Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-19

"a. fine unofficial statement that
h,pt 10000 Of the iil,OOO mine work
4, IN. anthracite fields are idle to-
,sv ALI Of the strike leaders say they
~ confident that every mine VIII be
lad up before the end Of the week and
y. pr,iuction Of coal will be at a
s'and-sull
n Marching. the form Of persuasion or
,.,,,on used by the Ha2elton strikers
Il l,oI began In earnest early tnls
,,rnIDg I'm the Hazelton region. a de-
-,I,ir.5 hand Of strikers from McAdOo
'n, An seyeral mine settlements before
,,b,.4k and induced several hundred
NOT 10 20 10 work. Il was TINS
'sr,blng from mine 70 mine day after
"a. I'm AN effort TO stop the men lrDm
',s An work that eliminated In the
Uful massacre by sherins' deputies
tbree years ago.
r,iyn Pardee, one of the most in
ensntial mine owners In the Hazelton
,'gion rave out an interview today,
mi III defiance. In which he declared
ia tba operators will never yield to
H. demands OF the strikers. and that
ia n fight TO the finish.
What IL likely to become q serious
,setura of the situation Is the stoppage
!, coal traffic and the consequent lay
a. OH OF coal train crews. Carrying
rg coal h almost at a standstill In the
Sy,oming and LaokaWanns regions ana
r9pv hundreds of railroaders are idle.
rbose men are likely to take action de-
ignsi 10 force the strike to a quick
conclusion. Even the Reading Com
tsnv which has more coal for sale than
XIV company. Is feeling the strike et-
sects and Is shipping less coal today
RECRUITS FOR THE STRIKERS.
Hazelton Pa. Sept. l9.-The ranks Of
sbe strikers IN the HaZeltOn district
.kere considerably increased today by
tfscrgits from nearly every colllery IN
she region that worked yesterday. The
bost important movement occurred
f5uth OF here this morning when ll0
4trikng mine workers Of McAdoo made
~ victorious march through the south
3dp They succeeded In tying up sew
sral operations, and In further Gripping
the Coleraine collieTy. The Coleralne
Employs g17 men when running run.
IAu OF this number only half went TO
t0rk yesterday. When the McAdo0
aren arrived al Coleralne this morning
NJ women were badly frightened ana
Hd,ised the COleraine men 10 remain
4way from the mines. When the whistle
ilew. lt was found that only about l5V
snen had reDOrted for work az NO. 2
topo. which usually employs about
E;0 men. Buck Mountain slope and
Do. ] slope OF the same company We're
h0muetely shut down. The breaker
fhiCh handles the coal Of the three
4Opfs. had only twenty-five boys Work
An- out Of about $50.
"A The Van WyCkle strippings employ
ID. go men, failed 70 start this morn"
Eng the men there also having been
4Tuaded 10 quit by the McAdoo
1narghers.
& From Coleraine, the McAdoo men
Nent 20 Tresckow, where they sue
Needed IN closing the Tyler and McIurk
fashery employing twenty-five men,
1an1 also prevailed upon the nifty men
4VOrkIng 40 Crawford and Dugans
-strypIngs not 20 20 20 Work. FROM
4fhat place they proceeded TO Honey
Brook and persuaded the men working
d C9rs0n's washeTy not 10 begin work
II The only other collierics working ON
III. south side besides the crippled
4to.gralne are CoX's al Beaver Meadow,
(which is working full and the Evans al
reayer Meadow. which Is short handed.
2lne Hazel mines at the Hazelton SHAFT
81 the Lfhigh Valley Coal company In
5th.s city are practically dead, only a
thallful OF men being at each place.
Number 40 shaft Of the same company
~ uHTNlntr vnrv short handed
Operators IN this district claim that
.flany men are anxious 10 work, but
They fear bodily harm and don't 60 TO
Ithe mines for that reason. The Van
HNyCklc Coal company sent coal ana
ETon police 20 the home Of its men on
rhe south side this morning to get them
10 return 70 work. They promised
rhm Protection on their way 20 ana
tir1m work and at the mines but very
tieT men. II any. went back.
This BE- "Flremen's day" In Hazelton,
Fnt a bis street parade was had. There
pas big crowd out. but no disorder
as reported
4 a THOUSAND MINERS QUIT
a shamok.n Pa. Sept. Bone thous-
- more miners employed at I'VE col
leHes owned by the Philadelphia q
4 pleading Coal q Iron companies and
4 lll'ldual operators ceased work to-
~ ln the vicinity OF Mount Carmel
4tompeil.ug the stoppage OF the opera
llols This makes the tie-up complete
~ me shamokin region, excepting the
locust Cap and North Franklin coli
lenas operated by the Philadelphia
all Reading Coal q Iron company.
4, win the exception Of n few miners
ems mobbed by Hungarians near the
ignnsylvania colllery last night, every
mug was quiet and continues So De-
letules are maintaining a sharp look
3V'v nc the various c0llierles.
sheriff Eugene Zernng. Of Northum-
peIahl county Is swearing IN deputies,
ONLY ONE NINE OPERATING.
Scranton. Pa. Sept i0.-The strike Of
,he anthracite coal miners enters up0n
ib third day with everything shut
,uo9"n ln the first district except the
Mrt End Coal company's mine at
Mo.4naQua This Is the only mine In
operation and the strike leaders made
2 strong but unayalllng effort to close
" With this exception the lie up IN
l.ieNaWanna and Wyoming valleys Is
,h'i'lsh. for not even a washery Is
ul'n' anything today hereabouts. The
."ngw have failed 90 make any agree
ni.ni which lnsures their employees the
vase increase demanded. The sltua-
Won made more complicated by this
i,et Tor within a few days must come
.ne sloppage of street railway travel.
we shutting down largely OF the cleo
VIC i,sht service and the possible clos
"b or schools by lack OF coal.
81, me necessities OF the strike make
l.'s imperative" said Henry Collins.
=. ihe district executive board this
morning.
81, he lie up Of the mines has caused
we Jay on Of every coal train crew In
,uls region, and whatever coal r. being
''r-i m, rs going out In the freight trains.
~ number Of rallroaders idle In con-
"Nlenee reaches into the hundreds.