The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-01
FELL FLAT.
Coal Operators Offer of Ten Per
Cent Advance
Had No Effect on Striking An
fhracite Miners.
STAMPEDE EXPECTED
Less Men Showed Up For Work
Than Last Week.
VIII Not Work Until President
Mitchell Orders.

Shamolin. Pa. Oct. Although su-
perintendents Of the numerous collieries
in this portion Of the Ninth United Mine
Workers district attempted to start up
their mines this morning. few if any.
men went to work a few business peo-
pie expected there would be a stampede
of the employees of the Reading Coal &
Iron company to go under ground, on
account of the company granting an in
crease of 10 per cent on the net earn
ings of men and boys, but they were
disappointed.
If anything, less men showed up at
the Reading company's workings than
at other operations. owing to the strik-
ers and their leaders having canvassed
the Workmen thoroughly after the post
ing yesterday of the cOmpany's notices
informing the miners of the concession.
The canvassers pointed out that nothing
was said about a reasonable reduction
on the cost of powder, the abOllShment
of the sliding scale, or the granting of
other important concessions
Long before daybreak all of the Read
ing cOmpany's men had determined not
to so to work 1t is generally agreed
oy most, if not all the strikers, that they
will not go to work until officially ad-
tised by president Mitchell
There was no violence anywhere in the
district this morning. Committees Of
strikers lined all avenues leading to the
mines to guard against men going to
work. but as few left their homes the
sentinels had little or nothing to do.
READY FOR TROUBLE
Shenandoah, Pa, Oct. 1.-The notice
posted yesterday by the Philadelphia &
Reading Coal & Iron company an
nOuncing an increase in wages of 10 per
cent to all of it's employees, was ignored
by the striking mine workers and none
of them went to the workings this morn
ing.
It was the impression here last night
that no attempt would be made today
to operate the idle collieries and this
feeling was strengthened by the fact
that the soldiers were not ordered to
patrol the roads at an early hour today.
The governors troops and battery Z
went on practice march at 8 O'Clock,
but this was not significant
General Goblin prepared for
trouble in the Panther Creek valley to-
dav. The Lehigh Coal & Navigation
company's collieries are located there
and that is the only section of the an
thracite region not yet affected by the
strike. The fact OF the strikers going
from EazletOn last night to Lansfield
and Coaldale, both in the Panther Creek
region led Superintendent Cehner, of the
I4ehigh Coal & Navigation company, to
believe an attempt would be made to
induce the men there to quit. Sheriff
TOole was in communication with Gen
eral Goblin until a late hour last night
and at ? o'clock this morning Thomas
Reese, a special deputy, went to 1ans-
ford TO learn the situation. At o'clock
he informed General Goblin by telephone
that no attempt was made to interfere
with the mine workers in that vicinity.
He said meetings were held last ngiht
by the strikers who afterward returned
peaceably to their homes
MARCH TO LATTIMER.
Hazleton. Pa, Oct. Another march
with the Calvin Pardee collieries at Lat
timer, five miles from here as the objec-
tive point, took place early today About
500 striking mine workers from Freeland
strated for Lattimer at 1 a. n and
little later 100 strikers set out from Haz-
Teton for the same place The two bodies
effected q junction east of Lattimer and
marched into the town at 4 O'Clock. Each
striker carried a small American flag.
Their arrival at Lattimer caused a
great commotiOn. Nearly every man.
woman and child in the place was
reused out of bed. The marchers adopt
ed the same tactics as were employed at
Eazlebr0Ok last week, going to the
homes Of all nOn-strikers and quietly
asking them to refrain from continuing
at work They also covered all the
roads leading from surrounding towns
to Lattimer. The strikers claim they
succeeded in getting nearly 400 men to
quit, but the company officials say they
did not lose anywhere that number.
Sherin Harvey of Iuzerne county ar
rived at Lattimer just as the mine whis-
ties blew for the starting OF work al
o'clock He found nothing to do how
ever as all the men were conducting
themselves in an orderly manner After
starting time the strikers again formed
in line and marched through the tvon
after which they dispersed
All was reported quiet in the Panther
Creek valley this morning. About 20 of
the strikers who went to that place yes
terday from McAdoo and Joansville re-
maine0 there over night for the purpose
of trying to get the 220 men working at
the cOllerieS in that valley to quit. They
did not meet with very much success, as
reports from that locality say that all
the cOlilerieS are working with nearly
the same force of men as on Saturday
No troops were sent there but Sheriff
Ioole of Schuylkiu county had deputies
on watch
Reports from the various collieries
throughout the HazIetOn district today
snow that practically the same number
OF men We're working as on Saturday ex-
ceptlng at Lattirner. The only colliery
where a noticeable change occurred was
AT that OF A Pardee & Co. at Cranl,ar-
~ where some of the ''lolxi'' ENGINEERS
ana some driver boys struck. thus fur
ther crippling the working
A lohI IS dirninutiVe mine Iocono-
tive.
WAITING ON MITCHELL
WillSesbarre, Pa, Oct. The strike
sltuauon N the Wyoming valley re-
mains unchanged this morning an 81
the collieries with the excention Of r.
one at MOcanaQua, employing 400 men
are tied up as usual It is apparent from
the declarations OF the strikers ana +hsI,
leaders, that no action will be taken on
the part of the mine owners to start
their cOllierieS by an offer of 10 rer cent
President Mitchell
4 MARKLE MARCHES WITH STRIK-
ERS.
Hazleton. Pa, Oct. When John