The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-07-16

An Estimate Tint 10000 Workers
Are IdIe-J- r WuIIahy. St-fe Pres
iaent of the MON Predicts That
the Companies VIII Soon Yield
wIIKESBARRE Pa. July 15--The
strike of the stationary fremen was de
clared this morning and at all places
where the demands have not been grant
cd the men left their work at o'clock
sharp. Nearly every coIliery in the en-
tire anthracite region is tied up and those
which are working are small concerns,
where the operators have placed the men
on an eIght-hour schedule for month OF
several weeks. with the understanding
that il tbs. big companies DO not grant the
demand they viii change back to the ten
and tveIve-hour schedule
The mines of the large corporations are
all idle. Many Of the companies shut
down the mines and did not wait for the
day Of the strike TO dawn, notices being
posted yesterday that there would be no
work at the coIlieries until further no
tice. This was the result of a consulta-
ton between leading officials held here
yesterday and postponed in some measure
the actual conflict between the strikers
and he companies.
At the mines the fire bosses and some
men belonging to neither the Firemen's
Union nor Tie United Mine Workers As
sociation have been placed at the pumps
and are keeping steam up, but at none
OF the mines have non-union men been
placed at the fires and the miners con-
tiuued at work There has as Yet been no
test of this. At those mines which start
ed to work the shutdown whistle was
blown few minutes after the fremen
went on strike, so that the mine workers
did not have time to show their attitude
regarding the employment of non-union
fremen
Several Of the smaller companies waited
until the last moment and then. seeing
that the strike could not be averted ex-
cept by granting the demands Of the men,
they granted the eight-hour concession.
These are isolated cases. however, and
the great majority of the mines are idle.
The response TO the call for the strike
was general, the men going out at the
minute specified. They are now holding
meetings at each Of their locals and re-
ports from all over the region are com
ing in. The coal companies were non
committaI, most OF them stating that
work had either been shut down as soon
as the strike was declared OF that work
was suspended indefinitely at their col
Heries-
II is roughly estimated that $4,000 mine
workers are idle At some of the mills
where the demands were not granted
non-union men have been placed in the
strikers places As Yet there have been
no strikes of other employees in conse-
Quence.
The 1850 mine workers employed by the
Kinston Coal Company announced them
selves On a strike this morning. and Mr..
Nichols. President Of this district Of the
Mine Workers Union. said that the strike
was authorized by the executive boards
of the district he says the company
has OF late been cutting its prices for
mining. contrary 10 the agreement with
the union and the strike was ordered II
Consequence. II went into effect this
morning though the mines are idle owing
10 the fremen-s strike
SCRANTON, Pa, July I6-AU the
Stationary tiremen at the Delaware ana
Hudson, the Erie and the Ontario and
Western mines IN the upper part Of the
Lackawanna Valley. from Peckvi!le to
Forest City, went on strike this morning
They unanimously decided on this
course at meeting held in Mayfield last
night, endorsing the action taken at VIII
kesbarre on Sunday by the State Associa-
ton in demanding an eight-hour day
without reduced pay. The result forced
the complete shut down Of over twenty
co9Teries and the idleness Of I2,Gs) mine
workers.
The mine hremen between OIyphant an4
Old Forge met here last night and en-
dorsed the WiIkesbarre action. to become
effective al : O'Clock this afternoon If de-
Inands are not grl-t=d This viii make
fully fifty more mines idle and no less
than $500 mine workers viii be affected.
J. T. Mullahy, State president at head
quarters in North Scranton this morning
predicted that the demands OF the fireTnen
would be acceded 20 before the week was
over.
SHAMOhIN, Pa, July I6.-The coIIiery
hremen in the Ninth United Mine Work
ers- distric; reported for duty this morn
ing. No strike orders have been received
from Wilkesbarre. II Is not likely the To-
cal mines will be tied up until late in tie
week owing TO the men not Yet having
made demands on the coal companies for
an increase in wages
Four hundred men and boys tied Up the
Royal oak coIIiery this morning for the
non-obseryance Of the semi-molthIy pay
law