The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-03

operation yesterday Superintendent
Luther also reports that only one of the
two breakers is in operation at the
BrOokside colliery, near Pine Grove. The
only Reading company colIierteS at
work today are North Franklin, Lincoln,
Glendower and part of Brookside-
HE CLOSED TWO MINES.
PottsyilIe Pa Oct 3-As a result of
a large meeting of mine workers held at
fremont last night at which Miles
DOugherty Of Shamolxin, a United Mine
Workers assistant organizer was the
spea ker, those employed at Good Spring
and Woodside remained away today and
both operations are shut down. Both
are Philadelphia and Reading opera
tions. Good Spring employs about 500
hands made uD of mine workers from
Donaldson and fremont, to and from
which place and the BroOksIde collIery
they are likely conveyed by miners
train.
Lincoln colliery, another of the Phil
adelphia and Readings possession, To-
Gated south of Brookside in the same
basin, is working with 300 employees.
many of whom live at Pine Grove and
vicinity This is the only one Of that
company'S cOllieries in the lower district
at work The only other mine owned
by them in operation is the North Frank
lin at TrevOrt0n. LOsch Moore & Co s
collieries in Rausch Greek valley also
near fremont. are working.
Today crowd Of strikers headed by
a brass band marched to Valley View
and Fesins to organize branches of the
United Mine Workers. These towns are
located in one of the richest agricul-
tural districts in the county and most
of their residents are employed at Good
Springs and Brookside.
NO SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 3.-There are no
indications whatever today that there
viii be any response tomorrow to the
notices posted by the Delaware, I4acka-
wanna & Western, the Lehigh Valley,
the Hillside Coal & Iron company and
the Temple Coal & Iron company ask
ing their mine employees to return to
work on the proposed wage increase of
10 per cent and the powder reduction. to
contract miners with an adjustment of
miners wages based thereon. The strik-
erS everywhere are positively determined
upon taking no action which is not or
dered by President Mitchell and the ex-
ecutiye board of the United Mine Work
ers. This position is decided all over
district No. 1, embracing the Lacka-
wanna and Wyoming regions and at
headquarters here.
Today Committeeman Burke and Col
Inns said the men could be depended
upon to stand firm in the attitude they
have taken. They hold that the union
must be recognized inasmuch as the
concessions now offered are a result of
the position taken by the union as
body and that the fight will be
won on this issue. Superintend-
ent LOOMS of the I.acka-
wanna company is confident that enough
row to warrant the operation of a couple
of the mines at least.
The union officers say that he viii be
disappointed, as he was a week ago
when every scheme made was ineffective
to start a single mine.
superintendent May Of the Hillside
Coal & Iron company and the New
York, Susquehanna & Western company
does not think the strike is near a set
tlemen. He said today:
IF there is an understanding between
the heads in New York and the strike
leaders and surface indications do not
show that there Is such an understand
ing the strike may end in a week. Other
wise a settlement is further off than
ever
James J. Williams, who operates col
1eries which ship coal over the Ontario
& Western railroad said today that all
the individual operators were provoked
at the manner in which the big COM
panies are acting As far as the col
Heries he was interested in were con-
cerned, he said they did not know Off
cially that a ten per cent advance had
been agreed upon. Neither had the On
tario & Western people any official
knowledge of it this morning.
OPERATORS ARE HOPEFUL
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 3.-The Wyom-
ing valley was unusually quiet today
after Yesterdays big demonstration upon
the part of the strikers and the mining
conditions remain unchanged The op-
orators after reading President Mitch
ell address nave apparently come to
the conclusion that he is ready to settle
the strike on the basis of a 10 per cent
increase in wages. The fact that he has
signiied his intention of calling a con-
vention is taken by them as an indica-
tion that he is willing to retire from the
struggle with the laureIs he had won.
THE truth of the matter is said an
operator today, Mitchell did not expect
to gain anything when he ordered the
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Secretary W. D. Ryan. of Uni