New-York tribune., 1902-06-09
CAN KEEP MOST MINES DRY
ANTHRACITE SITUATION INDICATES
THAT BOTH SIDES EXPECT
LONG SIEGE.
LONG SIEGE.
TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE

1r-u,.sborre penr Tune S-News Of the strike
in Virginia and West Virginia is coming SLOWLY 10
President Mitchell at his headquarters nere' ana
tonight he said: u cannot yet give out a state
,,an+ because do not know enough OF the situa-
ton NV reports are arriving slowly Probably
shall have them completed late tonight, ana VIII
make q statement tomorrow. AS TO the situalioh
in the districts have heard from, do not now
desire TO saw anything" There is much anxiety
among the officers at the Headquarters on account
of this new strike, because II Is understood tHe
response not large as was expected Even
President MitchelTs conservative estimate OF esh-
teen thousand may be too high when all the us
trcts are in In charge OF the strike on the scene
arc National Treasurer w. B. Wilson and force
of twenty organizers and national olcers- me
success of this strike means much TOWARD the
success of the anthracite strike, and M1tchell Is
anxious to make certain that there is chance OF
If succeeding The operators here say that the
strike is a fzzie and that it will be all over in a
couple of weeks
Tornorroy will begin the fifth week of the strike,
and there is not the slightest sign of the operators
or the miners weakening. President Mitchell De-
ueved that by the end of May he could have the
entire region TIED up and nearly all the engineers
iremen and pumpmen out on strike with the MIN
ers He has succeeded, except in the LackaWahha
5is+-;ct The operators, despite their sangune
statements knew month ago what the sltua-
tion would be at the end Of the month. and every
+b,np IS as planned except the outbreaks Briefly
the situation by districts is as follows;
In the Iackawanna district 65 per cent Of the
engtneers fremen and pumpmen remain at work
- tba mines are not being damaged by water.
q feuy small washeries running and supplying
domestic trade of from fifty TO one hundred tons
a day There have been no serious disturbances
and none is expected. There is talk OF the Della
marc I.ackawanna and Western starting one OF the
mines in a few days with about four hundred dis
satisfied strikers and non-union men
In the wyoming district the companies by the
iuportation of non-union men ana the alo oi lneli
Vic rxhn a al
1oyre6 In the union. manage 10 keep the pumps
Ito, u, most of the mines. Some have been dam
sged notably those of the Lehigh and Wiikesbarre
coal Company, but on the whole the condition Is
good and the operators are each day growing more
In the Hazeton district nearly every union worker
out and the COMPANIES nave nap a nv @ fhe beSaI
importations OF non-union men, they are aoe 70
keep steam up and they say tha' lhelr "iiiie' "ie
In the shamokin district many Of the mines are
fst when the strike ends it will require some weeks
oer 10 gee rapidly fntrod1cing non-union men into
the region and making preparations TO Sleieno mem
thai we're shut down were started again and are
making headwaX aganst gafrt the ne rontons are much
the same. but the companies Will. WITH neW men
the pumps, begin to regain the ground they nave
i0f Every indication points to a long Sit down"
fight with the side having the best staying quahtes
PT order of Mayor Price the police in patrol
truck today searched the city for efhgies OF non
collected in two trips, eighteen, and the pile OF
hay stuffed. coaTsely Labelled hgures now max maze "a
The clothes are fairly good II has been suggested
feen ordered to make daily rounds and take down
all they ind and arrest any men or boys caught
The 1wo bows who were shot Charles McCann
snd Water oay sRortz is gaming strength
and will probably recover but there is little chance