The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-28

pennsylvania bituminOus coal fields
winch possibly will have the effect of
bringing the soft coal mine workers
into the contest which the anthracite
workers are now waging against the
mine owners. The telegram was sent
10 Richard Gilbert, secretary of district
NO 2, Clearfield, Pa. 1t was as fol-
lows:
Issue circular letter instructing all
mine workers in central Pennsylvania
that they are not to load coal for ship
ment into markets formerly supplied by
anthracite operators. We are informed
that the Philadelphia & Reading, Della
ware & Hudson and Jersey Central rail-
roads are now attempting to defeat the
anthracite strike by sending their cars
into central Pennsylvania to have them
loaded with bituminouS coal Please
comply with this request at once
President Mitchell said that ne had
been watching the bituminous coal field
closely for Just such a move as he al
leges has been made by the railroads
mentioned in his telegram and he does
not fear that they Will make much of a
success in getting the soft coal into the
anthracite market. The miners in the
central Pennsylvania region. he de-
clared. are in thorough sympathy with
their fellow wOTkmen in the eastern
part of the state, and President Mitch
ell-feels sure that as soon as thev find
that the coal they may be loading or
hard coal they will refuse to handle it
Labor leaders do not anticipate any
suspension OF work in the soft coal field
unless the operators insist upon sending
their coal to the anthracite market.
They also say that the Philadelphia &
Reading, Delaware & Hudson and Jer-
sey Central railroads, being unable to
I'LL their contracts for hard coal, are
prevailing upon their customers TO ac-
cept the soft coal wherever it can be
used as a Substitute.
Urges Men to Stand Firm.
President Mitchell this afternoon sent
the following telegram to the presi-
! dents of the three districts comprising
the entire anthracite coal region on
strike:
Report is circulating that oper-
ators have made expressions in wage
scale and will attempt to induce mine
workers TO resume work Please ad-
wise all miners in your district that no
attention should be given to these re-
ports and that they viii be officially
notified should any offer of settlement
be made. Under no consideration
whatever should work be resumed I'M
/ less authorized by a convention repre-
senting all mine workers in the anthra-
| cite district. It is vitality important
| that all miners stand firm and deter
] mined and not be deceived by those
| whose interest it is to defeat the DUR
| pose for which the strike was inaug-
] IRA ted
Mr.. Mitchell's attention was called
TO dispatch in which J. Pierpont Nor
| gan is credited with saying that Mitch
| ell would accept a 10 per cent adj
/ vance Mr. Mitchell said:
1T is absolutely untrue I am not
/ empowered to accept anything less than
/ what the miners in convention decided
| 10 ask for. Anything under those de-
mands must be acted upon by a reg
ular convention of Delegates represent
| ing the anthracite miners.''
Marlle & Co. Lose Ground.
The entire HaZeltOrT region was quiet
today and the only noticeable change
] in the strike was at the cOllieries of
/ G. B. Markell & Co. AS predicted by
! the strike leaders yesterday there was
a considerable reduction in the forces
1 working at the various collieries oper-
/ ated by this firm. The strikers saw
! that the mines are practically idle.
! while all that the general superintend-
I ent of the mines said was trat the col
| lieries were started as usual today. OF
the thirty odd collieries in this region
| thirteen are completely tied up and the
remainder are more or less crippled
| rot one running full, not many of them
/ having mined any coal to speak of
! since the strike started.