New-York tribune., 1902-10-23
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Tomorrow general work will be started al 'he
mines and rushed ahead fast as possible. Many
of the companies are in good shape 10 make rd'Iu
headway as soon as they set the men huhdiouS
oi miners are returning from places OUTSIDE inc
region. where they got work, and are now eager 10
get back 10 the mines. Some Of them have gwen
an good Jobs TO come back-johs at which thes
made more money than they Will get in the mines
The district leaders viii watch the Resumption ol
work very carefully. and If they discover any eIlt
20 blacklist workers who were prominent uui ,!-e
the strike they viii use this as evidence Oh uis-
elimination.
The sentiment Of the operators is well expressed
IN the words Of Superintendent Rose OF the Della
ware and Hudson mining department VINO sNiD
yesterday:
There viii be very few Of our old men "9q fo2 m 93
,ist t"t he, have got /, be manly men. They win
have realize that the mine boss Is 'he man "''0
viii run the mines.
Many of the coal and iron police were uls-
charged by the operators to-day ana lell 'ne
region. This removes one source Of lfTliau"h 10
the strikers, Some Of the police declared li0'
they were engaged until November, ana thes
threaten TO begin suit for wages untH thst 1''is'
A number Of non-union workers chiefly the
imported hands, left this region also, ana more
are expected 10 90 tomorrow. but the non
unionists who live in the region. ana VINO eilner
refused 10 go on strike or returned after the
strike was declared will not leave their places
Much intimidation and persecution is expect
ed 10 he the lot of these men, but they nave Ii'e
assurances Of the companies that they VIII ue
nrotected as much as possible and they mean
TO stay and fight it out 1t is against these
mon that the chief grievance Of the strikers Is
They have the best places in the mines anu 'i'e
strikers must take what is left
A number of the engineers and hremeh VINO
reported for work this morning were turned
hat heir
Some were invited TO come again IN 1e" days
while others were informed that they could gel
orber places in the mines, hut could not nave
their old work again. Many OF the engineers
complained 10 President Mitchell. who told them
thar The operators nad promised not 10 disor1m-
mate Nr Mitchell will use their reports IN his
-Ts-entarion "a the Board of Arbitration.
I'VE are not discriminating" the operators
say I'VE are declining to discharge faithful non
union men TO MI their places with the return
ing strikers If We did that We would be dis
crir,inating clearly enough. But We are max
ing no difference between union and non-union
men Those men who row have places VIII
retaip them; the men returning will take the
others"
President Mitchell is busy with his lieutenants
preparing his to submit TO the Board oi
Arbitration At the end of yesterdays conVen
ton three envelopes were given to each of the
hills statistical reports and other tables which
would in any way assist the officers of the or
gsnzation in preparing its side Of the question
NJ The points which the operators are embodyine
in their reports VIII also be carefully covered 10y
the mine workers leaders, and their contentious
Will in some particulars. be substantiated by
due bills actually given out by the companies az
the various mines.
The Mine Workers. when they went before the
Civic Federation last March. prepared Volumi-
nous statements covering their side of all the
points - issue These viii i'm ali prOba bility
DE resurrccted and prepared for the arbitration
commission Long reports are also being pre-
pared by the operators. Their clerical forces are
working days, and even until the midnight
hours they rushing their work.
The operators have given order TO embOdy
the following information in the reports
Number of mer employed At each coiliery for the
year previous he strike.
Number of hours of actual work done by each
miner
NUMBER Of tons oi coal mined by each miner.
Amount OF money paid each man; the average
wage paid each miner for each hour Of work.
In order 10 cover all these points The report
viii be very long and. II the arbitration com
mission goes carefully into all the details il will
be long time Gefore its labor is finished.