Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1902-10-30
MORE WORK AND LESS TALK.
More Miners In Operation and thss itua.
tion For the Miners 10 Inn
proving.

were % more mines in operation in
the anthracite region Friday than on
Thursday, and the output will be
close to 10o, 900 tons. This is as near
as IAN be estimated. From reports
received, the total output Thursday
did not exceed $4,000 tons. When i
full operation the mines employ, in
every capacity, about 145,o0o men and
boys. Of this number it is estimated
that 81, 900 were at work Friday. A
more amicable feeling prevailed be-
tween employer and employe than on
Thursday. The excitement owe the
commencement of work had IT Off
somewhat, and there was more work
and less talk.
The non-union men, despite what
may be said to the contrary, are slow
ly being displaced at many OF the
mines, and the old employees are TAX
ing their places.
The Delaware, Lackawanna & Weat-
ern company continues to lead in
production. There are two reasons
for this. First, the mines are in good
condition and there is less friction
between the district superintendent
and the men who have returned to
work. The work Of clearing up those
mines that are filled with debris from
falls, is being pushed forward as rap
idly as possible, and TIRE fact that
they are not in readiness to operate
is a great disappointment to the mine
owners.
Will Take Back His Old Men.
Ex-Congressman M. B. Williams,
one of the largest individual opera
tors in the Wyoming region, said his
mines would not be in readiness to
resume before next week, but he
would take back all his old employees,
including steam men, because they
had served him faithfully in the past.
The trouble with the individual OPP
orators in the Lehigh region is ex-
pected to blow over in a day or two
and it is said here on good authority
that all collieries in the Lehif:h and
Schuylkill regions that are in condi-
ton to mine will resume next Mon
day, and that all the union miners
will be re-employed. The mine in
spectors are quite vigilant, and they
refused to give permission to the
starting up of mines where the SUI
p~erintendents can not furnish salts
factory proof that the underground
workings r perfectly safe.
Mitchell Continues Reticent.
President Michel continues ret
icent and refuses to be quoted on any
move made by the operators, either
regarding the treatment Of the old
employees or the advanced price of
coal. The evidence which he will pre-
sent to the arbitration commission Is
now being arranged in systematic
form. When Mr.. Mitchell was asked
regarding the published report that
there was some doubt whether he
would be permitted to appear before
the commission on behalf of the mi.
ners, he said that he presumed the
miners could select any counsel they
saw fit to present their case before
the commission. President Mitchell
pledged himself before the miners
convention, held in this city the be-
ginning of the week, to present the
case of the union miners before the
arbitration board. Mr.. Mitchell has
received a call to Washington, and
will leave here Sunday afternoon.
A Scab Badly Treated.
Stanley Mcalley, a Lithuanian mi
ner was enticed into a house occu-
pied by n of his countrymen in this
city, Thursday night, and after being
stripped of his clothing was beaten
most numerically all wei his body
with a heavy rubber hose. He made
his escape from the house more dead
than alive. He was accused of "scab-
bling" during the strike. Friday six
men were arrested charged with being
implicated in the assault.
Thirty Thousand Tons Shipped.
Shamokin, Pa, Oct. 24.-Thirty
thousand tons of coal were shipped
from local collieries, Friday, to Phil
adelphia and New York markets, and
5000 additional men went to work
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