Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1900-09-22
QUIET IN COlLFIELDS.
Predictions of Violence Not
Realized.
7HE ATTITUDE OF OPERATORS.
Universal Determination Not 10 Rec
oEnize United Mine workers-some
Peaceful Marching at Hazleton.
Men Now out Number 100000.

Philadelphia, Sept 20-An interesting
feature OF Yesterdays developments in
the coal miners strike was the meeting
at Jeddo, near Hazleton, of the mine
workers employed ia the four colheries
Of q. b. Markle & Co. These men are
III different position from the others in
the region. as they have an agreement
with their employers to submit any
grievance and wait ten days for an ad-
jHstment When the strike was ordered,
they had not presented amy complaint,
but the day the tie up began the United
Mine Workers officials had the union
men in Markle's mine formulate grew
ances similar to those of the strikers and
demand adjustment. Since then Mar
kle's mines have been in operation, but
ut yesterdays meeting President Mitch
ell and some of his lieutenants obtained
the adoption of resolution calling for
strike at once. The Markles claim the
meeting was packed one" and that
their men will be at work tomorrow as
usual. They offered to submit to arbi-
tration. but President Mitchell said
there could be no arbitration without
recognition of the union.
The Reading company is getting ready
to reap the harvest presented TO 1t by
the tie up of the other coal districts.
Nearly all of its colleries in the Schuyl-
kill region have been working three-quar-
ters time, but orders were issued placing
them on full time, and henceforth all the
mines will be operated to their full ca
.paoity. Even with this extra output the
company cannot supply the demand, and
il has served notice on the west that ex-
traordinary orders could not be filed.
Meanwhile reports are coming from all
parts of the country of large increases in
the price of coal to consumers to keep
the orders down.
No Violence.
All was quiet in the entire coalheld
yesterday. Even the much advertised
clash in the Lykens regions of the Penn
sylvania Railroad company was side
tracked through the decision of the strik-
ers at Lykens deciding that it would be
unwise to march on. the nonunion men at
Wiliamstowna and force them to quit work.
Nevertheless there We're fewer men at
work yesterday than on Tuesday, Presi-
dent Mitchell claiming that more than
126.000 men are now idle. Contradictory
reports come from the Schuylkill region
one to the effect that the strikers at Mo
rea, after being out two days, had decid-
ed to return to work DelnS feceiNeu WITH
incredulity at strike. headquarters.
The mine operators, after generally
maintaining silence for several days,
are showing a disposition to talk for
publication, and as result several state
ments from their side are printed. All
breathe the same spirit-no recognition
of the United Mine Workers and a fight
to the finish with President Mitchell and
his followers.
Marching makes the timid men and wo-
men in the Hazleton region nervous be-
cause of the terrible result of that sort
of campaigning in 1897, when the depu-
ties shot down marchers, and marching
began in earnest there yesterday The
marchers were peaceful, however, and
they succeeded in inducing several hun
dred men to quit work, temporarily at
beast.
President Mitchell of the United Mine
) Workers, after getting reports at Halle
( ton from his lieutenants, made the state
! ment that over 10000 out of the 141 200
mine workers in the anthracite field were
idle.