The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-06-04
QUIET AT The MINES
- SERIOUS DISTURBANCES HAVE
TAKEN PLACE.
MANY QUIT WORK YESTERDAY.
ART NINE OWNERS SAY THEIR
PUMPS ARE GOING.

.,,.+urbances of a Minor Nature Are
Docoming More Frequent and the
TroubIe Is Likely to Become AE-
AWAITED as the strike Is PrOIong-
od-President Mitchell Claims,
uoyveyer, That the Strikers VIII
pennin Lavabiding, and Points to
.he Good Conduct Which Has
cbaracterized Them Thus Far.
UiIlxesbarre, Pa, June S.-There
.,sre no developments or incidents of
sracial mention in the anthracite coal
4 liners strike to-day. The mine work
ors tried hard to bring out additional
ongineers, firemen and pump runners,
i and the companies were equally earn
est in their efforts to hold the employees
that have been loyal to them. The I'M
ion succeeded in getting out quite a
number of men, and tonight the labor
leaders assert that they are satisfied
1ieries were compelled to shut down
their pumps because of a lack of men,
Int in all other cases the operators
we're able to fill the vacancies by draw
ing on their reserve force of office and
other employees. The mine owners
claim that thus far they have employ
ed a very few non-union men, and have
plenty of workers to draw on.
still Quiet in Coal Fields.
The entire coal belt remains COM
paratively quiet, but disturbances of a
minor nature are becoming more fire.
ouent. These affairs are in the nature
of demonstrations ranging in numbers
from about a dozen persons up to
about one hundred. At Miners Mills
this morning and this evening men and
women gathered on the street corners
and hoOted the men that came from
the mines TO so to their homes. At
Plymouth also this evening there was
small demonstration against those
still working at the engines and pumps
III the collieries there. About 100 men,
women and children followed the
workers to their homes, calling them
W0robrious names all along the way.
Many of the workers who go to their
homes are accompanied by coal and
iron policemen. The latter have been
TIE crowds unless they attempt to do
the men bodily harm. In nearly every
c5Herv temporary living quarters
have been provided for those employees
who d. not care to leave the place.
Negro cooks are being brought into the
region to provide for these men.
Mr.. MitcheH's Statement.
President Mitchell tonight gave out
the following statement:
Detailed reports from all quarters
Of the anthracite field indicate that
the number of engineers, firemen and
pumpmen who ceased work yesterday
was considerably increased to-day and
the probabilities are that it will be
further augmented tomorrow.
There have been no violations of
law on the part of the strikers and
our predictions made last week, that
the mine workers would be law-abid-
ing have been more than verified by
the events of yesterday and to-day.
The coal strike is remarkable in
many respects. We're it not for the
fact that the coal companies have a
veritable army Of private guards and
coal and iron police employed, there
would be no exterior evidence that a
great industrial contest was being
Naged.
We are sure that the splendid con-
duct of the men and boys who are
engaged in this great silent and pas
siNe struggle for at least a small share
OF our country's prosperity must COM
mend itself to all well disposed per-
sons"