Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-25

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RAILWAY MEN IDLE
Reading. Pa. Sept. 25.-Durlng last
night but $50 cars OF coal were brought
from the Schuykill region. TINS m
cludes the Reading company ana indl-
yldual colHeres In operation ana lh
less than one-third Of an average day
run with all mines going. II IS est-
mated that 500 trainmen In the C0al
service are idle and many more VIII be
thrown out Of employment Engines
are now being stored in the shops ana
round houses Hundreds Of carloads or
blumlnous coal are being delivered TO
the Reading company at Williamsport
and Harrisburg and rushed through
this city for the larger cities as Wen
as manufacturing towns,
STRIKERS HAVE BEST OF IT.
Wnkesbarre. Pa, Sept 25.-The coal
operators Of the Wyoming valley clalm
To- have a shade the best Of the sltua-
ton this morning Several washerles
that were idle yesterday resumed oper-
atlons today. though not many men are
employed. The big mines are all Idle
with the execution of the collierN OF the
West End company az Mocanaqua,
where the officials say fully 80 per cent
of their men are al work,
At strikers headquarters II Is learned
most Of the employees al the Washttles
are bosses and older employees WORKING
ON monthly salaries and that none on
the union men have gone back to work.
COULD NOT START WORK.
sbomokin. Pa. Sept. 25.-The officials
of the Cameron Colliery one OF the
largest operations IN this place endea-
vored 10 start the works TINS mo!ulNs'
but no miners responded to the blo"-
Inc Of the whistles.
A fruiuess attempt was made 70 re-
sumo work at several other oolllerles
between here and Centralia, but the
men remained away.
STONES AND SHOTS.
Harrisburg, Pa, Sept IA non
union laborer employed I'm Lyken col
Hery was pelted with stones by a slnaU
party OF strikers this morning az WIS
consico on his way to work lie ue,
Tended himself with a revolver ana
drove his assailauts away without do
ing them any harm a meeting OF min
ans was called last night at Tower CITY,
al which forty made application Tor
membership In the mine workers union.
The mon are still az work IN the coll
llery but the indications are that they
viii strike before the close Of the week.
MARKLE YIELDS MOST DEMANDS
Hazelton. Pa. Sept ga report was
received from Jeddo that Clement Elll-
oft. chairman OF the grievance com
mittee Of the 1900 Markle employees
had called the men together TINS morn
ing and informed them that the COM
pany had granted all the demands pre-
scented ten days ago with the exception
of the one calling for a reduction Of the
price of powder, and that the company
agreed TO arbltrate this grievance,
John Marke managing partner OF G.
Il. Markle & CO.. refused either 10 con-
firm or deny the report lie SAID he
would deliver the answer 20 the Assoc
ciated Press at o'clock. No coni1rma-
tlou OF the report could be obtained
from the men as they are all WoiMhs
underground
The list OF grievances was presented
on September u. The men decided 10
allow the Markles ten days In which to
answer and remain az work pending a
reply.
They ask for the enforcement OF the
semi-monthly pay law; ten hours pay
| FOR ten hours work. that men engaged
IN robblng pillars be paid for dead
work: that when the slope Is over ana
men present themselves at the bottom
| TO be hoisted 20 the surface car be pro-
! vidcI SO as not to oblige them TO wait
until the bottom men get ready that
| powder be reduced 20 as low a rate as
| possible. that the company provide a
tool car IN the morning and evening TO
| take an tools uD and down the slope;
, that men receiving SIS q dav az pres
| emf get an advance OF FIVE per cent.
and those below Sl55 an Increase OF
| zen uer cent