Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-25
ANXIOUS 10 BEGIN work.

I2AAUASdIAVASgSAN atst xAuOgAcIks 10lneIS.S
Convention Would Accept the
Operators Terms.
POWDER QUESTION PROVES DlFflcUL TY.
striking Miners BE sin 4 4 = : to reel
the Effects OF the Long sIdlene4s--
Many Applications for Relief
Being Male-Hostile Dema,sara
tiOn In the LaclayvannaBReE ion.s s8
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 90 Most or
the companies have now posted the
explanato tory note, as they call #it, in
addition to their last oMer to the
strikers, and it will probably not be
replaced. The mining officials & say
they doubt if the companies will go
amy further in their negotiation with
the men, as they have granted them
powder for $3.50 as they desired and
an increase in wages, and they. do not
intend to change, as the strikers have
altered the demands. s5
! The indications are that If Pres
ident Mitche.. calls the convention for.
this week, as expected, the delegates
will be instructed to vote for a settle
ment of the strike on the terms pro-
posed by the operators Theyar all
anxious to get back to work, and the
time is rapidly approaching when
| they will either have to work M or
starve. There is no prospect Of the.
union giving them any aid q The
promise of Mitchell to begin the dis.
tribution of food and money last
Wednesday. has55lnot been kept, aud
the local unions are unable to provide
for all those who apply for aid. Many
OF the men who have the money to
buy tickets are leaving for the soft
coal regions, being tired Of waiting
for the strike to end, the average be-,
ing about Is a day from this district
alone. Many more are going this
week, according to reports, and will
send for their families as soon as
they can. The charitable societies
have received a large number Of re-
| quests for aid, and the United Chart
ties society Sunday made special APP
peal for children's clothing and shoes,
mostly for. the chiluren of the .idesti-
tute strikers. s
Planning Monster Denomination.
Pottsville, Pa, Oct. q. The efforts
of the labor leaders in the Schuylkill
regions are being directed to keeping
the men in line.
President mitchell is coming to
,Pottsville Tuesday, when there will
be a monster demonstration Of miners
from all over Schuylkill county. On
this occasion speech is expected
from him, explaining his position on
the powder question, which now
stands in the way of a settlement Of
| the strike. Among some Of the min
ers the opinion is expressed that they
should be. allowed to go to work, now
that the Reading company has grant.
ed them the ten per cent. net increase
| asked for by the Scranton convention,
and they are getting powder for $3.50
a key, but their leaders viii listen to
nothing of the kind, because they in
tend keeping the Schuylkill men out
until the operators of the upper belt
! submit. 1t is learned that, even
should the strike be settled this week.
and all the collieries resume. there
will not be much reduction in coal
prices for the present, so that the
public will have to largely bear the
cost Of the strike. .a3 f j. I'd VI 5S
Strikers Shut Down washery.
Scranton, Pa. Oct. 23.-The first
hostile demonstration of the. miners
strike in the Lackawanna region was
made Monday morning at Oliphant,
near here, where it was determined to
close down the Grassy Island coal
washery, operated by the Delaware &
Hudson company. The place had
been working a force of 80 men dur
ing the past two weeks and was
daily turning out 1000 tons of the
smaller sizes of fuel for the market
Monday morning several hundred
strikers gathered along the road near
the washery and when the workmen
appeared circled around them and gave
them to understand that they must de-
sist from working until the strike was
settled. Two of the deputies at the
mine came on the scene and were
warned against any Interference.
The workmen decided that they would
return home. The strikers marched
with them back to Oliphant, shouting
as they passed down the main street.
This was the first. move toward shut
ting down the washeries il the valley,
and if other men atwork there|do not
come out there will be demons lions
of the same nature. RI 5#f
N o violence was used at Grassy Is.
land. The Delaware 8 Hudson COM
pany had so deputies on guard at its
Rocket Brook washery IN Carbonate
Monday, some 20 men being at work.
there getting out coal The large force
Of deputies, was provided because Of q
reported threat tha at the place would
be attacked BY marchers Monday.
@sSS Prisoner Baptized. 8ss.I
Wichita, Kan, Oct. %. Frank IL.
good. sentenced to- three years in the