Evening star., 1900-09-18

More Miners Quit WOrk-First Pre-
mOnitfOn of Trouble.

More Miners Quit work-First Pre-
monitiOn of Trouble.
HAZLETON, Pa. September 1S-The sec
ond day of the anthracite coal miners
strike began very quietly in this district.
What little change there was in the situa-
tion this morning was in favor of the
striking miners. AS far as reports have
been received from all parts of the region
there was not one break in the ranks of
the strikers, and in many mines there were
fewer men working than yesterday.
Some of the colieries are so short of men
that 1t is doubtful If they can continue
work during the entire day.
Every official connected with the United
Mine Workers now in the district, with
the exception of President Mitchell started
out before o'clock this morning for picket
duty at various cO1lierieS. All had returned
to headquarters by o'clock and reported
that they had been successful in inducing
men to stay away from various workings.
A number of the leaders also reported
that several of the mines are being guard
ed by watchmen to prevent union men from
attempting to induce non-Strikers 10 quit
work.
First March of Strikers.
The first march of strikers in this region
took place early this morning, when about
one hundred men from McAdoo Audenred
and Yorktown. headed by brass band,
marched through the south side, en- route
to the Coleraine colliery, with a view to in
ducing the men at that place to quit work.
The strikers did not attempt to force them
to suspend work. but merely asked them to
do so. In this the strikers were quite sue
cessfui, as number of non-union men re-
turned to their homes. The marching min
ers then went back to McAdoo and dis
perSed.
A crowd of Hungarian women of McAdoo,
some of them carrying clubs, surrounded
the Crawford and Dugan strppings at that
place this morning and requested the men
working there to quit. Matters looked
sqqally for few minutes, but the women
were told that the work being done there
did not interfere with the strike, and they
returned to their homes satisfied
AT Jeanesville washery last night num-
Der OF men were held up on the HaZleton
road while returning from work, and were
forced to promise not to go to the mines
today. They kept their promise.
Workmen of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
Coal Company at Audenred were engaged
the boilers at those strippings. This indi-
Gates a suspension of work there
Other reports from the south side today
give instances of individual cases of yio-
lence yesterday against miners who did not
Quit work. No one was seriously hurt
1t was estimated at noon today that the
number of additional men in this district
who Joined the strikers this morning was
about 800. Most of these recruits belong to
mines on the north side, where all but
three or four collieries are operating with
more or less reduced force.
Claim of the superintendents.
Many mine superintendents say they have
more men at work than the union men will
admit Strikers say some workings on the
north side are not mining coal but running
the machinery to give outsiders the impress
sion that the strike has not affected them
With one exception, that of the Ecley col
lieries, reports show that fewer men
are working at all the mines on the north
side of Hazleton.
President Mitchell at noon said that he
had received no information thus far today
from the Schulykiu or the Wyoming and
Lackawanna districts in regard to the
spread of the strike. All he would say
about the HaZletOn district is that a con-
siderable number of additional men had re-
fused to go to work today. He had not
enough information ON which to give fig
ureS.
Output at HazletOn Today.
The total number of cars of coal shipped
by the HaZleton division of the Lehigh
Valley railroad, which taps every mine in
this district, with the exception of six
operations owned by Coke Brothers & Co.,
Id about 500 per day. On Monday, the first
day of the strike, all the coal crews were
at work, and about 75 per cent of the total
average daily production was shipped. This
includes some coal which was mined on
Saturday and therefore does not give the
estimate of the production of the various
colieries yesterday. No coal crews on the
HaZleton division have yet been laid Oft
owing to reduced coal production, although
this is only the second day of the strike.
The report of the total shipment for :Cday
will not be ready until tomorrow morning.
When Lehgh Valley Division Superin-
tendent Keith was asked today whether he
had heard that the union railrOaders would
refuse to handle non-union coal, he said:
Il have no idea of the men joining in any
such thing although If they were about to
do so | would be the last to hear of IT.
So far as can be learned here, from both
Brotherhood and official circles, the Broth
erhood has not issued orders to its MEM
bers that they refuse to handle coal that Is
mined during the strike.
LACkAwANNA REGION TIED UP.