Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-14
BOTH MAKE CLl Ms.
Coal Companies Say II Col-
liei.es and 4 Washeries
Started Yesterday.
MITCHELL SAYS FEWER NE:
" .rker YcstcrG1y Than Last Ne1"'
Man Conveying Non-Unionists a.
mcst Beaten 20 Death-MiIitia H@>'
Little Work to 20, Yesterday.

Wilkesbarre, Oct. 14.-What was
looked upon as an important day u
the matter of resumption CT work IN
the coal mines passed without an
serious trouble, and each side to the
controversy last night was claiming
a victory. Reports received mere
from coal companies all over the re
gion was to the effect that at least
12 collierieo and washeries started
operation yesterday. President Mice
ell, in a talk with the correspondents
asserted that reports received by him
from his lieu:enants in the held
showed fewer men were at WORK yes
terday than last week.
Extra Efforts by Both Sides.
While neither side would admit 1t
it was quite evident that extra effort:
were made. to gain an advantage. The
soldiers of the Third brigade were
sent into the outlying mining toWEs
in this region long before starting
up. time to patrol the streets and
roads leading 20 the collieries. IN
some places the soldiers were scat
tered in twos and threes along the
streets and on street corners, but
they were not compelled to rescue
anyone from strikers. The company
superintendents were authority fol
the statement that for the two days
previous the mine workers had been
again making Louse to house can
vases all over the territory, holding
the men in line, and that if it were
not for this method of keeping the
men from WORK there would have
been large increase in the number
Of employees at work. One superi1
tendent, in speaking Of the situation
as it existed yesterday, said:
Statement by Superintendent.
"The number Of men who returned
to work today was not very large
but the movement in that direction
was gratifying. Tne companies die
not make a great effort to break the
ranks Of the strikers, preferring to
wait until the New York conferences
are over. They have held out false
hopes to the men and as soon as they
are over the men will see that there
is no use to hold out any longer and
will be glad 20 resume work"
In an interview last night Presi
deIt Mitchell summed up the general
situation as follows:
Statement Made by Mitchell.
Il have heard from every point in
the coal region today, and my infor
nation is to the effect that fewer mec
were at work today than there were
last week There were desertiCns
from the companies at Scranton
Hazleton, the Panther Creek valley
and Shamokin. The report that L
collieries resumed operations is not
true The Bellevue colliery Of the
Lackawanna company, which, it is
claimed, was started. hoisted two
cars and then shut down; the John
son collieries, Nos. l and 2, Of the
New York, Ontario and Western com
pany, contrary to report, did not move
a wheel; at the Lattimer mines of c.
Pardee & Co. the mine foreman
raised some coal that had been gath
cred at the bottom, and no new men
started there, as is reported. The
Prospect colliery Of the Lehigh Val
ley, which is also said to have begun
work, did not ship any coal. l have
not heard anything of other -collieries
but if they had started work l would
have been informed"
tie work, yesterday.