Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-09-21
MORE MINERS QUIT.
President Mitchell Says s, 900 Went
Out on Tuesday.
TOTAL NUMBER ON STRIKE, $4,000.
Mine Owners Dispute These Figures,
and Say More Men Are Working
Than Leaders Are WILL
ing to Admit.

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second day that 11S.00O of the 141 ,O0C
mine workers in the anthracite Goa
fields are idle. No representative OF
the mine operators makes Il state
ment for their side of the matter, but
individual mine owners dispute the
strikers figures. saying there are
more men, at work than the union
leaders will admit.
Price of Conl Advances.
The first advance in the price of
coal as result of the strike was made
by the Philadelphia & Reading COM
pany Tuesday, rs cents per ton being
added. This advance was promptly
met by the local dealers. who in
creased the price to consumers so
cents a ton.
Trouble Feared.
cloud appears on the otherwise
peaceful horizon in the shape of re-
port from Harrisburg that a bitter
feeling is developing between the
union and nonunion men in the Ly-
kens district, located in the upper end
OF Dauphin county, and involving
about $500 mine workers.
Concession Granted.
A concession was voluntarily grant
ed the 5000 employees of the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation company in the
region west of Mauch Chunk, who will
hereafter work ten hours a day with
consequent increase in earnings
These men were unorganized and had
not presented any grievances.
Mines Abandoned.
True to its declaration made before
the strike was ordered. the Philadel-
phia & Reading company on Tuesday
brought it's mules to the surface in
two mines near Shamokin that had
been closed by the strike. and an
nounced that they were permanently
abandoned. This action makes it nee
essary for the miners who formerly
worked in these collieries to seek
work elsewhere. ..A.s--.' 49,, -
Refuse t2 SsrfEe.
The actiQn>s2a'fhe 400 or more en-.
zspfoyes Of the West End Coal company
at Mocanaqua, near Wilkesbarre, in
sticking to their work stands out
prominently as the busy feature of an
otherwise idle territory. They say
they have no grievance, have always
received kindly treatment from their
employers, and therefore resist every
effort to induce them to strike.
Urges Arbitration.
Father Phillips, the Catholic priest
who has been an interesting figure in
the strike. both before and after,
made statement to the public Tues
day night, presenting an argument in
behalf of arbitration and urging both
sides to get together.
President MitcheII's Statement.
Hazleton, Pa, Sept. Following
is the statement issued by PresidentI
Mitchell on behalf of the striking mine
workers:
Reports received at our Office from dis
tricts Nos. ], Z and of the anthracite coai
region show that there have been great ac-
passions to the ranks of the strikers to- |
day: In district No. Z (TIazleton region)
not less than $500 mine workers who |
mined yesterday failed to report for work |
this morning, thus increasing the totai,t
number on strike from 10000 to is, 900 to-
day. In district No. 9 (schuylkilD our
forces have been augmented by $500 mine
workers in addition to the &c, 600 reported |
yesterday. The situation in district No 1 |
lLackawanna- Wyoming) is practically the |
same as the first day of the strike. only |
goo men remaining at work. Total num- |
Der Of men idle, $4,000. From every section
Of the anthracite region reports indicate
that much dissatisfaction prevails among
those who have up to this time failed to
participate in the strike, and we conf
IDENTIFY expect that the number at work
will grow less with each succeeding day
until the mines shall be completely closed"
Admit Magnitude of Strike.
Scranton, Pa, Sept. ia call at the
score of offices of the mine operators
here Tuesday showed all agreed upon
the magnitude of the strike movement.
There was hope expressed that the
split in the Hazleton and Schuylkill
regions would serve to disintegrate
the ranks and eventually bring about
solution that would put the mines
to work to large extent.
Meanwhile they will do nothing to.
wards starting the mines. This is
positively decided upon, and the SUI
perintendents feel certain that the
companies will maintain the position
they have taken.
Conditinos in the Lackawana district
were practically the same as Monday
IN the miners strike. Not pound of
coal is being mined, and the number
of culm washeries at work remains un-
The operators say they are
not making any particular effort to
work any of their mines, and have no
immediate intention of importing men
to take the strikers places.
Both Sides Unyieldinr,
Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 19.-The second
day of the anthracite coal strike failed
to bring forth anything that would
lead to the coming together of the coal
operators and the striking mine work.
ers. Neither side has approached the
other, and as far as could be learned
there is no such move contemplated by1
either the operators or their employees.
Unless there is break in the ranks of
either it seems that third party will
have to sep into the breach and try
to bring the two forces together. Who
that third party will be and what
methods will be pursued with that end
N view no one in touch with the stu
alton can at this time say.
First March of Strike.
Hazleton, Pa. Sept 1e.-The first
march OF strikers in this region took
lace early Tuesday morning when
bout 100 men from McAdoo. Auden-
led and Yorktown, headed by brass
and. marched through the South
de en- route to the Coleraine col
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