New-York tribune., 1900-09-19

| workmen yesterday, remained quietly at home to
! day probably because there were no non-uhioi
| men TO attack. At some of the mines an eNtr!
force of special policemen was put on suaro
| These men are, many OF them, non-unioh miners
who are regularly in officers ana wh'
are added TO tho regular force Of Speciai poi!c'
! about the coll:eries. The Lehigh Valley Co"
( Company whose coleres guarded by high
! fences topped with barbed wire. did not ma Il
necessary TO engage any more men IN TINS region
: hut some nf the other companies materially Il"
creased their fierce These men have reVolVers pu'
do not show them. No premedita ed outbreak - eN-
uccfad hui thcre IS always the danger Of some
reckless fellows getting drunk and committing some
dcpredatons
The North American wa2hery at LuEerne sent
a request TO Sheriff Harvey late yesterday after
noon asking that he send deputies tS guard the
property at that place. The officials complained
that when an effort made 20 start the work
mgs the prevented by strikers. Ihe
Sheriff being of town. attention was paid
to the request and no deputies we're sent Deputy
Sheriff Housenecht stated this afternoon that
Sheriff Harvey was at HazIeton giving his personal
attention 10 the region where trouble Is most likely
TO occur No additional deputies have as yet been
sworn in to assist the Sheriff, and no further re-
quests have been made by the washery officials
The operators have little to say. but the head OF
one Of the big companies discussed the situation.
He said
It is impossible to say as yet whether the strik- ,
judging from the situation after two days trial,
do not think they can. The men in the LehiBh
region knew last night that practically no work was
beng done IN the Wyoming and LackawaEna dis
tIicts. they knew what percentage Of their S fellow
Worknen were on STRIKE, ana yer to-uag HiIWsS M,
many men were at work as yesterday The
side OF il and say nearly as many. for they claim
they have made slight gain the , end oi Gio, ms i
at present the strtkers will not be able TO get out
maEE more men imam tey n npe @ on are striking
The strike leaders declare nearly 20 per cent ar, are
amount to 20 per cent of the coal workers, they
cannot hope to win the strike. because they wt DC
supplying coal to the market in sufficient quantity
10 keep the market alive. Another point, TOO, is
this: the average miner Is not the knd & oI man , 70
work In the other parts OF the region He
needs s9 IN the this om reson foq they quiet
and orderly to-day but the operators feel that the
ience Will lead the men 70 acts which they will
regret. The vicious words OF Fred DhGher a, at
han the G ase Of brae force 60 T
sorts 50 3 Of m seys n are sG In this to win and
there will be no haf-hearted fight, II lives must
%ah} Ss 4' ii O'tSes Sen i mSs be so" Il
thing more Anarchstic than this would IKE ., 70
ers resort to any means tn to win & and II Is nd de
find that men like Doher do more harm than
good.
RAILROAD MEN AFFECTED.
A goodly percentage OF the railroad men of this
section are experiencing the first effects of the gen
eraI tie-up of the mines in the valley to-day. Be
Car5ondale ana Packerton not less lhdh
eighteen hundred engineers and hremen. trainmen.
conductors and other employees OF the Lehigh Val
ley. Central Railroad OF New-Jersey, Delaware and
Hudson and Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
are idle to-day have received orders to lay off to-
morrow on account Of the suspension of coal
traffic. While this number includes all hands and
seems large 1t IS based n conservative estimate
made by a train master, who claims that the Of
fclals will be unable TO give a rough guess
of the number TO affected should the strike last
only few weeks. This is due TO the fact that the fall
freight traffic may and may not offset the losses
sustained I'm the coal department and it may or
may not be found necessary TO reduce the freight
crews On the Lehigh Valley between Packerton
and Coxton nearly two hundred men were laid of
to-day. OF this number little more than two
thirds trainmen. and 1t includes two engine
crews and fifty brakemen at Packerton. seventy
eight men here and at Coxton and odd crews and
hands between the Wyoming division terminals.
That the railroad officials OF the opinion that
the strike will last for weeks at least is
shown by the arrangements to lay off a number
Of train masters and clerks that have already been
made. Again, arrangements for division of time
between the men suspended and those unaffected
by the miners strike would have undoubtedly
been made to-day the officials OF the opinion
that the struggle will last for indefinite period
On the Delaware and Hudson lines little coal was
moved to-day. An occasional car, found In some
remote corner Of a yard, was 10 be seen in north
bound trains. but the niine product formed an in
siSHlHcdnt portion or the trains. or the railroad
men a large percentage idle. On this end Of
the line seven crews or six men each knocked off
Work to-day and are not overjoyed with the pros
poets of not working again for some time to come
At carbondale more than three times the number
or shout two hundred men. are idle With the
Ontario and Western engaged in transferring and
hauling the Delaware and Hudson coal are fully
hity men who are similarly affected.
On the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western about
two hundred men are affected. Only one coal crew
"a CaAn rha
suspension orders are being issued generally. With
the others, the company shares a great loss in
rafle The force OF the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
Company is Idle to-day The railroad men number
about thirly-hve in ali. OF the Central Rail-
road of New-Jersey force more than 30 per
cent Of the viii be affected by the miners
strike, particularly in this region the freight traffic
being light and the work depending largely on the
coal traffic. The number OF crews idle to-day is
ten, of six men each.
STATEMENT BY OPERATORS.
The operators gave out the following statement
this afternoon:
The. The mines mines Il sehuylklu all work to-day
NH NH E, Creek Coal Company near Mahanoy City.
Silver Brook Coal Company went to work TO-DAY
This property belongs to the Hazleton district. OF
The seven thousand men employed by the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company at LGnsford sun
a. IDLE b e Ejl 9 ana Lamaqua not man
stances. me Reading mines have had 40 trouble
Ichieu
men have quit work. The company store was IN
SANITY turned INTO cash store. The statement
printed in The Wiikesbnrre Record" that the
miro workers would get what they wanted II they
hGd 10 have bloodshed is being printed in Inn
shr!an and sent out by some parues in the Halle
ton section. II has added to the bad feeling Pres
ldent Mitchell has denied tha: he said the union
would start relief stores In HaZletou, Scranton ana
NIlkeshaTre- He has refused allow the Jeddo
im2ine m workers TO arbltrste with their employers
u they arbitrate, he says, they go back on tho
union Marlsc &c Co. say they are willin. 70 ar
biirS te. The and the operators have an agree
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