Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-09-19
NOT ALL TO STRIk L.
indications that About 40 Per
Cent. Of the Miners will
Continue Work.

Philadelphia, Pa. Sept. 1o.A special
frem Hazleton. Pa. says: Judging from,
the best information obtained it is proha-
bic that about 80 per cent. Of the III 600
miners employed in the anthracite coal
fields will lay down their toois
tonight Possibly the United MineWosk-
ers mag develop greater strength than
this, but there are conservative judges
wha predict that the strike Will not at
tain to such formidable figures.
Should the number of defections fail
undeg 40 per cent. the men will undoubt-
eI3y be disheartened. If TO pc. cen;.
gs GA strike there will be fight
ing chance fer both miners and
lperafers. with the latter hold
ing an advantageous position.
The workers display a strength approx
mating so per cent They will have rea-
san to be iubilant and may secure Il
speedy victory.
But the indications would seem to
peiat to Il failure to get out expected
numbers especially in this district. and TO
collisions between the union and non
unim elements as consequence.
Galleries will be Abandoned.
Hazleton. Pa, Sept. 1o.-SOme of the
cehieries in this region are running short
handed today because Of the failure 70
renprt Of miners whose supplies OF pow
der and other materials had run out.
President Mitchell is expected here to-
right and as soon as he arrives VIII take
personal charge of the strike.
The men employed at the Coleraia and
Beaver Meadow collieries of the A :.
Var Wyckle company were warmed TINS
week by |. Pardee. executor OF the estate
controlling the mines, that If they We're
SO disposed they could go out on Monday
mGrAing but that the collieries would be
abandoned as soon as the strike was set
tied
Detectives are said to be arriving on
every train and fully .oO are feporteu
in various mines in this neighborhood
An agent for barbedWire company
stated today that he had sold thousands
of psunds of wire to the operators. ms
indicates that the mines will be fenced in
and barriers erected around the breaker
houses beyond which no intruder would
dare venture.
Will be Operated Monday.
HE decision of the men employed by
q. e. Markle < Co. not to strike until
the expira ton of ten days means that the
Jeddo & Oakdale collieries. employing
about 1900 hands, will be operated Mon
day morning despite the strike order. 1t
appears from this fact that the strike
cannct be made general throughout the
HazIeton district, but Ben amin James.
who is in charge of the mlneWorkers
headquarters. declares that the mine
workers organiZat ton is strong enough at
JedGe and Oakdale to seriously cripple
operations.
Nearly n Complete Shutdown.
Scranton. Pa. Sept 15.-The position
Of the United Mineworkers was today
further strengthened in the Lackawanna
region by the going out Of the miners
and laborers at a half-dozen other col
Iiesies. The day will close with as near
a. complete shutdown in the entire Lack
awanna valley as can be imagined. for
it is almost certain that not a colliery
in operation in this region can with
stand the apparent determination Of the
aineworkers to maintain their demands
by strike. AT the headquarters of dis
tricas No. 1 today Fred Dilcher, the ma
tiona1 committeeman in charge, had as
sWing reports from the presidents of the
local unions, the men everywhere decld-
ing according to reports that where work
was not already suspended, it would be
to-day.
Railroads Laying Off Men.
The strike is already having an effect
On the railroads. which are laying off
many of their coal-train crews, especially
the Delaware & Hudson, the Ontario 4
Western and the Lackawanna. The bust
ness community is feeling more gloomy
than ever over tie situation. A proml-
nen9 factor in the situation is the foreign
element If the Hungarians, Poles and
Italians quit work it is certain that there
will be a tie-up despite the stand taken
by the English-speaking miners.
Early Settlement Probable
Pittsburg, Pa, Sept. 15.-An early set
Element Of the wage differences of the
glass chimney manufacturers and work
men is probable The manufacturers
have made 4 proposition to pay an ad-
vance Of from ; to per cent for hand
made chimneys and slight increase for
machine work The workmen demand
10 per cent. advance.
The proposition was submitted to the
workmen. and il favorable action is tax
en- the chimney factories will all be in
operation some time next week, giving
employment to 10000 men and boys.
NATIVES ARE AMERICANS.