Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-26
WANTS MORE TROOPS
Sheriff OF Luzerne County, Pa,
Says He Cannot Protect the
Citizens from Marchers.
MARKLEs REPLY TO THEIR MEN.
Decline to Conccde Three Points, but
Make Other Concessions and
Will Arbitrate.

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fairs in the strike region are yer,
quiet today. The soldiers are still il
camp on the hill near Shamokin. bu
they haye nothing whatever to dt
and are becoming impatient to ge
back home.
The first blood shed which may
be laid TO the coal miners strike
in the Lackawanna region was re
ported this morning from Sib'
ley, a mining settlement six miles
from Scranton. Three men were
wounded, one fatally, in a row in
which about 20 revolver shots were
fired. The participants were all Ital-
ians.
| Both sides claim gains today. but
reports received here indicate that
matters are at q standstill. pending
| the vote on the question of accepting
or rejecting the offer Of changes in the
working condition made yesterday by
the strike leaders.
HaZeltOn, Pa, Sept. 26.-Sheriff
Harvey, of LuZerne county. has asked
Governor Stone for troops because he
cannot guarantee the safety of persons
and property during the night march
ing of the strikers. The governor, il
Is >JaJSH here, has the matter under ad-
Visenent. The sheriffS request is said
to be backed up by telegrams from a
number Of private citizens of HaZclton
HaZelton, Pa, Sept. 2G-FollowinS
is Markle & Co.'S answer to their EN-
ployeS' bill of grievances:
the proper mchOd of settling all differ
snces between employer and employees,
as far back as 1850 an arbitration
clause was embodied in the agreement
with our men which is as follows: We
further agsee that under no considera-
tion viii we enter into a strike. Any
difficulties We may have with our en-
plOyerS are to be settled by arbitrl-
tiCu, viz: by our choosing competent
man and their choosing one, aud if
these men cannot agree these two must
choose the third, and their decision, or
the decision OF Il majority OF them 10
be binding. II i further agreed that
We VIII not be governed by any labor
association i'll settling any difficulties
while in the employment of q. Il.
Markle * Co.
Some Men Violate the Contract.
'At this time, when the answers to-
your grievances are due, We find q
number of men absent from work. OF
course, some advise up that they al"
restrained from working through fear,
while others, we know, have connected
themselves with labor organizations.
Under these circumstances we could,
We believe, in perfect good faith az
nOunce that our arbitration agreement
was NJ All end: but we do not feel that
men who regard their pledges as sacred
should be diShonOred through breach
OF faith by others. Our answers to
your grieVaSceS are given with the un-
derstanding that only those who are
working today have the right to act
upon them, and with the fur
ther understanding that their action
shall be binding upon us. Those iden-
titled with labor organizations, having
by that affiliatiun disqualified them
selves from acting under our arbitra-
ton agreement, are not entitled tOvote.
Those who are deferred from work by
conditions for which we are not re-
SponSible must be considered as in Il
state of voluntary suspension, and
their votes also must De excluded"