PRINTER'S NO. 3950
No. 595 Session of 2002
INTRODUCED BY YEWCIC, ALLEN, ARMSTRONG, M. BAKER, BASTIAN,
BEBKO-JONES, BELFANTI, BUNT, CAPPELLI, COLEMAN, CREIGHTON,
DeWEESE, J. EVANS, FICHTER, FRANKEL, GEIST, GRUCELA, HARHAI,
HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, JAMES, KAISER, LAUGHLIN, LESCOVITZ,
LYNCH, MARKOSEK, MELIO, R. MILLER, BELARDI, BENNINGHOFF,
CALTAGIRONE, CLYMER, CORRIGAN, DeLUCA, DONATUCCI, FEESE,
FORCIER, GABIG, GODSHALL, HALUSKA, HASAY, HERMAN, HUTCHINSON,
JOSEPHS, KELLER, LEDERER, LUCYK, MAJOR, McGEEHAN, METCALFE,
S. MILLER, PIPPY, READSHAW, ROHRER, ROSS, SANTONI, SCHRODER,
SHANER, S. H. SMITH, STABACK, SURRA, TIGUE, WALKO,
WASHINGTON, WOJNAROSKI, LEVDANSKY, HESS, PISTELLA, ROBERTS,
ROONEY, RUBLEY, SATHER, SCHULER, B. SMITH, SOLOBAY, STERN,
THOMAS, VEON, WANSACZ, WATSON, YUDICHAK, MANDERINO,
YOUNGBLOOD AND PETRARCA, JUNE 5, 2002
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
JUNE 5, 2002
A RESOLUTION
1 Recognizing the significant contributions to the history and
2 economic growth of this Commonwealth that have been made by
3 coal miners and observing Saturday, June 15, 2002, as "Coal
4 Miners' Memorial Day."
5 WHEREAS, Coal mining not only has a major place in the
6 history of this Commonwealth but also has contributed greatly to
7 its economic growth; and
8 WHEREAS, There are countless stories of sacrifice, loyalty
9 and hard work demonstrated throughout the 19th and 20th
10 centuries by the legendary coal miners who spent long, dark
11 hours in the mines and the families who awaited their daily
12 return from work; and
1 WHEREAS, There was nothing more dreaded in a coal mining town
2 than the sound of the chaos of a mine cave-in, and nothing more
3 poignant than the sobs of the wives and children whose loved
4 ones were trapped below; and
5 WHEREAS, The Eureka Coal Heritage Foundation is an
6 organization which endeavors to preserve the legends and history
7 of the coal mining industry in this Commonwealth, and for the
8 past several years it has been engaged in the building of the
9 Miners' Memorial Wall in Windber, where the Berwind Mining
10 Corporation was headquartered; and
11 WHEREAS, This wall was dedicated in Windber on June 16, 2001,
12 a day which the foundation has set aside as "Coal Miners'
13 Memorial Day"; and
14 WHEREAS, It is fitting that the citizens of this Commonwealth
15 recognize the significant contributions to the history and
16 economic growth of this Commonwealth that have been made by coal
17 miners and observe Saturday, June 15, 2002, as "Coal Miners'
18 Memorial Day"; therefore be it
19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives recognize the
20 significant contributions to the history and economic growth of
21 this Commonwealth that have been made by coal miners and observe
22 Saturday, June 15, 2002, as "Coal Miners' Memorial Day."
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