Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-09-20
NEARLY ALL PRINCIPAL
C0LLERIES ARE TIED up
Strike Order 10 the Anthracite Re-
gions Obeyed ty Big Majority
Of the Men.
OPERATORS TAKE DIFFERENT VIEW
Declare strike w,.l Soon co:lnpsc,
MS the United Mime Workers
Have No Funds To sus-
tain the Men.

4 tain the Men.
Philadelphia, Sept. la.-The great
strike of mine workers in the anthra-
cite coal fields of pcnnsylvania. which
represent practically the hard coal
output of the world, has begun.
According to President Mitchell. of
the United Mine Workers of America,
who is personally directing the strike
from headquarters at llazelton, the
success of the first days effort to tie
up the mines exceeded the eNpecta-
| tons of the strike leaders.
The hard coal region is divided into
four great tlistlct the Lacllawanna,
Wyoming, Leligh and SchuyllliH. In
the first two, representing nearly co.
COO men, the tieup is practically COM
lsplete. Only one mine, employing
| few hundred men, is being operated,
and this, the strikers say, they hope
to close soon. In the Lehigh region
cf the 10000 mine employees having
quit work. Principally because the
union has comparatively little
strength in the Schuyllill region the
workmcn there have no decided griev
anec, as in other districts, and the
strike was not general among the up
ward of $4,000 men employed. Indi-
cat ions last night. however, pointed
to the closing today of some mines in
the last named district that operated
yesterday, despite the assertion of Of
ticials of the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron company and other
companies operating the region, that
| they will continue their Galleries i'll
operation. Nearly all the efforts of
the strike leaders are being devoted
to organizing. and orators are redoub-
/ ling their efforts.
No violence worth mentioning has
married the first day of the struggle.
Practically no progress, has yet hrcn
made in the efforts of some of the
clergy to bring about a settlement OF
/ the trouble through arbitration.
Few iic>pon;i TO The Mi,istlcs.
Scranton, Pa, Sept 19.-Pennsyl-
vania's great ftrille of anthracite
miners is now officially under way.
This morning when scores of breaker
| whistles sounded for the day in Lack
awanna and Wyoming valleys not
enough men and boys rallied at any
point to warrant beginning work.
Fred Dilcher, member of-the national
executive board in charge of the dis
trct covering the two valleys, was
enthusiastic over the strike news
which rapidly came in from every
direction. The Delaware, Iackawan-
ma and Western made futile attempts
to get three OF it's collieries going,
but without effect. Several washeries
are operating today, but the forces of
ners want to be called out and have
| asked the executive board to take this
action.
The miners at ycAens and Wiscon-
sin went on STRIKE this morning.
About fifty cut of thousand en-
poyes of the coal company went to
work, but not enough to start. Break
CT men at Tower City and Williams
town are working. No trouble is am
/ ticipated. The colliery at LSekens and
Wisconsin employs LOO men and
boys: that at Williamstown about
1000. Both are controlled by the
Pennsylvania road. Tower City en-
ploys LOCO men and boys.
Looks fer Sholt Strike.
I, New York. Sept 19.--Robt. NJ. Oil
plant, president of the Delaware and
! Hudson Canal company, said today of
the coal strike:
81 do not believe that the strike can
last or that it will permanently af-
feet the price of ccal in this city.
There are 10000 men who work in
4 the anthracite coal region. The labor
agitators recently declared they had
but ST. 900 in their treasury. This
Mould mean that they can pay each of
the men who go out at their order the
sum of 80 cents for one day. This
will not support a great strike very
long"
Few Collerics Operating.
IIazelton, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE
launching of the strike in this dis
trict was successful With the cxcep-
ton of Cox's colliery at Beaver Mea-
dow the entire territory known as
the south side, which includes about
Twelve mining towns, is completely
tied up. The territory is strongly or
ganzcd. On the ncsth side, which
takes in ten towns, moi so well Or
ganized, nearly every colliery started
up, but only one was able to muster
the full complement of men. Several
collieres, after starting, suspended
because of lack of men. 1t is conser-s
sativcly estimated that nearly 5000
men of the 10000 in the district
Thinks Victory Certain. -
Shamollin, Pa, Sept. 17.--Presi-
it|ent John Fahey, of the Ninth
district . United Mine Workers, said
that before the end of the week all
operations. in Schuyllsill, Columbia,
North Cumberland and Dauphin coun-
ties would be idle. President Samuel
Gompers, of the Federation of Labor,
said before leaving for Hazelton today
that there was no doubt as to the final
outcome being a victory for the men.
GETS sIa,ooo,eoo FOR A MINE.