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The Joke of the Season the Oklahoma State Tax League of Oklahoma City LAHOMA 1NER Vol. I. KREBS, OKLAHOMA, THURSDAY, NAY, 2, 1912 Number 9 NOT TO SUSPEND. MINERS AND OPERATORS REACH NEW AGREEMENT. OKLAHOMA COAL DECREASE. CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION THE M rtv I A dispatch from Kansas City nays that a small sub-committee lias been appointed to try to arrange a con tract between the miners ana opera tors of the southwest and It U pre dicted that a settlement of some kind will hava been reached by tbc last of this week. The sub-committee is composed of three operators, the three distri t mine presidents, besides four ex-of-ficio members. The opoiatori are Messrs. Fleming, Jenkins and El liott, with Messrs. Keith and Ryan as ex-officio members, and thy min ers representatives are PiC3ldentd Howat, Mooney and Stewart, -with Vice President Hayes and National Board Member Farrington as ex-officio members. To Ho No Suspension. The following letter, written at Kansas City, under date of April 27. is being sent out tiom here tc-t day by District Secretar Fied Holt to the various locals: "To the Various Local Unions, Di-- tricts 14, 21 and 25 Greeting: j "At a meeting of the conference committee representing disfilcts 11, 21 and 25 we had under consideia-' tion the continuation clauso a3 lelates to continuing at work after May 1st pend ng the negotiations for the new agreement as provided in the third clause.. It was decided unanimously by, thecommItte3 lep- V9nuSg distftcts V4, 21 aud po lor, WTo1 thO-1 mines to continue at work until efficial orders are Issued to suspend work. You are therefore instructed to continue at work until authoiiz eu ottic.ally to suspend work. "Signed In behalf o" tli3 confer ence committee: "ALEX HOWAT, "President Dist. 14. "P. R. STUWAKT, "President Dist. 21 "JAS. BLBE, "Piesident Dtst. 23. "FRANK . HAYES,' "International Vice-Prpnidenr, U. M. W. of A.'1 Sjbscribe for The Miner $1.00 Special Subscription Offer FIFTY PER CENT of all subscription received for the Oklahoma Miner for the next six months will be donatated to the Relief Fund of Widows and Orphans, as the result of the mine disaster at McCurtain. Immediately upon receipt of mon ey, the name of subscriber and amount of sub scription will be published the following week. IN CLUBS OF 20 OR MORE 25 Subscirptions 50 - 100 " Make all checks or money orders payable to ED BOYLE, Editor and Owner. The Oklahoma Miner Krebs, Oklahoma Fort Worth, Tex., April 30. Agi cement was leached between the coal mino operators of Texas and the representatives of the coal mine workers or union miners today, and that agreement has been taken back to the various camps to be voted upon. It is expected the action of the conference will be confirmed and, in that event, the formal sign nig of the agreement, binding for two years from April 1, 1912, will be made. The agreement is on the basis of the Cleveland agreement, which pro vides for an increase of 5c per ton for mining and 5.26 per cent in crease In the day wage and for dead work scale. The working condi tions which prevailed in the expir ed contract are contained in the new agreement Dates Back to April 1. The United Miners of America, ' working in Texas, 'belong to District t 21, and a national board member has been" present at all of the con- , I terences as well as representatives of the at eral camps. About a ' month ago, at a conference held in this city, an agreement waB mad to continue the old contract in force to May 1, 1912. It was a part of that agreemnt that any increase in wages should date back to April 1, aml that will, of course, lo done in the event of the ratlficatbn by the miners, wnich is confidently anti- cipated The conference will remain in sesslon here uutu Tnursday by which time the ratification of the agreement for the new contra it is expected. Says Dispatches in En or. Ed S. Britton, of SCrawn said theie was an erro in a .dispatch printed in The News Monday morn ing which it was stated that tbt , . ,, T . . bl , i Consequently when mining was re work at the Lyra and Strawji mines ' , , . , . " I sumed and demand was unprecc had been suspended. Manager dentedly heavy tne Iabor 8upplv way Britton says the mines have not entirely inadequate, been closed down a day. Workj : naddition to other disorganiz wontt on as usual on the dates tho ing influences, the coal Industry o! dibpatch said the mines had bub-, the Southwest has suffered from the ponded work and are working as continued comnetltion of nhenn fnl usual today. There has been no iiiBpension of work in those camps, he said. $20.00 $40.00 $80.00 onir Large Falling Off in 1010 As Tom- paicd Willi Output of Year Rcforc. Oklahoma's coal production In 1910 was 2,046,220 short tons, val ued at ?5, 867, 947, a decreaso of 473,161 short tons as compared with j the tonnage for 1909, according to Edward W. Parker of the United) States Geolftgical Suney. Oklahoma was one of the states moEt seriously affected by the pro longed strike of 191p. Naturally, in anticipation of the suspension of) operations, the mines of tho Missis-, sippl Valley legion were operated with unusual activity during the first three months of the year, and abouflio per cent increase over the normal tonnage was von during tho ) time. After mining was genorally i lesumed in September there was a I strong effort made by both operators ' and miners to make up for lost time. Thus, although tho strike" lasted for five and a half months and considerable atlrlltlnnni ttm as required to put the mines in' work,nB order, tho actual loss in I ProductIon in proportion to f, y S ! In Oklahoma the production de-, crea8ed from 3,119,377 short tons, valued at $5,867, 847 in 1910, a dif- ference against 1910 of 473,151 short tons, or 14.17 per cent In quantity and of $385,420, or 6.16 ' per cent In value. Because of the shortage qaubed by the strike tho average price per ton advanced from ?2 in 1909 to ?2.22 to 1910. The suspension of mining In tEi) Southwestern states gave exception al opportunity for coals from Colo rado, New Mexico and Alabama to make new and heavy inroads upon the markets naturally tributary to Oklahoma and the adjoining sates of Arkansas and Kansas. It also gave substantial encouragement to tho development of lignite in Texas, and to the expansion of Its use, but probably tre most serious effect, be cause more lasting, was the mlgra tl n of the miners to other states where mining was not interrupted. oil and of natural gas. The number of men reported as employed in the coal mines of Okla homa in 1910 was 8657, who work-1 ed an average of 144 days. The number of men on strike was 8213 and the average time lost by each man was 152 days so that tho Idle ness way equivalent to 99 per cent" of the time worked. The quantity of coal produced for each man em ployed in 1910 was 300 short tons for the year and 2.13 tons for each The coal-bearing rocks of Okla homa trom a part of what la known as the Western interior aoal Hold. ' They extend from what was Indian Territory, into Kansas on tne north ' and into Arkansas on the east. Within the state this field has an approximate area of 20,000 square miles, underlying the western half of the area formerly known a? the Cherokee nation, the whole of vhat1 was the Creek Nation, and small portion of the former Chlokasaw Nation. The total area underlain by workable cool is estimated to bo about 10,000 square miles. Tho coals, of which there are ten or more beds, vary from a medium low on the one hand to high-trade bitu minous, approaching semi-anthracite on the other. Some of the high grade bltummouB varieties po3SC3B coking qualities. Several hundred coke ovens aie in operation in tho eastern and western parts of what was the Choctaw .flold. Much of HON. JAC& LOVE of the the eJak that is produced is washed and turned Into coke. AVILL TEST MINE OPENING. State Inspector Royle Outers San IJois Company Shafts Closo'l. .'Oklahoma City, Ok., May J. State Mine Inspector El Boyle vill go to McAlester, scene oi the mine disaster of MarcZl, aad test the matter of opening San Rois Coal company mines Nos. 1 and 3, which were closed by his order following the explosion In Noo. 2, and reopen ed by the receivers Tuesday morn ing under an order of the federal court of the eastern district. Tho receivers and mine ofliciais declared that the assumptloi ot jurisdiction by the federal court robbed Boyle of furt'nr authority, and served notice that they would send men into the wo 'kings. Eole was advised that hish notices ord ering tho mines closed lnd been torn down but that two men .vent into the mine. "I believe that the time has come to find out how far they tan go and what authority the state has in pio tectlng the lives and safety of tho men employed In the mines," Paid tne inspector. McCUKTAIN MINE REPORT SOON. Oklahoma City, Okla., May 1. State Mino Inspector Boyle expects to have his official repor: covering the McCurtain mine disaster Teady fcr the public during tho week. Tho only missing man wa3 found in o:ii of the mine entries .i few dayj asjo, and It Is thought to b-3 O. Prlnta, an Italian. This fixes the number dead at 73, whereas 25 wero rescued alive. The report will call atteii tion to the necessity of legislation tending to reduce tho hazard of mlr. lng. LOOK AT LINE-UP. When you receive literature fiom the Oklahoma Tax League, just no tice who" are the officers and pro moters. You will find C. F. Colcord, a wealthy real' ettate oyner of Ok- CORPORATION COMMISION lahoma City who was round by tho tax ferret to owe ?75,000 taxes that had escaped his attention, and for which a suit was brought to recov er. You will find Ed. Cooke, bank er who owns one of tho finest resi dences in Oklahoma City aud who in io.mi1 to be worth over $250,000, yet who was found on the tux rolls to have but a few dollars personal tax what would be expected of ono of the boys at the fork of tho creek. There is John Shartell, of the Okla homa Stieet Railway company who represents something over a million dollars of property for his company, and then there is Joe Huckins who is reputed to be worth some little money, but whose personal tax is what would bo expected of a tenant in a flfteen-dollar-a-month houso. Joe's big hotel in Oklahoma City would lead one to believe that he Is possessor of some personal property. Now ou men on the farms and in town you men who have all ytm possess right out in sight wheie all the world can Bee it, what do you think of these Oklahoma City men woith their thousands and hundreds of thousands, but who pay taxes on no more personal property than you what do you think of them as men leading a fight against higii taxes? If they would pay their propor tion of taxes, you would have to bear less of the burden. These men are the ones, too, who have always shouted the hardest for bonds in Oklahoma City, until now the inter est on those bonds aud sinking fund amount to more than it costs an nually to run the state government. Yet, with all this, they are making a fight against the state adminis tration and for "turning tho rascals out" when the records show that they have been escaping taxation, thus forcing the small taxpayer to bear the burden. Look at the line-up of the men, befoio you fall over yourselves fol lowing them off. The have an other motive, and It Isn't because thoy are bleeding at evory pore lor tho taxes you have to pay. Prom MqAleater Weekly Tribune: