Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-04-13
OWNERS TO FORCE:
COAL STRIKE END.
MitchelPs Men Deem 1t Significant That
Railroads Order Men Back
to Work

SHAMOKIN, Pa, April IA num-
Der of Pennsylvania railway employees,
who were laid off this week owing to the
suspension of mining, were today or
dered to report for duty next Monday.
The miners believe that this is an indi-
cation that the operators intend making
some move which will cause President
Mitchell to order the men to return to
work
Pittsburg Strike Is Over.
PITTSBURG, Pa, April with
only one mine controlled by the Pitts
burg Coal company idle in the Pittsburg
district, the disruption of the Stand
pat' organization of the independents
last night and a break lii the ranks of
the strikers in the Irwin field, the miners
strike, so far as the bituminous coal
fields of western Pennsylvania are con-
cerned, is practically over.
Independents at Outs.
Following last nights action of the in
dependents in dissolving the mutual com
pact not to sign the scale of 1903, an
nouncement was made today by the Off
Gals of the mine workers union that
nine firms had placed their names to
the agreement. The companies signing
were:
Pittsburg-Buffalo company, 100000 tons;
Kirbride Coal company, 10000 tons; Clyde
Coal company, 100000 tons; Meadowlands
Coal company, 360, 900 tons; Diamond Coal
and Coke company, 225,O00 tons; Carnegie
Coal company, 100000 tons: Fayette Coal
company, 100000 tons; Charleroi Coal com
pany, 100000 tons; Pittsburg and Washing
ton Coal company, $4,000 tons.
These companies represent total ton
mage of nearly 100000 tons and employ
5000 men. During the week they have
had their mines cleared and repaired and
work will be resumed on Monday.
Reports from the Irwin field are chat
many of the miners who are striking for
recognition of the union are discouraged
and are preparing to return to work.
The killing last night of John Vessel a
striker who had determined to go back
to the mine, has caused intense excite
ment, especially among the foreigners.
At Edna mine No. 2 officials are ar
ranging to begin work Monday.
All Quiet at Headquarters.
NEW YORK, April There was
nothing about the temporary headquar-
tiers of the coal miners union in this city
today to indicate that quarter of a mil
lion anthracite and bituminous mine
workers have laid down their tools and
are engaged in struggle for increased
wages.
The miners leader is now paying con-
siderable attention to the situation in the
soft coal fields and is in frequent COM
munication with national and district
leaders in those regions.
The members of the subcommittee of
the anthracite operators did not observe
the Saturday half holiday, but met this
afternoon and considered the answer to
be made Monday to the offer of the
miners to arbitrate the demands.
Ohio Operators Give Nothing.
CLEVELAND, o., April THE Ohio
coal operators, in session here today, de-
cided to ''stand pat' on the miners
strike and to offer no concession what
ever.
Winnipeg Strike Ended
WINNIPEG, Man, April THE
street railway strike was over at noon
today and the men get an advance of l
cent per hour in pay. They asked .
cents and recognition of the union.
Mine Engineers Marked to Die.
LENS, France, April 7.-Strikers blew
up with dynamite fifteen feet of the rails
of the bridge at TOQuerreil and cavalry
charged and dispersed a crowd of mani
festants at Noeux-lesMines.
The number of strikers is diminishing
in some sections and disorderly bands
who crossed the Belgian frontier were
forced back by Belgian gendarmes.
Engineers Marked to Die.
PARIS, April THE Gaulois today
says that the striking miners in the coal
regions of the Pas de Calais are reported
to have placed price on the heads of
the engineers Of the Courrieres mines
where the recent great disaster occurred
and to have designated those who are
to assassinate them. The engineers have
been warned and have adopted extreme
precautions.
Eleven more bodies were brought up
from the Courrieres mine today. Anoth
er live horse was found but no more liy
ing men have been rescued.