New-York tribune., 1902-06-21
OUTLOOK FOR STRIKE VOTE


Against strike o--
Ohio III
Tennessee
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Doubtful: ,.,
aiabamn ..........-........ 139
Total i'o'''
States and Territories where the men not
under contract, and where the organization
is not complete. will send about two hundred
and fifty votes. most of which are expected 70
he for strike. These Maryland. Indian
Territory. New Mexico. Texas, Colorado, Wash
ington. Montana and half the bituminous region
of Pennsylvania
Advices received here to-day from the soft
coal regions which are expected to join with
the anthracite workers and the soft coal strik-
in n national strike. that officers and
men vigorously oppose the plan. Officials IN all
the States where the workers are organized ana
under contract with the operators state their
disapproval. and declare the men will not break
1heir contracts. and Will remain at work
Whether President Mitchell will be able 10
change the feeling to one favoring the slrihe
is now the task confronting him and his aids
and il must be accomplished before July il.
The districts which object. their leaders say
while prepared to raise strike fund and con-
tribute monthly good sum for the strikers do
want to go strike themselves
President Mitchell. however. expresses no lack
Of confidence. and he IS certain that when the
time comes for a strike he Will have the dis
1ricts acting with more harmony than is in
prospect now. 1t is expected that he will en-
deavor to have the output in these States re-
stricted to two-thirds what is mined at pres
ent The first restriction order takes effect in
his State next Wednesday, and if il is generally
obeyed the others are expected to follow he-
ports Of the Pennsylvania show that since the
strike their tonnage of soft coal and coke east
ward much of which went to anthracite mar
kets was double the amount shipped IN the
same time last year. While the extra produc-
zion in the fields which do not supply an an
1hracite market is not as large this, ii is at
present large enough enable the operators TO
store large amount in anticipation Of strike,
and this storage is what President Mitchell de-
sires 10 prevent.
COAL GUARDS FINED.
To-day Burgess Williams. of Nanticoke. had
ten of the coal guards employed by the Susque-
hanna Coal Company. arrested, on the charge OF
shooting firearms within the city limits He
declared they had fired over hundred shots
on Wednesday night and alarmed the entire
tcwn Two We're discharged. and the other
eight fined S.. Five Of them paid, three gave
say they shot in the air TO frighten away a body
of men who were attacking the mine Arrests
of other coal guards occurred at Plymouth,
where TWO of them who were drunk and parad-
ing the street with revolvers in their hands were
locked up for thirty days in default Of a so
fine Two acting in similar manner were
locked UP at Pittston this afternoon. and in
this city two more were arrested charged with
being drunk and disorderly.
r7ip stored
with goods bv the wife of non-union worker
al Stanton Hill Just outside the city limits, was
burned to the ground With all it contained
Mrs. John Snyder had moved there from her
previous home, after suffering repeated perse-
cution. Arriving at the new house, crowd
hooted her and upset the wagonload of furni-
ture After she had gone away the place was
burned.
This evening. by the use OF the Y rays, the
bullets in the bodies of Charles Mccain and
h William Shortz the two boys shot by coal and
Ef iron policemen We're located. and as soon as
they grow stronger the physicians will probe for
them The boys are considered out OF
danger.
The eviction Of the strikers at Oneida from
the houses owned 10y Coke Bros. Co,
which were to have taken place to-day have
been postponed. and agents Of the company say
they do not know when they will occur The
strikers had been instructed by their officers TO
make no resistance but TO begin civil action
against the company.
The pumps At the Sandy Run Colllery, OF
NJ s Kernnerer & Co. will be started to-mor-
row by the old employees. the company being
the first to grant the demands of the engineers.
ffreinen and pumpmen. The company says the
mine is q large one and there is not much coal
left in il. and they find il is cheaper to grant
the demands Of the men for an eight nour Gay
than to allow the mine 10 MI and pump IL out
afterward The strikers are jubllant over the
victory.
Mass meetings Of mine woI ilere were held tins
afternoon in the Hazleton and Freeland region,
bat ii is not known what matter was discussed
the utmost secrecy being maintained and the
members reporting afterward that there was
nothing give out ,
Officials Of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
rompanv ienv a report. sent out from Potts
Vile that they to start work al the SILVER
Brook shaft and attempt TO mine coal there
They declare there is foundation for the ru-
NOR and that no place in the region do they
know of anv proposed attempt mine coal.
In the Wyoming and Scranton districts the
operators say that such plans have been
considered.
The effect of the boycott the Wilkesbarre
Lace Mills which caused strike there Of 1, 100
workers because the manager would not dis
charge those employees whose relatives were non
union mine workers. may be that the big mill
will be closed down for six months. The stock
holders have made the suggestion and placed
j. before Manager Doran. who will give his
views upon the matter tomorrow As the ma
jority of the girls employed at the mill chill
iren Of striking mine workers, the loss of their
earnings will be severely felt
STATEMENT BY STRIKERS.