New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-20
THE KEY TO THE SITUATION.
REPORTS AS TO THE Nun
Der OF STRIKERS IN THE SCHUfL-
KILL, TERRITORY.
KILL TERRITORY,

po,+sviIIs Penn. Sent 10 (SpeciaD-The situa-
ton in the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Corpanv's ScnuyIKII territory to-night may
be truthfully said to be extremely critical All
the coIlieries about Mahanoy City were short
handed to-day. and it was found necessary to shut
down the jig house at o'clock this afternoon be-
cause of insufficient coal to keep it in operation
From present indication the leaders Of the strike
regard the Mahanoy region as the key TO the Sltua
ton and IL they succeed in calling all the men
out there the Reading will be practically TIED up
The coIlieries in the neighboThood OF SHENANDOAH
cut little figure compared with those IN the dis
trict named The capacity of the collieries IN the
Mahanoy territory is about seven hundred cars
a day or nearly half the product of the com
pany If the claim Of the labor leaders IN the
upper territory tonight that nearly lNV" OF the
$4,000 anthracite miners are out is correct theh
little coal is being mined outside of the Schuylkih
region and here the number is dwindling as the
strike gaining ground
The Phila delphia ard Reading Coal ana iron
Company employed It's thirty-nne collteries
nearly twenty-seven thousand men, and they were
all expected to continue at work up 70 yesterday.
BY the events since then the number has been re-
duced and this evening II is estimated that less
than twenty thousand at work The collieres
have been working six and three-qCarters days a
week and now, III order to make up for loss OF
men and keep UP the output. they have been or
dered on fun time commencing with tomorrow
morning This means change from seven and
one-hsIf 10 nine hours day. The principal trouble
az the cOmpanys mines Is ar Shemokin ana Ma
haroy City though at number Of other places
they are working decidedly shorthanded.
The feature Of the schuyikin region news OF TO-
day therefore is that the strike Is gaining ground
in tho Reading company's territory and that sey-
eral thousand more miners have quit work. The
COMPANY charges intirndat ton. and for this reason
hundreds Of special have been in to
guard property and protect those who want 10
work The companies determined 70 give need
ed protection and 70 operate their mines if their
r1ea daEsr q 4 lar her If
from the districts tied up fiocking into the
Hazeton. shamokin and schuykill districts to
complete the tle up Inc NUMBER 81 inc company
mines in operation has now dwndled from thirty
nine to thlrty-tour- Mules being hoisted out of
the Henry Clay and the Burnside shafts at Sha
mokin and sent to Pottsville
Locust Gap cOllierY is working shorthanded this
fore the week is out About q per cent of the men
are now out The leaders ordered the
main away from the mines and stay at home, and
the order is being generally obeyed.
1t Is expected that the Reading Ccmpanys ship
will fall of from now on, as more men are
expected 10 go on: tomorrow over twenty-fve
hundred loaded cars have been delivered through
fifteen hundred are IN transit tonight The Read
ing is practically the only road making heavy ship
menis since last Mondoy. and the labor leaders
going TO make every effort 70 stop the outlet
On account OF the Iawiessness in the neighborhcod
Of the company who were work. Daniel
Christian, Of Pottsvi!le captain Of the Philadelphia
DAY started 70 hire deputies. He says mat he can
use one hundred good men, and viii take good care
principally from the employees of the PottsylIa
shops. TO act as part OF his force Of deputies The
he has his full quota. He says with that number of
extra policemen he can furnish all the Reading
police will prevent the miners frc:n being stopped
coming 70 or going from their work. molested in
day and their board. and they are fully armed
with improved firearms.