Evening star., 1900-09-19
Strike in Anthracite Coal Region
Continues to Spread.
ESTIMATED THAT $4,000 ARE OUT
Operators Oppose Arbitration and
VIII Fight to a Finish.
MUTTERINGS OF TROUBLE

PHILADFI.P .PHIA, September 19.-Presi-
dent Mitchell of the United Mine Workers,
after getting partial reports at HaZleton
from his lieutenants this morning, made
the unofficial statement that about 126,-
0Nn' out of the 141 900 mine workers In the
anthracite feds are idle today. All of the
strike leaders say they are confident that
every mine will be tied up tight before the
end of the week and the production OF
coal will be at n standstill.
Marching, the form of persuasion or
coercion used by the HaZleton strikers in
1897, began in earnest early this morning
in the Hazleton region. determined band
of strikers from McAdoo went to several
mine settlements before daybreak and IN
duced several hundred men not to go to
work this morning. 1t this marching
from mine to mine day after day in an
effort 10 stop men from work that culmi-
mated in the awful massacre by sherlnS
deputies three years ago.
What iS likely to become serious lea
ture of The situation is the stoppage OF coal
traffic aud The consequent laying off of
coal train Crews. Carrying of coat Is al
most at n standstil in the Wyoming and
Lackawanna regions, and many hundreds
of raiIrpaders are idle. These men are
likely to lake action designed to force the
strike to a quick conclusion. Even the
heaJiTig company, which has more cnfi lhr
sale man any 0thef company Is lSeIiiis5 tlie
effects OF he strike. and is shipping less
coal today.
Operators Full OF Fight.
Calvin Hardee owner of the Latsimer
and HarwoOd colliSries IL the Hazleton
district. i'll an interview today said:
Under TO consideration will the oper-
ators yield to the United Mine Workers. 1t
will be q fight to a tinish and the oper-
ators will win. So far as | am personally
concerned, | have ordered the mules to be
taken out OF the HaTwO0d mine and put to
pasture. | am preparing for a long strike
My eIInte1dCr:t reports this inorn. ns
that the pressure brought TO bear upon my
mon at IIarWocd Was so great that only
few came TO work today. and the HaTWood
mine is practically at IL standStill. At Lat
timer the men living AT n distance from the
mine did not appear for work this morning.
Tbs mine is working. but with reduced
force
50 much has beer published about the
small wages paid TO mine workers that de-
sire 70 make a statement showing the av
CrHge earnings of all employees at the Har-
" oil and Latt!rer collier les. At Harwood.
from which I5.isst toms of cnal We're shipped
IN August. the net earnings nf the 40 en-
piOyeS fer that month amounted to SO
tI6.!2. ar an average of $+tG5 per capita
AT the Lat1imer coiliery 3i.mo tons Of coal
We're shipped. i'll August We have there
So employees. Their net earnings We're
SCI 1J92i. or an average OF $tS:;: per cap
ita. The miners are better paid than the
average wOrhingman-"
Forecast Of Trouble.
Secretary George II. Ross Cf the coliIeries
management of the Pennsylvania railroad
said today that If the men from the Lykens
colliery follow out their published an
uouncement and march on the Williams
town mine serious trouble VII almost un-
Guest!ynably result i bitter feeling. he
said, exists among the Williamstown men
against the I.EEeHs workers. because OF the
l&tteTs' attitude in past Strikes a: Will
iIrnstOWn c3ilisry, and any attempt to force
The "lllamstpwn men ont means fight.
Two more of the thirty-nine collierieS
operated by the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and iron Company were compelled To
close this morning, according to official ad-
vices received at the cOmpanv's office in
this city. The TWO are the Reliance and
Alaska. situated in the Mount Carmel dis
trlct ard employing over Gtsi men. This
makes the total Reading cnllieries now in
operation thiTty-four, and a number of
those are working sLort-handed. Besides
the Reliance and Aiaska. those already shut
down are the Burnside. Henry Clay ana
Bear VALLEY, situated around Shamokin
General Manager Henderson of the coal
company stated today that the Reliance
strikers intimihatrd and threatened those
wiilhr to go 10 work. With respect to the
other cGlleFies he said no attempt would
De made 5y the company Ia start them up,
a they We're losing ventures at the pes..