New-York tribune., 1900-09-26
PLANS or STRIKE LEA DER.S
THEY WILL MAKE A DESPERATE
EFFORT TO CLOSE Up COL
LIERIES NOW OPEN.
rBr TELEGRAPH TO TIE rR1Rryr.l

E.
Shenandoah, Penn. Sept 25-The most innor
tant feature Of the day in the great strike NJ
anthracite miners in the SchuylkT territory is
the determination OF the labor leaders as on
nounced tonight. 70 make every effort 70 close
the colleries on the south side of Broad Noun
tain. This accomplished, they will have the en-
tire hard coal region securely tied IN and 70
thls end they are bending every energy The
shenandoah and Mahanoy valleys lie north Of
Broad Mountain and extend for a distance NJ
fourteen miles. Here is where the Excitement
OF the last few days since the riot and bloodsbod
at Shenandoah last Friday night has prevaiIad
and the troops have been opera ting there TO Dra
vent outbreaks among the strikers II is now
asserted by the latter that over one hundred and
'hlry thousand of the one hundred and forty
'"o thousand anthracite workers are idle and
more conservative estimates place the number
at one hundred and twenty-five thousand Of
the remainder still employed over eight thousand
are working south OF Broad Mountain and
IN these collieries the strikers have I'D n
this time been unable to make much ~ an
impression. II is here however that tbA,,
intend beginning at once the most determined
campaign 10 bring out the workers The mines
IN TINS territory include the Silver Creek the
Eagle Hill. the Wadesville. the West and East
Brookside. the Phoenix Park the Glendower. the
Richardson and the Good Spring They are in
"hat are known as the Palo Alto and C,ressona
districts Meetings to be held in every min
ing patch and the men will be urged 10 assist
their brethren. They will be told that thev alone
are standing in the way Of the success of the
strike. The same tactics are to be pursued
around Ashland and Tamaqua President
Mitchell sends the strikers the most bopefuI ra
ports tonight. and they much encouraged
py the situation in the entire SchuylkiI region
To-day Shenandoah bore the appearance y, ,
general holiday. There were rumors of dts+,,rh
ances, but the soldiers had little TO do They
patrolled the entire Mahanoy Valley but tho
foreigners kept in the background The Eng
iish speaking miners say that they will not go
back to work while the soldiers are about he
cause they do not want to be drawn into a fight
SOLDIERS PATROL THE DISTRICT.
At early hour this morning the soldiers
were. called out and marched In many 6ireo-
uOns. After making tour of the varjous co1
lieries they returned to camp The Governors
Troop marched over toward Preston No 3 at
Girardville, and passed other colIieries in that
neighborhood. but no trouble was reported
George NJ Harris, an organizer OF the Mners'
Union. declared tonight that the fight was
practically won. The strike leaders are cer
tainly gaining ground in the districts where n
vas supposed they had no chance whatever.
CLOSED tight is the report to-day resnecting
the mines in the Mahanoy and Shenandoah val
leys. To-day the Reading company had onI,,
thirteen Of its thirtyni collieries going IN tho
Schuyllul district the smallest number since
the ftrike. and some we're short handed. As