PRINTER'S NO. 4500
No. 930 Session of 2008
INTRODUCED BY SEIP, GOODMAN, ARGALL, BRENNAN, DONATUCCI, GEORGE,
GIBBONS, HERSHEY, KORTZ, KOTIK, MANN, MANTZ, McCALL, MENSCH,
MILLARD, MOYER, PALLONE, PAYNE, RAMALEY, READSHAW, HESS,
ROCK, REICHLEY, SAINATO, SANTONI, SIPTROTH, SONNEY, STABACK
AND SWANGER, OCTOBER 6, 2008
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
OCTOBER 6, 2008
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the week of October 19 through 25, 2008, as
2 "Schuylkill County Mining Recognition Week" in Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Schuylkill County has a long and rich coal mining
4 history; and
5 WHEREAS, The anthracite coal mines of Schuylkill County
6 helped to fuel the American Industrial Revolution; and
7 WHEREAS, Schuylkill County coal miners contributed greatly to
8 the American labor movement; and
9 WHEREAS, Coal mining continues to have a presence in
10 Schuylkill County; and
11 WHEREAS, Today, coal remains an important source of fuel in
12 this Commonwealth, supplying more than half of the State's
13 electricity; and
14 WHEREAS, Schuylkill County Intermediate Unit 29 and school
15 districts throughout the county are devoting the school week of
16 October 20 through 24, 2008, to the study of the county's coal
1 mining past, as well as its significance today; and
2 WHEREAS, This week was chosen to coincide with the
3 anniversary of the end of the great Anthracite Coal Strike of
4 1902, which lasted 162 days and ended on October 21, 1902; and
5 WHEREAS, Historians often point to the Anthracite Coal Strike
6 of 1902 as one of the key events in this nation's labor history,
7 setting a new precedent in presidential intervention and
8 arbitration; and
9 WHEREAS, During this week, students will be learning about
10 Schuylkill County's mining past, the lives of mining workers and
11 the rise of unions, the importance of Schuylkill County
12 anthracite to the American Industrial Revolution, the role coal
13 plays in energy today, how it is formed and many other aspects
14 of the anthracite coal industry in the region; therefore be it
15 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
16 important contributions of Schuylkill County's mining industry
17 to this Commonwealth and this nation and designate the week of
18 October 19 through 25, 2008, as "Schuylkill County Mining
19 Recognition Week" in Pennsylvania.
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