New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-10-16
officer OF the union said, arbitration may not
be arbitration after all
,,rnrrRs READY TO RESUME WORK.


= e concluded that what he directs the con-
ven,ion to do viii be done. So confident are
MANY Of the strikers that the end is near ana
that work will soon be resumed that they are
Getting out their mining clothes fixing their
mining boots and preparing for the usual sup
niles All the coal villages are scenes OF excite
ment tonight, and in some of them the strikers
are celebrating with music, parades ana hre-
works.
The day was marked by more freedom from
violence than any day since the strike began
Not a serious case was reported from one end
Of the region 10 the other. Troops were sent
ont on several calls but all proved false alarms
This morning they were out ON extended patrol
duty, as on each day during this week and the
commanding generals are more pleased imam
ever with the success of this disposition They
believe IL is responsible for the lack OF violence
and will continue IT,
Valley started operations. and twenty cars or
coal were sent out, escorted by the Second City
TroOD There had been a large crowd about
the colliery and trouble was expected, but the
aDnearance of the soldiers dispersed the crowd
Men yelled ''Scabp from behind houses ana
out of windows, but there was no violence
Few new men reported for work this morning
the operators admitting that they did not ex-
pect any owing TO the prevailing belief that a
settlement would soon occur. The working force
remained about the same, and somewhat more
coal was produced. so the operators state. There
was no interference with the workers.
LITTLE DELAY IF STRIKE is OFF.
The railroads were busy during the day
shunting coal cars 70 the cOlliery sidings where
they will be ready for the work there Is in
prospect The coal officials were busy. too. and
most Of the managing superintendent made
tours of their cOllieries to examine personally
the conditions. Supplies were ordered. and ma
chinery which has not moved since the strike
was declared, five months ago, Will be ar
IT. Df3~f lie
say. is encouraging. and once the strike is
over and the men are back at work they do not
expect much delay in getting large amounts
of coal 10 market a report from each of the
large companies is as follows:
Philadelphia and Reading-Number Of col
lieries thirty-eight. Nine are now working.
twenty could resume within a week after tine
strike is ended but eight nine would take
is gathered. Five or six of these may be shut
down altogether and the working force con-
centrated at some Of the better producing
mines. The company expects. within three
weeks after work starts. to be producing its
normal output.
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company Nun
Der OF Colleries. nine. Two are working: six
can be started in two or three days and one is
rather badly damaged.
Delaware. Lackawan and Western-Number
Of coeries, twenty-five. Eleven are now work
ing and the remaining eleven are i'm such good
shape that all can he started within a week.
The Delaware and HudsOn-Number of col
lieries. thirty. Five working; sixteen
can be started within week. and nine in from
two weeks 10 a month.
New-York, Ontario and Western-Number Of
colleries fourteen. Six working and
all can be started within a week.
Erie Coal Company-Number of Collieries.
twenty Three are now working. fourteen can
star; within a week and three within month
LehGh Valley Coal Company-Num of coll
leries, t"enty-one. Seven are now working and
ten OF the other fourteen can be started within
a week after the strike ends. and the others
before three weeks
Temple Coal and I~ap COu1panv-N-urDhar 20
collieTies. eight. Two working and the other
SIX can be started within a week.
Lehigh and WilkesbarTe Coal Companv-Num-
Der Of Coeries. eleven. Three are now work.
ing and the other eight can be started in forty
eight hours.
Susquehanna Coal COmpany-Number Of COL
heries. fifteen. Five working and the
Others can be started in weeks time.
or the 9th Regiment. who died last Saturday
took place to-day At P1ttsYiIle the brigade
commanders Goblin. Schall and Wyle and a
number or general officers attending The %
regiment acted as escort and the burial was
with military honors.
SAY THEY WERE PRISONERS.
THIS morning warrants issued for the
arrest "a some coal guards at the No 10 col
hery OF the Erie Coal Company charged by
forty-three men with trying to detain them in
The oolliery and with resisting their efforts 10
get out. The men, twenty Italians and twenty
three Hebrews, said they had been imposed upon
ana abused They claimed that the entire party
mad been hired in New-York CITY by an en-
pIoyinent agency 10 work railroad COnstruC-
non AT prices ranging from 500 20 81 day
They assert that Scranton man took charge
81 them ana they were placed in and the
doors We're locked.
At ] o'clock on Tuesday morning they reached
No. ii breaker at Port Blanchard and then
Tor the first time learned that they were to
work IN the mines and about the breaker. They
ciahh that they were frightened when they
saw armed guards all about.
When they tired 10 get away they charge they
were assaulted, but after fight with the guards
managed to get out. The strikers took their
case In hand and had warrants issued The
guards at the COlery refused 10 allow the
coustablaS within the sJockade
When the police Of Nanticoke and the sherin's
deputies decided the calling Of non-union men
scahs was a form of violence and liable to
make the offensive shouter liable 10 arrest and
punishment many were arrested Then few
days ago the men who wanted to annoy the
non-unionists as they passed through the streets
shouted Have look, have a look
This attracted the desired attention TO the
On-unionists and the police upon appeal
stopped il. To-day another Try was taken up
and the strikers called out Cub bear cub bear!'
The nOn-union workers have protested.
Efforts to wreck the troop train on the Del
aware and Hudson Railroad tonight failed, the
engineer discovering the distractions ON the
track in time 20 stop the train. Two companies
Of the 9th Regiment were being taken to the
colIieries north of this city for patrol duty.
Stones had been wedged between the tracks ana
the crossing boards at MaycOcks Crossing. near
Miners Mills, in such position that had the
train been going at any speed ana struck
them il would have left the track and gone over
an embankment. The stones were removed,
When the train returned to this city stones
were discovered in a similar position on the
southbound track. All trains are now uhdef
orders 10 run slowly. and the soldiers are guard
ing the tracks. ,,
Major General Charles Miller. COMMANDING
the National Guard Of Pennsylvania arrived
here tonight with his staff from Pottsville, 10
look over the upper coal field.
TEN PER CENT INCREASE PROPOSITION.
WAS SUGGESTED BY MANUFACTURERS Asso-