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[[left-hand page]] [[preprinted]] March, THURSDAY, 11. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt +38[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.42 @ 7[[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a. " [[Ditto for: Tempt]] +54[[degree symbol]] ' ' [[Dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.40 @ 1 P.M. " [[Ditto for: Tempt]] +48[[degree symbol]] ' ' [[Dittos for: and Barometer]] 28.38 @ 6 PM Very beautiful day - Like Spring - Finest day we have had for the year - Both Collieries [[strikethrough]] worked [[/strikethrough]] idle to day R.R. Co. not running cars - Have a few men working at both Collieries - Coal trade is very very poor -The working people around here are suffering for the want of more work etc. A "Relief' fund has been organized in Mahanoy City, and it is supplying many families with food etc - It is a long time since times were, as poor as at present - Collieries are only working about 2 days per week - If the coal trade does not take a boom soon, it will cause a great deal of suffering here and in the surrounding towns - Mr. Jones wrote Mr Kishbaugh yesterday that there is entirely too much telephoning, to change orders etc. It is growing to be a nuisance - No objection to phoning for to countermand, but orders should be sent up so that the shippers can understand it - Afraid there will be a big blunder some day, through misunderstanding by phone - [[End Page]] [[Start Page]] [[preprinted]] March, FRIDAY, 12. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt +34[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.07 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a ' [[Ditto for: Tempt]] +42[[degree symbol]] ' ' [[Dittos for: and Barometer]] 27.92 @ 6 PM Snowed a little last night - merely covered ground - Foggy, chilly - and sleet in the air at times - Cleared up at 1 PM. Sun came out - At 6 PM pleasant - 1- Both Collieries idle R.R. Co not running cars - Pennsylvania is restricting greatly - Reading run cars two days this week. .LV. 3 days. Morea only worked 2.9 days this week - Something very unusual - 2- Have 4 men working at the 1st Lift latches on Vulcan Slope - At that point the cars jumped the track one day last month [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] which resulted in stopping the Colliery for that day - 3- At Buck Mountain we have a few men unloading the Locomotive, that came from Shawnee Ohio - Price 800. [[insertion]] not [[/insertion]] delivered -12000. lbs Everybody else suspended, even the 2 Coal Inspectors - 4- Mr. Snell, representing the "Sturtevant" people, called to day to see where we want the forced draft fan placed etc - We are thinking of placing one of these fans in Vulcan boiler house - Everything quiet -