Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1927, Page 13

SOFTCOAL PARLEY FACTION PREPARE Miners’ Head Fires First Gun at Pittshurgch Company. Meet February 14. BY J. C. ROYLE. Special Dispatch to The NEW YORK, January 18.—Both sides of the bituminous coal contro- versy believe in preparedness. Miners and operators alike are assembling their forces for whatever eventually may result from the conference in Florida on the question of wage COAL TRAFFIC HEAVY. Western Maryland Railroad Broke All Records in 1926. Special Dispatch to The Star BALTIMORE, January 18.— Coal haulings on the Western Maryland | Ralilroad of the company. Estimated gross operating revenu for 1926 were $25,262,694, involving gain of $5,400,920, or 27 per cent. Coal | freight increased 60 per cent during the year, with the bulk of the gain | shown in the second h | At the same time passenger rev nues declined 16 per cent. Receipts I movements totaled $14,167,- g the year, compared with while other freight against §9.432,210, the lat- ter Increasing only 6 per cent HULSWIT IS ATTEMPTING COMEBACK IN UTILITIES NEW YORK, January 18 (P) Frank T. Hulswit, who lost $10,000 When their representatives meet this Spring . T. Fagan, president of District 5 of the United Mine Workers, which includes the central Pennsyl: vania field, in discussing the ing conference, fired the first gun at the Pittsburgh Coal Co. union activities vestigation of “changed conditions at | the mining camps of the Pittsburgh Coal Co.," asking a complete impartial investigation of the record of the com pany in western Pennsylvania since August 10, 1925. “‘Prior to August 10, 1925," said, “the Pittsburgh Coal Co. had | equipment and man power which en- abled it to produce a tonnage of 14|\~‘ proximately 13,000,000 annually. This | nnnual production has fallen to 3.500.- | 000 tons, has thrown thousands of | men out of work and resulted in conse- | quent suffering to the community as | a whole, | Production Costs Higher. “It is cons tively estimated that the production costs of the company | are 50 per cent higher than those of | independent mine corporations doing | business with the union and respect- | ng the terms of the Jacksonville 1greement. The responsibility for the present chaotic condition of the bituminous industry in western Penn- svlvania is due entirely to the prac- tices of this coal corporation “The determination of the wage policles of the United Mine Workers of America is a function tha solely to the international which begins its sessions J: in Indianapoli: frain from making ar . tion of our organizatic advance. As to a suspension April 1, this will depend largely upon the out- | come of our wage scale negotiations, | Which are scheduled to begin Februa 14 at Miami. The officers of the mine | workers are anxious to effect un agreement with the operators. It is doubtful if the Pittsburgh Coal Co. will participate, inasmuch as! they have abrogated their wage agreement with the United Mine Workers and are attempting to operate on a non- union ba: g Scale Slightly Higher. The Pittsburgh Coal Co. operates in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky. All its non-union mines were closed in mid-June, 1925, in which year the | company showed a deficit of $1 ,940. Officials of the company declared it was impossible to operate under the scale of the Jacksonville agreement. The company later reopened mines on & non-tmion basis to miners agreeing to accept the 1917 scale. ‘When the foreign demand for bi tuminous coal became acute in the : latter part of 1926, due to the British strike, tho company put into effect a, scale of wages slightly higher than the Jacksonville scale, but did not re- sume relations with the union. The officlals said the advance represented. & sharing with employes of the higher obtaining for coal. They warn ed that it might prove temporary. This action was cited by union offi- clals as proof that the operators could run their properties under the Jack- sonville agreement. Pending results of negotiations, loperators are accumulating stocks, Coal operators of the Ohio fields will meet tomorrow at Toledo to discuss g oot ne oot representing ‘western Pennsylvania, Indiana Belds will be present. W, B. & A. BONDS ACTIVE. Baltimore Traers Confident Merger Pends With Western Maryland. Epectal Dispatch of The Star. BALTIMORE, January 18.—Sell- ehg at 78 yesterday, the 6 _per cent honds of the Washington, Baltimore pnd Annapolis Electric Railroad Teached within a half point of the high level set in January, 1926. In iess than a month the bonds have ad- Vanced 9% points. More_than $30,000 changed hands on the Baltimore Stock Exchange yes- terday at 73, and practically all the bonds offered were bought by one house, presumably for an out-of-town The financial district is confident “hat something constructive is pend- ing. It believes that the railroad di- vision will be absorbed by the West- ern Maryland, and that the combined properties will be acquired by another system. The names of both the New York Central and the Delaware and Hudson have been mentioned in this connection. Preferred stock of the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis sold at 20, a gain of 3% points, compared with the previous sale, while 10 was bid and 16 asked for the common, prognostica- | policies in CUTS DISCOUNT RATE. VIENNA, January 18 (®).—The Australian National Bank has re- duced its discount rate from 7 to 6% per cent. 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