The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1901-1903, 1902-08-08
STARTLING ANNOUNCEMENT us
MADE BY INSPECTOR IN
STRIKE REGION.
FOREIGNERS ARE DRILLED
DGenerar Goblin Says That He Has
So Been ToId.-Mines Can Not
Immediately Resume When
strike is Settled.

shenandoah, Pa, August 7.-Wil-
liam stein, the state mine inspector
for the Shenandoah region. announced
that five copieries under mis- jurisdic-
ton, which has an estimated total val
ne Of $l.500,OCy nave been rendered
useless by reason of having been flood
ed ana have been permanently aban-
doned.
-Four Of them, Bear Run. East Bear
Ridge, Kohiner and Preston No.
belong to the Philadelphia q Reading
Coal and Iron Co. The other colliery
is ,Ae Lawrence and is owned by the
Shaner estate OF Pottsville Mr..
stein estimated that out Of tAe thir
tys3y Nllieries in his district only
- in condition 4or imme-
IS. ~ if the strike were end
Frs arc in such eondi-
would require anywhere
flour montns to clear them
sand make repairs. lie said
rage time would be about two
months The abandonment Of the i've
coiIierles will compel 1000 mine work
ers to seek employment in other parts
Of the region and they may have
trouble in fnung it, il the thousands
OF mon who have left tne region dur
ing me strike snould return.
This condition OF affairs, the mine
Inspector said, is q serious matter. not
only with the companies. but with the
men. After the strike shall have end.
ed most OF the workmen will have to
remain in idleness for another period
Of time until the collieries are placed
in working condition In the coal
fields south Of here, Mr. stein said tae
situation is about as bad, but in the
Wyoming and l.ackawanna regions
the mines are in much better condi-
Tho mine inspectors statement
created considerable interest here.
as it confirmed the belief Of some of
the coal company officials tnat fun
resumption Of coal mining will not
take place this year. and in coasa
quence the tendency Of coal prices
viii be upward rather tnan downward
General Gordon said today that
shenanooah, for town of it's size. is
more thickly populated than the worst
tenement house district Of New York.
He thought the sanitary conditions in
the foreign quarters Of the place were
extremely bad because of lack of sew.
erage. He said he nai been advised
that foreigners IN this vicinity were
heing drilled, but he would not say
whether the information he had re
ceivcd was correct.
lie believed, however. thereeare
many smart men among the foreigners
here, VINO have been offenders in Eu-
ropean armies, and have taken refuga
in tas country. Tne ex-oficers. the
general said, have considerable inhu
ence over the others, and they we're
not TO be trusted. He charae ,erized
the ex-officers as adventurers and de-
generate heirs OF noble sires.
Paul Pulaski. national organizer Of
the United Mine Workers. who looks
after the foreign members of the un-
ion. came here today. He denied all
the stories Of secret drilling by the
Polanders. who belong to beneficial
tnat keep up -orm of military organ
ization, but he said this was done only
to keep alive the memory O. their days
at home
These organizations, he said can be
found in most PAGES where there are
any considerable nataber Of foreign
ers @"1rae foreigners he continued.
"tninh too much OF the freedom they
have this country to turn against
its gsyeFnpent."
Mr. Pulaski addressed two large
meetings OF foreign-speaking strikers.
The men declared in meeting they
would not 1fe, frb> to work until the
strike shah spsve been officially de-
'cleged of.
Chambers Session.