River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1902-10-16
MAY OPEN THE MINES
This Week Likely to Be Critical
Period in Strike Region.
Having Been Given Protection of the
Militia. 1t Will Be Seen Whether
or Not the Operators Can
Start Galleries.

Start Galleries.
Scranton, Pa, Oct 13.-This is the
beginning of week which 1T IS gem
orally believed will put to test the
claim of the operators that they Will
be enabled to start up their colllerles
II given protection, and the counter
claim of the United Mine Workers
organization, as expressed IN Wednes-
days resolutions, that the strikers
will not return to work without con-
cessions, even though the entire mill
tary force of the United States
should be here to protect them.
With determination to prove their
claim, the operators have been Tor
the past week making supreme eff
fort to secure men. That they have
succeeded to some extent IS evil
denced by announcements made with
some positiveness that various col
lieries will resume operations in the
course of few days. Claim is also
made on the operators side that the
forces at collieries already working
are to be largely increased during
the week
The United Mine Workers leaders
continue to assert that the military
can do nothing towards inducing men
to return to work, and that all the
men who could be induced to go back
to work without concessions are al
ready back.
Strike disorder is now almost en-
tirely wanting. During the past two
days the soldiers have had nothing to
do further than their regular patrol
duty, not a single cal having come
to any of the three regiments in this
county to deal with disorder or
threatened disorder.
May Try to Start Galleries.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 13.-There are
rumors in circulation that an eXtraor-
binary effort will be made this week
to start the collieries, but no informa-
ton to this effect can be learned from
the companies officials here. An or
der to make extra efforts to resume
operations must first emanate from
New York, and the superin tendents
will then try to carry it out. The strik
ers and the citizens generally are not
expecting anything to develop in the
strile-affected territory, but are
eagerly following events in New York
and Washington.
Says 1t Was an Error.
The appeal issued by the American
Federation of Labor was received with
considerable satisfaction by the strik-
ers, but there was considerable discus
sion over the paragraph in the appeal
which asserted that the miners were
willing to leave their case in the hands
of j. Pierpont Morgan. When Mr.
MitchelPs attention was called to it
Saturday night, he said it was an err
ror. Sunday he refused to discuss it,
1t is evident there is some mistake,
and that he does not care to call at
| tention to it by discussing the mat
ter.
Root Denies a Rumor.
Washington, Oct. 13.-Secretary
Root, who returned to Washington
| Saturday night, refused to discuss his
| interview with J. Pierpont Morgan
| further than to say that he did not
carry message from the president
| to Mr.. Morgan, and did not telegraph
| the president from New York, as has
| been stated.
Quay Visits President.
Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, saw
| the president for an hour Sunday,
and at the close of the conference
| the statement was made that there
was nothing to say" Of course it
was known that the senator came to
discuss the strike situation, but
what information he conveyed or
| what suggestions he received cannot
be stated. The senator departed inn
mediately after the conference for
Philadelphia.
Little information as to the strike
situation could be obtained in Wash
| ington Sunday. It is understood
that the operators are glad to have
| their side of the case laid before the
president, and especially the work
they are doing to supply coal. 1t is
said that they have divided the coun-
try into districts and will attempt TO
equalize the supply so that no one
community will suffer, also that the
railroads will make similar arrange
ments to handle soft coal so as to
supply all who can make use of it
in place of the ANTHRACITE.
The Strike Losses.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 13.-The losses
at the end of the twenty-second week
| of the strike are estimated to be as
| follows:
Loss to the operators in price of - -oo ooo
coal. 3a'9V0'0VV
| Loss to strikers in wages ........:. zo,ouV,VVV
he efrikers . ....... $780, COO
| T,oss to railroads in ca rnings. ... 1880, 900
Loss to business men in the region 16, 200, 600
Ne zion 20 BUSINESS men 9,SO0,OOO
noIi ce iiiaii.'iiiiiis ooat 2,1OO, 600
| C,6st of maintainire nonunion men $4,000
| Cost of troops in the region. $500. 5o0VD
| Damage to mines in machinery o'oVoVV
Grand total .s135, $40, 900
Cotton Mill Combine Fails.
| New York, Oct. 13.-After repeat
ed attempts to form S60'OOO,ooO
! combination of southern cotton mills,
bv promoters of this city, letters