New-York tribune., 1902-10-15
MEN STAY AWaT FROM MINES
ruasr WHO wANT To WORK PREFER
TO AWAIT RESULT OF OPERATORS
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Wnkesbarre. Penn, Got 14-ien Uho want
20 return 10 wo~k STAYED away from the mines
to-day 10 await the result ~ the ptoposii"h
20 arbitrate submitted by the operators. ana
some who had been at work did NOT report
because they desired "a be on tho right side
when the end came end the prospects looked
bright FOR the strikers. This condition rs ~
pected 10 last until there is a decision one way
or the other. Tho mining officials say thal my
are not disappointed. they expected me men
as soon as such er effort 10 settle the strike
was made. TO remain away from work ln's
expect tho condition a. Hast until there Is a
DECISION
only one new couiery was opened to-day
the Hyde Park ~ the Delaware, LackaWanna
end Western Company which started WIN q
good force The Bellevue. of The same ooml"HH
v hich closed yesterday after few hours NoiA
resumed this morning with more men man ne
fore and worked all day. Many other o"iheIles
are in condition 20 resume work as soon as th''i
owners think the time has come. me le''e
about the Mount Lookout has been finished ana
there are now nearly two hundred meE "oIAlis
there stockade is being built around the
johnson oolliery. ~ the GreenTidge Coal Com
pany. II was planned 10 make an effort 10 re-
sumo work there this week, and at several otheI
Collieries.
The day was free from serious violence
stick Of dynamite was placed in the coal 81 a
I.ehigh Valley engine tender, and was thrown
into the Ere b- fireman al CoNton last night
lie saw il on the fire, and. with great courage
pulled II out with rake and threw II aNas
Efforts were also made 10 dynamite ne -
ridFe oollerv Holes were bored in the founda-
aiODs FOR dynamite. but they were dlscoN
before the attempt made. Ihe soluiei !
were Informed. and since then nave beeh on
guard At the place. A.
The freedom from violence was believed 70 % %
due to the distribution OF troops. Who were or
patrol al all the points where there MAS yea
that the men going 10 work would be S'oPl'ea,
General Goblin reports that he eid not near ~
opv case of serious violence in the territory
guarded by the Third Brigade. General sehi.li,
of the First Brigade. declared that ne Va
nroud 10 state that there had been no case ot
violence where his tro0Us were, ana HeheI a.
TVylie Of the Second said that the strikers were
orderly and there WAS no trouble
This morning Captain Bean, OF Battery = Ie-
ported that most ~ the horses tuthlsneu 4nI
fhe battery were worthless. He said that ne
could not use them and was ashamed 10 l1ih
qhe battery out on parade, General DooLh &c
sailed a veterinary 10 examine them. ana tNeh-
fv-tVco out OF thirty-nine were pronounced uhhl
for service. They were hired by the state from
= man near Milensvile and viii be sent haek
10 him -
The Iehieh Valley Coal Company this morning
oNered its men Al the Hazelton district coal ior
their own use at So 80 a ton. Rather Than sc
an record as opposing the striking miners by
accepting faVOrs from the operators the scnoo
controllers al Scranton last night refused
proposition from the Peoples Coal company I,
furnish three hundred tons OF coal AZ contrac
prices This action was taken after alnos
every member OF the board lad given his views
on the subject