The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-09-25
MINERS DESTITUTE.
Some of the Strikers in the
Throes of Starvation.

new 10TH, N. l.. sept. ZZ.-EFSSl-
dent Mitchell of the Miners Union and
mitted in an interview here today that
many cases of restitution existed in
the mining field, and that some of the
miners are in the throes of starvation
/ These cases, however, are being rapid
ly attended to and the needy are being
supplied. He said he would have no
conferences with the operators or rep
resentatives while here. The strike
condition is unchanged.
Strikers Use Dynamite.
Mahoney City, Pa, Sept. 22.-An at
tempt was made Saturday morning to
wreck with dynamite the railroad
bridge on the North Mahoney colliery
siding. The report from the explo-
sion was so terrific that it awoke the
entire town, but the attempt was not
a success. The damage to the bridge
can be repaired in half day.
Anthony Ferguson, inside foreman
at North Mahoney colliery, was at
tractedIby crowd of strikers while on
his way to work Saturday morning.
He was being roughly treated when a
crowd of coal and iron police rushed
to his rescue. The mob at first of
fered some resistance, but when the
police fired volley from their revolv-
ers the strikers fed. Ferguson was
able to proceed to the mine. Reports
of similar occurrences in other parts
of the schuylkill region have been re-
ceived here.
Reading, Pa. Sept. 22.-The Read
ing Railroad company Saturday in
creased its coal shipments. Saturday
morning 140 cars, containing over 1000
tons, went down the main line, all of
it from the western end Of Schuylkill
county. Sixty-nine cars of anthracite
coal also passed through Reading Fri
day for Philadelphia. There are SOS
cars of coal of various sizes now in the
| yard at Cressona, Pa, all of which
came from Kalmia washery and Brook
side and Good Spring collieries, in
Schuylkill county.
Good Spring colliery now has nearly
a full complement of men at work, anC
the breaker is working four days a
week. The men employed there are all
| skilled miners, secured from many Sec
lions of the coal regions. The breaker
at Brookside is being run two days
! a week, the company having about one
third the number of miners required.
1t is estimated that the Reading COM
pany has about 10000 tons of coal in
the vicinity of Cressona and it is from
this stock that the public schools of
Philadelphia are to receive their sup
ply.
Lebanon, Pa, Sept. Fifteen hun
dred factory operatives employed by
| the American Iron e. Steel company,
who went on strike on August 20, will
return to work on Monday, the strike
having been declared off.
The strike resulted from the COM
pany's employment of negroes to take
the places of the puddlers and rolling
mill men, who have been out since May
5, last, because of a refusal of de-
| mand for q new wage scale on the basis
! Of $3.50 a ton for puddlers.
The operatives walked out on Au-
gust 90, on account of the company's
refusal to discharge the negroes. De-
sertions from the ranks of the strik-
ers compelled them to call the strike
off. The mill men are still out.
AS it has been found impossible to
oat n eunp1v pf coal in this cnunfrv
for the winter months for the 16 pub
lie schools of Yonkers, the board of
education has decided to import coal
from Wales rather than close the
schools. Bids were asked for about
1000 tons of anthracite, the dealers
being allowed all the latitude possible
in price. Not bid was received.