Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-24
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from the Wyoming region to New York at
noon,
some Miners stiII Idle.
HAzLEToN, Pa, Oct. 23.-only two Of
the twenty-eight collieries in the. Hazle-
ton district resumed operations today.
Those operating are the Hazleton mines
breaker of the Lehigh Valley Coal ON
pany and the upper Lehigh mine Of the
Upper Lehigh Coal company. The Lehigh
Valley Coal company expects later in the
day to start up it's Yorkton and Hazle-
ton shaft mines with about half the usual
force of men, the workings not yet being
in condition to give employment to all
hands. Because Of high water or other
conditions no effort was made TO start
the twenty eight 'collieries indicated. Some
Of them are sure to. resume before the
end of the week.
The collieries Of G. b. Markle & Co. at
Jeddo, Highland, Oakdale and Ebervale are
In shape for resumption, but only a small
number of men made application for their
places and gave their verbal assent to
abide by the decision of the arbitration
commission as required by a nstice posted
yesterday. John Markle announced that
as soon as a sufficient number OF men
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sumed.
None of the seven collieries OF Coke
Brothers and Company resumed, because
the foremen asked the men to sign an
agreement not to interfere with nonunion
men under penalty Of discharge. The men
had been instructed by the union leaders
not to sign agreements and all returned
home.
NOnuniOnist Starts Fire.
The Derrlnger .collieries OF Coke Brothers
is on fire and the hremen have been sent
there to get 1t under control. The fire
originated. II is claimed, through the care
lessness OF a workman employed during the
strike.
Everything was in readiness for resump-
tion at the Cranberry and Crystal Ridge
.collieries of A. Pardee and Company, but as
the men reported for work they were asked
to sign an agreement similar to that pre-
pared by Coke Brothers and Company. This
they refused to do and the entire union
force returned home.
At Silver Brook the mine workers re-
fused to return to work because it is al
legged the company will not take back
twenty-seven Of the former employees.
Troops were stationed at or near most of
the collleTles this morning, but no trouble
of any kind occurred.
Following is a copy Of the agreement
which the employees of A. Pardee & Co.
were asked to sign.
AS a condition precedent TO my employ
ment by A. Perdee & Co., ] do hereby
solemnly promise not to interfere will or
any other men now at work OF who have
worked during the strike. or who may
work hereafter for my employers, and l
do further agree TO work with them as
with any other employe.
NEW YORK, Oct. 23.-No appreciable
effect from the ending Of the coal strike
has yet been felt in the way OF lifting
the steamship business on this side out
OF the extreme depression into which 1t
has been thrown, says the Journal Of Com
merce. The movement to import coal as
sumed much greater proportions than
generally supposed. Nearly 100 steamers
have been chartered to load full cargOes
of coal this way, only twenty of which
have arrived.
One effect Of the rush OF coal-laden tom
mage this way is Generalization in transat-
lantie shipping on the eastward voyages.
The statement is declared by steamship
agents to be In no sense an exaggeratiOn
that grain can be moved in cargo lots at
this time at lower rates than ever before.
Large steamers are now available for picked
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quarter. Some years ago the regular lines
offered to carry grain free Of charge in or
der TO save the expense of ballast. The
steamship OF today, however, is equipped
with water ballast facilities, so that free
transportation OF grain or any other product
is no longer a probability.
Accident in a shaft.
SHAMOKIN, Pa, Oct. 23.--In reopening
the Alaska shaft. owned by the Philadel-
phia & Reading Coal and Iron company, this
morning. an explosion Of gas occurred as
Robert Mowneh and Aaron Drehr walked
into No. l slope. They were blown about
twenty feet and were badly burned about
the head and face. The gas extended deeper
into the mines and while a rescuing party
removed the two victims another body OF
men began working their way into the
breasts where hye men are thought to be
imprisoned. Up TO 10 o'clock the breasts
had not been reached.
Nearly all the eOllisries in this district