The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1900-09-20


the face OF the contradictory re-
ports personal investigation forces
the conclusion that the union has
gained many recruits during the
day and that several mines open
today will be closed tomorrow.
IL moral suasion fails to bring
every minor in the entire region
into the strike coercion will be
tried. Mr.. Mitchell and his fol-
lowers do not propose to resort to
force, but they quietly circ ulate the
story that their power is not limit
ed to the mines. "Not wheel will
turn in this district, covering 500
square miles," was the positive an
nouncement made by Ben Dilcher,
member Of the national executive
committee of the United Miners.
"Do you mean tho railroads, the
trolleys and the factories will stop
running?"
81 do, substantially" was the re-
ply. "Our organization is affiliated
with that of the railroad employees,
who are in hearty sympathy with
US. IL any anthracite mine re-
mains In operation we can tie up
the railroads. II there is no way
to dispose of the output the mines
will quickly close"
The factories of this district
which employ some 10000 or 10000
young women, many of them
daughters of miners, would be
seriously crippled by withholding
of the comb washings. If this
threat be carried out the anthracite
regions brought to the verge of fl
n incial ruin by the coal strike
woulu have new and serious
cause for distress.
The greatest efforts of the labor
leaders were to induce the mer
working for G B. Marble & Co, tc
quit work. The Marble collieries
are on the north side and rank
among the very best in the state
They produced last year, 100000
tons of coal and this year the out.
put will be about 100000 tons, up to
Sept. 1. The miners there have
been making far more money than
have men working in poorer and
smaller veins, very many of them
have made 500 month and up.
wards. One of the marble proper.
ties at Ebervale closed yesterday
and the others were worked with a
reduced force, the union men in.
sisting that they would not open al
all tomorrow. Villa m HI. Smith
general manager of the firm, spoke
in hopeful tones in the afternoon al
Jeddo.
ave cannot give exact figures
he said, "but estimated that 65
per cent. of our total force report.
ed for duty this morning. Others
have since come to US and report.
ed that they had remained away
through misrepresentation. About
twenty new men have applied fol
work. l do not believe that we
have lost more than 10 or possibly
Is per cent. of the men in the col.
lieries now in operation"
President Mitchell tonight gave
out the following statement:
"Information received up to this
time indicates that 10000 mine
workers are on strike in the anth.
racite region. OF this number 72,.
900 are in district No. 1, 10000 in
district No. 8 and 10000 in distric,
No. 7.
"Reports received are to the of
feet that large numbers of those
who went to the mines today will
join the suspension tomorrow.
1--WE feel confident that the en-
tire number of men employed In
and about the coal mines of the an,
thracite district will be idle in the
next few days.
"The men appear determined tc
continue on strike until their de-
mands for justice have been acced
ed to.
"The number of men now out or
strike exceeds that of any other in
dustrial contest in the history oi
our country. John Mitchell,
President, United Mine Workers
of America
Daniel NalsOn Daad