The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-26
COAL MINERS REJOICING.
Anthracite Strikers Delighted Over
Their Great Victory.

AZIETCiN, Pa, Oct. 26.-The following
notice was posted at all the coIIeries in
this region this morning, except those of
the Cross Creek Coal Company ard G. B.
MarkIe q Co., which have not as yet ac
eeded TO the demands OF the men there:
'.Notie@The strike is declared eff
where notices have been posted in accord
ance with the Scranton convention. The
men are to return to work on Monday.
October 90. All men employed at eollieries
where notices have not been posted are to
remain idle, as there is good reason for
believing that all collieries Wit be in line
on Monday. The Lehigh and WfIkesbarre
Coal Company's employees are not to re-
turn to work until further netice, as the
company is not in line ON the sliding
scale"
John MarkIe of C. B. Markle & Co.,
said this morning that his firm had not
as yet posted the notices advancing wages
and reducing the price OF powder, and de-
clined to say whether it would or not.
L. P Smith, General Superintendent of
the Cross Creek collieries.- was away this
morning, and his subordinates were reti-
cent 1t is generally believed, however,
| that both the operating companies will
soon be compelled to fall into line with the
companies granting INC dtdfdASV oiiN
! making the other concessions demanded
by the miners, as they would soon lose
| ali their men If they did not
In consequence OF the exodus of thou
| sands of the miners and mine laborefs
! from this region, during the strike there
| is a scarcity of hands, and those collier
| les Offering increased wages viii attract
| the ajority of the men.
When work is resumed on Monday there
will be plenty of work for all men apply
| ing at the colleries, as the quota OF output
allowed each miner will have to be made
UP before the close of the year and Work
will have to be rushed to attain this.
WILKESRARRE, Pa, Oct 26.-The COM
panies In this district which have not yet
offered the 10 per cent increase and which
will not. under the order of President
Mitchell, resume work on Monday, are:
! The Susquebanna, employing o,Uu0 men:
| PENNSYLVANIA employing $500, and the
Kingston Coal Company, with 2,5o0. There
are also several small operators with less
| than eco employees.
| All of these, 1t is expected. will yield
! within few days, offer the 10 per cent
I advance, and resume work. They are con-
| fronted by several difficulties If they do
rot The first of these will be their in
! ability TO fill their quota of the coal sup
| ply: the second, the fact that there are
rot enough miners in the region Many
| of the men left during the strike for the
| soft coal fields, and their places cannot
| be readily filled. L is estimated that in
| this region, which employs 1880 men,
fully 5000 have left for other workings
| One of :he strike leaders said:
| Our return TO work Will be conditional
on the fact that every man and boy en-
ployed must be assured Of his place. There
must be no distinctions made because this
or that man took an active part IN the
| strike All must be treated in an i'm
partial manner.
| There are other small things that must
be gone over between eTnpioye and en-
pioyer before the troubles now pending can
be settled. But still the men will go back
to work Monday unless something unfore-
seen happens. Everyone Is satisfied and
general spirit Of happiness prevails over
the whole valley, especially where the 1o
per cent advance has been granted
| .Iayor Nichols is being severely criti-
cised for his action yesterday n calling on
proyninent citizens 10 act as deputies and
while with the ending OF the strike there
seems to be no danger for further rioting.
If they are pressed into service, many Of
the men Will appeal TO the courts
The Central Labor Union has passed Wig
orous resolutions condemning the mayors S
action. saying: 1T is the act of an official
who has lost his presence of mind or is a
ready tooi in the hands Of the corpora
tions"
| SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 26.-There is
great rejoicing today ali through Scran-
ton and the Lackawanna Valley at the
calling off of the anthracite miners strike
by President Mitchell and bis executive
| officers The order has also had the eff
feet OF stimulating the companies which
had not already posted notices agreeing
to advance wages 10 per cent to do so
and today the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany will send out its official notices to
| It's mines at Dunmore, Ayoca, and Pitts
ton. This evening will find the notice uI
! at every mine in the valley from Forest
CITY TO Pfttston. Fifty-three thousand
| men aud boys between these points will
| therefore resume work on Monday
What the SusqueshanRa Coal Company
| pennsylvania Railroad) will do as to its
| mines at Nanticoke is as yet unknown
but that company's general superintend-
ent. Morgan Williams, at the meeting oi
the operators here on Thursday of last
week, agreed to the April first" conces-
sion.
Today the mining companies have forces
Of men getting the mines in shape for re-
sumption on Monday next The business
community is enthusiastic over the win
| ter's outlook and among the operators
there is the opinion that there i be ex-
| ira efforts made to meet the market de-
mands for coal A the mines, all the sid
| ings are filled with cars and the ship
ments of coal ere certain to be large be-
fore another week ends.
President Mitchell Will come to Scran-
| ton today and is to be the special guest a
several affairs which the miners have ar
ranged in his honor for this evening ant
tomorrow,