The Topeka state journal., 1900-09-26
MINERS FIGHT.
Icontlnued from the FIRST Paee.l

The sheriff told him that he was wanted
tect life and prdsoertv that it was impos-
Sible to be everywhere. He frankly tolQ
the governor that the situation as IT
stood yesterday was getting peyono ms
control and suggested to him InaQ TWO
regiments would be sufficient to preserve
order. He did not specify any command
He also informed the governor that un-
man; that he would not make the mis-
take that Sheriff Martin made three
years ago, when a score of men were
shot to death by deputies at Lattimer
The governor replied to him that he
would take the whole subject under
careful consideration and would let him
know later what he would do In the mat
ter. Sheriff Harvey will have another
talk with the governor during the day.
In speaking further on the question OF
using fire arms, the sheriff SAID;
Il am better friend of the strikers
than they think. know they are fight
ing for what they think is right have
given positive orders to my deputies that
they must not do any shooting; that
they must be calm and try to reason
with the men when they see the strikers
are about to commit violation or the
law. / believe that more can be done
with sugar than with vinegar. When
faced the men of Derringer yesterday
morning, kept my deputies split up
in groups so as not to excite the strikers
and went myself to the mob of 300 men
unarmed and pleaded with them to let
those workers go to the mines who so de-
sired. They positively refused to do so
and / arrested all those who were not
strictly within the law. If the men will
not listen to reason, then force must be
used and that means shooting. The pres
ence Of troops will prevent the gathering
of mObs and that is why asked the
governor to send the soldiers
No additional collieries We're closed up
in the Lehigh valley today. The Lentz
Schuylkill region, however, was report
ed as being closed. There is not a col
liery in this region that has its full force
of men today.
The strikers claim accessions to their
ranks, while most of the mine superin-
tendents report a slight increase in the
number of men working today The Le-
high Valley coal officials said they were
in better shape than on any other day
since the strike began. Three strikers
were arrested in the vicinity of this COM
pany's shaft in this city for unlawful
assembly. They were walking on the
railroad track within the company's
property.
COAL SUPPLY GETTING LOW.
Pottsville, Pa, Sept 26.-The strike
leaders are now turning their attention
to the collieries south of Broad Noun
tain. Many of the mines of the district
are close to this city and it is these
collierieS that produced yesterday most
of the coal mined in the Schuylkill reg
ions. Naturally, therefore, this district
becomes the center of operations against
the mine owners.
North of Broad Mountain few miners
were working. In the Mahanoy Val
ley not a colliery is in operation. The
miners, who day or two ago expressed
a desire to work are now hedging and
say they are not at all in hurry to
go back to the mines. The pleadings
and arguments of the strike leaders
have had their effect.
The fact is, the strike in the Schuy1-
kill regions is one of sympathy pure
and simple. They have no grievances
SIInPrinfPn66nf a n
ing company, said that not one of the
companies $1,000 men had come to him
or to any of the other officials of the
company, previous to the strike, with
a single grievance.
In the district south of Broad Noun
tain there were two collieries, Eagle
Hill and Silver Creek. which were work.
ing yesterday, while several that were
working on Monday did not resume yes
terday. The Wadsville colliery, near
Pottsville. one of the largest of the
Reading companys mines, was tied up,
the officials say, by reason of a broken
shaft.
At Forestville those Familiar with the
situation declare that the strike is al
most certain to include all of the seven
thousand men still at work south of
Broad Mountain.
In the Panther Valley the Lehigh Coal
& Navigation company has about seven
thousand men at work arr in all prob
ability these will also go out
At the extreme west end of the
Schuylkil1 region, adjoining Dauphin
county, where are located the Lykens
Valley Coal company's mines, there are
three collieries, which continue to pro-
duce daily about 300 cars of coal. These
collieries are the Brookside, Good
Spring and Lincoln, and it is asserted
that there will be no strike there, as
the men thoroughly satisfied
In number of the cities adjacent to
the coal regions, notably Reading, the
coal supply is getting low and many
families have been unable to purchase
even small quantities. It seems an extra
ordinary state of things for this section
of the country, where ordinarily tons of
coal can be picked up along the rail-
roads,
TO MARCH TO LATTIMER.
New York, Sept 25.-A special to the
Times from Hazleton, Pa, says:
1t is said that labor agitatOTS have in
spired the strikers to join in a march
to Lattimer to persuade, If possible, and
to drive out, if necessary, all the work.
ing miners at that place. The strike
leaders fuTiOuSly resent the introduction
of troops as a needless and tyrannica1
interference with them in the exercise of
their rights.
There is no doubt that the mine op-
orators have desired the presence of
troops They knew that with the troops
here many men could be got to work
who might otherwise be intimidated. 1t |
was only necessary that there should be |
repeated midnight demonstrations by |
the strikers to provoke disorder. The |
strikers appear TO nave Deen unaDle TO /
restrain excessive zeal on the part of |
their miSsionarier, and have contributed |
to bring about the condition they should |
have striven to avert.
Hazleton continues to offer about the |
only considera BILE opposition to the strike |
that is found in the entire district. |
Whether the strike shall persist, spread |
or dwindle depends altogether upon the |
judgment and acts of the miners. As |
the judgment of the miners is now gen.
orally surrendered to the mine workers
union. with President John Mitchell as |
a mouthpiece, and he remains deter
mined to keep the miners out until the |
grievances presented have been redress |
ed by the operators, while the operators |
are resolved to have no dealings with |
any OrganiZa ton the situation NAV re- |