Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1900-10-03
FEW GO TO WORK.
Apparent Failure of Attempts to Start
Up the Mines.

Shamokin. Pa. Oct. 1.-Although su-
nerintendentS Of the numerous colieries
n this portion of the Ninth United Mine
workers district attempted to start up
their mines this morning, few if any men
went to work. A few business people
expected there would be a stampede Of
employees of the Reading Coal aud Iron
company to go underground on account
OF the company granting an increase, but
they were disappointed.
If anything fewer men showed up at
!he Reading company workings than at
other operations, owing to the strikers
and their leaders having canvas,;ed /
workmen thoroughly. The canvaSst'l.
pointed out that nothing was said about
Il reasonable reduction Oh the cost Of the
;'owder, the adjustment of the sliding
scale or the granting of other important
concessions. Long before daybreak all
of the Reading '1panys men had de-
tcrmlned not to go TO work.
The Invitation Ignored.
Shenandoah. Pa. Oct. 1.-The notice
Reading Coal and Iron company an
nOuncing an increase in wages was ig
nored by the striking mineworkers and
none of them went to the workings this
morning.
Gen. Gobin was prepared for trouble
il the Panther Creek valley today. The
Lehigh Coal & Navigation company's
c0llieries are located there. and that is
the only section of the anthracite region
not Yet affected by the strike. Sheriff
IOole was in communication with Gen.
Goblin until a late hour last ight. and at
2 o'clock this morning Thomas Reese,
special deputy, went to Lansford TO learn
the situation. At o'clock he Informed
Gen. Goblin that nc attempt was made 20
Interfere with the mineWorkers in that
vicinity. He said meetings We're held
last night by the strikers, who afterward
returned peaceably to their homes.
Somebody is Bir4ffing.
Hazleton, Pa. Oct. 1.--When John
Markle, Of the firm OF G. Is. Markle 4
Co. was asked how many returned q
work in his colleries today the only reply
he would make was: ''All the mines are
working"
When the strike leaders were asked
about the Markle mines they said there
We're very few men in the works. The
firm owns five mines and usually employs
$500 men.
Strikers Garry Flags.
About 800 striking mineworkers from
t'reeland started for Lattimcr at / a. n.
and little later 100 strikers set out from
Haleton for the same place. The two
bodies effected a junction east Of Las
timer and marched into the town at 1
O'Clock. Each striker carried Il small
American flag Their arrival at Latt-
mer caused g great commOtion. Nearly
every man, woman and child in the place
was reused out of bed. The marchers
adopted the same tactics as were eIa-
ployed at the HaZlebrook last week, GO
ing to the homes OF all non-union strikers
and quietly asking them to refrain from
continuing at work They also covered
all the roads leading from surrounding
towns to Lattimer. The strikers claim
they succeeded in getting nearly 400 men
to quit, but the company officials say
they did not lose anywhere near that
number.
Strike of Lokie Engineers.
Reports from the various collieries
throughout the Hazleton district to-
day show that practically the same
number OF men We're working as on
Saturday, excepting at Lattimer The
only co!liery where Il nOticea BILE change
occurred was at that OF A. Pardee q Co
at Cranberry, where some of the ''lokie''
engineers and some driver boys struck,
thus further crippling the working. A
"lokie" is d'mnutive mine locomotive.
No Defcctious at Scranton.
Scranton. Pa. Oct. There was not
n single detection reported from the
ranks of the striking mineworkers in the
Lactawanna region today. Efforts to get
another Lackawanna company washery
into operation this morning were a fail
ure, as the iiremcn and engineers who
were asked to work there absolutely re-
fused to do SO.
Gas in Champagne.
To keep champagne bottles from los