Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-10-13
Miners Dub Statement Mere Bluff, Saying
All WeGklings Are Already Back.
TROOPS FIND NO WORK TO DO At ALL
WsrkmSn Preserve Complete Order and
Keep Military OSnfnsd to Patrol Duty.
SAY FUED SUPPLY is TO Be EoUAllzED
Railways Divide Country Into Ms
tricts So that No Single Conn
munlty VIII suner from
Shortage In Outpat.

WILKESBARRE, Pa. Oct. 1.-THE Erie
company tonight posted notices at its COL
lierieB at Pittston requesting all striking
employees to return to work tomorrow.
The company assured all who returned
ample protection This is believed TO be
the first move on the part OF the coal com
paniss to break the strike under the pro-
lection Of troops.
SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 12.-Thls week, IL
is generally believed, v.ll put to test the
claim Of the operators that they will be en-
abled to start their collieries 10 given pro-
lection and the counter claim OF the Mine
| workers, as expresse In Wednesdays res
olutions, that the strikers will not return
to work without concessions, even though
the entire military force Of the United
States should be here to protect them.
With determination to prove their
claim the operators have been for the past
week making a supreme effort to secure
men. That they have succeeded to soma
extent is evidenced by announcements ,uade
with some positiveness that various col
lierles will resume operations in the course
of few days.
The Delaware and Hudson company will
make start tomorrow morning AZ the
Belleville. The Green Ridge Coal company
viii open up its Green Ridge colliery prob
ably tomorrow or the next day. but as
suredly some day this week. other COM
panies say they are figuring on a resump-
tion at certain colieries, but decline to
give their location. Claim is also made
on the operators side that the forces at
collieries already working are to be largely
Increased during the week.
The Mine Workers leaders continue ia
mil A.
toward inducing men to return to work. and
that all who could be induced to resume
without concessions are already back.
Strike disorder is now almost wholly
wanting. During the past two days ths
soldiers have had nothing to do further
than their regular patrol duty not single
call having come to any OF the three regi-
ments In this county to deal with disorder
or threatened disorder.
l.svr Operators 70 ssop sufsegina.t =
WASHINGTON, Oct 12.-Little informa-
tion as to the strike. situation could be
obtained today. 1t is understood the oper.
ators are glad to have their side OF the
case laid before the president and es-
pecially the work they are doing to supply
coal. 1t is said they have divided tho
country into districts and will attempt to
equalize the supply that no one COM
munity will suffer; also that the railroads
VIII make similar arrangements to handle
SOFT coal so as to supply all who can make
use Of 1t in place OF the anthracite.
The fact that Mr.. Root did not now con-
slider his conference with Mr. Morgan yes.
terday Of any significance. seems to be ap-
parent. as he did not see the president
today. Senator Quay OF Pennsylvania, how
ever, saw the president for an hour today
and discussed the strike, but what informa-
tion he conveyed or what suggestions he
received cannot be stated. The senator de-
parted Immediately after the conference for
Philadelphia.
READING, Pa. Oct. 12.-Four trains OF
washery and mined coal consisting Of 225
cars, equal TO 6.75O tons, passed down the
Reading road last night. II is intended for
sale to the oompany's employees and for use
on the locomotives. This was the heaviest
shipment since last May.
No Increase at wlLesbarre.
wILKEsBARRE. Pa. Oct. 12.--Nothing
new developed In the strike situation to-
day. Not one soldier was sent out from
J the camp located in this city. Tonight Il
looks as though there will be very little
or no increase in the production OF coal
during the next week. The miners arc ne
! firm today in their declarations not TO re-
siOns as they have been heretofore
The appeal issued yesterday by the
American Federation OF Labor was re-
ceived with considerable satisfaction by
the strikers but there was considerable
discussion over the paragraph in the ap-
peal which asserted that the miners were
willing to leave their case In the hands oi
J. p. Morgan. When Mr. MltchelIs atten.
; tion was called to 1t last night. he said
) II was an error Today be refused 10 dis
. cuss IT. II Is evident there is some mis-
take and that he does not care to call at
r tention to II by talking Of the matter.
8 From conversations with superintendent
I and military officers, the calling for fed
e eral troops is a remote possibility. Ma,
Z tional guard officers do not take kindly Il
!. the suggestion and say tho state guard
should be tried first. Brigadier Genera
Goblin says II II Is found the Pennsylvania
5 guard is not sufficient IN numbers TO con.
troll the situation he will favor reeruitin;
= the state force up to twice its size or I,
the number required to meet the situation
:. Just as was done during the spanish-Amer
lean war He says the governor under IN,
laws can do it. and II the governor cam,
I TO him fo- his advice tha, is what he Wou.,
: suggest.
r Tomorrow two detachmsnis OF all tn,
e regiments in tho Laekawanna and wy
ominE valleys will be sent out on patro
n duty. They Will escor; all workmea 70 tn,
a collieries who want protection.
e KANSAS CITY. Oct. IA movement 70
tho relief OF the striking miners wa
started today by the Industrial Council
= the Central Labor organization OF Kansa
n City. A fund VIII be raised by direct ap
y peal 10 all nnion labor bodies here.
d Import Much EurOpean Coal.
, PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 1.-THE Braus
5; Line Steamship company is reported q
have purchased for importation 1000 ton
Of anthracite from Germany and 10 900 ton
m from southern Russia. The latter Il 10 b
shipped during October and Noyenbor.
W The bulk OF the German copeignmen
will be Pennsylvania stove and chestau
grade exported TO Germany.
m The British steamship MsriaEle
:, scheduled TO sail from Hamburg with th
" hrst cargo about the 18th. The Mort