The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-19

that reason. The Van Wynckle Coal
company sent coal and iron police to the
homes of its men on the south side this
morning to get them to return to work
They promised them protection while
on their way to and from work and at
the mines, but very few men, if any,
went back.
This is fireman's day in Hazelton and
big street parade was held. There was
a big crowd out but no disorder was re-
ported.
TIE UP IS THOROUGH.
Scranton, Pa, Sept I9-The strike en-
tered upon it's third day with everything
shut down in the first district head
quarters here this morning receiving
word that the Mocanaqua breaker in the
far western end of the region had been
closed through the efforts of District
President Nichols, who organized near
" every worlxingman last night This
makes the tie-up of the Lackawanna
ana wyoming valleys thorough, for not
even washery is doing business today
hereabouts, despite the efforts to have
several of them operated The owners
have failed to make any agreement
which insures their employees the wage
increase demanded. The situation is
made more complicated by this fact, for
within few days must come the stop
page Of street railway travel, the shut
ting down largely of the electric light
service and the closing of schools be-
cause of lack of coal
The necessities of the strike make this
imperative, said Henry Collins of the
district executive board this morning
The tie-up of the mines has caused the
laying off of every coal train crew in
this region and whatever coal is being
moved is going out in the freight trains.
Only three Delaware and Hudson coal
trains went north yesterday and three
crews are marked out for today, but one
is to be employed in dumping ashes for
the road bed
The Erie road is almost at a standstin.
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branch and today the switching crew at
that point was laid off. The Erie &,
Wyoming Valley, the Delaware & Hud-
son, the Ontario e Western and the
single coal train today in any direction,
the strike being wholly responsible for
this condition The number of railroad
ers idle in consequence reaches into the
hundreds. This makes the interest of
the railroad men in the strike keen, and
they are willing to do everything re-
quired to bring about it's quick ending.
At district headquarters it was pre-
dicted this morning by Nicholas Burke,
a committeeman, that within another
week, if some terms of settlement are
not arranged, the strike would make
many more thousands idle. An import
ant conference is on at Hazelton today.
From early reports received here, Presi-
dent Mitchell, National Committeeman
James, Harris and Piersall, District
Presidents Nichols, Duffy and Fahey
Hartlein being all assembled there. Mr..
Dilcher, stationed here, will not attend,
as he goes to Carbondale, where a big
meeting is held, and to which companies
of strikers will march from Forest City.
Archibald and the intervening points,
MORE MINES TIED UP.
Hazelton, Pa, Sept. 19.-The ranks of
the strikers in this district were con-
siderably increased today by recruits
from nearly every colliery in the region
that worked yesterday and Monday The
most important movement occurred
south of here this morning when ITO
striking mine workers of McAdOO made
a victorious march through the south
side. They succeeded in tying up sew
eral operations and in further Gripping
the Coleraine colliery- The marchers
4 o'clock headed by drum corps. Cole
raine colliery employs 977 men when
running full, but of this number only
half went to work yesterday. When the
McAdoo men arrived at Coleraine this
morning the news spread through the
town and considerable excitement was
Occasioned for fear that the marcherS
had come to make trouble. They, how
ever, were orderly and confined their
energies principally to perSuading the
men not to start work. The women, both
English speaking and foreigners, were
badly frightened and advised the Cole
raine men to remain away from the
mines When the whistle blew at Cole
raine colliery it was found that only
ABOUT l5O men ndQ reported IOT WOIk-
Buck Mountain slope and No. slope
of the same company were completely
shut down. The breaker which handles
the coal Of the three slopes had only 25
boys working out of about $50.
The Van Wyckle strippings. employ
ing 250 men failed to start this morning,
the men there also having been persuad-
ed to quit by the McAdoo miners
From Coleraine the marchers went to
Tresckow where they succeeded in clos
ing the Tyler and McTurk washeries,
employing 25 men, and also prevailed
upon the fifty men working at Crawford
and Dugan's strippings not to go to
work.
TWO MORE COLLIERIES CLOSED
Philadelphia, Sept. 1.-two more of
the thirty-nine collieries operated by the
Philadelphia & Reading were compelled
to close this morning, according to ad-
vices received at the company's office in
this city: The two are the Reliance and
Alaska, situated in the Mt. Carmel dis
triet and employing over 800 men, This
makes the total Reading coIlieries now
in operation thirty-four, and number
of those are working short handed be
sides the Reliance and Alaska, those al
ready shut down are the Burnside,
Henry Clay and Bear Valley, situated
around Shamokin.
MORRISSEY. WOULDN'T SAY.
Denver, Colo, Sept 19-P. H. Norris
sey. grand master of the Brotherhood or
Railroad Trainmen, arrived in Denver
today Asked whether the organization
of which he is the head would call out
its members to aid the mine workers of
PENNSYLVANIA who are on strike. his re-
ply was on-comuittal.
Naturally the sympathy of our mem
hers is with the miners he said. Our
order has an agreement with the carry
ing companies and to observe agree
rnents made in good faith, and demand
their strict observance by the railway
companies is one of our principles The
relations generally existing between the
order and railway companies at present
are of an amiable nature"
MOCANAQUA HOLDS OUT.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept 19-The open
ing of the third day of the strike finds
no change in the Wyoming Valley All
the collieries are idle, with the excep-
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