The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-19
BREACH IS STILL WIDE.
Operators and Men Both Settle Down
to Struggle.

Hazelton, Pa, Sept. 1S.-The second
day of the anthracite coal strike has
failed to bring forth anything that
would lead to the coming together of
the mine owners and the strikers. I'm
less there is a break in the ranks of
either II seems tonight that a third
party VIII have to step into the breach
and try TO bring the two forces to-
gether =
President Mitchell. in his statement
on the situation throughout the entire
anthracite region, estimates that about
o,OOO additional mine workers laid down
their tools today, making a total of
11S,OO0 mine workers idle
Today was entirely devoid of impoFt-
ant DEVELOPMENTS in this district. and
the little cha 1ge in the situation was
in favor of the strikers. 1t was estf-
mated yesterday UnaU OF $4,000 mine
workers in the Hazelt0n district, about
5000 did not resume work. President
Mitchell. in his est q ate however,
raised these figures to 10000. Careful
reports received from every mining
town in the region today warrant the
estimate that more than 1000 addi-
tlonal men did not go into the mines
this morning. Not one operator was
reported to have increase his working
force over that of Yesterday.
All was quiet il Hazelton today with
the exception Of few petty cases of
workers numbering about 100 marched
from McAdoo through the south today.
but caused no trouble At Evansville
seventy-five men fled upon their ap-
preach.
Tonight's meetings of the strikers
We're held at eight different points in
this vicinity.
The following statement was issued
tonight by President Mitchell on behalf
OF the striking mine workers:
districts Nos. 1, and of the anthra-
cite coal region show that there have
been great accessiOns to the ranks of
the strikers today. In district No
(HazeltOn regiOn) not less than 500
mine workers who mined Yesterday
failed to report for work this morning.
thus increasing the total number on
strike from 10000 to II, 500 today
In district No. (SchuyIkiID our
forces have been augmented by $500
mine workers in addition to the 10000
reported yesterday.
The situation in district No. 0lack-
awanna) is practically the same as the
first day of the strike, only 200 men
remaining at work. Total number of
men idle. 1JS,O0O
From every section of the anthra-
cite region reports indicate that much
dissatisfaction prevails among those
who have uD to this time failed TO par
ticipate in the strike. and we confident
= NN>PC ina thS hulibeI dl Work VIII
grow less with each succeeding day
until the mines shall be completely
closed
The total number of cars of coal
shipped by the Hazelton division OF the
Lehigh Valley railroad, which taps
every mine in this district, with the
exception of six operations owned by
Coke Bros. & Co. is about 500 per day.
On Monday. the first day of the strike
all the coal crews were at work and
about per cent of the total daily av-
erage production was shipped This
includes some coal mined on Saturday
and therefore does not give the esti-
mate of the production of the various
cOllieries yesterday. No coal crews on
the HazeltOn division have yet been
laid off owing to reduced coal produc-
ton.