l-'crnstrom, manager of Bamberger Conl company nt Salt take City Inst Saturday. "Thero is much idleness nt the mines heenuse of thu oiR'ralors Inability to secure enrs," declared he. "As n result local lo-cal ynrds nre in practically nil instances in-stances short of conl. There is enough on hand to Inst leu days, but fortunately fortun-ately Salt takers have ns n rule been foresighted enough to nlrwtdy lay in their winter supply of conl nnd coke, The situntiou is, therefore, not serious ns fnr as n general coal famine or shortngo is concerned." l'enistrom said Hint despite every effort on the part of coal dealers nnd operators to relieve (ho enr shortage situation, little had been nccomplishcd through governmental aid or other wise. Kven if ears were now sent to the Ulnh nnd the Wyoming mines it would bo n matter uf sixty or more lays before they could gut to the shipping jHiints. According to Pom-strom, Pom-strom, it is only those who for some reason or another wero unable to lay in their winter supplies of coal, that have not already rilled their bins. He agreed with other local dealers thnt there was n sufficient supply on hand to take euro of thiiso wIioho bins nre still empty and to fill the small orders of those unable to afford tho laying in of big stocks. Shortage Everywhere. Serious conl shortage now faces practically every section of tho United Unit-ed States. Tiiis is tho statement of C. II. l'idher, one of tho agents of tho United States Fuel company nt Salt take City, Ho handle, I'nuther, lllsrk Hawk, Hinwntlm nnd King eon Ik. "At present the ear situation is anything but encouraging towards relieving thu shortage in the near future," fu-ture," savs he. "This would indicate that nt this time, with cold weather already starling, somebody may run short uf fuel this winter." In view of those fuels, lhoo without with-out adequate supplies of fuel in their homes nre urged to place their orders immediately, while the companion nre still able to fill orders. Continue On Duty. niAHLBSTOX, W. Va., Sept. 35. United States troops, scheduled to leave tho West Virginia trouble zones in tho mining regions October 1st, will continue on duty indefinitely, according accord-ing to nnnouncmeut by Gov, John J. Cornwoll, Tho guvonior announced that ho has telegraphed flcncral Head nt IndiiiuuKlis, iud., canceling his request re-quest for withdrawal of troop until tho presout critical situation in tho mining regions is calmor. Must Ship Coal. I1UTTK, Mont., Sept. 20. Conl miners of Mnntnnn will ho compelled to bhip coul for Kustcrn markets much longer distance this fall duo to tho shortage of curs, according to W. II. Merrimuu, freight nnd passenger agent for tho Northorn Pacific. Mor-riuuin Mor-riuuin says coul which formorly was shipped to Duliith, Minn., to bo transported trans-ported on to Pennsylvania nnd Ohio shipping points nuross tho lake now will havo to bo carried on the railroads. |