Evening star., 1900-09-18
THE STRIKE SPREADS
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tire valley, thirty-fve miles long, from
Pittston to Forest City. and scarcely an
average of two miles In width. Even the
washeries Of the big corporations which
to fill the cars on their tracks, for there
they will be left, as the railroad men have
given Fred Dilcher, the member of the ma
tional executive board, and President Mich
oils of the district board to understand
they will not be drawn out Of the branches
onto the main lines.
Columbus Washery Will Sign.
The Columbus washery, which provides
culm for the electric light plants, the street
railway power house and the steam heat
ing plant, will today enter upon an agree
ment to operate it's works None of their
coal goes to an outside market, they say,
and no coal corporations profit from it.
The Delaware and Hudson Company,
through its general superintendent, c. G.
Rose, made the announcement today that
soon there is demand anywhere for
their coal they will find the men to op-
crate one or more Of their collieries and
provide such workmen with protection
1t is possible that such effort will be
made at Carbondale, for at all the other
operations of the company in the valley
they have had strike troubles of different
degrees during the past few months. and
trouble would follow an attempt to operate
any of these
The great mass meeting of miners in
North Scranton yesterday afternoon was
very largely of Delaware and Hudson men.
and their disposition was anything but
favorable.
A call at the score of offices Of the mine
operators here today showed all agreed
upon the wide extent of the strike move
ment, and for the most part all the super
intendents are apparently chagrined, espe-
cially in district number one, where the
hope was expressed that the split in the
Hazleton and Schuylkill regions would
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eventually bring about a condition that
would put the mines to work to a large
extent.
Meanwhile they will do nothing toward
starting the mines. This is positively de-
cided upon. and the superintendents feel
certain that the companies will maintain
the position they have taken.
Resolutions of Sympathy.
The carpenters and joiners of America,
in national convention here today, adopted
resolutions of sympathy with the striking
anthracite miners, and voted in favor Of
raising funds to help support the men. Res
olutions deploring the Galveston horror
were also adopted. Carpenters Union No.
wired resolutions of sympathy with the
miners and pledge of assistance
The shops of the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany and of the Erie and Wyoming Valley
railroad at Dunmore have laid off Is per
cent of their force. All the coal engines of
y ~
and none but passenger and freight trains
are now running.
-- Lykens COIliery Shuts Down.
HARRISBURG, Pa. September lS.-The
coliiery at Lykens, which was operated by
small force of men and boys yesterday
was closed down today and not wheel was
moving. The men went to work as usual
this morning at Williamstown, and there
are no prospects of the union miners per-
suading them to quit work. Every effort
however, Is being made by the miners at
Lykens and Wisconisco to get the Williams
town men to go out. The effort to organize
branch of the miners union at Williams
town has been futile.
Coal Advanced 25 Cents n Ton.
PHILADELPHIA, September 1S. - The
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
Company announced this afternoon that on
and after this date all grades of coal are
advanced % cents a ton.