The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-20
QUIET IN STRIKE REGION.
EXPECTED TROUBLE sMoyG N.Y.
Frs DID SoT MATEHIaLIzE.
No Negotiation. for a Settlement Yet
in sfEht-Jnifed Mine Workers
Combining Their Efforts TO Undue
ing the MEN to Quit work.

HszI,fsToS. Pa, sep. is-The third
day 81 The strike parsed Oh a. quietly a.
fhe two preceding days Beyond the oc-
caslonsI stoning o. mine worker Eo-
ing To or from his work. there was no
Il was estimated .oaight thar about 70
per cent Of the usine workers. OF ms
region we're idle to-day. which = quite
an Increase over yesterdays figures.
President Mitchell did not issue a for-
mai statement tonight, because o. ne
absence from headquarters- lie rald.
however that from reports be had re-
cefved he figured on more than l-syp
men besrg idle In the anthracite dis-
friet He added that most sfatiii5!as
reports were received from tais ara the
SchayfkIii district.
No negotiations for set.Isrert OF the
strike are yet In sight. an' the situation
IN that respect is precisely the same as II
The United Mine workers Of this sec
zion arc combining their efforts 70 get tne
men 70 quiz work everywhere. oeiieFins
that they cannot successfully carry On
the contest unless every operator IN the
three districts Is tied up completely Ihe
operators appear % re doing n9thinz 10
ward settlement Of the trouble They
are working the coiiierfes which are Grip
pied as best as they can
The mine owners IN The Haxie.on dts
triet complain bitterly. q whs; they sai.
ciatn that the rorkmsn who are SIN go
ing 10 the fniFles are being inrirnidated
and even threatened with serious bodily
harm y hey do not q,iN wofg rov n ssls
desire 70 resume work but through fear
81 assault they 90 not leave their homes
Argument Grew Personal.
THE meeting this afternoon az Ird3o Of
the employees ~ q Msfkle Co. VINO
operate the Jedao. Ebervaie. Highland
ana cakfaie coiiierie-. proved 10 be prob
ahiy the mos, remarkable gathering OF
rs kind ever held IN the anthracite re-
rion. i was expected g ?. a neart-io-
agfnr partner 81 the firm. and his ern-
fSoYes. who number z.1ho but !, Developed
into q Joint debate In which Mr.. Marble.
President Mitchell. Rev. Father Phillips
and National Committeeman benjamin.
James took part. II began in dfErffted
manner but gradually tegenerated into
jnpassionsd argument and wound up very
Over a thousand persons were present
a. the meeting. Before the arrival Of
The Nsrkies one % the miners N the
crowd moved that the men In the Markie
mines strike. A viva voce vote was taken
md there wss a great rear Of yes"
President Mitchell was IN the crowd.
walked uFor The sieps Of the school house
John Marble. Alvin MarkIe and General
Superintendent Smith. ~ the Arms mines.
came along the ratlroa. track and the
trio stood on The cinder esnban kmert Of
tha rnad ard listened TO the strike leader
axhorf hfs hearers All around them. SIT
ting on the erubashmens. were the wives.
mothers. sisters and sveefhearfs OF the
men. while the school children RACED from
the windows 81 the nne-sfory Building and
tie Kchoolmaster stood At the door
Mr.. Mstrh~lr. Appeal.
ar. Mitchell ssii In brief that he re-
GREETED that the men ~ the Mark.e mines
were divided. but WAS glad that those
who opposed The strike were In the minor
ffY4 He said the eyes 81 $4,000 rnirafs
were booking toward them. and that 81