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                                                      PRINTER'S NO. 2503

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA


HOUSE RESOLUTION

No. 410 Session of 2007


        INTRODUCED BY DeWEESE, HARHAI, SOLOBAY, GEORGE, ARGALL,
           BELFANTI, BENNINGTON, BEYER, BOBACK, BRENNAN, BUXTON,
           CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, CAUSER, CLYMER, COHEN, COSTA,
           CREIGHTON, DALEY, DePASQUALE, DiGIROLAMO, DONATUCCI, EACHUS,
           ELLIS, J. EVANS, FAIRCHILD, FLECK, FRANKEL, FREEMAN,
           GALLOWAY, GEIST, GIBBONS, GINGRICH, GODSHALL, GOODMAN,
           GRUCELA, HARKINS, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HICKERNELL, HORNAMAN,
           JAMES, JOSEPHS, KENNEY, KORTZ, KOTIK, KULA, LENTZ, MAHONEY,
           MANN, MANTZ, MARKOSEK, McCALL, McILHATTAN, MELIO, MILLARD,
           R. MILLER, MUSTIO, BASTIAN, MUNDY, MYERS, SHAPIRO, NAILOR,
           SHIMKUS, D. O'BRIEN, S. H. SMITH, M. O'BRIEN, SONNEY,
           PALLONE, SWANGER, PARKER, STABACK, PAYNE, PETRARCA, O'NEILL,
           PETRONE, PHILLIPS, QUIGLEY, VEREB, RAMALEY, YOUNGBLOOD,
           READSHAW, WALKO, REED, YUDICHAK, REICHLEY, VULAKOVICH,
           ROHRER, TRUE, ROSS, SABATINA, STERN, SAINATO, SAMUELSON,
           SANTONI, SURRA, SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, WATSON, SEIP AND EVERETT,
           SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

        INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
           SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

                            A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

     1  Designating December 19, 2007, as "Coal Miner's Day" in
     2     Pennsylvania in appreciation, honor and remembrance of the
     3     accomplishments and sacrifices of coal miners in this
     4     Commonwealth.

     5     WHEREAS, The number of coal miners who have died on the job
     6  in this Commonwealth since 1870 totals 51,509, which consists of
     7  31,118 underground anthracite fatalities and 20,391 underground
     8  bituminous fatalities; and
     9     WHEREAS, In 1907, the deadliest year in United States and
    10  Pennsylvania coal mining history, 3,242 miners were killed,
    11  including 1,514 miners from Pennsylvania; and

     1     WHEREAS, On December 19, 1907, a dust and gas explosion
     2  claimed the lives of 239 miners in the Darr Mine in Van Meter,
     3  Westmoreland County, marking the deadliest accident in
     4  Pennsylvania mining history; and
     5     WHEREAS, The General Assembly recognizes the significance of
     6  coal mining to the history and vitality of this Commonwealth and
     7  its economy; and
     8     WHEREAS, Coal mining is safer today because the industry, its
     9  miners and government are working together to make the safety of
    10  miners the highest priority, thereby significantly reducing the
    11  frequency of accidents and fatalities; and
    12     WHEREAS, The near-catastrophe and successful rescue of nine
    13  miners at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County in July 2002, the
    14  deaths of 12 miners at the Sago Mine in West Virginia in January
    15  2006 and the tragedy involving the six miners and three rescue
    16  workers at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah in August 2007 serve
    17  as stark reminders of the dangers related to mining; and
    18     WHEREAS, Coal miners who have perished in Pennsylvania coal
    19  mine accidents and disasters and the families they left behind
    20  should not be forgotten; and
    21     WHEREAS, On the centennial of the Darr Mine disaster, the
    22  General Assembly seeks to designate December 19, 2007, as "Coal
    23  Miner's Day" in Pennsylvania in appreciation, honor and
    24  remembrance of the accomplishments and sacrifices of coal miners
    25  in this Commonwealth; and
    26     WHEREAS, Part of the day on December 19, 2007, should be set
    27  aside for quiet contemplation to honor those brave miners; and
    28     WHEREAS, The General Assembly urges the Governor to issue a
    29  proclamation designating December 19, 2007, as "Coal Miner's
    30  Day" in Pennsylvania; therefore be it
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     1     RESOLVED (the Senate concurring), That the General Assembly
     2  designate December 19, 2007, as "Coal Miner's Day" in
     3  Pennsylvania in appreciation, honor and remembrance of the
     4  accomplishments and sacrifices of miners in this Commonwealth;
     5  and be it further
     6     RESOLVED, That on December 19, 2007, at least part of the day
     7  be set aside for quiet contemplation to honor those brave
     8  miners; and be it further
     9     RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be transmitted to
    10  the Governor requesting his issuance of a proclamation to
    11  proclaim December 19, 2007, as "Coal Miner's Day" in
    12  Pennsylvania.












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