Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-05-12
The Ts.Up is Complete and About 100000
Men and Boys Ars Now on the
Idle LIST.
COAL FAMINE IS APPARENT
General Exodus Ia the Wyuming vaIlsy--Ths Foreign
Element Look for Long Strike and Arc Hasten
lng 10 the Iron Districts 10 Seek
Work In the Mills,

stated this morning that the tie-up {
the three anthracite districts is CON
plete. Approximately, 100000 men an
boys are idle, of which number onl
one-half are in the Lackawanna an
Wyoming region. In every instance
Mitchell said the order to suspend op
eratons has been obeyed. About 2O0O
mine workers are out in the Lehigh dis
trict and $4,000 in the Schuylkill fields
An official of the Delaware, Lackawan
ma and Western Railroad Compan
said today that that corporation had n
intention of resorting to a lockout.
Continuing, he said: 1--WE do not in
tend to irritate the men, and othe
companies are of the same mind. Moth
ing will be done until after Wednesday
The situation is now in the hands o
the miners. After Wednesday it will b
in our hands. We appreciate the fac
that John Mitchell does not want :
strike. Neither do the companies, de
spite what has been said to the con
trary. While we do not want a fight
we will give the men all the fight the!
desire If they decide that there is to b.
one."
From the same official source come:
the announcement that the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Compan,
has stopped selling coal. Other com
panies have taken similar action, ant
it is believed that a coal famine will
result if the suspension is made per-
manent on Wednesday.
A SHORTAGE ALREADY.
Reading, Pa, May pa coal short
age is already apparent here. Coal
dealers were besieged all day Sunday
by customers. and say they have more
orders than they can fill in a month
even with the mines running.
MINERS LEAVING THE DISTRICT
Wilkesbarre, May 12.-Every mine in
the Wyoming Valley is idle this morn
ing and the tie-up is complete. Should
a strike be ordered by the Hazleton
convention, the men now at work keep
ing the mines from being flooded expect
to be called out.
Some engineers may not obey the or
der, but there is no question but the
firemen and pump runners will. The
foreign element look for long strike
and today the steamship and railroad
offices were crowded with Hungarians,
Poles and italians going to the iron
centers to seek work in the mills. 9th
ers will take trip to their native land
and return when the strike Is over.
THE NINTH DISTRICT.
Shamokin, Pa, May 12.-Forty-f1ve
collieries in the 9th district were COM
pletely tied up this morning by 20.655
employees, excluding bosses, firemen,
engineers and pump men, enforcing the
three days suspension ordered by the
Scranton convention. There is no dis
turbances.
PANTHER CREEK VALLEY.
Pittsville, Pa, May 12.-From Panth-
er Creek Valley In the extreme east of
this coal basin, to Williamstown, in
the west, and from Mahoney and Shen-
adoah Valleys, comes the same story
Of the idleness Of hundreds of collieries
In obedience to the order Of National
President Mitchell Of the United Mine
Workers Of America.
THE SEVENTH DISTRICT.
Hazleton, Pa, May 12.-Mining oper-
ations in this portion of the 7t'h district
were completely suspended today.
The Diamond and Bellevue coal
washeries, owned by the Lackawanna
Company, are working short handed
Today. With this exception every coal
operator in the region Is idle.
San Simon Stock Ranges Are Over