New-York tribune., 1902-08-22
ARBITRATION THE CRY:
,uNrs CLEARING. READY TO BEGIN
wORK-MANY MEN WILLING.
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,,,,,,,.,,,arra I7enn Aug. 21.-The business
,,,s, of this city who are members of the Puohc
Alliance tonight appealed to the press oI the
country IN their efforts TO secure arpl'ra'oi u
the coal strike They have not succeeoeo 'eiS
well In their request for Senators quay dA"
Penrose to aid them, for the latter ai'lloueii
willing failed in their first effort to bring freSi
dent Baer Of the Philadelphia and heaolhs
and President Mitchell Of the United Mine
Workers together. Baer refused. 1here 10 ~
tie else for the Senators TO DO
Tonight the strikers throughout the region
era dencessed by the fact that J. Pierpont Nor
pan has refused 10 interfere in the coal strike
The fact that President Mitchell has not YET re-
turned from the West also adds 10 the oepres-
sion He sent word here to-day that ne "oulu
return tomorrow evening, and his coming is
anxiously awaited, The operators Say llia'
they believe the end is in sight and they eh-
pect large accessions TO the ranks of their WORK
There was much activity about the mines
and MANY of them are being cleared, so they
NAV be operated as sufficient men hi e
obtained This is particularly notlceaoie III
,he case of the New York. Ontario and western
Railroad Company. Superintendent J. H. brs-
den Of that company's coal department. "ouiu
not affirm the rumors that something VIII nap
men ST the collieries under his SUPERVISION out
neither did he deny them.
large searchlight Of the same size as those
,,sed On modern warships. has been instaiieo a'
,ba t1ancoast colliery The light commands
a view of the entire property OF the onlarlo anu
Western in that region. total IF one thousand
acree The light can he turned in any dlrec-
tion. and bv it's aid any night prowler aoout ihe
rlace can be instantly discovered besloes 'iIe ne
pancoas+ colliery and washery, Richmond NO
and Johnson Nc. and No > collierles are pr, y,
tecfed by the light. which commands iui'
view Of them ,,o-,
apo+ber fact which leads TO the concIusioi'
that the companies contemplate active Ile@s
in the near future is that the vacations u 'N-
,o,lroad arenen have been withdrawn by sew
- = +4,a cor,nanies and firemen now lole
have been notified to report for work on sep
+erober I Cars are also reported to be oails
sbinr,ed 10 sidings near the breakers. whlch mat
urally seems TO indicate that the companies CA
pect to soon find use for them .-,,..-
Ar rba No 80 coery of the Lehigh Nahes
Coal Company. at Hazleton there are al ie"'t
1wo hundred experienced miners at "oIh anu
this number is being increased y daly- t5iii Stone
day coal was hoisted from the Laurel fiIil nm -
of this company for the first time siIce - ttle
strike began, and this is likely 10 coi'Ittu IT,,
til the entire force has returned 10 WIN. -
Naltbx- colierv of the same company mas
worked each day this week and is hncFeaSIii5
its force ,. .-. , oor,,Ie
of weeks more will find number OF the @ @stFlh-
ers returning TO work, and that in a snort time
tbe strike will break UP OF its own NeiSH'' oN
ing to the failure Of the union TO proVlde d SUI
ficjent relief fund . III,
The funeral of Patrick Sharpe. the strike
leader who was shot and killed by coal , ala
sro1 no,iceman took place to-day, and although
there was no untoward excitement lolio"Iite
the burial there was much fear OF some Out
break Tonight, however. the region is quleIer
-ban II has been for some time, and the strlke
headers hope that the troops will be Withdrawn
before the end OF the week
over 4 600 persons attended the funeral and
followed the remains 10 ST. Joseph's Cemetery
in Summit Hill The strikers had appointed d
11aace committee of two hundred union men TO
taen order in the event of an outbreak, and the
soldiers while not actually appearing on the
--,;clr1x- reach the scene of action If they were
needed. The funeral sermon was preached by
Father McConnon-