, 1900-09-28
MORE MINERS OUT.
THE STRIKE LEADERS INDUCE
THE WORkmEN TO GO
OUT.
The Philadelphia & Reading Com.
pany Has One Mine Less Working
Today-The markIe Mines Start
Up This Morning-Oemands Of
Miners Rejected by Operators.

Philadelphia, Sept. 27.-Where
there We're any changes in the coal
strike station today the changed con.
ditions were in favor of the strikers.
The Locust Spring collier, an import,
ant mine near Mount Carmel, Schuyl.
kill county. which has been working
with a reduced force. finally closed
this morning, the strike leaders hay.
ing induced the workers to quit. The
mine is owned by the Philadelphia &
Reading company. The leaders claim
that the North Franklin, another OF
the Reading company's GOLFERS. will
be closed down by tomorrow evening.
More Organizations.
The mine workers at Minersyille,
Schuylkill county, were formed into
an organization late last night and
they will go on strike tonight.
In the Wyoming and Lackawanna
regions which have been practically
tied up for some time the situation to-
day remains unchanged.
In the Lehigh region the point of in
terest centered on the Markle mines.
It is reported that many of the en-
ployes at these remained away from
the mines this morning because of the
refusal of the firm to grant the in
crease in wages asked for. 1t could
not be ascertained how many of the
men were at work today. The super
intendent declined to discuss the sub
Ject beyond the statement that work
was started up n the mines this
morning.
Pay No Attention.
Hazelton, Pa, Sept. 27.-President
Mitchell this afternoon sent the fol
lowing telegram to the presidents of
the three districts comprising the en-
tire anthracite coal region strike:
Report is current that operators
have made concessions in wage scale
and will attempt to induce mine work
ers to resume work. Please advise all
miners in your district that no atten,
ton should be given to these reports
and that they will be officially notified
should any offer to settlement be
made. Under no consideration what
ever should work be resumed unless au
thorized by a convention representing
all mine workers in the anthracite dis
trict. 1t is totally important that al
miners stand firm and determined anC
not be deceived by those whose inter
est it is to defeat the purpose TO
which the strike vas ina%ugurated."
Miners Demands Rejected.
Hazelton, Pa, Sept. 27.-Interest il
the Mine Workers strike in the Lehigl
valley today conferred around tn,
mines of G. B. Markle G. Co, at Jeddo
Oak Dale and Highland. 1t was pre-
dicted yesterday that the firm would
lose many men today because of the
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advance in wages asked for by the
workers. The strikers say the firms
collieries are practically dead as faI
as mining Goa is concerned.
When w. Fl. Smith, general superin.
tendent of the Markle mines, was ask.
ed today by a representative for the
Associated Press haw many miners
are at work, he replied, "all | will say
is thai we started up this morning."
OF the twelve collieries located on
the north side, sever are reported by
the operators to be mining coal. Sew.
eral of these are hardly doing any.
thing, while the others are getting out
more or less of their normal daily pro.
duction. Not one, however, is working
full. On the south side, where there
are nine Golfers, the tieup remains
complete. Only one colliery in that 10.
cality-the Beaver Meadow c|olliery
of Coke Bros. & Co. is working. The
mine Is short handed.