Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-09-27
MINERS STAY AW Az.
Few Of Them Resumed Work on
Monday.
TROOPS READY TO PROTECT THEM.
This, However, Fails to Induce Them
s to Enter the Mines-No Violent
Scenes Occur-Strike Lead
ers Still Confident.

r. Phlladelpnld, 3oepC. So'-lHStedu o.
the expected clash between the troop!
and striking miners in the Schuylkil
region Monday a peaceful calm per
vaded the region, and there was moi
the slightest disorder for the soldiers
to be called upon to quell. In fact, il
all the districts of the anthracite Goa
fields the day was extremely quiet
there being no demonstrations what
ever on the part of the strikers. While
: the operators claim that number
of their employees returned to work al
the mines in the Schuylkill region, it
was early in the day evident that op.
erations did not assume the activity
which the mine owners anticipated
and indications are that to-day will
find more idle collieries than at any
time since the strike began. >aSz r.
The soldiers moved over the roads
leading to the colieries in Schuylkill
county from early morning, and thus
afforded protection to those DESTROYS
of returning to work. No opposition
was encountered, however, and not a
very great many awaited themselves of
the protection offered. ..,s.
The strike leaders claim many addi-
tions to their ranks, and President
Mitchell himself estimates that the
striking force was augmented Monday
to the extent of 1900 $4,000. No over
lures to end the struggle have been
offered by either side. The strike lead
ers are occupying themselves in in
ducing mine workers to quit and the
operators are endeavoring to mine all
the coal they can with their reduced
forces.
Meantime coal shipments from the
mines are growing less and-reports of
advances in prices for the commodity
are received from all trading sections.
Both Claim Gains.
Hazleton, Pa. Sept. 25.-Contrary
to the expectati tons of both the opera
tors and the striking coal miners,
there were no developments in the
strike situation in the Lehigh re-
gion Monday. It was thought in
some quarters that owing to the pres
ence of troops in the anthracite field
a break would occur in the ranks of
the strikers or that large num-
Der of additional men would refrain
from going to work. The operators
as rule predict a break in the
strikers ranks and the labor leaders
were equally sure they would tie
up this region tighter than ever.
Both sides claim they have made
gains. It seems, however, from the
most reliable reports received here
from the entire region, that the
strikers made net gain in point of
numbers. The NJ. S. Kemmerer COL
liery at Sandy Run. on the North
side was tied up, but the operation is
not a large one.
There were many stories afoat in
regard to the situation at the Latti-
mer mines. The strike leaders as
serted that the colliery at that place
was completely tied up, but when a
representative of the Calvin Pardee
company, which owns the mines, was
asked about the situation there, he
said the colliery was running along as
usual, and that only about so out of
LOO employees had failed to go into
the slopes. The United Mine Work
ers have been working hard to get
the Lattimer men to quit. The most
of the other collieries in the Hazleton
district which have not yet been shut
down entirely, reported that their
working forces had been more or less
increased. This the labor people de-
clare to be untrue.
Mr.. MitchelPs Statement. ~
President Mitchell, in discussing the
situation in the entire strike region,
said: l, -,
Reports received by me from the lower
anthracite (SchylkilD region indicate that
at least 1000 mine workers Joined the
strikers. A large number of these came
from the Reading companys mines. In the
Lehigh region we made large gains. I
have not received definite figures, but I
should judge that the number of men here
tofore working and who did not go into the
mines in this district Monday numbered be-
tween 600 and 800. The meetings held on
Sunday by the United Mine Workers, at
which men who had not struck were
strongly urged to help in the fight. bore
IL <aS d WuOle, l 1eel more encouraged
than I have at any time since the strike
begun, and I am confident that within the
next five days the entire anthracite coal
field In Pennsylvania will be idle. At no
place Monday did we lose a man.
Archbishop Ryan will call upon the pres
idents of the various railroads which have
mining interests in this region at the re-
quest of the United Mine Workers and will
tender his good offices In the struggle. II
the officials refuse to meet his grace it will
certainly demonstrate their insincerity in
publicly declaring their Willingness to-
treat with their men and will place them in
the same position as that once occupied by
Mr.. Vanderbilt, who very forcibly said that
the public had no interests which corpo-
ration was bound to respect :. y s tl<s
No Sign of Settlement.
There is not the slightest change in
the situation in regard to a settle
ment of the labor war. Neither side
has approached the other, and there
is nothing in view which would indi-
cate that anything will soon be done
in that direction. The United Mine
Workers are still devoting most Of
their attention to getting out the men,
while the operators are doing the
best they can with their crippled