Summary of the causes assigned (other than strike or lockouts) for loss of time in the anthracite mines during 1907.

No. 1 report "Idle for 37 mines 2,639 days for the following causes: Breakdowns, car shortage, men not reporting for work, picnics, Labor day, gas in mine, snow storms, funerals, general orders, shortage of coal, repairs, rebuilding breakers, men killed, high water and cleaning condemned coal."

Number 8 report "Idle 105 days, car shortage, holidays, shortage of men."

Number 9 report "Idle due to accidents, to machinery and car shortage."

Numbers 15 and 16 report "Idle from January 28th to September 23rd account destruction of breakers by fire."

Number 17 report "Idle 6 weeks for repairs."

Number 19 report "Idle 7 months, fire in surface vein, by order of mine inspector.

Number 20 report "Idle 14 days, floods and holidays."

Number 21 report "Idle 33 days, short of men, holidays and funerals."

Number 22 report "Idle May 22 to June 21, account fire."

Number 23 report "Idle 6 months repairing after fire.

Number 25 report "Idle 7 months, car shortage."

Number 28 report "Idle 3 days account cave-in."

Number 32 report "Idle 30 days, repairing."

Number 33 report "Idle 65 days, car shortage, break-downs and holidays."

Number 34 report "Idle 23 days, car shortage, break-downs and holidays."

Number 39 report "Idle 22 days, embargo, holidays and repairing." Number 44 report "Idle 952 days in 11 collieries operated by one company, car shortage, remodeling breakers, holidays and picnics." Number 45 report "Idle 9 days, high water and repairs."

Number 49 report "Idle 14 days, church holidays and pic-nics." Number 51 report "Idle 10 days, religious holidays."

Number 53 report "Idle 2 weeks, repairing."

Number 54 report "Idle for car shortage, holidays, no coal." Number 55 report "Idle 34 days, for the following causes: Car shortage, break downs, high water, Catholic holidays, no coal, short of men, Mitchel day, pic-nics and suspension ordered."

Number 62 report "Idle 29 days, lack of orders, car shortage, repairs and funerals.”

Number 63 report "Idle 21 days, repairing, December 10th to 24th water in mine."

Number 65 report "Idle 2 weeks high water."

Number 67 report "Idle March 29th to September 1st, breaker burned."

Number 68 report "Idle 41 days, holidays, funerals, accidents to machinery, Holy days, car shortage."

Number 70 report "Idle July 1st to October 31st, building new breaker."

Number 72 report "Idle may 31st to September 3rd, development of mine."

Number 74 report "Idle 25 days repairing and holidays."

Number 77 report "Idle 45 days, car shortage, holidays and suspension."

Number 78-B. report "Idle 269 days in 5 collieries operated by one company, account holidays, men not reporting, car shortage and break-downs."

Number 80 report "Idle 56 days, shortage of coal, holidays, accidents to machinery, men not reporting, snow storms."

Number 81 report "Idle 100 days in two collieries, holidays, accidents to machinery, men not reporting for work."

Number 84 report "Idle 34 days, elections, Holy and holidays, break-downs and business depression."

Number 85 report "Idle 53 days, holidays, break-downs and men not reporting for work."

Number 88 report "Idle 24 days, break-downs, holidays and men not reporting for work.”

Number 106 report "Idle 18 days, suspension on Philadelphia and Reading, accidents, high water and men not reporting for work.” Number 107 report "Idle from August 1st to October 15th repairing."

Number 109 report "Idle 7 weeks repairing."

Number 111 report "Idle 44 days for various causes."

Number 126 report "Idle 34 days, holidays and various causes."

Number 130 report "Idle January 1st to March 25th rebuilding breaker."

Number 132 report "Idle 25 days, repairing."

Number 133 report "Idle during April suspension."

Number 137 report "Idle account no sale for coal locally."

Number 140 report "Idle 66 days, holidays and various causes." Number 141 report "Idle July 22nd to September 24th repairing breakers."

Number 145 report "Idle. 5 months."

Number 146 report "Idle 4 days transportation of employes to and from mine."

Number 150 report "Idle 20 days, holidays, church days, breakdowns, employes absent after pay days."

Number 152 report "Idle 5 months, business depression."
Number 157 report "Idle 2 months, account high water."

Number 161 A, B, C, D and E report "Idle 385 days for the five

mines owned by one company, various causes."

Numbers 92 and 118 report "Not idle during year."
Seventy-two firms make no report of being idle.

STRIKES AND LOCKOUTS.

Number S. Strikes began February 11th, July 13th, and ended February 14th, August 3rd.

Number of days lost, 27.

Number of people affected 519.

Strikes were not successful.

Not arbitrated.

Number 30. Strike began June 21st, ended September 22nd.

Number days lost 74.

Number of people affected, 147.

Strike was successful.

Not arbitrated.

Question in dispute, do not state,

Number 47. Strike began March 16th, ended March 24th.

Number of days lost, 8.

Number of people affected, 2,838.

Strike was not successful.

Question in dispute: "Right of employer to hire and
discharge his own men."

Number 63. Strike began February 2nd, ended February 27th.
Number of days lost 25.

Number of people affected 474.

Strike was not successful, then strikers resorted to arbitration, but they withdrew their case.

Number 81. Strike August 16th. Miners dissatisfied with dockage. October 1st drivers wanted day of hunting.

Number 85. Strike began September 5th, ended 21st.

Number of days lost 15.

Number of people affected 250.

Strike not successful.

Question in dispute: "Demand increase in wages."

Number 142. Strike began May 17th, ended 20th.

August 26th, 1907--Colliery No. 5, No. 2 Shaft.-On August 24th at quitting time a large number of men and boys rushed on the cage to be hoisted, the footman requested that some of them get off, as he would only hoist ten persons at a time. They would not obey his orders and he held the cage at the foot for about a half hour, after which they were hoisted, ten men at a time. On August 26th the runners, drivers, door boys and couplers refused to go down, stating that they heard one of them would be discharged and wanted to get paid for being held for the half hour at foot. They returned to work the next day; payment for the half hour not granted. The colliery worked all day, but No. 2 shaft was idle; 280 men affected; lost 9 hours. September 26th, 27th and 28th, 1907-Colliery No. 5, No. 2 Shaft.Runners, drivers, door boys and couplers struck on account of one of the drivers being discharged a week previous and also wanted to get paid for the half hour they waited at the foot on August 24th. The driver was discharged for running his mules in the

mines. No. 2 shaft idle on 26th and 27th, but on the 28th boys in other sections of mine did not go to work, throwing the colliery idle for 7 hours. 190 men affected 2 days and 1,236 men 7 hours. No concessions made. Boys returned to work on the 29th. September 20th, 1907-Colliery No. 7, No. 1 South Shaft.—Drivers, door boys and couplers struck, wanting to be paid extra time for waiting at foot of shaft. No concessions made. Colliery worked all day; 151 men affected. September 24th, 1907-Colliery No. 7.-A driver was discharged, after being warned many times for leaving his mule in the gangway. The drivers, runners, door boys and couplers declared a strike, stating that they wanted the driver reinstated. No concessions made. Returned to work the next day. Colliery lost 6 hours; 1,148 men affected.

September 28th, 1907-Colliery No. 7.-Driver was discharged for running his mules in the mines through the tunnel. The others remained out and would not go to work unless the driver was reinstated. No concessions made. Returned to work on September 30th. Colliery lost 4 hours; 1,148 men affected.

November 29th, 1907-Colliery No. 7.-A driver was discharged for running his mules in the mines and another for quitting at 4 o'clock. The others declared a strike; they wanted the drivers reinstated. No concessions made; returned to work the next day. Breaker lost 8 hours; 1,172 men affected.

BITUMINOUS COAL.

Production of bituminous coal, 1907, in counties that have no coke ovens or do not coke coal.

Market or realized value of product at mines,
Market or realized value of coal shipped

$77,168,376

f. o. b.,

$74,675,471

Market or realized value of coal consumed and sold to local trade,

2,492,905