New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-07-17

OPERATORS BELIEVED TO BE WORKING
IN ABSENCE OF STRIKE LEADERS. q
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Wilkesbarre Penn. July lett is believed here
that work will be resumed at of the coieries
In the anthracite region before the end of the
To-day the that has prevailed for three days
grew persistent. and the strikers kept closer
watch the collieries, ready report once any
indication that work was to be started. The alb
sence in the West of nearly all the district officers
gives the operators an unusually good opportunity
TO get the men to act their own responsibility.
Where the will be made cannot yet be learned.
but it is understood that it will be made by of
the large companies. The operators reticent.
and nothing is made public superintendent Phil
lips of the Delaware. Lackawanna and Western
said that not day passes but several miners come
into the office and ask for work. They are.
rule told that there is work for them and that
If they want to to work it will be for
them to make application in numbers sufficient TO
start up colliery The company is not anxious
just yet to resume operations at single colliery'
but if seventyfve of the miners at any coliery
apply in body he will consider the ACCESSIBILITY of
starting it up Superintendent Rose of the Della
ware and Hudson, after being asked by six of his
old miners for work, placed them the Dickson
colliery
National Organizer Henry Collins who has charge
of this district during the absence of President
Nichols, said that Their" practically no change
in the situation to-day. We waiting" he said.
Ito what action will be taken by the national
convention. A canvass of the entire region shows
first opposed the strike now the most deter
mined. ] satisfied that there will he break
in the ranks"
1t is argued by who deeply interested in
the situation that if the miners call general
strike they cannot hope to get much aid from
other workers, and what hey will get will not go
far among the large number of their members. In
the event of a general strike so many other work.
ers will be idle that they will be busy caring for
themselves and will not be able to give aid 10 the
miners
Reports received here from Indianapolis that
the sentiment against general strike is growing
rapidly and that it Is expected that President
Mitchell will advise against it, The belief is that
large strike fund will be raised for the anthracite
miners and the soft coal men of Virginia, West
Virginia and Michigan who are now on strike.
To-day John Mulery and Charles THAN. manager
and Editor of the Courier Herald labor jour
nal published here, arrested twenty-five
charges of libel and held in $1,00 bail each for
trial. 1t is charged that they printed list OF
business men and workers classed them as "un-
fair and declared they not fit to associate
with honorable men, while poster also pub
lShed and posted in prominent places.
The Rev. Father Curran, who went TO Phiadel
phia on Monday TO meet President Baer of the
Philadelphia and Reading Coal Company, hoping
to effect settlement. has yet returned here.
He from Philadelphia to New-York hoping
secure some concessions from the coal operators
After a meeting OF the striking engineers.
fremen and pumpmen of the region here this after
noon State Secretary Mullahy issued the following
statement
We are perfectly satisfied with the present condi
ttons of the steam men. they just deter
mined to-day the day they ceased working, and
from the latest reports they Will continue in that
state until the battle is over The return of few
men to work and then has bearing the
general situation nor any effect whatsoever the
men in our ranks, most Of them worked until
their constitutions gave way under the strain. and
only took vacation rcCuperate.
Our members have no occasion to fear want. as
We have assurances from all the labor organizations
throughout the country that financial assistance Is
forthcoming when our own supply Is exhausted
they have only to make It known a meetings
and they Will receive prompt attention. We feel
proud Of our members for the I'm which
they have conducted themselves. and nave vet to
that can be laid at their feet. BY their conduct
they nave enlisted the respect and admiration OF
ali well thinking people. and when the battle Is
places
We advise all who are with us 10 place no conf
dence In sensational rumOrs. but, the other
hand. to attend the meetings and learn tho exact
truth.
Scranton Penn. July I6-It was given out Of
fcially from the Delaware. Lacka wanna and West
offices to-day that in tho company's twenty
eight collieries there at work 10 miners
and laborcrs who went out strike and
reinstated at their solicitation. Superintend-
ent G. G. Rose of the Delaware and Hudson said
that his company had fifty ex-strikers
Other companies reported returned strikers, but
could not give figures.
Ttr miners and iabOrerS who have returned 10
work for tn" different companies not employed
in cutting or loading coal, but I'm cleaning up the
mines and making repairs.