The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-22
|IUT CO THE
| COAL MEN
Inc Great Strike Is
Ordered.
|I VAST ARMY INVOLVED
l. ACTON a, Indianapolis Takes
$4,000 Miners Out Of the
Anthracite 0igglngs.


.otANArOLts. sept i2.-At SIS |
"a b.s afternoon President Mitchell
s.,,s,sry wilson o. the United Mine
a., Or America. afnxsd their sig
-, 40 tho Document which win call
m.refs % the Pennsylvania an
u. region from their work Monday
- snd precipltate one Of the most
= Strikes IN the history OF the labor
-
wityAroLfs. sept. Elm their de-
"a. iss miners ask correction Of many
!. no more important Of which are
nnosinE,
sH.on of company stores. reduction
meo 5f powder TO $50 a neg. the
..fsa OF company doctors. semi-
.rfB payment o. wages. abolition %
/. ef.as scale. wages paid In cash. 40
= o. the Ton. tt59 and not exceeding
Loo diy. nat on classes OF day labor
7. s.sy.ng 81 20 and not exceeding tlTs
a. sssi,o % per cent over the present
a. hat EN- day labor now receiving
u aal be- advanced 10 per cent. that
srsf shall have al any time more
NJ .ao breast. gang or other elias. Of
"a nd shall set only his legal share
us
= ne mines In the fAckawanna and
,nns valley districts so.oco men and
J., us employed. % tsese 1000 are as
aaiti through the workings lying be-
"a fntstsa, I'M LuEerne county and
,,.t clU. susquchanna county. There
, kss employees N mines In the vicinity
WlEesharre. Ashley. Nanticoke. Ply
,salh ard Wanamlt. is.ooo about uazle-
II nsa AZ Mahanoy city and shenan-
~ add 400 around shamokin. Potts
- and Mount carmel The closing n
assicd % reduce the regular coal pro-
tln % per cent. leaving free only the
''ltng Coal ard Iron Company's produc-
y Of n5 per cent Of the total output Of
iss.on ard tci pr cent Of the Lshigh
lys production.
oou.d ne strike continue over a period
10 months the loss I'm wages will
rlunt % nearly tiooco.coo. the loss "a
ltafa o. 10000 and the loss 90 the
- operators 90 COZ 90.
nuLApELriifA. sept is.-Now that
coal market IL face % face with q
ne In me unpcr anthracite region. ths
sssf o. ne question AZ % whether ths
isfs n The schuvikni district vii
NJ tYmpathoticnilv IN anxiousiy await.
should the trouble not extend 20 th'
ulhN mines no grave coal famine 4
y feared. though the col cries Their
"a fllT meet the normal demand
NfitnE q ne stocks % coal on ham
uf Reading Company's distributin.
tIHt Vice PRESIDENT Henderson sal
un tffe are i0o.noo tons az Port Rich
- The very heaviest shipments from
20 ~ have never exceeded tina
irssi IN a single month. While Their
~ - change In the circular prices a.
t,u whoiesaic al the mines yesterday
niloations were strong that an "
ris j. u be expected IN the NEXT Cos
IA While orders for delivery m IN
~ ~ days we're taken AZ the rcglia
~ In th'a city. some dealers took a.
rtre ~ the brisk demand and on
"a a. hinh ne "a cents ton advans
cal for immediate delivery. At N
tf.nn oniceu n was stated that the
sccopting orders NJ the circular pric
hat no advance haa az yet be-
rR0cLANfATfoS TO MINERS.
1iAMoNfN. Pa. sspt Eat a NEE
\ n the executive board Of district ~
q thls place last night a procia matt,
- issued % the miners Of Northumbe
- schuylklli. Columbia and Dauph
lntlFs. advising them 20 remain
sne next Monday. obey the law. ave
y u-e % Intoxicating liquor and not
Nqns involved IN quarrels Of any q
sfpton. The clergy. business men. a.
We az large. are asked TO aid In q
~ sralnat the operators. The men ~
ltsed 10 be very careful when solicitii
~ 20 refrain from work and also a
ID nat no one shall be coerccd.
POSSIBLE ErFEcTs
tHitApEiFftfA. sept is-should q
niafsclis coal miners strike be Of ~
eafri turatlon "a o. possible that foret
e,niflss WI feel its effects a. serious
= tasI sui be- feit In this country. W n
rreafer degree. The National A.
snn ~ Manufacturers IL almost da
,s.tts inquiries from abroad which
~ hov urEent n the demand IN y
p ~ AmeriCsn coal The letters q
~ eosi merchants who want this con
~ uei 90 supply their regular ira,
~ ifom business men who see In I
r.ss',, =, =. 'esi on me eon.n a.,, IN -,
rhe National Association % Mar
'afrfs ends an communications % /
io mine operators and shipps
s'.s buyer and seller promptly
WINS ne past few davs tnauiries IA