Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1900-10-11
MINERS STILL OUT.
Not the Slightest Notice Taken by
Strikers of Operators Offer.
MORE C0LLIERIES ARE SHUT DOWN.
Applications by striking Miners for Relief
Beginning 10 BE Received BY Local
Unions Big Decentralization Planned
for Next Wednesday.

HazletOn, Pa, Oct. 5.-NOt the
slightest notice has been taken by
the striking miners of the ten per
cent. offered to their employees by sew
eral of the larger coal companies.
As far as is definitely known not one
striking miner has accepted the adj
vance, but, on the other hand, more
have quit their places, notably in the
Schuylkil region where three addi-
tional collieries of the Reading COM
pany were shut down. The United
Mine Workers officials are still hard
at work trying to close the few mines
that continue in operation. All the
organizers and the national commit
teemen were in some part of the field
during the day only President Mitch
ell being on duty at headquarters.
Mr.. Mitchell did little else than at
tend to his correspondence and an
swer telephone calls from different
sections of the region. When he was
asked what was new in the strike
situation, he briefly replied: 1--WE are
waiting on the operators" He said
he had no information yesterday as
to the movements of the mine owners
otheE than that printed in the news
papers. lie also remarked that the
call for an anthracite miners conven-
ton is not yet in sight. When the
convention is called, however, Scran-
ton will probably be chosen for it,
because of its availability for conven-
ton purposes. But it is too early yet
to say that a convention will be held
there next Wednesday.
Applications by striking miners for
relief are beginning to be received by
local unions in several sections of the
anthracite field President Mitchell
said last night that wherever appli-
cations have been made for relief,
necessary supplies were furnished. A
report was received from Wilkesbarre
yesterday that committee repre-
senting 20 locals, embracing about
$4,000 miners, would confer with the
national president over the telephone
about relief, but up to last night this
had not taken place.
About so men marched from Free
land to Pond Creek yesterday for the
purpose Of inducing 40 men employed
by the Pond Creek and Wilkesbarre
Coal company to join the strikers
The marchcrs reached there at noon
Just as the men were leaving the
mines. The strikers were met by j.
Latrobe, president of the company,
and Superintendent Thomas MacFar-
land and explained to the strikers
that the company was only developing
the mine and would send no coal to
market II the strikers would not ask
the men to quit work. The marchers
agreed to this proposition and Mr.. Lat
robe took the Freeland men to the
village grocery store and treated them
80 crackers and apples.
The United Mine Workers are max
ing extra efforts to get the men who
are still working in the Panther Creek
valley to strike and join the union.
More organizers have been sent into
the valley with the hope of swinging
The 1900 men still working there into
line.
President Mitchell said yesterday
that the strikers of the Lackawanna
valley will make an effort to Guido
the Wilkesbarre demonstration at
Scranton next Wednesday. 1t is the
intention to have a big parade of
miners from the entire Lackawanna
valley. A mass meeting will follow
at which President Mitchell and other
mine workers officials will speak.
Galleries shut Down.
pottsville, Pa, Oct. 5.-The Read