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[[Start Page]] [[preprinted]] July, SUNDAY, 11. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Pleasant all day - Very warm in the forenoon; sky darkened and was very threatening at 3 Pm - Rained a little, merely a sprinkling - Little cooler this evening [[End Page]] [[Start Page [[preprinted]] July, MONDAY, 12. 1897. [[/preprinted]] Tempt + 72[[degree symbol]] and Barometer 28.25 @ 7 [[superscript]] 3 [[/superscript]]/a " [[ditto for: Tempt]] + 82[[degree symbol]] @ Noon - " [[ditto for: Tempt]] + 72 @ 6 Pm Barometer 27.98 Commenced raining at 1.50 Pm - Rained steadily until 4.30 Pm - Now (6. oclock) it is not raining but looks as if it will continue - Both Collieries idle - R.R. Co will not run cars until Wednesday - Will run cars Wednesday and Thursday - This will give us about 15 hours each Colliery, for the week - Reading Co. will work 4 days this week - Pennsylvania a little better - The miners in the Bituminous coal fields, Pennsylvania, Ohio, are out on strike - Are endeavoring to get the mines in West Virginia out also - This strike may benefit the Anthracite trade - Two men working to day - Everything quiet - Am pushing the work of the Compressor and the Fan draft foundations so as to have them completed as soon as possible - [[End Page]]