Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1900-10-04
Notice Of Advance Fails to Create
Break in Ranks Of Snik-
ing Miners. &.
LEADERS PLEASED WITH CONDITIONS.
President Mitchell Declares There
Will be No Resumption Of Work
Without There First Being Com
vention Representing Every COl-
liery in the Anthracite Field.

j. Mitchell at noon SAID: flE& 3s, F#
''The strike is practically complete and
there will be no resumption of work with
out there first being convention repre-
senting every colliery in the anthracite
field. The prediction made yesterday
that no attention would be paid to the no
tees posted by the Reading company con-
ceding ten per cent. advance has proven
true. p" aS a#& q
"Our reports from the Panther Creek val
ley indicate that this heretofore impreg-
nable portion of the anthracite region has
declared it's intention of suspending opera
tons at once. as . Y + r<Gl =. i
accompanied by the national board
members shall go to Wilkesbarre to-mor-
row to attend great labor demonstration
which will be participated in by fully 25,-
900 men," ..G .! -@S5 t...'s 4E=:-2 s tt55 4
Is Not Preparing a Call.
President Mitchell again reiterated
Monday afternoon that notwithstand-
ing the reports to the contrary he is
not preparing to issue a call for a con-
vention, nor does he contemplate at
this time the issuance of such call.
He said there is nothing in the situa-
ton at present which would suggest
the necessity of bringing together the
delegates, but he intimated that some
thing might develop at any time
which would require him to issue a
call for a convention on a days no.
tice. He would not say that he is
looking for any sudden turn in the
situation. .'~,., .t1.r..-
Whether the convention, if called,
will be held in Hazleton, Wilkesbarre
or Scranton, Mr.. Mitchell preferred
not to say at this Time. ....=.:.s. + = =
Strikers March. @N. s., = T.. s.
Another march with the Calvin Par
dee collieries at Lattimer, five miles
from here, as the objective point, took
place early Monday. About 300 strik-
ing mine workers from Freeland
started for Lattimer at one a. m. and
little later 100 strikers set out from
Hazleton for the same place. The two
bodies affected junction east of Lat
timer and marched into the town at
four o'clock. Each striker carried a
small American flag. l%@ 4 ID
Their arrival at Lattimer caused a
great commotion. Nearly every man,
woman and child in the place was
reused out Of bed. The marchers en-
ployed at Hazlebrook last week, go
ing to the homes of all non-strikers
and quietly asking them to refrain
from continuing at work. They also
covered all the roads leading from the
surrounding towns to Lattimer. The
strikers claim they succeeded in get
ting nearly 400 men to quit, but the
company officials say they did not lose
anywhere near that nu1lber. Sheriff
Harvey, of Luzerne county, arrived at
Lattimer justas the mine whistles blew
for starting work at seven o'clock.
He found nothing to do, however, as
all the men were conducting them
selves in an orderly manner. After
starting time. the strikers again
formed in line and marched through
the town, after which they dis
persed. a.. 1.-..
Reports from the various collieries
throughout the Hazleton district
show that practically the same num-
Der of men were working as on Satur-
day, excepting at Lattimer. The only
colliery where a noticeable change
occurred was at that of A. Pardee &
Co., at Cranberry, where some of the
''lokie" engineers and some driver
boys struck, thus further Gripping
the working. A ''lokie' is diminu-
tive mine locomotive. @
All. NT;nos uorI,i~rr
When John Markle, of the firm Of
G. B. Markle &, Co., was asked how
MANY returned to work in his col
lieries Monday, the only reply he
would make was:
call the mines are working"
When the strike leaders were asked
about the Markle mines they said
there were very few men in the
works. The firm owns five mines and
usually employs $500 men. e I, 5r
The Markles' Ebervale co1liery,
which has not been in operation since
the strike began, remains closed.
Sheriff Harvey is authority for the
story that most of the Freeland men
who marched to Lattimer Monday
morning intended to stop at the Mar
kle No. Jeddo mine on their way
home. John Markle, he says, met the
Freeland men at the outskirts Of
Jeddo. He found Sheriff Harvey with
the marchers and told him his serv-
ices ever not needed. Upon Joining
the men Mr.. Markle marched with
them to schoolhouse near the No. S
colliery, where he persuaded the
strikers to go home. ~ " q
81 IA @ Mitchell Pleased. 3ss +H
President Mitchell was very much
pleased at hearing the news from the
Schuylkill region that fewer men
went to work Monday in the Reading
collieries than ever. He said the ac-
ton of the men justified his faith il
them and he called attention to the
verffcation Of his prediction that the
posting of the offer Of a ten per cent.
advance on the part Of the Reading
company would have no effect on the
strike, as the men had other griev-
ancns tha ~ mn t hn a n iii 81 an