New-York tribune., 1902-08-28
MANY MINES TO RESUME.
OPERATORS PREPARED FUN
sIvE ACTIoN-Two MORE COL
ITERIES AT WORK
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,.-.,,,os,,o-re Penn, Aug. 27--The operators
-odav began an aggressive calhpaie" ,. 80
-+-,,,e and will endeavor TO break !" oy
,eenrning as quickly as they can aI de mo-
-. ~ ,ossthIe They believe that, no"
.+-;,,erS are convinced that ]. Pierpont MOT
- a. ,o+ N interfere and that the Presloen'
= - IN maintain their stand, there VIII pe
..a.t IN the ranks of the strikers which VIII
enable them to get enough men 10 WI
,,ove-sI of the coIeries which are no" rdf'u''
heing cleaned and prepared for "ork'
.ra.v the start was made by sucoesSl"i
-esuroption at two collieries, the LOT "
7 etiph Valley Coal Company in TINS CITY anu ~
Cranberry of A Pardee & Co, in hazie'oh' 'iO
normally employing about five huhoreo iioiin'
- +ta other one thousand. How many men are
,.orl,inz the operators will not say pu' 'ii
sra enough to cut coal in the mine ana run II
.,,,,o,, che breaker and turn out about one
,,5,aa TONS each for shipment each DAY Inc
=4oi.,s ex,act 10 increase this to douoe 'he
amount in a few days
Strikers pickets at each mine mace no ei'-
IN interfere with the workers beyond laihi.e
70 them, and there was no violence ""a'
we're on hand TO protect the men,
74,s makes fourteen coilieries which are
,o-- working and although the largest output
With tbe present force is about 5oo tons d udH'
the total is about 1000 tons daily. ano Is gro"
4nv steadily. In addition to this there are
eighteen washeries operating. ana the "A'p
;s not much Jess than 10000 tons OF 0oai
weekly
Besides the resumption at the two TO-DAY .i.e
70, storch of the Delaware and Hudson. when
started last week and then stopped. began work
again to-day with a satisfactory force 'ie
officials said Preparations are under way ~
reopen the Pine Ridge and the NO. mines u
the same company and there is such actrNl'E d.
other mines that work may be resumed NeIe
before the week is cut. These are the frliloiiii
and the Prospect of the Lehigh Valley Dolh
near this city: the Lance, and another "hlch
she officials will not name. Of the Iehigh ano
wiIkesharre: the Pettebone and the WOODWARD
of the Delaware. Lackawanna ana "esteIh'
the Mount Pleasant and West hlaSe OF 1iie
Ontario and Western: the Drifton OF toAe % ipo'
& Co two of the Erie company and one OF ue
PENNSYLVANIA Coal Company. and IN the ScnuEi-
kill 6jstct several Of the Philadelphia aIlo 49, 80
ing collieries, where the company nov na ~ ny. -
at work clearing UP the debris which has col
lected since the beginning OF the stflhe anu
getting the mines in shape
In this district Inspector Reynolds Is exam
lining the mines duty required OF him beloTe
an effort is made TO resume work after a long
i6lenesS while the mules are being prouehl
hack their hoofs pared and shod, and there are
many other indications OF a resumption or Work
This three mines which Monday started
the Shipment of coal. the No 40 and the Maltby
OF the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, and the
Avondale Of the Delaware, Iackawanna and
Western to-day report that their output has
been doubled and they hope before the end OF
the week TO double the output OF to-day.
President Mitchell has not yet replied to the
letter of the North American Coal Company in
forming him that work will be resumed there
without sfockade or guards and depending upon
his statement that the strikers are orderly and
that they will not be guilty OF violence. Super
tntendent Saums said tonight he expected to
start work tomorrow, but did not think that
the washery would then be ready.
The klondike washery at Trescow, near
HeZeton, destroyed by fire in the night
and the owners are inclined TO think Il the work
Of incendiaries. The strikers last week stopped
the effort resume work there, and another
effort to be made within a days. The
loss is $1,000
There this morning further trouble at
1-ansford and Summit Hill. the strikers stopping
number of men from going work. When
threatened however. that If there was any
further interference the soldiers would be called
out. they allowed the men nass their