Evening star., 1900-10-29
Operations Resumed at Most of the
Anthracite Collieries.
STRIKE At LEHIGH STILL OF
Probably Due to misunderstanding
on Part Of Miners.
WANT WRITTEN GUARANTEE

HAZLETON, Pa, October 29.-Opera tions
were resumed this morning at majority
of the colieries in the Hazleton district,
and they will be continued in full blast for
the next two months. The strike is still
on at the mines of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company, located at Audenried,
Honey Brook and Green mountain One
of the officials of the company said this
morning that the company had informed
the men that it would abolish the sliding
scale and agree to pay the 10 per cent in
crease until April 1, and they did not know
why they refused to report The mine
workers claim that they want a written
guarantee in this respect.
The Oneida and Derringer collieries of
Coke Brothers 6, Co. are also idle because
Of some misunderstanding on account of the
notices posted by the company. All hands
will probably be at work tomorrow. The
only other colliery that did not resume is
the one at Milnesville, where no demands
have been granted at all. Before the strike
began this company threatened to abandon
this mine and it seems that the threat will
be carried out.
Strikers Laid or.
About one hundred strikers found them
selves out of work at the Lattimer coliery
Of C. Pardee & Co.; twenty-five Of these
men, the firm claims, got their settlement
in full when they quit and were no longer
considered employees, so their places were
filled by others this morning. The other
seventy-five were sent home because of the
abandoning of the Buck Mountain vein by
the firm, who say that operation of this
part of the workings will be Improbable
on account of the 10 per cent increase.
The fifty men employed at Tyler Nc
Turks Stockton washery refused to work
because, they allege, they were offered only
10, which they expected.
A. Pardee & Co. having filled the places
of six ''lokie'' runners, the miners refused
to go back to work at Cranberry until their
runners were reinstated, and in conse-
quence the colliery Is idle. General Super
intendent Pardee received a committee of
the men and has the matter of reinstate-
ment under consideration.
colliery whistle blew this morning 15,00o
men and boys between Trcvorten, this
place and Mount Carmel reported for work.
The only collieries idle are Henry Clay,
Excelsior and Corbin. They will be In op-
GRAFTON in a few days. :
In the Wyoming Valley.
WILKESBARRE, Pa. october 29.-About
IS per cent of the collirries in the Wyo-
ming valley are at work this morning. All
the mines of the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany at Pittston resumed with a full force
Of men. The Lehgh and Wilkesbarre Com
pany reports all it's colleries ins this sec
ton working. The Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western and the Delaware and Hud-
son Companies are working to their full
lest capacity.
There was a hitch at the Susquehanna
Coal Companys mines at Nanticoke owned
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. On
Saturday night a committee OF the employees
had q conference with General Superinten-
dent Williams. He agreed to pay the ad-
vance granted by the other companies, but
said nothing about posting notices. When
the men reported for work this morning
they found that notices had not been post
ed and they declined to go into the mines
until the notices were put up.