The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-07-26
Company Makes No Effort 10 Re-
sumd9Operations and Union
Fickcts Are Nigilant.
NEGROES NOT NOW EXPECTED.
Superintendent Whittier Says
They Are Not Wantcd-Work
Ia BE Begun When Stock
AIDE Is Completed.
BY 4 STAFF CORRESPONDENT.

! BY STAFF CORRESPONDENT.
| Benton. Ill. July 25.-ccntrary 10 IN
| expectations Of both Mr.. Letters man
ayers and 10 the striking miners no at
| tempt was made to-day to resume oper
| auons at the Xi.gler mines and the frs
| crisis Of the strike has been thereby post
| poned for the present. at least.
The only reason that the intention tC
| open UP the Letter mine miscarried lies II
| the fact that there are no men now within
| the boundaries of ZieEler who are capabl.
| Of working the machines and operating the
| mines.
The striking MIXERS have thus far beer
successful in u.rnins back Ziegler bouno
iaOorins men. Their outposis and pickets
at all outlyi-s stations on railroads which
reach the >trike-ridden plant OF the mil
iohalre ragnate have not used their per
suasive lowers in vain and reports to the
headqCffters at Camp Turner tonight in
dicate that several parties have been inter
cepteG today and sent back tn. way they
came.
PEACEFUL PICKETING
This peaceable picketlng is now the
plan of campaign of The ex-Ziegierites.
Their leaders insist that they are not
looking for trouble and do not anticipate
any as long as moral suasion has its
enect From these leaders still comes the
assertion that nonunion miners from the
south are headed this way. but no def
Mite statement as to their whereabouts
or number cap be obtained.
Superintendent Whittier authorizes The
republic to make this statement for the
Letter interests in regard to the matter:
We are not importing negroes TO
Ziegler and will not do We do not
want them here and you may state Of
icially, that all reports to the contrary
are false"
When do you expect TO resume opera
uons?" WAS asked of Mr.. Whittier.
Whenever we are ready to protect our
men We will open our mines. We will run
them with nonunion men and the union
will not dictate when they will be opened
or how they will be operated
STOChADE RUSHED.
All day long work has been progressing
feverishly upon the stockade which will
protect the shaft. The union carpenters
who have been engaged In its construc-
tion haze all quit. and ordinary laborers
are finishing the Job at eXorbitant wages.
Two sides of the lu-foot oaken barricadc
are completed and by the end of the week
the shaft will be closed.
The force OF Deputy Sheriffs was fur
TIER increased to-day. and protective
measures have become more stringent.
6. W. Means. United States Post-Oftice
guards. There is post office within
L.egler and complaints have been made
that the union miners were unable to pro-
cure their mail.
When II miner approaches an outpost
and demands admission on the ground
tfat lie wants to get his mail the guard
telephones in and If there is mail for the
Inquirer II Is sent out by a deputy.
III Is said that these complaints through
Congressman George W. Smith of Muir
physboro. reached the Post Office Depart
issuted In company with two miners he
visited IiegIer.
INSPECTOR ADMITTED.
After lie had shown lis authority he
was permitted to pass on. but the miners
We're detained.
Means is from Mount Vernon. but re-
fused to discuss the incident He returned
that Mr. Letter desires 10 remove the Post
Officc from Ziegler, but that the authori-
Ties decline to consent
Two engineers reached Christopher To-
DAY, bound for Iiegler. They were union
men and We're induced to return TO St
Louis The last OF the engineering force
are cold. The hoisting engineer. Hafnp
Williams. refused TO bring up coal Satur-
DAY for their operation and there is no
fuel for getting up steam.
From one of the Ziegler hospital staff
VINO was In Benton to-day. the informa-
tlon was obtained that il il the intention
OF the company to open uS August If the
could neither be confirmed nor discreGited
by communication direct with Ziegier.
To-day has been exceptionally quiet t
CHRISTOPHER. Camp Turner has been de-
serted all day by the men who are on
picket duty. and there Is no visible excite
ment. The situation is still tense, how
ever, and the slightest spark would nre
cipitate the conflict. which seems sure to
come.
Mr: Letter has not been in ZiegIer since
last Tuesday. and is not expected in the
near future. 1t is said he is IN Maine.
L. o. PHILLIPS