The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-08-07
THEY EMPL0YED2,0o MEN
The Monetary Loss VIII
Amount to ST, 500, 900.
Brigadier General Goblin Hears Re-
port That Foreigners are Being
Drilled, But It's Authenticity
Cannot Be Determined.

Shenandoah, Pa, Aug 6-WilIiam STEM
the State Mine Inspector for the Shenan-
doah region today announced that five
colliries under his Jurisdiction which have
an estimated total value of $i,50o.000 have
been rendered useless by reason of hav-
ing been flooded and have been perma-
nntly abandoned. Four of them--BeaE
Rum East Bear Ridge. kohinoor and
Pr eston No. 3-belong to the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron Company.
The other colliery is the Lawrence and
Is owned by the Shaefer estate of Potts
vile. Mr.. Stein estimates that out of the
thirty-six collleries in his district only
fourteen are in condition for Immediate
operation II the strike were ended. The
others are in such a condition that it
would require anywhere from one to four
months to clear them of water and make
repairs. He said the average time would
be about two months.
The abandonment of the five colleries
will compel 1000 mine workers to seek
employment in other parts of the region
and they may have trouble In finding it
II the thousands of men who have left
the region during the strike should re-
turn.
Serious to the Men.
This condition OF affairs, the mine in
spector said, Is a serious matter not only
with the companies but with the men.
After the strike shall have been ended
most of the workmen will have to remain
in idleness for another period of time un-
condition.
The mine inspectors statement created
considerable interest here as it confirmed
the belief of some of the coal company
officials that a full resumption of coal
mining will not take place this year and
In consequence the tendency OF coal
prices will be upward rather than dowa-
ward
The situation, so far as the peace OF the
region was concerned. remains unchanged
today. 1t was probably the quietest day
since the soldiers were called out. Two
companies of infantry are still kept on
guard duty in the town, one at the Read
ing Railway Station in a foreign settle
ment and the other at the Pennsylvania
Railway Station close to another foreign
colony.
General Goblin said today that shenan-
doah. for a town of its size, Is more
thickly populated than the worst tcne-
ment district in New York. He thought
the sanitary condition In the foreign
quarters of the place were extremely bad
because of the lack of sewerage.
He said he had been advised that for
eigners In this vicinity were being drilled
but he would not say whether the infor-
nation he had received was correct. He
believed, however, there are many smart
men among the foreigners here who have
been officers in European armies and
have taken refuge in this country.
Foreign Adventures.
The ex-officers. the General said, have
considerable influence over the others and
they were not to be trusted He charac-
terized the ex-officers as ''adventurers
and degenerate heirs of noble sires.''
Paul Pulaski, national organizer of the
United Mine Workers, who looks after
the foreign members of the union, came
here today. He denied all the stories OF
secret drilling by the Polanders who be-
long to beneficial societies and keep up
form of military organization, but he said
this was done only to keep alive the
memory of their days at home. These
organizations, he said can be found in
most cities where there is any consider
able number of foreigners.
THE foreigners he concluded think
too much OF the freedom they have in
this country to turn guns against its gov
eminent.
Mr. Pulaski addressed two large meet 4
irgs of foreigners. The men decided in
meeting they would not return to work
until after the strike shall have been Of
ficially declared off.