The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1902-05-28
PREPARED FOR A LONG STRUGGLE |
ESTABLISH SUPPLY DEPOTS
Miners Will Have Cooperative stores
at Convenient PIsces--Furnish
Necessaries at Wholesale.

A report from Wilkesbarre. Pa. Fri.
day, indicates that the struggle be-
tween capital and labor In the hard
coal fields will be protracted, and
only utter necessity Is likely to force
either side to weaken. Each succeed
ing day finds the miner and the mine
owner still perfectlng plans to carry
on the strike war. Friday morning
" was announced that the receivers
of the Haddock Coal Company. an in.
dividual concern. had instructed the
company's superintendent to grant
the demands of the engineers, 6remen
and bumpers, to take effect June 2
the date fixed for the Inauguration
of the strike of this class of employees.
President Mitchell Is keeping very
sharp watch on the shipment of BIZ
luminous coal He denied pub.
lished report that there was an un-
precedented movement of soft coal
into the anthracite territory. He
said that II such thing were true
he would surely know it. The Ninth
| United Mine Workers district head.
| quarters at Shamokin granted per.
mission TO local 1903 of Shenandoah
to purchase five carloads of -four at
Wholesale. The -four will be sold
| IRON supply depot to strikers In or
! der to save the storekeepers profit.
/ Supply depots are to be established
| In the principal towns where the flour.
| potatoes and canned goods will be
bought by the miners, and Ii the lat.
! ter win the strike cooperative stores
Will be organized. Many of the mine
engineers in the Hazleton region who
have been In the employ of their re.
| spective companies for years are in
serious dilemma as to what to do
II the operators do not grant the de-
mand of the Miners Executive
Boards on behalf of the engineers, fire.
men and pumpmen for an eight hour
day on June 2. A large number of
the engineers are men past middle
/ age. and they fear that II they quit
they will not be re-employed. The
first camp of striking mine workers
of the Pittsburg district was estab-
lished In the eastern part of Blairs.
vile Friday. and the first active ef.
forts to close down the mines in oper.
ton will be made at that point. The
| camp has has been named after Pres
ident Dolan. One thousand strikers
| btlWttu anu
ing those from the Avonmore. Salts.
burg. Vandergrift and Leechburg
mines. have sent word that they
would come to Camp Dolan as soon
as II was In readiness.
BY vote of 43 to 10 the colliery
engineers and pumpmen at mass
meeting at Shamoltin. Sunday, resolv-
ed not to go on strike June 2, even
II the operators refused to grant an
eight-hour work day at the present
wages. Secretary George Hartlein,
of the Ninth district Executive Board
of United Mine Workers. addressed
the meeting and urged his hearers
to join in the general strike II the
coal operators refused to grant the
eight.hour work day.
A big union meeting Of railroad
men will be held at Wilkesbarre June
2. when the question of railroad crews
handling non.union and bituminous
coal will be finally settled,
Secretary Mullahy. of the Station
ary Engineers Union. reports that
the poll of the foremen employed at
the various collieries has been com.
pleted and that over 80 per cent. OF
the men will quit work on June .
unless an eight-hour day Is granted
| tham