New-York tribune., 1902-08-06
MORE COLLIERlES OPENED.
TWO STARTED AND TWO OTHERS SHUT
DOWN-AGGRESSIVE PREPARATIONS
OF THE OPERATORS
IBY TELEGRAPH To THE rRIBrSE-I


Wffkesbarre Penn. Aug 1.-Two more COL
lieries were started to-day in the anthracite re-
gion two were shut down by an unexpected
strike where there has been no strike before;
one washery owner gave up the attempt to re-
sumo opera tions and several mines are being
put in shape to begin work On every side is
activity of the operators to ger men together
a. their Collieries, of the strikers to prevent
them The latter are holding daily meetings IN
the districts in which the opera tors are making
the greatest efforts and the aggressive fight OF
the operators has begun, the strikers assuming
the defensive for the first time since the strike
began
This morning the Delaware and Hudson com
nanv opened its first colltery. the Dickson near
Scranton. with a sufficient force OF men 10 se'
out and ship more than one hundred TONS ne
breaker shut down at noon, while the men III
the mine cut coal for to-morrows supply Ior
the breaker: both mine and outside Workings
will be in operation tomorrow II IS eApe''ou
Superintendent Rose is well pleased VIZ" 'ii7
sitnation and expects to gain more men To-
,. Tho Fdearton breaker of the Temple
Tror and Coal Company. also in the scranton
a,s,,,.t resumed work this morning, the coai
nr.pared being from the culm banks Men arc
Seinr collected 10 place IN the rtShe, ana c1Si WIN
ne cut before the end of the week 0uPeiI"-
,erdent Thorne is also making preparations lor
= resun,ptton at other collieries OF the coH'p@n''
hut cannot say when It Will occur.
All the employees at the Murray Brothers c'i
,,ar,- and half of those employed by w b Gun
- -. pernice went on strike this morn
,ro Bernice IS in this district of the Unlteo
>,t,a Workers but is about thirty miles OUTSIDE
,bo ree,,1ar anthracite basin, and produces SEMI
hirurninous coal The Murray and Gunton men
arc all union workers. but the strike leaders IN
rho early days Of the big strike coulG not se'
Them 10 quit work. and they have worked sIedu-
ily until to-day They asked for an increase IN
the price paid per car. their committees telling
the operators that since the selling price oil 'le
coal had doubled the workers were ehulled u
= obora NJ the increased profits The operators
refused to advance the wages, and the strike
was called this morning None Of the non-union
men of the State Line and Sullivan Rallroao
C,ornanv mines close by responded, although
tha,, have The same grievances The strikers
are nov irving to get the remaining men at the
Gunton and all the non-unton men 10 JOIN 'he
strike They are however. afraid that men
from the main anthracite region may Hoch u
the CCllieries and take the strikers places
Two hundred strikers gathered al the "dihhe
washery at Duryea this morning, and prevented
forty-fVe Of the fifty employees from gong 10
work The owners. after having appealed IN
vain during the last ten days 10 local au.horl-
ties and the Sheriff, have decided 10 make no
further attempt TO resume work. out TO wait
for the ending of the strike. Efforts OF tne
strikers TO prevent work at the Hutchins mine.
which started yesterday. and the Oxford, which
has heen operatiag for several days, failed.
Committees lined the road leading to each col
lery and talked with the men, but none joined
them There was no violence. At the Wood
ward of the Delaware. Lackawanna and west
ern where everything is in readiness 10 resume
work a crowd of five hundred guarded the ap-
proaches this morning. and no men reported
The strikers say that they have gained num-
ber of the workers over to their side, and that
the company has fewer men now than 1t had
last week The company officials however, de-
hot tI,a,r harA n
that they do not want to clash with the strikers.
and will wait until the local authorities prevent
the crowds from gathering and interfering with
the workers.
Preparations are under way at other col
Ieries for the resumption of work, but which
they are the operators will not say, fearing that
the strikers will congregate and cause trouble.