The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-24

see District Superintendent Barnard
and have an understanding about the
original grievance. Mr.. Barnard was
down at Nanticoke and would not he
able to see them, he said until after
noon. About 10 o'clock the men con-
cluded to go to work and see Mr.. Bar
nard today.
At the Maltby collery OF the Lehigh
| Valley company where there had been
strike on for fifteen months, the old
employees all returned and all got their
former places.
The Exceptions.
With the exception of the Hallstead,
which has been abandoned, and the
Sloan and Central where new Switches
are being laid, outside. all the Dela-
ware. Lackawanna and Western COLI
leries made Il start. Superintendent
Tobey said that he knew of no instance
| of man being refused work, but was
not prepared to say there were no such
instances. Those whose places were
not open for them were offered other
work, he said.
Superintendent Rose, of the Della
ware and Hudson company, stated that
all of his company's places north of
county, made start. At the Clinton
the mules were not in. but will be in
today. The collieries down the valley,
which did not start yesterday. will
likely start today or tomorrow. I'm Il
day or two" is the way Mr.. Rose put
it. These are the Greenwoods. Plym-
ouths, Baltimore No. 5, Pine Ridge,
Latin. Langcliffe and Laurel Run.
Plymouth No. 4 may not start for
couple of weeks, Mr.. Rose said. Re-
pair work there. which was hindered
by the strikers, has to be done before
the mine can be opened.
Richmond No. 8 colliery, of the On
tario and Western company. did not get
under way. The men refused to go
down because the non-union engineers
were not trustworthy. and the descent
is extremely dangerous because of there
being $50 feet of water in the shaft. the
mine having been flooded to eXtinguish
u fire. The men demand that the old
engineers be renstated. The case was
one OF the many reported to Mine
Workers headquarters. When asked
yesterday by Tribune reporter If this
demand would be granted, General
Manager Dryden said: I'VE don't eX-
pect to grant 1t.
Places Not Ready.
Because of the places not being ready,
a large proportion of the men at the
Pine Brook were sent home to await
notification of when the company VIII
want them. This will he in the course
of few days. New shafting is being
put i'm at the Mt. Pleasant and it will
be two weeks before it will be finished.
No attempt at resumption can be made
until the work is completed. The Ca
pouse washery, which was burned Aug
ust s. will be ready to start up again
next week.
General Manager Dryden said to a
Tribune reporter: when the places
are all cleared up, all our men will be
taken care Of
General Manager Thorne. of the
Temple company. reported all of the
company's seven collieries in operation,
ployes back at work. The others will
be put back as fast as roads can be
opened up. The Northwest. which was
destroyed by fire before the strike, will
not be ready for resumption for some
time yet. The Mt. Lookout and Lacka-
wanna breakers worked part of the day
and several hundred tons of coal pre-
pared.
With the Erie company similar con-
ditions prevailed as in the case of the