Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1900-10-02
COAL MINERS FIRM
IN THEIR DEMANDS
Refuse TO Return to Work at
the Increase.
LEADERS MORE HOPEFUL
President Mitchell Is Pleased With the
Situation-FewerM Men at Work Than
on Saturday-Wi1I Remain Out Until
Their Demands Are Granted.

lne1T demands Are Granted
HAzELToN, Pa, Oct L. President
Mitchell at noon today said:
'The strike is practically complete,
and there will be no resumption of work
without there first being a convention
representing every coliery IN the an
thracite fields. The prediction made
that no attention would be paid to the
notices posted by the Reading company
conceding a 10 per cent advance has
proved true.
"Our reports from the Panther Greek
valley indicate that this heretofore i'm
pregnable portion of the anthracite coal
region has declared its intention of sus-
pending operations at once.
accompanied by the national board
members, shall go to Wilkesbarre to-
morrow, to attend q great labor demon
stration which will be participated in by
fully $4,000 men"
President Mitchell reiterated this al
ternoon that Notwithstanding reports to
the contrary he is not preparing to issue
a call for a convention nor does he con-
template such a step at present. He
said there is nothing at present to 1nd1-
cate the necessity Of such meeting.
HAzELTON, Pa, Oct. 1. - Another
march from here with the Calvin Par
dee collieries at Latiner mills as the OBJ
jective point took place early today.
About 500 striking mine workers from
FreeIand started for Latimer 1 o'clock
this morning, and a little later 100
strikers set out from Hazelton for the
same place. The two bodies effected
junction east of Latimer and marched
into the town at o'clock. Each striker
carried a small American flag.
Their arrival at Latimer caused
great connection. Nearly every man,
woman and child in the place was reused
out of bed. The marchers adopted the
same tactics as were employed at Halle
brook last week, going to the homes of
all nOnstrikerS and persuade them to re-
fraln from continuing at work They
also covered all the roads leadil from
surrounding towns to Latimer. The
strikers claim they succeeded in getting
nearly 400 men to quit, but the company
official say they did not lose anywhere
near that number.
After starting time the strikers again
formed in line and marched through the
town, after which they dispersed.
All was reported quiet in the Panther
Greek valley this morning. About 80 of
the strikers who went to that place yes
terday from McAdoo and Evansville re-
manned there over night for the purpose
of trying to get the 220 men working at
the collieries in that valley out. They
had not met with very much success, as
reports from that locality say that all the
collieries are working with nearly the
same force of men as on Saturday.
SituatiIn Unchanged.
Reports from the various collieries
throughout the Hazelton district today
show that practically the same number
of men were working as on Saturday,
excepting at Latimer. The colliery at
which the noticeable change occurred
was at that Of A. Pardee & Co., at Gran
berry, where some of the "lokie" en-
gineers and some driver boys struck,
thus further crippling the working.
When John Markle Of the firm of G.
B. Markle g 90. was asked how many
men returned to work in his collieries
today, the only reply he would make
was:
sAll the mines are working"
When the strike leaders were asked
about the Markle mines they said there
were very few men in the works. The
firm owns five mines and usually en-
ploys 2,500 men.
The Markles' Ebervale coliery, which
has not been in operation since the
strike began, remains closed. The Free
land mon, who marched to Latimer
this morning, intended to stop at the
Markle No. 8, Jeddo mine, on their way
home, John Markle met the Freeland
men at the outskirts of Jeddo. Upon
joining the men Mr.. Markle marched
with them to a schoolhouse near the No.
5 colhery, where he persuaded the strik-
ers to go home.
President Mitchell was very much
pleased at hearing the news from the
Sohuylkill region that fewer men went
to work today in the Reading collieries
than ever.