Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-23
ACTIVITY IN
MINING REGION.
Sirt-Sevsn Per Gent Of the Mines in The
Anthracite Region Are in Operation Will
Reach Usual Output Tomorrow.
is TROUBLE FOR MITCHELL
Delegation Of Carpenters Lay Their Grievances Before
hIn-They Say the Miners Have No Trouble Get
ting Work But Other Employees Are Not
50 Fortunate.

NiiKesbarre, Pa, Oct. 23.-Repo. t!
from the entire anthracite region SHOW
that about 81 per cent of mines are il
operation today. The coEieries in the
Lackawanna region are in better shape
for working than those in any other
part of the region. The collieries in
the Wyoming region with small out
put are in good shape, being free from
gas and water, but the large mines
are still hampered by water. The same
region. In the Schuylkll region The
large mines are reported to be in better
condition for work than was expected.
All the mines in operation will be short
in their normal output today, but by
tomorrow 1T is expected almost the fun
output will be reached.
MANY FAIL TO GET WORK.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Oct. 23.-Reports
are coming in from all over the mining
region that many engineers, tiremen,
pumpmen, carpenters and company
hands have failed to get their places
back. The old employees are faring bet
ter with the individual companies than
with the large companies. A delega-
tion of carpenters made up of the en-
ployes from many of the collieries in
the Wyoming region called at Presi-
dent Mitchells headquarters at noon
and laid their grievances before him.
They said the miners and laborers had
no trouble in getting work, but other
employees holding good paying posi-
tions before they went on strike, gen
orally found their places filled with
other men and the mine superintend-
ents said there would be no change for
the present. Mr.. Mitchell advised his
callers to be patient and await devel-
opments in the next few days.
SOME NOT REINSTATED.
Shamokin, Pa, Oct. 23.-Nearly all of
the collieries in this district We're reop-
ened today and miners actively began
work of getting out coal. A number of
ii4c losses, engineers and stablen1en
who had been on strike We're not rein
stated.
EXPLOSION THIS MORNING.
Shamokin, Pa, Oct 23.-In reopening
the Alaska shaft this morning, an ex-
plosion of gas occurred as Robert
Mowneh and Aaron Drehr walked into
No. slope. They were blown twenty
feet and We're badly burned. The gas
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while rescuing party removed the
two victims, another body of men be-
gan working their way into the
breasts where five men are thought to
breasts had not been reached.
MEN REFUSE TO GO TO WORK.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 23.-Of the 2S col
lieries in the Hazleton district, not one
Markle and Companys men and the
employees of Coke Brothers and Com
pany, at two collieries, refuse to return
to work because of posted notices re-
quiring them to promise they will
abide by the decision of the arbitra-
tion tribunal.
ANOTHER PHASE OF THE SUB
JECT.
Chicago, Oct. 23.-President Morton of |
the International Association Of Sta
tionary Engineers and Firemen, stated |
that all members Of the association all |
over the country would be ordered to |
refuse to handle any anthracite coal
until every member affected by the an
thracite strike is reinstated on the ba- |
sis on which the miners returned to
work.
The brotherhood has membership
of $4,000 and has local unions in ia
towns and cities, including Chicago,
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Gin
cinnati, Cleveland, Baltimore, st.
Louis, Kansas City, Denver and San
Francisco. President Morton declared
the organization was in position to
shut out hard coal in all the cities
where it had local unions and said
such action would be taken, if neces-
sary, for the protection Of the members
who had lost their positions on account
of the anthracite coal strike This is 1
President Morton's views of the situa-
ton: According to all reports from |
the eastern mines, our men are getting |
the worst of it and while the miners |
are being reinstated they are left out |
in the cold"
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