The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-02

40 far no official action has been taken.
As far as the Clear Spring company is con-
cerned, we will start in tomorrow making
repairs. / anticipate no difficulty in getting
a lar 10 enough force of men to do this and
1 do not think the union leaders will stop
them.
president Mitchell 81 the mine workers
ia not clear in his order as TO the men he
nermits to remain at tho mine and it is not
certain whethp'. N ADDITION to engineers,
Aremen and pumpmun, the MOI leaders
will sanction tine oumI 10 Lnent OF timber
p1en and labofeTs to maze rel ats. en-
meet they viii not object. in iiu lG"2 strike
our company bu4li q neg nreiHer una had
no difficulty
panieS tomorrow. Ina1 nave learned
that the union men vii uavc Ickets posted
along the roads 10 the coll euCs w SEQ that
only such men a, a y Above! 10 40 ~"
10 to work. Thsre mo- no some argu-
Inent regarding lunDo"'ucn VINO 'hhk umey
can work, but thS Lar~ition u ms CUES
lion will apparent reat va" tAe ieSloeht
Of each local, WhO rs Al Il position To Kio"
Just how many m6n q, rGfilhTri 20 Keep
the mine to whioh u5 local ~ a.t&cIDi IN
workable condition.
The tirst tot OF the tonne" Of tho men
will come on 1uojday morning, wteh sew
eral of the waIheries owned by Indiyi4ua!S
or small Independent companies "il a,-
tempt to worS. No effort wiil De mace
to run them tomorrow. II. f.. Rsslnger OF
Rissinger Bros, which firm oPerates u large
Washery az Plymouth, said to-day:
we anticipated working tomorrow, prt
we find that the mea are celebrating their
tion of the eight hour day victory in the soft
coal region. This will last over tomorrow
and on Tuesday we will make an EFFORT
to resume work We have eighty employees,
few of them union men, and We are OF course
anxious to learn the ATTITUDE oi the union
men toward then L. they try to work
This washer produced l,43o tons OF coal
Yesterday. Efforts to work the North
! American waghtTy at the sane place cannon
be made until TIE high ."alef III inc gus
a shutdown during tho lasV three days
The large coal companies viii make no
effort to operate their washeries Tor the
present, this inactivity icing IN a~ccorualce
> with their policy rapidly gro"ihs nIGte
apparent, OF avoiding an means 10y wihon
the mine workers might lie annoyed or
ifritated.
They will not bring guards into the region
until it il Impossible to AVOID doIie So
and they calculate that II they make no
effort to operate their colheries there VIII
be no need to have guards unless me nleh
try to prevent them keeping the coIlieIle'
cler of water, In that event some OF lhe
operators will allow the collleries TO NIL
zoo ~ III Alt I lAlhH ~ ''a'@
removed yesterday from the temporary
barracks at South v ilkesUarre to W yoinlng,
six miles up the west side OF the flVeflfcih
this city, and Today are busy putting NE
new barracks ia ord or. contrary 10, inc
expectations Of the mine workers, these
troopers will not guard tie ROADS leaulhs
to the collieries tomorrow, nor VIII they
, make any display OF force.
If there is call for them they will respond,
hut they nave nc expectation OF s'icn Il
call. Al present all their energies are feing
devoted to nerfecting tho organization ana
enuipninp the men. some Of whom have
not vet received uniforms The mine
worker look upon these men as coal COM
pany police and have called them The
GosSacks.r Their moral influence is eX-
pected TO be Of great service Tor helng
mounted and nearly all old cayalrymen
thew will he most effective in dispensing
crowds. Each trooper is armed with a
long club and a Regular army revolver.
The mine workers spent to-day in loiter-
ing about the streets of the mining towns,
discussing the situation and talking OF the
future. None is bold enough to say he
will disobey the suspension order
SHAMuKIN, April IAN extra force of
philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron
policemen arrived here this evening to he
stationed with the regular force at the
collieries Of the company, TO give protection
10 miners il any go to work tomorrow and
are held up by any one. The company
intends to do its utmost TO give everybody
a chance to work.
Contrary to expectations, no n&les were
hoisted from any collieries here@bouts to-
day. which gives rise to hope among the
public that the companies will offer con-
cessions to the miners next Tuesday that
will cause them to resume work at once.
u ia reported that II a strike enslies all
the companies will try hard to induce enough
men to man their colieries as soon as