Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-13
BAER BACK AGAIN.
Returned From New York But D.
 Will Not Talk.
ONE CoLLIERY STARTED TO-DAY

One Hundred and Twenty-Five Men ar
 Work-Two Companies of Militia are Guarding the Men and the Colliery-
 Two Galleries Shipped Coal to Mar
 ket This Morning Oregon Unions
 Vote to Stand by the Miners Resi-
 dents of Chicago Raid Sidewalks and
 Steal Paving Blorks-Belgium Min
 CTS Struck This Morning Confer
 ence of Coal Carrying Road Repre-
 sentatives Held in New York To
 day.
 Philadelphia. Oct 13.-President Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading railway was at his office in this city at the usual hour this morning. lie had nothing to say for publication re- garding his visit to New York yester- day or the coal strike situation.
 New York, Oct 13.-A conference of the representatives of the coal carry ing roads was held here to-day, the result of which, according to the state ment of MT TruesdaIe, will be produc- tive of immediate results in the pres ent situation. The conference lasted one hour. Each of the participants was approached as he came from the conference, but all refused to say anything. It was intinated that lat CT in the day a statement might De issued, but no hint of the nature ot he statement was oDtainable.
 Late this afternoon it was stated that there would be no announcement in regard to the conference Of the coal operators to-day. ..
 Hazleton, Pa, Oct 13.-S. Pardee Sons $ Go to-day started their Lattl, mer colliery with force of about l29 men, the majority of them laborers and special officers. Coal mined before the strike was run through the breaker. Companies D and c of the First regi- ment guarded the colliery, but not at tempt was made by strikers to inter, fere with the men at work.
 Pottsville. Pa. Oct 13.-As the result of last weeks mining at the Brookside colliery, thirty-dye gondolas containing over 5000 tons were shipped to market this morning. Good Spring colliery also made small shipment, as did Kalnia washery. All are operated by the Philadelphia and Reading Go. No troops have been stationed at any of these points.
 Portland, Ore, Oct 13.-Twenty- -nine presidents and thirty-one representa- tiyes of presidents of the local labor unions. at a meeting held here, have decided by a unanimous vote to sup port the cause of the Pennsylvania coal miners. The unions will be re- quired to contribute to the fund at least one days pay for each member. By this means it is expected that $2O,- 900 will be raised.
 Chicago. Oct 1s.-The prohibitive price of coal has resulted ill raids being made on sidewalks and paving blocks in several sections of the city, and the police have been asked to stop the demolition. Three arrests so far have been made.
 Mons, Belgium, Oct 13.-The miners of three pits in the Grand Hornu col fiery struck work this morning. The movement threatens to spread through the whole district. An increase of wages is demanded by the miners on the ground that the price of coal has risen in consequence of the strike in the United States and France.
 New York. Oct So far as the domestic market is concerned there is little change in the situation here to day Within the next ten days be- tween 5O,OO0 and 60,000 tons of Eng fish coal will arrive in port.
 Wilkesbarre. Pa, Oct 13.-Interest was centered to-day in the efforts of the coal companies to induce men to return to work under the protection of the troops. Judging from tardy re ports there are few additional work CTS in the mines of this region to-day. The troops were out early, but not called upon to suppress any disorder.
 It is stated at strike headquarters that there were no assertions from the ranks of the strikers to-day and fewer men are at work than last week. Pres ident Mitchell had no news to give out. He said he had heard rumors of strike settlement, but there was noth- ing in them so far as he knew.