The Savannah morning news., 1902-07-06
TO RESUME MINING
OPERATORS PREPARE FOR A GEN
ERAL COUP.
SEVERAL MINES TO OPEN UP.
MEN BEING SECURED TO MAN COL
LIERIES.

Union officials Are on the Alert and
Big Picket Committees Are Being
Put Out to Keep Men Away From
Mines-The Best Situated Mines
Selected for the Experiment.
Movement of Empty Coal Cars and
Activity and BustIe Mt the Mines
show There Is Something In Pros
pect.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. July 5.-The move
ment of empty coal cars along the
railroads and the unusual activity
about several of the collieries in the
region indicate to the strikers that
an effort is to be made in a few days
to start work at some of the collieries.
The operators assert that they have
sufficient men under engagement both
returned strikers and imported men,
to man several of the collieries. While
they will not admit that work may be
resumed next week there is a general
belief that the effort will be made. In
the Hazleton region the Pardees are
expected to mass men at the HARDWOOD
colliery, which, being on the outskirts
VI Tie ItSIOil, Is III ltSS NGiiISSI VI az
tack than a mine in the heart of the
district, and the coal can be shipped
from it without being sent past any
mining village number of miners
are said to have applied for work in
response to the notice of the company
that it was ready to receive appliCa
tons.
In the Wyoming region all indica
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at the Natticoke No. colliery of the
Susquehanna Coal Company This
mine is situated at the edge of the
Wyoming basin. and it's output goes
over the Pennsylvania Railroad.
1t is also stated that from the Wy
oming division mines of the Delaware
Lackawanna and Western Company
one colliery will be selected at which
work is to be started. The officials say
enough miners of the division have
asked for work to man a colliery. Some
empty coal cars were to-day placed on
sidings near a couple of these collieries,
and there is a hustle about the work.
ings which indicates that some move
is about to be made.
The Delaware and Hudson and the
Lehigh Valley companies are also busy
| with preparations which make it ap
| pear as If at time understood by the
/ operators each company will try to
break the strike.
Union Officials Are Alert
The officials of the union, cognizant
| of what is being done, are busy Pick
cts are watching the mines, and all
| moves are reported TO headquarters,
and If any effort is made to gather
men the strikers will endeavor by large
picket committees to see them before
they go to work and dissuade them. In
the Hazleton region they turned many
back this morning, an especially strong
picket line being established about the
Drifton colliery of the Coke Brothers
& Co, where the building of a strong
barbed wire stockade backed with bar
ricades yesterday lends color to the be-
lief that an effort is to be made there
to resume work.
Railroad Crews I'm Readiness.
1t is reported in railroad circles to-
night that three crews of Lehigh VAL
ley Railroad men stationed at Coxton
have been ordered to be in readiness
to move on Monday, coal to tide
water.
1t is also reported that United States
Senators Quay and Penrose are to use
their influence with President Baer
of the Philadelphia and Reading Rail-
road and President Roosevelt to bring
about an amicable settlement of the
strike.
President Mitchell held a confer
ence at headquarters tonight with
District Presidents Nichols, Duffy and
Fahey Nothing could be learned as
to what was done at the meeting.