Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-09-20
EIGHT THOUSAND JOIN
The Ranks of the Men Who Are
Striking in the Anthracite
Coal Region,
so PRESIDENT MITCHELL FIGURES.
Rife Everywhere-Warm Joint
Debate at Markle's.

Philadelphia, Sept. 20.-According
to advices from Hazelton the strikers
are gaining some ground there al
though the operators dispute this.
Important information comes from
the Lackawanna region to the effect
that the superintendents in some OF
the large mines are contemplating g
making an effort to start the mines
under police protection if necessary.
Hungarians attacked the mine boss
near Shamokin this morning and near
ly beat him to death. Other cases OF
violence of this sort, though not seri-
Gus, are reported.
Hazelton. Pa. Sept. 20-The third
day of the strike passed off as quietly
as the two proceeding days. Beyond
the occasional stoning of a mine
worker going TO or from his work there
has been no disorder. 1t was estimated
last night that about 30 per cent. of the
mine workers of this region were idle
yesterday, which is quite an increase
over Tuesdays figures. President
Mitchell did not issue a formal state
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from headquarters. He said, however,
that from reports he had received he
figured on more than 126,O00 being idle
in the anthracite district. No negotia-
tons for a settlement of the strike are
yet in sight, and the situation in that
respect is precisely the same as it was
Tuesday.
Strikers Want to Stop All Work.
The United Mine Workers of this
section are cOnfining their efforts to
getting the men to quit work every
where, believing that they cannot sue
cessfully carry on the contest unless
every mine in the three districts is tied
up completely. The operators are work
Ing the CollierieS which are crippled as
best they can. The mine owners in
the HazletOn district complain bitterly
of the tactics of the unisn. They
claim that the wOrkmen who are still
going TO the mines are being iutim-
dated and even threatened with seri-
GUS bodily harm if they do not quit
work. They add that most of the men
now idle desire to resume work. but
through fear of assault they do not
leave their homes.
Developed into Hot Air.
4 meeting yesterday afternoon at
VI Tue tAh lJlpNf VI VI IT, Alil
d Co. who operate the Jeddo, Eber-
vale, Highland and Oakdale cOll!eries,
proved to he probably the most re-
mnrkable gathering of it's kind ever
held in the anthracite regions. 1t was
expected to be n hcart-to-heart talk
between John Markle managing part
ner of the firm. and his employees. who
number 2,5OO, but it developed into n
joint debate. in which Markle. PreSi-
dent Mitchell. Rev. Father Philips and
National Committeeman Benjamin
James took part. 1t began In Il dignitied
manner, but gradually degenerated in
to impassioned argument and wound
up very close to personalities.
Miners Committee Goes to Work.
The most important development of
the coal miners strike which has oc-
occurred since its inception was the
effort made yesterday by committee
of miners, employed at the Natalie col
liary, Mount Carmel, who are in close
touch with the operators who control
that mine-all New York capitalists
to secure a settlement. They went to
ShdmoEin yesterday TO consult with