The age-herald., 1902-05-12
MINERS STRIKE SERIOUSLY FELT Companies Agree Not to A.
 tempt to Operate LOOKS LIKE 4 LOCKOUT Railroads Have Laid of Four-Fifths of Their Coal Train Crews and
 Long Struggle Is Evl-
 dently Expected.

Scranton, Pa, May I1.-There will be no coal mined in the Scranton end of the anthracite region tomorrow. The com panes agreed at a meeting of the gen. eral managers and superintendents Sat- urday that no attempt would be made to operate. The companies will not admit that the agreement to refrain from an attempt of operating is eventually to re- solve itself into a lockout should events at Hazleton make such thing possible.
 The strike has already made itself seri- ously felt in other lines of work The railroads have laid off four-ffths of their coal train crews, in all about 600 men, and the Erie shops at Dunsmore. where mine cars and machinery are repaired. will shut indefinitely. beginning tomor- row, throwing 300 men out of employ ment
 Meetings of all the locals will be held tomorrow to elect and instruct delegates to the Hazleton convention. The senti- ment among the more thoughtful and in- telligent miners is opposed to a continu- ance of the strike. The men will use as one of their chief arguments the signifi-
 
 ficials are not soliciting their men to vote against the strike, while at the same relative time in the last strike these samey officers were working day and night to '''''''S ''s Mem %'1 loeeea ssan 't9,l"S ous'
 Hazleton, Pa, May 11.-Antiprpatins the action of their employees, two or the in dividual coal companies Fin this region have practically locked out their men. These companies, 1t Is believed expect a long struggle. The Lehigh Valley Coal Company announced today that IL will give employment to tall those who report for work tomorrow.
 Meetings of the yUnited Mine Workers lodges were held in most of the mining villages in the Fiazleton district today and delegates were elected to the con- | yention which meets here on Wednesday | for the purpose of determining whether | or not to mako permanent the strike to 1 be inaugurated tomorrow. It is impossi- ble to ascertain the attitude of the locals on the strike question.
 Miners Will be Discharged.
 Wilkesbarre. Pa, May lit is reported that all the employees of the mines in this region will be paid in full not later than Thursday and that when they receive their envelopes they will be told that they are no longer ir1 the employ of the com- pany. The miners, however, say if the Hazeton convention should decide not to continue the strike there will be trouble for all hands to get their old places back The sentiment as 1t exists at pres ent in the Wyoming valley is decidedly in favor of continuing the strike and 1t is thought delegates who will be elected tomorrow from the United Mine Workers assemblies of this section will be instruct ed to continue the strike In the absence of any concessions from the operators.
 Bridge Workers Strike.
 Pittsburg, May 11.-1'he strike of the bridge and structural iron workers of this district was officially declared at an end by vote of local union No. Interna- tional Association at mass meeting held this evening. Over 300 men in tho district by an agreement with the Ameri- can Bridge Company will work for the coming year under 8 scale that calls fof an advance of IS per cent over the pres ent rate of wages