The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-26
WHAr WILLJoRN MITCHELL nor
Detailed Intelligence Ne 20 the Situation In
the Hard Coal Region.

April 25.-The whole anthracite
region Is awaiting development OF events AT
Wilkesbarre, where John Mitchell ana ms
general stan, consisting principally OF the
local presidents OF the three anthracite aus
trlcts, are supposed to be conJuring tneir
brains to find a way out Of the difficulty which
confronts them. As has been repeatedly
declared. none Of the leaders wants a strike
of hard coal miners at present, and they VIII
allow such a calamity. to come only II by no
other means can they keep the union from
going to pieces and seeing their JOBS VANISH
in thin air. Meanwhile, the suspension OF
work continues to be general. although IL 10
reported that efforts have been mace WIN
more or less success TO mine coal at q 10"
collieries widely separated. Word comes
from Hazleton that the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company has carried out It's plan OF putting
the big plant at Hazlet6n shaft IN operation
with a force of Independent workmen taken
carloads Of men. It il added. were smuEEle &c
into the mine through undergoing ToIkIngs
Of a mine adjacent among them P ofloer yao Of
s none s1 but guards esay s4 Nave ref been BROUGHT to any
Of the mines. The coal oompany's omc'als
SMsfHkesbarre reports that the Bliss collierY
at Nantiooke has been in operation dor seVeSa
d day. f PStts Rff pr rspo2ts t ia . Good Springs
the western part Of Schpylkill county, Ihd as
capped, and that washeries at Rausch Creek.
day. New Philadelphia, also In the sGhn iysn
mine laborers, brought to a washery near
Middleport from New York or philadelphia
we're 1, ihe I'D up [sa BY uni TIm men s saore 9er near the
on Il fre. but the fames we're Kept from reach
mtdyices from S~hensndoah are that electric
arc lights have been Installed at Indian hldge
colliery to protect the works from 1iSht AZ a.,
Kohlnoor mine and from the 81. Nlohoias
and Suffolk ooIleries. The station agent az
s She az %ark e Sas aTdsr taat oS S'n Ser Ing ; : Upward
OF 2,o6o men and. boys have left Shenandoah
alone. to settle elsewhere and earn a steaoy
e esettnso Of worEmen continue, trains ,ordl.
naril,y consisting of four or Ave cars being
run In two or three sections to carry Iae nf u
ton and poverty OF "a long strike. This means.
Of course, that Mr.. Mitchell's union Is losbIng
E sh host s.f Of piG 2 m21eh or r sStnal %e tBeSe5y ana 'n"'
other towns send word that mechanics, train
%sn f been G pfasedi ON oneT part time Rin ' or suspended
indefinitely. Hotels report a. great falling
Of i9 PATRONAGE from m travelling fSst Ioeai
usual. stock Of goods. knowing that they
would be una Die 10 dispose OF tnem II cdoe u
a long strike, when their customers would
not have the money to buy other than bare
necessaries of life. This is one reason why
business me-, are WORKING for peace and oi
Hazleton have been trying to devise means
whereby they can officially bring pressure TO
bear upon operators and union leaders alike
with the view Of settling present difficulties
through arbitration. A, correspondent at
Mahahoy City brings to light a curious situa,
tlon At Catawissa' where on aoeount o. .
lighting plant is expected to close down in a
day or two. leaving the community To- be IL
Eliminated by kerosene and candles. That a
chagn1s aaq tRstr m GIn IN i9 ebogSt beeeeeermnifnaeaS Ameri,
can citizens and remaining In the country is
shown by the fact that down In the Mahanoy
region only, si3 names will be presented to
Saturday In May. This Is said to be the
smallest number in nearly twenty years:
Meanwhile confident assurance. comes from
practically every town in the whole. anthra-
cite region, from scranton to Shamokin, that
there will be no formal strike, and that on
the contrary the mines viii be working again
in about a week. The miners ann believe
it possible that Mitchell, and his associates
win plunge them into what ia certain to be
a hopeless and disastrous struggle.