Evening journal., 1901-07-18

FIREHEA MILL GO
OUT TO-MORROW
Engineers Now ATO IaYOIYed
in The Strike
MINES ARR BEING FLOODED
HanIcten pnder AdIisemcnt- -StrlkcrS
Say 10000 Men NAV be Idle
Before Long
MINES ARE. BEING FLCODEO

Wnkesbarre. July lS.-The opening
OF the mid day of the stationary fire
mems strike finds fully $4,000 miners
idle in The Wyoming district Of the an
thraciter coal region, which extends
frmo t1rN3a 70 Nanticoke. The mum
her oY iAskffnen was increased yester-
dayrby,tffsNdsrension of railroad crews
on nrerly-gsrcoai branches. No coal be
ing mined khofe is none 10 haul to thel
breaketllf fbfsAuently there is no work
for he1reihea4ers.
The tofSilnpmber,of men idle now In
the whole santhracite region by reason
Of thc-stsfre--is estimated at $4,000
There are 10000 miner workers in theI
LatkKtSana region, but they are not all
out. 1ftHkstrike extends tothe Hazleton
schuNkNlfand shamolSin regions, l3O, i
OOO men1 iday be idle before long The
lie up.an-shls region is complete and
the strikers are much encouraged. The
hoistlpea giueers held a meeting ln
this cltyt Yesterday afternoon and Il Is
learned fppn tho conference that none
of Aneynesrs will consent to take
the platesof the striking firemen
The f4iibHing official statement was
issuetL f6 istrlke headquarters yester-
day aftbrisoon:
July I5; yThe entire upper middle
anthrarifeleo region is practically
die anthracite region is practically
closed dbw1 -to-dsy by the tiremens
strike. Rephrs received al headquar
ters' fnoni F6fest City and vicinity and
the miadse anthracite region are that
an collArses and many manufactures
are at a'stdndstill. the Mount Carmel
and ShaF8SriT districts arc ordered out
Fridab .H3kning at o'clock by the
oGlciaLFoA lhe Kingston tPa.) Coal
state hmfdtrnless their demands are
granted, THE Hazleton region rs under
the ady5siatnt of the state officials
and spl1act 10 a call on a few days
notice ,The first contract ever entered
into hy anianthracite coal corporation
was signed yesterday morning by the
rompbhy snd Parrish company OF
rlsiRbaIb,ssbd the state officials grant
ing lmcn an eight hour day at
81 7O-peft fttheir demand. The en-
gineeis GaNe emphatioally refused Ia
work int an the territory now covered
byths sand have sacrificed their
ipositiopai iiulthe firemons behalf. Fol
the stab Fremen we, as officials place
oursel} ibh fecord as not returning
10 wotl<aafil every engineer has beer
reiafhedf6 his position"
AtSeFapton Al collieries. employing
"a. OQ0 esrfwere thrown idle yesterda,
by tiahatthlan going on strike. Th'
idle AHifes are distributed as fol
lOwsatf2t katy-siX Of the Delaware an'
IIudsM4e 6IhbAnies. so; six of the Del
aware ~ Sfawanna and Western com
PAM fAree Of the Ontario am
WeAth 4npanies. IL; two OF tn
Tcmplh Nv. X companies. seven, an
fouraf fk,lthp Pennsylvania Coal Con
panl ( State President MullahN
Of IN 4tn's Union, says the nun
Der Sollieries will be doubled b
toni tSsident Mullahy also say
thatS5lh HfeIhen at the trolley con
pan3& h& 4a house will strike to-da,
tieing fNpNhelcar system of the Who'll
vallsgts
TBf fonhry hremen in the HAIL
ton rettoNlyill march out next wee
If ths#etfAk9 in the upper anthracit
field = not Settled in the meantim
TAe-iAthtslsa-sAiine Workers leader
claim fhati is not necessary TO for
q separate organization among II
flremepI and in consequence the la
ter wllfs probably present their d
mandFrat some Of the mines for q
eighthouI day and increased pay b
fore the close of the week.