Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-24
MINERS AGAIN BUSY
Nearly Seventy Per Cent of Galleries
Are In Operation.
ENGINEERS HAVE GRIEVANCE
Many Can't Get Their Old fl"ces'
and ms Il Result Their OrGahi-
yntiOn Threatens War on
Coal Operators.

Wilkesbarro. Pa, oct a Reports
from the entire anthracite region show
that about 81 per cent of the mines are
in operation. The collicries III tAr
Lackawania district are in better
shape for working than those in amy
her part of the region.
The colioricS in the Wyoming region
with a small output are in good shape,
being free from gas and water. but the
large mines are still hampcred by wa
ter. The same condition of affairs
exists in the I.ehigh region, In the
Schuvlkll region the large mines are
reported to be in better condition for
working than was expected.
An the mines in operation will he
short in their normal output for day
or so but it is expected that almost tie
full carmcity viii soon be reached.
After such long spell of idlcncSs the
miners and laborers are soft ANA not
capable of doing as hard days work
as when they were seasoned,
Reports are coming in from all over
the mining region that many engineers
tremon. puluInmcn. carpenters and com
pany hands have failed to get their
places back. The old employees are
farine better with the individual com
pancs than with the large concerns.
4 delegation of carpenters made up OF
employees from many collierics in the
Il liant
Mitchcll's headquarters at noon ana
laid their grievances before him. They
said miners and laborors had no trou-
bic in getting work, but other employ
ees holding good paying positions be
fore they went on strike generally
found their places filled with other
men. and that the mine superintend-
cnts said there would be no change for
the present. Mr.. Mitchell advised his
callers to be patient and await develop
mentS of the next few days.
Later a dispatch was received from
Chicago saying that President Morton
of the International Association of
Stationary Engineers and Firemen
states that all members of the associa-
ton all over the country will be or
dered to refuse to handle any anthra-
cite coal until every member affected
by the anthracite strike is reinStatcd
on the basis on which the miners re-
turned to work.
Idle In HaxletOn Region.
Only two of the twenty eight col
lieries in the Hazleton district resumed
operations during the day. Those OPP
Grating are the Hazel mines breaker
of the Lehigh Valley Coal company and
the upper Lehigh mine of the Upper
Lehigh Coal company. The Lehigh
Valley Coal company expects to start
up its Yorktown and HaZleton shaft
mines with about half the usual force
of men, the workings not vet being in
condition to give employment to all
hands. Because of high water or other
the twenty six collieries indicated
Some of them, however, are sure to
resume before the end of the week.
The collieries of G. b. Markle & Co.
at Jeddo Highland, Oakdale and Eber-
vale are in shape for resumption, but
only small number of men made ap-
plication for their places and gave their
verbal assent to abide by the decision
of the arbitration commission, as re
quired by a notice posted. John Mar
kle announced II as soon as a suti-
Gent number of men comply with the
None of the seven collieres of Coke
Bros. & Co. resumed because the fore
men asked the men to sign an agree
ment not to interfere with nonunion
men under penalty of discharge. The
men had been instructed by the union
leaders not to sign agreements, and all
returned home. The Derringer colliery
Of Coke Bros. is on fire, and the fore
men have been sent there to get it un-
der control. The fire originated, il is
through the carelessness of a
workman employed during the strike.
Pardee Men Won't Sign.
Everything was in readiness for re-
sumption at the Cranberry and Crys-
al Ridge collieries of A. Pardee & Co.
)ut as the men reported for work thew
we're asked to sign an agreement sim
lar to that prepared by Coke Bros. &
o. This they refused to do, and the
ntire union force returned home.
AT Silver Brook the mine workers re-
used to return to work because. it is
llleged, the company will not take
Jack tWenty-seven of its former en-
'loyees, among them two subbosses |
,roops were stationed at or near most |
I the collieries, but no trouble of any
ind occurred.
In reopening the Alaska shaft, owned |
y the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
nd Iron company, an explosion of
as occurred as Robert Mowney and
Aaron Dreher walked into Mol slope.
hey were blown about twenty feet
nd were badly burned about the head
nd face.
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