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Show RECOVERY IS SHOWN IN COONTRY'S OUTPUT OF GOAL fl IS FAR AHEAD OF THE SAME H TIME LAST YEAR. H Dcsplto This Fact tho Demand For H Bituminous Through the East and H tho Middle West Most Intense H Few Changes In tho Labor Disturb H ances Output of Coko Declines. E crreimlerte The !Mn M WASHINGTON', I). C, Keit. (J. B Partial recovery from tho ilcpreMioii H of Jhe Jrcelliitff week enrricil iitodtiC' lion wall nlmve the elovotl million V mark during tho week t-mtnil August f 'J8tli. The totrtl oulinil of soft coal, Ineliidlng lignite mid eoal (Hiked nt the mliiB, is eatintnled Ht 117-1,000 not tow. This) Trad nn inerenic of H lliroc hundred nnd twenty-six thou- iwnd turn or 3 per cant over the week before, but w still four hundred mid thirty-nine IhutiMiid tons nhort of the output attained in the second wk of Auftuet. The reeoverj is iiMiro sfanifieaiit vvhon it 1m remem bored that during the first half ot H .the week tnoit of the mine of Indl- B miih wore still eloeed bv the second outbreak of the daymen's sinke. Fly Tlmrmlav, Augiut Willi, "II mil tvum- ly-nltio Indiana mines were back nt I wurk mid by Saturday nil but four- H 'feon wore lmek. Production during H Jhe flrtl tvvij htmilred nnd fie work- Ine doy of the preMit year totals :il.,-ll)0,0(H) lotu. The ear 1U20 is H thns fifteen Mini h linlf million tons behind 1017 nnd forty and a half mil- M lion ton behind 11)18, but in forty- nine Hiid two-third million tons ahead of 1U1U. In this eonnectinn it should be remembered thai pnidno- B lion during 11)18 exceeded pounump- M lion nnd irovidel tor it net ndditiou M to eoiMumer Moekr bv the end of the H year of approximately thirty million lone. In 1010 the condition un re- vented. CoiiNimiptinii exceeded pro- duntton nnd there wna h net draft on H Hlookit of erliHw forty million tone BH for the wr. Utah production for the Bj) week aiullinf AiiKintt 1-1 1 ti urn! '.Mitt HH hnvu mil n jet been made, H Coal Demand Intense. B The eklef new development shown pmrnff by the mine r'irtn for the week of pmmf AiiKitet SlWt wtt the riTiim-iii- ot the Bmf dnvmen' etnke in Indiana There wu m Might reei lion in Ik' re.'nl pmmj tiHiileney towHnl nnproed lmiiH)-ir- mmj tnlion whieh mm Inrgely due to ex- pmmV ImnMiim of tk iiily of wnpt eml e (hit flrat mtlbrenk of the ulrike. pmmj TrHunitirtaiWii renmined I lie iluinl- hmhI fiwtor limiting pnHlHotion. The SB ittrike ot the ilnwen in the MiaeiM- mmf Ippi Wiley low nhowii two plmiMW. mmf Tlie firet mid Urger triel in South- pmBj em 1 1 Hindu during the third week of Km .lulyNml irond repldly to Indimm, Km Iowh mid Kkhmm. Work whm re- mmf mnnttd in IllinoU mid IimIihiih during mm the flt week of Atigimt pending u mmmff miltleMent by negotmion. The Iohh iiiIiim went lmek to work the eueulng J weok (Auguei hlh to lllli) Mild were mmf followed during the week under re- view (AugtMt Iflth to 2Ut) by the ffffj lvitiuMMt iii in, llHnll Imd the firt jilitwe of the dUturlMiiee MibeiiWil M when m eecoml welkotil oeeurreil in IndlmiH. On Wwlueedn), Auguet pH 18th, twenty-four liiluox were idle; ThunHuty, uinetj-eexeu; on SnturdMy, oiui hundreil mid il-i, or lour- flt'llw of nil tlw milieu in the etHte. ltlxir hMMM in IikUhuh iuereuMMl, KB mtDHitmitlv, from fi.'i to 1.2 ier M etmt of fulltime eHpeeitj, Hlld were pH rHileetetl in tke Hvernge (or the eouu- try h well, winch rooti from 7.7 to pH 1U.1 Mr eent. A tainted diHjmte de- pH Miloped in the Hiljeeunt field ol mB i Wwtern Kentueky, where the eom- IiIiiihI 1nw Httributed to lidmr liorl- pH Hge mid stnke inereniMHl irom II 1 to ppf 211,0 er eent of fulltime. No clmnge M of note orrurrel in the llr ilu- tHrlHUiewe in the Appwlm-liien legion. HmV 'fli ree-four tlm of the eMweit. in the KeiHivN-Ttmeker (Willmuuxni) Held of Sou t bent Went VirgtuiM eoiiliuueil iIohii. In AIhIwiiih UlMir loweit in- eretHMttl itlig)itl., miMiiiiiting for the B week to 21.9 )ier eelit. Ko lur h re- vwled 1'V the mine rorW the de- Hi Hmid for eotil iu inteiiM. Uwwe Ha of working time due to ln it oiilers pBKJ Hventgwl tor the eouutry tu n whole mBm luiHi thu five-liuiidiviltlw ot 1 per BBb cunt. Only two iitiuee, thee loon ted in BBl MontHliH, lejMiited Iwi'k of deiiiaud. IfffJ Aooumulatlon of Oars. B Dimng the first plmee of the li- pBflj men' strike the eueetion of mining H Htilieity lutil KUMle oeible nn uceu- imilAtloii of eutjity eoul crn in dnt- trial ffetitel by the strike When HmV work wn8 reeuutiNl'thie tiieiimuhition a uf forded h few- da.s of except onull; a fiiMirwIile runniug tune. A reunion a UKHiiwt thin sudden improvetiiuii' vn to be expeeted, nnd the mine report B nhove tlmt it oeeurreiL It wes mot . prononneed in Illinois, where the run- M itiPK time dropped trotti 08 0 to 001 , m jmr eent, the chnitge Ikuiik' wholly . mm dim to n tut urn of the ear sliortngu which inereed fnim 17.-1 to '27.5 pur V eent. Other .lustrtots in whielt the eur HU)j)ly grew lew ndequnte were J 'urth.ioit(-fl I'ennsjlvnum, Sees. 11 J nnd G of Central l'eniiHlvinii, Cum- J borlitnd-I'Iedmont, Fairmont, Wind- ' J iug Qulf, the hid) volatile fields of , J Southern West Virginia and most of I nsteni Kenluekj, Virginia nnd the West Virginia Pnnlmndle. In Alnlmmn and in the New- Iltor and I'oenhontns fields no rhnngo oemrred. On the other hnnd n messiirn of improvement was noted in Northern Ohio, the 1'ittshiirgli district, Westmorelnnd nnd Somerset counties, I'n., in Sec. A of Ccntrnl 1'cnnsjlmnin, Virginia nnd tho Southern Apmlnahinn field. Tho nppnrcnt improvement In Indinnn and Western Kentueky resulted from the reduced demand for ears which followed tho strike. Tho result of these ehnngofl is seen in the nvon.g-) trnnsKirtntion lost for tho rounlry ns n whole, which inerencd from 32.2 to 34.3 per cent. In spite of the labor disturbances transimrtntion disability in ono form ur another remained the dominant factor liinlti"f production, far outweighing all other enusCH uf lost combined. Out of n possible forty-eight hours working tlmo the mine- nvcrnged about 28 8 hours notiinl operation and wore shut down X,'i hours. Of tho time lost 11.0 hours Was on Account of tnitnortn-(ion. tnitnortn-(ion. Coko Output Declines. Production of hech'ivo eoke dcclln-bd dcclln-bd slightly during the week ended August 28lh. Tho total output, ns indicated in-dicated by railroad shipment in (tart ectimated is placed at -112,000 hot Ions, a decrease of thirteen thousand tons or 3 per cent when compared with the preceding week. Production declined in l'enn.lniiin and in Ala-ImitiH, Ala-ImitiH, but inereaeeil in West Virginia Vir-ginia mid Virginia. In the Councils ille region the output wan 211,100 lent m against 210,000 dimng thj preeling week. The pnwii', rAlo of prodiietiun is rIhuiI the, tiatue ns thai which prevailed rt year ngo. The cumulntue, tonnage sineo .laiiunry , 1020. linwi-Mir, nlmws an iuerxnise of uoarly 111 per cent over 1010, Slnpniwiirt of IVnnnjlvHiilu nnth-rneite nnth-rneite originatetl by tho innciml nn-Ihrarite nn-Ihrarite earrjing nwiU in (wrt esti-nwled, esti-nwled, numberel 3fi,OI(l ears during the last week of August. This Indicate! Indi-cate! a total production of domestic and Meant siwm and including mine fuel H-d iwleit to local trade, amounting amount-ing to 1,800,000 net tons. The wick's output was 111,000 tons short of that of the eorreoniling week of 1010. Cumulative Khipmenla since tho be ginning of the tool car, beginning April 1, 1020, now stand nt 30,67D,-ODD 30,67D,-ODD net tons. This was a slight de-ereOMi de-ereOMi when compared with tho preceding pre-ceding coal jtNir. Dumiiinjjs of bituminous coal nt Ijike I'.rie Hirts during the fifth week of oeration of the amended lake order not onlj entnblished a new- high murk for the present season, but com-wred com-wred fiixonildy with the beat ier-formauce ier-formauce of earlier ern. The total for tho week is reiiorled as 1,278,006 net tons, mid ot which 1,227,01)0 was cargo coal and N.iriO eml fuel. Thi won nearly a i4jidrel tlioiiiwud toiw wore lkjm llifKipinga of the eor-reeiHindlng eor-reeiHindlng wevR of 11)17 and 1013. mid 00 jr cent greater than that of 1010. Cam of bituminous eoal dumped oxer tidewater em during the week ended Auguet U8lh were 20,110. TltU was mi iuereae over the preeediug week, but till fell WMHewlmt short of the tonnage handled in the flret two week of Auguet. Dumping increased increas-ed at New York and I'liilHtlelphia, but decreaHetl slightly at Italtimoru, at Ilmupiou ltoads and at Charleston. |