Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1900-09-22

Accept Archbishop as AFbitrat or,
but the Men Are Dividcd-Third
Day Of Big Strike a Remarkably
Quiet Onc-Situation Practically
Unchanged-NOtes
Hazleton, Pa, Sept 20.-An interesting
feature Of yesterdays developments in
the coal miners strike was the meeting
at Jeddo of the mine workers employed
I'm the four coliieries of G.. B. Markle 4
Co., who number $500. These men are
VI uiifeie"' nnsition from the others in
the region. They nave .e-oo.>,aut
with their employers to submit any
grievance and wait 10 days for an ad-
1uStment. When the strike was or
dered they had not presented any COM
plant, but the day the tie-up began, the
United Mine Workers officials had the
union mon in Markle's mine formulate
grievances similar to those or the strlE'
crs and demand adjustment. Since then
Markles' mines have been in operation,
but at yesterdays meeting, President
Mitchell and some of his lieutenants OBJ
tained the adoption of a resolution for II
strike at once.
which presented the grievances OF the
men to the firm last week, called meet
ing for 4 o'clock yesterday in front of the
village schoolhouse ut Jeddo for the pur-
pose of hs airing what Mr.. Markle had to
say in regard to the grievances. The
United Mine Workers officials also an
nounced meeting Of the Markle mine
workers for o'clock at the same place.
but it was not called to order until 4
o'clock. The chairman of the grievance
committee called the people to order,
after which Patrick Gallagher, miner,
was elected chairman.
The Marklc employees are divided on
the question of striking, and some men,
bers of the grievance committee, who
tried last week to avert strike, were
accused of standing in with the COM
pany. At the meeting yesterday the
committee was asked to make a report of
some kind, and failing to present one
miner in the crowd moved that the me n
in the Marke mines strike. A viva voce
vote was taken and there was great
roar of Yes"
President Mitchell was in the crowd,
ana he was invited to speak. AS he
walked up the steps Of the schoohouse
John Markle, Alvin Markle and General
Superintendent Smith of the firms mines
came along and listened to the strike
leader exhort his hearers.
Mr.. Mitchell said he was glad that
those men in the Markle mines who op-
posed the strike We're in the minority
He said that if they all stopped work the
victory would be won. At the conclusion
of this address John Markle told the men
that the company stood ready to arbi-
trate any differences with the men and
proposed that the company select one
arbitrator and the ,lIeu choose one. If
the two fail to agree these two men could
invite a third man to join them in con-
sdering the matters before them. He
aid he would abide by the decision of
the arbitrators no matter what the
award might be. Mr.. Markle concluded
his address by calling the United Mine
Workers officials agitators and charging
them with being responsible for all the
turmoil in the region.
Mr.. Mitchell said that the United Mine
Workers would not accept arbitration on
that basis. 1t must be the whole region
md not part OF ii.
Mr.. Markie again addressed the men
md reiterated that he would accent
Archbishop Ryan as arbitrator to which
Mr.. aItcheIl replied that he would ac-
pt the archbishop on the ba sis. the
United Mine Workers propC ed-arbi-
ration for the whole region at one and
he same time
At this point Father Phillips was ca lied
|. ipon and he delivered a speech favoring
,rbitra ton.
The meeting lasted two hours break
ing up at twilight. The strike leaders
'laim that as result of the meeting the
Markle mines will he closed, while the
irn claim that the meeting was packed
)ne, and that their mines will operate as
Usual.
The third day of the strike passed off
IS quietly as the two preceding days.
'cyond the occa sioral stonipg of mine
worker going to or from his work there
las been no disorder 1t was estimat ted
asst night that about 20 percent Of the
nine workers of this region were idle,
which is quite an increase over Tuesdays
igures. President Mitchell said that
rom reports he had received he figured
m more than 126,00O being idle In the an
hracite district He added that most
gratifying reports were received from
his and the Schuylkill district. No ne
,otiations for a settlement of the strike
re yet in sight, and the situation in that
cspect is precisely the same as II was
tuesday.
The mine operators. after generally
maintaining a silence for several days,
,re showing a disposition to talk for
,ublication and as a result several
tatcments from their side are printed.
vi breathe the same spirit. No recog
ition of the United Mine workers, aud
fight to a finish with President Mitch
II and his followers.
Lowell. Mass, Sept 20.-There is no
hange in the situation at the Merrimack
md Hamilton mills. where the print
workers are on strike. There was an
. her small sized riot when the Greeks
Who took the places Of the strikers left
he mills last night under escort of police
)nicerS. Many stones were thrown. Two
arrests were made.
Charlotte. n. c., Sept. 20.-The recon-
ncndaton of the Southern Cotton Spin
rnrs' association that its members cur
lail their production of yarns as much
Is possible for so days. has been complied
with by enough mills to bring about a re-
iuction in the southern output of about
20 percent. Two large mills at Maiden.
y. c., have suspended operations alto
sethcr.
New York Sept. 20.-The Brooklyn coal
xchargc has decided to advance the re-
tail price Of coal to s. II ton One of the
heaviest of Brooklyn dealers Is quoted
as saying that he had talk with some
o. the Pennsylvania railroad people and
Int Q w rid OF Spcrts.
Newport, X. l., sept 1.-The Yankee.
owned by Hairy L. Whitney and Herman
H. Duryen. is the winner in the protest