The Butte inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1901-1912, 1902-10-23
BUT THERE is SOME
DISSATISFACTION YET
Delegation OF Employees Call Upon Nit
chell and Lay Grievances Before Him
Many OF the Old Employees Failed
to Get Their Places Back and tho
Trouble Is Far From Settled, Al
though Situation Is Much improved.
lnY ASSOCIATED rWrss.l

Wilkesbarre Pa Oct l5-Rcpors
from the anthracite region show that about
q per cent OF the mines are IN operation
today. The collieries in the Lackawanna
region are in better shape for working than
those III any other part OF the region. The
collierics in the Wyoming region with a
small output are in good shape being free
from gas and water, but the large mincs
are still hampcred by water The same
condition OF affairs exists in the lchigh
region.
In the Schuylkil region the large mines
are reported to be IN better condition for
work than was expected,
All the mines in operation Will be short
IN their normal output today, but by to-
morrow it is expected almost the full out
put will he reached. After such !. long
spell Of idcncss the miners and laborcrs
are soft and not capable Of doing as
hard days work as when they ara
Seasoned"
Fail to Get Back
Reports are coming in from all over the
mining region that many engineers, FIRE.
men, pumpmen, carpenters and company
hands have failed to get their places back.
he old employees are faring better with
the individual companies than with tho
large companies.
a delegation Of carpenters made up Of
employees from many collcries IN the
wyoming region called at President Itch
els headquarters AT noon and laid their
grievances before him They said miners
and laborers had 10 trouble in getting
work, but other employees homlng good
paying positions before they went on
strike generally iounu their places flied
with other men, and the mine supcrintend-
cnis said there would be no change for The
present. Mr.. Mitchell advised his callers
to be patient and await developments The
next few days
Only Two Resume.
1lazclon. Pa, oct. a3-Ony two of
the 28 collicrics in the lIazelton district
resumed operations today. Those opcr-
atinR are the Hazel mines breaker OF the
lchigh Valley Coal company and the
Upper Ichigh mine Of the Upper Icheh
Coal company. The Lchigh Valley coal
company expects later in the day 10 Start
up us Yorktown aud IIazclton shaft
mines with about bali the usual force Of
men. Because Of high water or other
conditions il will probably be a week be-
lore the others start, though some are
sure TO resume before the end Of the
week
The collicrics Of G.. y. Mafkle & Co.
at Jcddo, Highland, Ooa<dac and Ilbcr-
vale are IN shape for resumption, but only
small number Of men applied for their
places and gave their verbal assent TO
abide by the decision Of the arbitration
af,ia t.rrt, A
yesterday. John Markle announced that
as soon as n sufficient number Of men
comply with the notice work will be ro.
sumed.
None Started Up.
None Of the seven colicries OF Coke
Bros. & Co. resumed, because the fore
man asked the men to sign an agreement
not to interfere with on-union men under
penalty Of discharge. The men had been
instructed by the union leaders not to
sign agreements aud all returned home.
The Derringer colicry Of Coke Bros. is
on fire and the hremcn have been sent
there to get it under control. The fire
originated, they claim, through the care
lessness OF workman employed during
the strike.
Everything was in readiness for re-
sumption at the Cranberry and Crystal
Reading colieries Of A. pardce & Co., but
as the men reported for work they we're
asked to sign an agreement similar to
that prepared by the Coke Bros & Co.
This they refused to do and the entire
union force returned home
At Silver Brook the mine workers re-
fused to return TO work because ii is al
legged the company will not take back ~
Of the former employees.
Troops were stationed at or near most
Of the collieries this morning, but no
trouble Of any kind occurred.
Explosion of Gas.
Shamokin Pa, oct. a3.ln reopcnng
the Alaska shaft, owned by the Phila-
delphia & Reading Coal company, this
morning, an explosion Of gas occurred
as Robert Mowneh and Aaron Deer
walked into No. stope. They were
blown about 20 feet and were badly
burned about the face and head.
The gas extended deeper into the mines
and while a rescung party removed tho