The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-10-27
YIELDING TO STRIKERS
Coal Magnates Posting Notices of
a Wage Increase.
Only Few IF the Operators Now
Holding Out-BeIEef That All VIII
ers by ToHiEb.-PrepHria aS the Col
Iieries for the Assumption of Work

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Oct 27--Most of
he coal companies here which had not
offered the 10 per cent increase did so this
morning. The Kingston Coal Company,
the Algonquin, the Laurel Run, and the
Pennsylvania Coal Company offered the
advance. the Kingston and Pennsylvania
by meeting their employees and agreeing
TO the increase. and the others by posting
notices.
The susquehanna Coal Company an
nounced this morning that the sister col
lieries of the Pennsylvania Railroad and
Mining Company of Shamokin. the Union
Coal Company of Mahanoy City and Sha
Tnokin. the Lykens Valley Coal Company
at Lykens. and Summit Branch Coal Com
pany at WlIiamstown will all resume
work on Monday. They were waited Oh by
committees Of the employees and granted
the advance.
The Susqueaaara Coal Company has not
heard from an D: its $500 employees at
Nantieoke and Glen Lyon but the officials
say they are always Wiling to meet their
employees. They intimate that, while it
is not policy for the company to offer an
advance. it will be granted on request of
the men. The outlook Is that all the col
lieries in this region will resume work
on Monday.
Two strikers were arrested this morn
ing for tearing down the signs of non
union brewery and were fined $50 each by
Mayor Nichols.
HAZLETON, Pa, Oct 27.-An the col
iieries in the Lehigh district. with the ex-
ception of the ivy still holding out
against granting the advance in wages
and she reduction in the price Of powder
dema nded by the miners, were making the
most active preparations this morning for
resuming operations on Monday. The
mules. which had been taken out at the
time the plants were closed down, were
lowered again today in u.any colIieries,
coal stacked up near the hoiier houses for
the engines. and the bc.i+rs and engines
which nave been idle SO long were given a
last and thorough inspection. When the
breaker whistles sound OF Monday morn
ing over u ,000 men in this region a least
will respond.
There are still three colIieries in this
region which have not as yet posted the
notices advancing wages and reducing the
price of powder-G. B. Markle & Co, the
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company,
and the Cross Creek Coal Company. The
latter two. although they have not up to
this morning done so, will, in all likeli-
hood by Monday have signified their will
ingness to grant their men the same terms
as the other operators have. The Markles
WILL therefore, be the only company the
mine workers will have to fight il the
company does not yield.
It was said here this morning that the
Markles would not yield. but would notify
all their strikers who lived in company
houses that if they did not report for work
on Monday they would have to vacate and
they would import immigrants
to take the strikers places. No
verifcation of these rumors
could be obtained from the MarkIes
this morning nor any statement whether
or not they would fall into line with the
other operators.
SHAMOKIN. Pa, Oct. 27.-Fears that
the strike would be prolonged in this
district owing to the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company refusing to post no.
tices announcing the acceptance Of the
terms of the Scranton convention, were
dissipated this morning. committee
representing 1000 employees of four col
lieries between here and Mount Carmel
was assured by Superintendent William
Reinhardt that 10 per cent increase
would be granted and all grievances ar
bitrated. The company will not recog-
nize any committee from the United Mine
Workers organization.
The officers of the company in the
Lykens and Williamstown district and
in the Schuylkill region were also seen
by committees this morning in the inter
ests of the employees, and assurances
were given of the 1G per cent increase,
arbitration OF grievances. and reduction
of the price of powder in the Lykens and
Williamstown districts to $3.50 per ksg.
Following the announcement that the
Pennsylvania Company had ac-
ceded to the miners demands, individ-
ual operators are posting notices of the