New-York tribune., 1902-07-23
MEN ENOUGH, THEY SAY.
But WORKERS SAY MINES CANNOT GET
SUFFICIENT HELP TO START.
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Wikesbarre Penn, July 22.-The operators are
waiting eagerly for Of the meeting OF Presi-
dent Baer and other heads OF the coal carrying
roads in New-York to-day 1t is expected that theS
will determine whether an effort is to be mace 10
resume work at the mines, or If the mines are 10
remain idle and the strike TO be fought on the
sit down and watt policy. The rumors have been
for some time that the mines will resume work
on August l. but these have not been verined Dy
the operators who report that they Will not oeglh
until they get orders from New-fork to do So
They continue prepare for work by clearing up
their mines and if ihe order comes. Will prooaoIy
be able to resume. providing enough men can be
obtained at several of the mines, with only a few
days delay.
When questioned to-day about the reported plan
ot the mine workers to take out OF the region all
the adult workers and get positions for them III
the soft coal fields and elsewhere, they SAID that
these men will return soon as the strike Is
ended. In other strikes many men have gone away
10 obtain work, but soon as the strike ended
they were back again. They do not look with con-
cern on the proposed migration, and they do not
believe that enough places be found in the soft
coal fields to accommodate the $1,000 adult workers
still remaining here. The majority or the 4o'V"
who have already left here are now at work in
the soft coal regions and have taken most Of the
available places.
An operator is authority for the statement that
at the Indianapolis convention the delegates In
secret session considered proposition TO restrict
the output of soft coal that it would not get
10 anthracite markets, and the proposition was
defeated by a large majority.
Superintendent Hayes, of the oxford coery Of
the Peoples Coal Company, continues to give work
to men who apply. and he has now about 12O at
the collery. He says that work will De resumed
as soon as the mine is cleared up and the number
OF men is sufficient mine coal National Organ
izer Collins says OF the engagement of the workers
and the prospect Of the resumption:
OF these men who have gone back TO work at
the Oxford all but four or five are Italians and
Hungarians, most of whom are recent arrivals mere
and have never seen the interior of coal mine.
It s sheFrd 10 think that these men can mine coal;
The companies are striving zealousIy to get men
by getting the miners drunk hope 10 obtain from
Them promises return Many of them do 50
promise. and the agents report that such and such
a man wants TO go back, but when the miner comes
mis- right he sees the folly OF his promise
and doesn't report 70 the office.
President Mitchell is expected TO return here on
Thursday. by that time the district committees
will have relief plans prepared to submit to him.
There are many difficult questions for them to de
eide and there is much complaint already at the
proposed plan Of distributing provisions to the
strikers. many OF whom want the money. The
union laws also state that only those members in
number of those in good standing is not much more
than 50 per cent the union must make pro-
visions for this large number.
,,srY af tbe eheh and Wilkesbarre at Sugar
Notch was shot and killed this morning, apparently
accidentally by Edward Jones. another guard Jones
says that after being relieved from duty at the
coliery gate he was walking toward the breaker.
taking the cartridges from his Winchester. One OF
them was jammed in the barrel and while he was
trying get il loose II exploded. Thompson was
a treste forty feet away and was shot through
the right breast. He fell dead.
Jones gave himself up and is being held in the
claim him The coroner's jury tonight rendered =
verdict Of accidental shooting, but Jones is being
held until the county detective has also made an
investigation.