The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-08-11


OOO,OOO-Main Hope of the Miners
Lies in the Younger Men Going to
other Fields for Work-Alleged
Murderer of Watchman Sweeney
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Out for Throop
strikers-President Mitchell Here.
Today ends the third month of the
miners strike, and finds both sides de-
claring with apparent sincerity that
victory Is assured.
There has been no very pronounced
change in the situation in these three
months. The companies have succeeded
in operating nearly all the washeries
and within the past two weeks four
collieries have been gotten under oper-
alton with fairly good-szed forces. In
the Luzerne and Schuylkill regions
some coal has been run through q
breaker here and there, but as yet none
of the mines have succeeded in getting
under way. 1t was expected the bring
ing of troops to Shenandoah would re-
suit in the starting UP of few coll
lieries there, but this expectation has
not been realized. 1t is said, though,
that several places are in good shape
for starting and likely to be in oper-
alton in the course of another week.
The miners greatest claim Is that
they are standing firm with unbroken
ranks. Not much Is being said by them
regarding their financial condition. If
none but those in absolute need apply
for help, they declare, they will have
money enough to carry on the CAM
paign Indefinitely. Their greatest hope
lies in the strikers becoming self-sup-
porting, and to that end the young men
are being urged to go to other fields to
work. Thousands have already left for
the soft coal regions, and large num-
ber Of foreigners have taken advantage
of the idleness to run over to their
native land on visit or to work on
the farms.
WAITING PATIENTLY.
The general public of the anthracite
regions seems to have settled down
contentedly to await results, satisfied
that the losses and hardships the COM
panies and the men are suffering will
make another strike an unlikely thing
for many years.
The outside world is clamoring for
an end of the conflict and calling upon
the operators to break up the strike or
make some concession that will effect
a peaceable ending. The operators reply
to these demands that they can do
nothing more than they are doing and
that the strike can only end by the men
surrendering. Under no considera ton,
the operators declare, will they grant
any concession.
What the strike has cost thus far in
loss to the operators and men, is not
easy of computation. The operators
have lost the profits on 100000 tons
of coal and paid out a big sum for
fixed charges and extra unearning help
without any returns. The men have
lost in wages about 100000. The total
loss to operators, men and the local
business community can safely be put
at $4O,0000O0. The operators will re-
cover their losses to some extent by
reason of the fact that they will sell
great quantities Of coal at fancy prices
for some time after the strike closes.
During the past few days there have
been few developments Of note in the
local situation. All the collieries and
washeries continue to work, with the
exception of the National washery at
Minooka, which had to shut down be-
cause the pumpmen at the mine re-
fused to work If the water was used at
the washery.
AN ARREST MADE.
Chief j. E. Adamson, of the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western de-
tective force, is positive he has the man
who killed Watchpan Daniel Sweeney,
of the Bliss colliery. The alleged mur-