Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-05-12
T|E-UP IS COMPLETE
Ant hracite Miners Obey Or
der to Quit Work.
ABOUT 100000 IDLE
OWNERS ARE QUIETLY AWAIT
ING DEVELoPMENTs.
If Strike is Made Permanent Wednes-
day Long Struggle is
Imminent.

SCRANTON, Pa, May 12.-President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers stat
| ed this morning that the tie-up in the three
anthracite districts is complete. Approx
matey 10000 men and boys are idle, OF
which number only one-half are in the
| Lackawanna and Wyoming region In
every instance, Mr.. Mitchell said, the or
der to suspend operations had been obeyed.
About 10000 mine workers are out in the
Lehigh district and $1,000 in the Schuylkill
field
An official Of the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western Railroad Company said today
that that corporation had no intention OF
resorting to a lockout.
Continuing, he said:
I'VE do not intend to irritate the men,
and the other companies are of the same
mind. Nothing will be done until after
Wednesday. The situation is now in the
hands Of the miners. After Wednesday it
will be in our hands.
I'VE appreciate the fact that John Mitch
ell does not want strike. Neither do the
companies, despite what has been said to
the contrary. While we do not want a
fight we will give the men all the fight
be one
From the same official source comes the
announcement that the Delaware Lacka-
wanna and Western Company has stopped
selling coal. Not a carload has been
shipped since Saturday morning. ANY or
der must now be approved by the head OF
the coal department before being filled.
The other companies have taken similar
action and it is believed coal famine will
speedily result if the suspension is made
permanent on Wednesday. The election of
instructed delegates is in progress today
Mr. Mitchell went to Wilkesbas last
night, but he says there was no sienift-
canoe in the trip.
Wyoming Valley Men All Out. !,
WILkESBARRE, Pa, May 12.-ENery
| mine in the Wyoming valley is idle this
morning and the tie-up Is complete. The
only employees reporting for work were the
engineers, dremen and pump runners
Should the strike be ordered by the Halle
ton convention the men now at work k-ep-
Ing the mines from being flooded expect to
be called out Some of the engineers may
not obey the order, but there is no question
that the f1remen and pump runners will.
The foreign element look for long strike.
ana today the steamship and railroad Of
fees were crowded with Hungarians Poles
and Italians Many are going to Pittsburg
Cleveland and other iron centers to seek
work in the mills. Others will take trip to
| their native land and return when the
strike is over.
At the coal offices here the superinten-
dents say there Is nothing to give out be-
yond the fact that all their colIieries are
| resumed.
All the local assemblies Of the United
Mine Workers will hold meetings today to
eject delegates to the Hazleton convention.
In the Shamokin District.
SHAMOK1N, Pa, May 12.-The forty five
collieries in the ninth mining district were
completely tied up this morning by the
A,6o5 employees. excluding bosses, f1remen,
engineers and pumpmen, enforcing the
three days suspension ordered by the
Scranton convention. Two-thirds of the
coliler1es are In the vicinity of this place,
| and are owned principally by the Philadel-
phla and Reading, Pennsylvania and Lee
high Coal companies While all Of the col
merry whistles We're blown, the men kept
away from the operations. There were no
disturbances. Miners will, be addressed In
numerous sections Of the district today by
their leaders, who will explain all that oo-
CURED at the New York and Scranton
meetlngs meet Afterward the locals will
meet to elect delegates and instruct them
whether TO vote for or against strike at
the Hazleton convention.
Work at Hazleton Suspended.
HAzLETON. Pa, May 12.-Mining op-
erations in this portion of the seventh dis
trict are completely suspended today. The
whistles at many Of the collieries were
sounded this morning as usual, but not as
signal for the men to come to work, for
none OF the companies made an effort to
start up their collieries, appreciating the
1act that the strength Of the union was
such that the attempt would be futile. The
only class OF employees at work are the fire.
men; the engineers. the pump runners. a
small number or non-union repair men and
clay-strippfng hands, who have no con-
| nections with the miners
Coal company officials refuse to say
whetner they Will make move for a re-
sumption on Thursday in case Wednesdays
convention declares in favor of the con-
tinuation of the strike. Sunday uuietude
| reigns throughout the district.
In the Panther Creek Valley.
POTTSVILLE. Pa, May 12-From the
Panther Creek valley, In the extreme east
OF this coal basin. to Williamstown, in the
west. and from the Mahanoy and Shenan-
| doah valleys comes the same story of idle
ness at the hundreds Of collieries In obedi-
ence to the order OF Nations1 President
Mitchell Of the United Mine Workers Of
America.
1t is even greater than sabbath still
ness. for not man of the Organization
coming under the suspension order is at
work today.
Meetings Will be held today and tomorrow
by the locals to instruct their nelegates to
the Hazleton convention. and the senti-
ment OF opinion at this time II favorable to
strike.
Local officials Of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company put in an
appearance at an unusually early hour this
| morning, evidently anticipating some emer-
gency.
Nothing OF an exciting nature was report
ed and the augmented police force was not
called upon for any special duty.