, 1900-09-21
Operators Expected to Ask for Terms
S~oon-Some Men Making Money
Picking Coal on the Dumps
Sheriffs Called on to Protect
Property.

the men.
Superintendent w. A .Lathrop of the
Lehigh Valley, has outlined the policy
OF the operators regarding the strik'
ers' proposals for arbitration. He
said: 1t is impracticable and impossi,
BILE. Would it be wise for a great cor,
poration, having millions of dollars.
worth of property, to place its inter,
ests in the hands of outsiders who
know nothing about property and
about the name of conducting the
business, who might arbitrate to the
ruination of the company? Such a
course is out OF the question. Then
again there could be no general arbi-
tration. The questions in the various
regions are too diverse to admit of
common settlement. And separate
settlement for each locality is impossi-
ble."
Operators May Ask Terms.
Scranton, Pa, Sept. 20.-The strike
situation here this morning is un-
changed. All mines are still closed
and no attempt has been made to op-
crate any of them. 1t is rumored this
morning at miners headquarters that
the operators of this locality intend
holding a meeting during the day to
discuss the advisability of making
kind of a proposition to the men in
order to test their temper.
Any other short OF the demands of
the union make either by operators
or arbitrators, Strike Master Dilcher
says, will be rejected as surely as it
is made. The coal dumps surround
the city are filed with idle miners the
last two days, picking coal in antici-
patton of a long lockout.
Some OF the men are selling their
pickings for $3.50 a load and making
more than if they We're working in the
mines. If an attempt to stop the pick
ing coal on the dumps is made, trou-
BILE will surely follow.
This afternoon Organizer Dilcher
will go to Hazelton to assist President
Mitchell in the work of organization
in the seventh district. Dilcher said
today:
This district is bottled tight and l
will run down there in a few days to
see what is the matter. | will keep
il close touch with Scranton and at
the first sign of trouble will return"
President Nichols of the first dis,
trict will have charge during Dilcher's
absence.
Sub-headquarters were opened at
Carbonate. yesterday. The Carbon
dale. city council decided to use all
their purposes and employ the strik-
guards now watch all mining proper
ty. but SO far have been unnecessary,
as the miners do not aggregate either
around the mines or on the streets.
Many are obeying their leaders or
ders implicitly and are staying at
home. Twenty Poles left yesterday,
and today a large number will leave
for British Columbia.
W~ilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 20.-Sehriff
Harvey Of this county is facing diff
culties. Three demands have been
made upon him to protect mining
property. The North American com
pany has been compelled to shut
down its works because the men were
frightened away by the frequent as
saults and stonings by strikers. A
second attack yesterday resulted in
two men being severely injured. The
coal company officials declare they
will work their washeries and If the
sheriff fails to protect them they will
protect themselves. If the sheriff or
ders deputies out he will arouse the
Indignation of the strikers and per
haps incite them to acts Of violence.
The sheriff has not yet acted.
The strikers made a gain at the
West End colliery at Mocanaqua this
morning, when after four days hard
work the organizers induced so men
out Of 500 to strike. With this wedge
ia the stronghold Of non-unionism the
strikers hope in a few days to shut
down this colliery and make the strike
in the upper coal field a complete tie
up. At present out of a district EN-
ploying 1922 men the $50 at the West
End are the only ones working and it
Is the only place where coal is being
mined.
A Railroad Strike.
Scranton, Pa, Sept. 20.-Strike Or
ganizer Dilcher will go to Hazelton
Saturday to start a campaign Of or
ganizations. II he is unsuccessful ar
army of strikers from the first district
will march from col]iery - colliery ir
Hazelton district and endeavor to in
| duce the men to go out.
Dilcher says: I'VE will let tn
state Of Pennsylvania call out the mi
litia, but there is no need of it."
Tn tn last night sixty trail