The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-20
MARKLE MEN To QUIT
INTERESTING FEATURE ADDED TO
THE coat STRIKE.
MINERS MAY NOT ARBITRATE.
EXPECTED CLASH BETWEEN sill
NERs WAS AVERTED.
Recognize Miners Union.

orators VIII Positively Refuse to
Recognize Miners Union.
Philadelphia. Sept l9-An interesting
feature Of. to-day's developments In the
coal miners strike was the meeting at
Jeddo. near Hazelton. Of che mine work
ers employed in the four collieriss OF G.
b. Markie and Company.
These men are IA "a d,Tereu; position
from the Others In the region as they have
an agreement with their employers 20 sub
init any grievance and walt ten days for
an adjustment when the strike was or
dered they had not presented any com
plant. but the day the tie-up began she
United Mine Workers officials had the
union men IN Markle's mines formulate
grievances similar TO those OF the strikers
and demand adjustment
Since then Markles mines have been in
operation, but at to-day's meeting presi-
dent Mitchell aud some OF his iieutenants
obtained the adoption of a resolution call
ing for a strike az once. The Niarklcs
claim the meeting wos packed one"
and that their men win b. a. work to-
morrow as usual They offered to submit
60 arbitration, but President Mitchell said
there could be no arbitration without
recognition Of the union.
heading VIII Reap Harvest.
The Reading company is getting ready
TO reap the harvest presented TO it by the
tie-up OF the other coal districts. Nearly
all Of its ooeries in the schuylkin re-
gion have been working three-quarters
time, but orders were to-day issued plac-
ing them on fun time. and henceforth all
the mines viii b. operated to their full "a
paclty. Even with this extra output tho
company cannot supply the demand. and
IL served notice on the West to-day that
extraordinary orders could not be niled
Meanwhile reports are coming from all
parts Of the country OF large increases in
the price OF coal 60 consumers to keep
buyers down.
All was quiet IN the coal section to-day
The much advertised clash In the Lykens
region OF the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany was sidetrackcd thrt IN the deci-
sion OF the strikers at Lykens that IL
would be unwise to march on the non
strikers AT Willlamstown and force them
TO quit work
Claims 10000 Are Out.
Nevertheless, there were fewer men at
work to-day than yesterday. President
Mitchell claiming that more thar i26.OO
men are now idle.
Contradictory reports come from the
schuylkill region. one 20 the eject that
the strikers at Moorea. after being out
two days. had decided tonight to return
TO work tomorrow, being received with
lncrcdunty at strike headquarters.
The mine operators after generally
maintaining a silence for several days.
are showing a disposition to talk for pub
hcatlon. and as a result several state
ments from their side are printed All
breathe the same spirit: No recognition
OF the union mine workers and fight to
the finish with President Mitchell and his
followers.
Marching makes the timid men and
women in the Hazleton region nervous
b cause OF the terrible result OF that sort
OF campaienlng in 1871. when the deputies
shot down marchers and marching began
In earnest there to-day. The marchcrs
were peaceful. however. and they sue
ceedcd in inducing several hundred men
10 quit work. temporarily at least.