The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-17
TIE UP COMPLETE.



workings would operate as usual. de-
spite the strike order apparently reck-
oned without accurate knowledge of the
! attitude of their men. 1t is true that
some operations in the Hazelton region
were working today with as high as W
per cent of the men at work, neverthe-
less the greater number OF men IN the
district were idle.
At the Scranton and Wilkesbarre dis
| trictS, the tie-up was practically COM
plete. AS was expected the Schuylkill
| region with Pottsville for central
! point, was at work with very few de-
] fections. These men have not the same
grievances that prevail in the other dis
tricts and if they go on strike 1t Will De
largely through sympathy.
President Mitchell of the miners union
who has established headquarters at
| Hazelton, and is personally directing the
| strike, estimates that over 100000 men
struck and that 5000 more will join
them tomorrow.
WILL FEED THE MULES.
Scranton, Sept 1.-THE pump runners
have been ordered to remain at work so
that there will be no occasion for water
| accommodating in the mines President
| Dilcher also directed that the men who
feed the mules in the mine barns keep
on doing so but only so long as the
mules are not used to draw coal. Crowds
of men fill headquarters and street here,
showing how complete the strike is.
BIG MINES THAT DID NOT START.
Hazelton, Sept. 17.-At the Lehigh VAL
ley Coal company,s washeries an attempt 1ll
nonappearance of the breaker boys pre-
vented it
The A Pardee collieries at Cranberry
and Crystal Ridge, employing SS5 men,
started short-handed, as did also the M.
s. Kemmerer mine at Sandy Run.
Among the big mines that did not at
tempt to start were those of the 1ehigh
and Wilkesbarre company at Audenreid;
J. s Wentz & Co., at Silver Brook; the
a. S. Van Wiclle works, at Milnesville.
that come aasef from Scandinavian, Girardviile,
AIinersville indicate that all the collieries
Complement of hands With the exception
of Mora, which is operated by Dodson &
Co, of Bethlehem, Buck Mountain ana
Mahoney City are reported short-handed,
but this it is said is not due to a strike,
but Polish wedding which occurred yes
days in their celebration. The Lehigh
company's collieries are at work as Well.
PARALYSIS IN WYOMING VALLEY.
WiIkesbarre, Sept. 17.-After hearing
reports from the mines the representa-
tives of the big coal companies and in
dividual operators went into conference
at 10 o'clock, the situation was gone
over the views were exchanged. One of
the operators said it looked like a COM
plete tieup in the region. The operators
here do not look for a compromise now.
They are going to prepare for the worst.
1t is known that detective agencies IN
Pittsburg, Chicago and New York have
received orders to send a large number
of operatives to the Wyoming region
at once.
The striking miners held meeting
today and there was a very large at
tendance. Reports received from the
mines to the effect that all hands had
refused to go to work caused great en-
thuSiaSm. Organizer Nichols addressed
the men at length. He counselled them
to be on their good behavior. At 10
o'clock a few hands were at work at the
Pennsylvania company's colliery at
Pittston. They were cleaning up and no
coal was being mined The united mine
workers are pleased over what they
term their victory at Pittston- They had
expected that at least half of the en-
ployes of the Pennsylvania company
would report for work.
The total number of men idle in the
wyoming region is about $4,000. The
ratio for each company is: Lehigh and
Wilkesbarre 5705; Delaware and Hud-
son 5000; susquehanna 1891; Kings
ton 2.226; Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western 1888; Lehigh Valley 1,139; Red
Ash 652; Parrish /, 166 and miscellaneous
companies 3,142.
At IL O'Clock it was given out at
strike headquarters that not a ton of
coal was being mined in the Wyoming
valley outside of the West End COM
pany'S Golfers at Mocanaqua. A COM
mittee of union miners was dispatched
to MocanaQua to confer with the miners
there and if possible induce them to quit
work. The committee will have a diff
cult task as the company has always
treated its men with exceptional kind
ness.
NO POLITICS IN 1T.
Hazelton, Pa, Sept. lin speaking
of the charge that politics might have
something to do with the strike, Presi-
dent Mitchell today said: Politics will
not and must not enter into the strike.
Personally / approach the contest as a
mother would her babe in its first ILL
ness. The sole object of that mother is
restoration of her baby's health. The
men who are called leaders in this strike
are animated with the same considera-
ton There can not be and shall not be
any contention in political sense as to
the declaration of the strike The leaders
feel and they want their men to feel
and they want the public to think this
fight is for human liberty"
COMPELLED TO SHUT DOWN.
Centralia, Pa, Sept 1.-THE Continent
tai, Logan and Centralia collieries OPP
Grated by the Lehigh Valley Coal COM
pany, were compelled to shut down af-
ter working few hours this morning,
owing to the scarcity of men.
OPERATORS TALK CHEERFULLY.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 17.-Col C. B.
Dougherty, one of the officials of Sus-
quehanna Coal company stated today
that he had information from the Ly-
kenS Valley and Shamokin district that
all collierieS of the company in those
sections were in operation with larger
force than ever. The only place where
the company suffers Is at Nant1cOke-
Col. Dougherty thinks the company will
be able to meet all market orders de-
spite the suspension at Nanticoke.
The operators here think the strike
cannot last long if the mines in other
parts fthe anthracite region continue
at work The first to make break will be |
the men who will not be content to see
their brethren in the SchuylxilI and
Shamokin regions working steadily and |
making big wages while they are COM
PEELED to remain in idleness