Democratic Sentinel, Volume 21, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 August 1897 — Coal Miners. [ARTICLE]

Coal Miners.

One million and a half men work in the coal mines of the world. Of these Great Britain has 535,000; United States, 300,000; Germany, 285,000; Belgium, 100,000; Russia, 44,000. The world’s miners of metal number 4,000,000.