Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1900-09-28
FEW GO TO WORK.
Although Troops Are Rendy,to Pro-
tcct Them, Men Stay Awny
from the Mines.


the expected clash between the troops
and striking miners in the Schuylkill
region Monday a peaceful calm per-
vaded the region, and there was not
the slightest disorder for the soldiers
to be called upon to quell. In fact, in
all the districts of the anthracite coal
fields the day was extremely quiet,
there being no demonstrations what
ever on the part of the strikers. While
the operators claim that n number
of their employees returned to work at
the mines in the Schuylltill region, it
was early in the day evident that OPP
.rations did not assume the activity
which the mine owners anticipated,
and indications are that to-day will
find more idle collieries than at any
time since the strike began.
The soldiers moved over the roads
leading to the collieries in Schuy!kill
county from early morning, and thus
| afforded protection to those desirous
of returning to work. No opposition
was encountered, however. and not a
very great many availed themselves of
the protection offered.
|
tions to their ranks, and President
| Mitchell himself estimates that the
striking force was augmented Monday
to the extent of 1,S0O to 1000. No over.
lures to end the struggle have beer.
offered by either side. The strike Lead
ers are occupying themselves in in
| ducing mine workers to quit and the
| operators are endeavoring to mine all
the coal they can with their reduced
| forces.
Meantime coal shipments from the
mines are growing less and reports of
advances in prices for the commodity
are received from all trading sections.
Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 25.-Contrary
to the expectations of both the opera
tors and the striking coal miners,
there were no developments in the
| strike situation in the Lehigh re-
| gion Monday. 1t was thought in
some quarters that owing to the pres
ence of troops in the anthracite field
a break would occur in the ranks of
| the strikers or that large num-
Der of additional men would refrain
from going to work. The operators
as rule predict break in the
| strikers ranks and the labor leaders
were equally sure they would tie
up this region tighter than ever.
Both sides claim they have made
| gains. 1t seems, however, from the
most reliable reports received here
from the entire region, that the
| strikers made a net gain in point of
|
liery at Sandy Run, on the North
side was tied up, but the operation is
not a large one.
There were many stories afloat in
| regard to the situation at the Latti-
mer mines. The strike leaders as
serted that the colliery at that place
was completely tied up, but when a
representative of the Calvin Pardee
company, which owns the mines, was
| asked about the situation there, he
said the colliery was running along as
usual, and that only about so out of
LOO employees had failed to go into
the slopes. The United Mine Work.
ers have been working hard to get
the Lattimer men to quit. The most
of the other collieries in the Hazleton
district which have not yet been shut
| down entirely, reported that their
working forces had been more or less
increased. This the labor people de-
clare to be untrue.
President Mitchell. in discussing the
| situation in the entire strike region,
said:
Reports received by me from the lower
| anthracite (SchylkilD region indicate that
! at least 1000 mine workers Joined the
| strikers. A large number of these came
| from the Reading company's mines. In the
| Lehgh region We made large gains. ]
| have not received definite figures, but !
| should judge that the number of men here
| tofore working and who did not go into the
| mines In this district Monday numbered be-
| tween 600 and 500, The meetings held on
| Sunday by the United Mine Workers, at
| which men who had not struck were
| strongly urged to help in the fight bore
| fruit AS whole, / feel more encouraged
| than / have at any time since the strike
| begun, and am confident that within the
| next five days the entire anthracite coal
| field in Pennsylvania will be idle. At no
| place Monday did we lose man.
Archbishop Ryan will call upon the pres
idents OF the various railroads which have
mining interests n this region at the re-
| quest of the United Mine Workers and will
tender his good offices in the struggle. If
| the officials refuse to meet his grace 1t will
| certainly demonstrate their insincerity in
| publicly declaring their Willingness 10
treat with their men and will place them in
| the same position as that once occupied by
| Mr.. Vanderbilt, who very forcibly said that
| the public had no interests which a corpo-
| ration was bound to respect"
There is not the slightest change in
the situation in regard to a settle
ment of the labor war. Neither side
has approached the other, and there
is nothing in view which would indi-
cate that anything will soon be done
in that direction. The United Mine
Workers are still devoting most of
their attention to getting out the men,
while the operators are doing the
best they can with their crippled
| forces.
| The battalion of the Eighth regi-
ment which arrived at McAdoo, five
miles from here, Monday and which
made II demonstration in that town