The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-10-25

Many more mines started up yester-
day, and most of the others will start
today.
The Delaware. Lackawanna and West
ern company has all of its places In
operation except the Hallstead, which
is flooded. and the Sloan and Central
at which repairs are being made. Fully
ninety per cent. of the old employees Will
be back at work today.
At the Continental colliery the men
refused to be lowered by non-union
engineer, alleging that he was incom-
petent. Mine Inspector Prytherch, who
happened to be present, coincided with
the views OF the men, and the old en-
gineer, John Cusick, was sent for and
given charge of the engines.
All of the Delaware and Hudson COL
lieries except the Greenwood No. 1 and
No. 2, Spring Brook, Langcliffe, Latin
Laurel Run, Baltimore slope, Plymouth
No. and No. and Boston are in oper-
alton. The Greenwood No. /, Spring
Brook, Latin, Langclffe and Plymouth
No. 2 will start today. The others will
be idle for a few days longer on account
Of repairs.
line Otner companies.
The Temple company has all of its
collieries except the Northwest in oper-
alton, with eighty per cent. of it's full
working force. The Northwest will like
ly start in the course OF two weeks.
The Ontario and Western company
got the Pine Brook under way yester-
day. This leaves the Richmond No.
the only idle colliery of this company.
The men at this mine refuse to be low
cred by the non-union engineers, alleg-
ing they are incompetent. The company
refuses to reinstate the old engineers.
The continuation of the strike at this
place is, at all events, not very import
ant, as far as it bears on the produc-
ton of coal. A fire is raging there and
the lower workings have been flooded in
an effort to eXtinguish it.
The Erie company made large .addi-
tions to it's working forces at the places
ready for resumption. All the COM
panies had similar reports to make.
Fully eighty per cent. of the men are
now back at work, and inside of week
practically all of them will be re-em-
ployed.
The Lackawanna region is now al
most wholly free of the import" The
discontinuance of the commissary de-
partments at the different mines and
washeries is responsible for this. The
imports could not get boarding houses
in the mining settlements, and their
only recourse was to pack up and get
out.
Trains Won't Stop.
A large number of imports employed
at mines and washeries up and down
the valley have been boarding in Scran-
ton. They went and came to and from
their work on Delaware and Hudson
trains. The trains We're stopped at the
collieries to take them on or let them
off, and they We're saved the danger
Gus journey to and from the railroad
station. Today the Delaware and Hud-
son company will cease stopping trains
at collieries. Any import who intends
to continue at work will have to take
chances such as, for instance, might be
encountered in an early morning walk
from the Olyphant station to Grassy
Island.
The companies are not dismissing any
non-union men, but the most careful
inquiry fails to disclose a single in
Of any company to force an import to
remain in the company's employ.
The only non-union men remaining
hereabouts are those who deserted the
union. For the most part these are en-
gineers and steam men.
The absence of physical conflicts be-
tween the returning strikers and nom
union men is accounted for by the fact
that, with the exception of engineers
and steam men. the non-union man is q
minus quantity. Generally speaking,
the miner has not been denied his
chamber because it had been given to
a non-union man, who was bent on re-
tanning it. AS fast as roads can be
opened up, miners and their laborers
are being put to work at their old
places. Some strikers are not to be
allowed to return to work. Who these
are, will not be disclosed until the
mines are running full-handed.
Twelfth to Leave.
The fact that the import has quit the
coal regions made possible the order of
Governor Stone directing that the SOL
diers he recalled as fast "as conditions
would permit" The Twelfth regiment,
stationed at North Scranton, will break
camp today. The Eighth and Thir-'
tecnth may be recalled at any time.
General Goblin and a number of his
staff visited the Eighth, Twelfth and
Thirteenth camps, yesterday, and con-
ferred with the colonels about the con-
ditions. The Eighth and Thirteenth
were given strong intimations that they
would not be ordered home for a couple