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Show PREVIOUS RECORDS OF COAL PRODUCTION BROKEN CAHHIF.HH lti:tOHT 111(1 MIIII. mi:nts F.vi:nvvitKitr YrccsMiry, Hovtripr, to Have Ten Wrth iloro of t.lkn ;ol Work lo ljunl Wrrk of Juno ISth, Iji( ticKxl HhmOnic 3fale lly the CokliiK I'lnnlo t)rr tlm Ijillrc CoCuntry. f The 8un Hix-clnl Hcrvlrc WAMIIINaTON', U. C. July 22. A record lirrnklnir productlonQf bltu mhioux ronl marked tho werfTof July 13th. Tho output. Including llrfhlte mtd'roiil tnudo Into coke, I estimated dt 1.1,313,000 ton, an lnrrcno nur the week of Jul) th (fle working l(i)) of 2,187,000 net ton or 2 per cent nnd over the. rurrent week of tut year of l,47,O0O net tonn or 12.( per cent. The nrritge production per working da) I rntlmatcd nt 2,307,000 net ton nil ngnlnnt 3,0(1.000 net ton during tha week of July Cth or nn In crcao of 7.8 per cent nnd n com pared with the average production per working day of 1,01,000 net ton during the week or July 13, 1917. The output during Urn current week or 13, 243,000 net ton I approximately !, 031,000 net ton or 8 per eent nbove the acrngn rckl requirement or 12,311,600 net ton. rtahtlhed by tho United Hlatra fuel ndmlnUtrallon Only Tnlre Attained. lloftewr, the nxrrngr nenkly pro ductlon tor the roal )eitr to data I cMlmutid nt 11.561,000 net tons or (.3 per fnt behind tho weukly ro-qulrement. ro-qulrement. In order to make up tho I'cdrll for the conl )rur from April lt to dato of 413,000 nit Inn per work or 0,EI,000 net lou. It will be necPMary to hno approxlmiitely ten more neck of production equivalent to that of Inn week, or n production of 12,473,000 net ton during enih or thlrtern remaining week In tha con I year ended March 30, 119, a fig urn onl) twice nttnlnrd the week ended June 16th nnd the current week. lteporl from the carrier ahow In crcned hlpment from all dlatrlcta during tho week of July 13th. The lncrrae In ehlpmrnU front Central Pennsylvania nmountnd to 34 per rent, In "i'tern rennylaula 30 per rent, In Ohio 3T per cent. In the dh trlrt Including Northrnxtern Ken tuckr, high votntllo nnd Kouthweet Virginia nnd emnkelcM field of Went Virginia 3 per cent, Tenneatee nnd Krntilcky 2( per cent, the dlitrlct In eluding llllnol. Indiana nnd Wrilern Kenturky 30 per rent, the rilntrlrt In oludlUR town, Tex and Kouthwrt Htntea 2C per cent nnd the dtrtrlct In eluding the rtocky Mountain und I'n clflc Coul Bute 30 per cent. Itjproduct Cokp x-lgurcn. Ilyproituct eokr plant during tlyi week ended July 13th were operated nt I H per cent of their preent n paclty,, llghtly lower than tho ratio of 00 3 per cent reported for tho week ended July fth. Improved Inbor con1 dltlon during tho week wero nffaet by time lout In plant repair nnd the en line of tho illtht decline for the week wo not reported. llcpaln) to plant cnued (tightly In created loea In time In llllnol, Ma rachUM-r, nnd Ohio, while the oper atom In Mlnnetola and l'ennyhanla failed to report the cauto of the allghtly lncrrAed Iom, although In the latter Mate better labor condl tlon uxliled. Imprcxemont In oper atlng condition In New York wero due to repaired plant and In the dlitrlct dli-trlct Including Michigan. MliMtirl and WUconiln to better aupply or by ivroduct coal nnd repaired plant. Inrrraied capacity In l'enn)lvnnla during the week of July 15th I nt trlbuted to planing new oven In operation op-eration by the Ilcthlehem Kletl company com-pany at Hleelton nnd by the Carnegie Ptecl company nt CUIrtou. IteotiUc Coke I'lgurtM. Ilfclilve cokr. production In tho United Ktatra during the week ended July 13th U etlmated nt 71,000 net ton, an Increase, ove (he wook pre ceding of 13,000 net ton or It per cent and nn nveragn production, per working day of 113,000 net ton a ngalnil 17,400 net ton during the woek of July Ith. Tha principal operator In the Con iiolUvllle, Orceniburg and Latrobe dtntrlct or Ienn)lanla report pro dmtlon during the wvtk of July 13th nt 314,000 net Ion and operation of their plant at 77.3 pr CMit or their prencnt capacity. Out or the total lor or time or 32 t per cent, 0.5 per rent wa at trlbuted to car ihortage. It. I per cent to )ard labor nhortage, 0.S per cent to plant dUablllty and 3 1 per cent to all other cauirt. The Cimiury th-r, Opirutor reporting from llfty-four hundred nud nine mine the country uer produced 80 per rent of total production or OS per cent nt total rail ehlpment Thee mine were operated oper-ated nt fl.7 pit vtnt of their prenent capailt) a ukMhmt 80 per tent during dur-ing the week preceding. Improve ment In operating condition I re ported b nil dlntrlct with racrptlon or New lllver nnd Winding Oulf nnd the high volatile dltlrlet or WtvH Vlr Ulnla and lawu Tho operator in these field attribute the increased Iojmi to khortage of labor. Now Nmnv Arw Souulit. I'lltl.ADKU'llIA, July SO. A ml expert predict that unthructtn fconl I going to bo tcarce thl w Inter, it II of tho Inventive genlu In the unthrnclte lndutry hu been huntltij.jifor nwv Kiurce of uppl, OpuruUm aru working abandoned mine. Installing new device and putting In electrlit power. The barrier pillar between the- New Itoaton nnd Mill Creek rolllerlc. eon. talnlng flvo 'hundred lliounand ton of unthrate, U to be mined. Uancroft Mountain, aouth of Aahland, U to be trlfipfd of II eurplii eonl veins foi e treti h of two mile Fifty yenn egn thl mine wna euppimedly vrorke! tut. nlmndoned nnd then flooded wltli vntr With a dwindling force or a hundred hun-dred nnd fort) -four thoimand men In the Jinthrnrlle mine, nnd the prompt prom-pt rt if thl number being tlll fur-liter fur-liter depleted b) the July drnft, thf IndUBtr) I fighting harder thnn eVet before. If poiulbte, to maintain n, maximum max-imum output rtoxo to two hundred nnd event)flvr tliotimind ton of anthracite an-thracite a tiny |