The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-09-18

Bosses Make Desperate Efforts TO Keep
Men at Work.
OPERATORS SAY THEY WILL NOT WILD
They Refuse 10 Recognize the Union and Are
Determined Not to Make Any Increase
in Wages. Superintendent
LOOMS Statement.
LOOMS Statement.
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strike of The anthracite coal
mine workers in the coal regions of Penn
lyania. under The auspices of the L. N.
q 4. and which affects about i45.-
0oo union and non-union workers. Was
practically -inaugurated today. ana reports
received from the various sections indl-
cate tina. on Monday morning when tho
strike officially begins according to the
strike order issued By President Mitch
Ell. Of the mine workers union. very few
OF The collieries viii be in operation. The
operators. however. are confident that
the PROF ortion OF striking minors has
been greatly eXaggerated.
The situation tonight f. practically ono
OF strike. At POINTS where the most i'm
portant coal workings. there is prcssage
OF a struggle between the operators and
their men that many fears may lead To
disturbance and perhaps worse.
Tonight, however. an is quiet. Miners.
meetings were held at . number Of points
and tho Frcakcrs couuselied peace. or
derly conduct on the part Of the men.
That some o. the operators arc urcpar-
ing for The worst is Indicated hy their
fencing in and ringing harbed wire
about thcir breakers.
II THE COAL REGION.
Scranton. pa. September l5-NcarIy ali
the collieries OF the Lacawanna region
that were rot closed down yesterday he
gun operations this morning. but before
noon arrived they were one by one forced
10 suspend. until only . few OF them were
doing anything at ali and these few were
so badly crippled by shortage Of hands
ttnot up1ar# nrlinor,r rc,y,aat.n,, y 81, a.,
orators would have given up the attempt
to work them.
The officers OF the United Nine Work
ers claim that no one except the exempt
ed engineers. firemen. barn bosses and
pump runners will respond TO the Whistles
Monday morning. This operators. one AMI
all, say that they do not know what the
men will do but are firmly convinced that
q majority Of their employees are opposed
to striking and that the general shutting
down Of the collieries is due to the face
that the reckless breaker and driver boys
turned out and prevented the anti-striEc
miners from working. Believing this the
operators viii omen up as usual on Mon
day and give work of some kind to any
men who put in an appearance.
The Delaware. Luckawanna and West
ern Company is determined to at least
keep some of its H. collicrics going The
bosses went among the men today Offering
full protection and special fayors to all
of its men of known anti-strike proclivi-
ties if they would report Monday morning.
If there are not enough men on hand to
start up all the collieries, those who DO
respond will be congregatcd in a few or
the colIieries and put to work. How many
| promises they received was not discov-
cred.
Organizer Dilcher today offered to Sher-
if PrOyer, free of expense, the services
Of q, goo sober. reliable members OF the
union to act as deputy sheriffs and main
tain a constant guard of the mine proper
ties.
The sheriff said he would consider the
| proposition.
The number Of men and boys idle today
in this district covering the Lackawanna
and Wyoming valleys, is estimated at
headquarters to be fully 10000.
The superintendent Of the different
mining companies here were in conference
again today and from now on they viii
meet daily. They have thoroughly re-
viewed the situation, and while deploring
generally the strike OF their employees
they do not see how it is possible 20
change from the decision heretofore made.
namely. the impossibility OF granting any
increase in wages and the determination
not to recognize the United Mine Work
er5 q America.
General superintendent LOOMS, Of the
Delaware, L~ackawanna and Western Com
pany is looked upon as head OF the super
intendents organization. Today he said:
The position Of the companies is thor
oughly defined and there will be no deyia-
| -;o1 w. bava coufayroI apI Tbtto ..a
think the men have been III advised We
are decided that none Of their demands
shall be net. A line OF action has been
determined on. this viii begin on Monday
morning with the blowing Of the breaker
gongs calling the men to their work.
Those who respond will be given places
and protected in their work. II necessary
these men VII be placed in one OF the
central mines 50 as 10 be employed to-
gether, and their work and safety assured.
A supply Of stock coal is now in sight.
and can meet the immediate demands OF
upwards Of Two weeks. After that there
rust come ? coal famine. or the in-rush
for bituminous coal that will wipe out a
lar-c part Of the anthracite market un-
less the men now deluded by false hopes
return 10 work"
RAISING COAL PRICES.
New York. Sept. There was an ex-
ecutive meeting in Brooklyn tonight of
wholesale and retail coal dealers OF Great
er New York. The dealers decided 10
raise the price Of anthracite coal TO con-
sumers beginning Monday from S5.25 to
$3.50 per ton delivered on the sidewalk,
or $5.73 per ton delivered in the bin.
The Greensboro Telegram, referring to
the presence in that city of the ex-sherif
OF Rockingham county, says that includ-
ing himself, sons and grandscns, his fam
/ lily cast nineteen votes in 1898 for Con-
| gresham Kitchin.