Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-04-02
OBEYING Mr.. MITCHELL
Who Ordered a General Strike Pending
The Negotiations With the
Operators.
ANNIVERSARY OF 8-HOUR DAY
Mines Near Plttsburg VIII be-
Running Tomorrow.
NO DISORDER HAS BEEN REPORTED
Associated Pres. Dispatches by Special Wire.

Associated Press Dispatches BY Special Wires
Pittsburg, Pa, April To-day being
tho anniversary Of the granting of the
eght-hour WOrkdny. almost every mine
in the Pittsburg district was closed. With
the coming of tomorrow, however, it is
alleged the miners employed by the Pitts
burg Coal Go. and by several other local
operators will return TO work and all the
mines in District No. o will be running
before the close OF the week Many OF
the operators who have agreed to the adj
vance of 5.55 per cent IN wages want the
miners TO resume work Immediately.
Francis l.. Robbins, representing the
Pittsburg Coal Co., and the scale COM
mittee OF the United Mine Workers APP
pointed by the district convention last
saturday will meet today for the purpose
of signing the agreement for two Years,
and the iactional fight which has hccn in
progress in the miners organization for
some time may cause trouble. Patrick
Dolan questions the validity of such an
agreement as he still claims to be the
president. but tho opposition says he has
hoen doposed lt may be that Mr. Rob-
bins. as matter of pmcoution. will sign
two agreements. lt rs regarded as highly
probable thut the Independents viii grant
the concession at the meCing To- be held
hy thom tomorrow night. While some OF
them are In favor of holding out against
un increase or the granting of any conccs-
sIons whatever. many of the more con
sevativc say they are willing 10 make
| the same concessions that the Pittshurg
| Coal Go. has. The conservative element
| is snid 90 ho In the majority and will, It Is
| expected bo able in induce the othors to
| join with them in agreeing 20 the settle
mcnt on the 1903 scale. Pending a settle
mcnt the independent mines have shut
down
As far as learned, good order prevailed
! throughout the district. Dispatches from
! Bndgcvilc, Mcdonald Castle Shannon,
/ Elizabeth and other mining towns along
| the Monongahola River and on the limo OF
the PAN Handle Railroad report the streets
filled with idle men, quietly discussing
the strike. All expect to resume work
tomorrow.
In the Irwin field tho mines were in
! operation as usual and no trouble was
nppchondcd Although these mines are
operated on the opcn-shop policy, every
| operator IN the district, IL Is said, has sig-
nilicd his willingness 20 pay the advanced
rate Tho samo conditions were reported
at the mines Of tho New York q Cleve-
land Gas Coal Co., whore several thousand
men are employed. All were at work
today and were receiving the 555 per cent
increase.
Hnzleton, Pa, April There Is o COM
plete tie-up OF the coal mining industry
in the Hazolton region today, as 70 result
of the suspension order issued by thc scale
committee of tho United Mine Workers az
indianapolis last Thursday night Only
one colliery attempted 90 operate. and
that was the Hazelton shaft mine Of the
lehigh Valley Co., where the coal loosened
last week was run through the breaker
for about an hour At the Other mines
only the hremen, engineers and pumf
runners reported for work.
A. Pardee 4 Co., operating two col
lieries made no effort 90 start. The
mules are being taken from the mines IN
readiness for long period OF idlenoss.
Wilkes Barre, Pa, April 2.-ln com
plianco with the lordor of President Nit
chell 20 quit work, there was total sus
pension of mining in the Wyoming rogioi
today. TRe engineers, iiromen and puml
runners ar,l at work as usual and In "a few
isolated cases company hands arc a
work making repairs that are Imperative
At nearly all the collierics steam wa
up and whistles were blown as usual bu
the miners were not on hand. Picket
were stationed at many OF the mines Il
notify the foreign mine workers tina
there would be no work
Reading. Pa, April Official inior
nation received i'm this city today is {,
the effect that the Reading company
coal miners TO a man obcycd the order q
quit pending negotiations with the opera
tors The anthracite around the col
lieries was clea ed up today and sent q
market
IL is said that not al the train hand
In the coal service will be suspended. bu
that some will be retained TO be use'
when the company draws on its enormou
supply as the storage plants.
Scranton. Pa, April 2-Oxford col
liery. an individual operation, is the onl.
mine working in the Lackawanna regioi
today. This mine employs $50 men an'
bows and has q daily output of 200 tons
. IL was operated all through the strike O
1902
Most of the washeries are at work, AM
preparations have been made to run then
, night and day From Pittston north e
Forest City, the whole length OF the valley
the $4,000 employees are idle and ~
mines are shut down. The washencs a
work in this field will be able TO turn on
I from 10000 to 25,0O0 tons daily.
! Tamapua, Pa. April although th
, mine and breaker foremen at all th
E Panther Creek Valley collieries were o
dered to give work to all men who r'
ported for duty this morning non
answered the call Of the whistles.
+ In the Schuylkih Valley not a sing
: colliery is working, even the washeu'
: and small operations being suspended.
Pottsville, Pa. April 2.-The suspeI
8 sion at the coal mines here was almol
e complete today, only a few men bein
: az work at the eollieries and these doin
work allowed by the union.
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