The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-24
RESUMING SLOWLY
,NLOOKED FOR DIFFICULTIES IN
THE MINING REGION.
GAS AND WATER &C CUMULATE
AND ROOFS WHICH THREATEN TO
FALL ARE DISCOVERED.

nine superintendents Will Not Al
low Work to Commence Until the
underground Workings Can Be
Made safe-HIOre or Less Dissatis-
faction Among Miners Because
work Was Not Resumed Yester-
day, but Better FEELING Gradually
Prevails as the Situ atiOn Is Ex-
planned.
Wilkesbarre. Pa. Oct 2S.-The re-
sumption of mining throughout the an
thracite region was not as general to-
dav as was expected. Unlocked for
difficulties were encoun tered in the
shane of water and accumulated gas
and dangerous roofs which threatened
10 fall and entomb the workers were
also discovered in many collieries- The
mine superintendent would take no
chances and the mining of coal was
put off until all parts of the under
ground workings can be made safe.
This will take a, few days and in some
cases ii will take weeks before some of
the mines can be put in full operations.
Although work was carried on in some
mines which are not considered in the
best of condition. no accidents were
reported to-day. In quite few of the
collieries, the machinery and everything
else connected with the hOisting of coal
acted badly, and it was found neces-
sary to close down after steam had
been raised and the miners
were ready to go to work. From
reports received from the entire an
thracite region, the mum Der of mines in
opera ton is given as a little less than
two-thirds of the total number. but
the output of coal was less than half
the normal
AS was to be expected there was
more or less dissatisfac ion among the
old employees over the reOpening of the
mines Where it was decided not to re-
sumo work for a few days. the men
took it that the coal conn panies did not
want their services and many COM
plants reached President Mitchen's
headquarters. But as the day wore on
and the true situation became known
there was a better feeling all around.
President Mitchell expects when all
the mines get in opera ton there will
be less complaint. Until all the col
lieries dc resume there will be more
or less idle men airinS their discon-
tent
IT looks as though tire union engf-
neers were going to have some diff
Guilty in getting back their old places.
At nearly every mine where the strik-
ing engineers made application for
work to-day they were told that there
were no vacancies. large number of
carpenters are also out in the cold. A
delegation OF carpenters. waited on
President Mitchell to-day and told him
of their .grieva noes. The chief of the
miners union advised his callers to
wait a few days and see if en-
ployment would not be of
fered them. President Mitchell
believes that when general resumption
takes place there will be few of the
mine employees idle. The f1remen are
being taken back in larger numbers
than any of the other steam men.
That is because they are experienced.
and they take the places of men who
are not so capable. The only friction
reported between union and nom union
men was at several cOllieres in the
Wyoming region. where the miners OBJ
jected to being lowered into the mines
by nom union engineers.
President Mitchell was busy at
headquarters to-day getting the min
ers side of the case in shape for pre-
sentation to the arbitra ton board