The sun., 1918-08-04

beat It. for Mr.. Brennan's books showed
that out OF 800 hands employed there
seventy-two. or moro than IL per cent.
have answered the call to the colors.
st. Edwards Roman Catholic Church.
in Shamokin. flies q service flag with 1913
stars. st. Stanislaus's Roman Catholic
Church, the chief Polish parish Of that
community, displays 200 stars. and the
nag Is said not to be UP to date. When
Is remembered that In addition TO the
churches named and In addition to all
the Protestant bodies there are Ave more
Catholic parishes in Shamokin, some
idea can be gained Of the burden i'm
posed upon the mines.
In the Lehlgh field the labor situa ton
IL described as critical According to
estimates made In Hazleton. the Lehigh
Valley mines are getting along with
about IL DER cent. OF the normal supply
OF men. At that, the I1ehigh Valley
Company is not so badly of. for the total
loss OF men in the Hazleton neighbor-
hood Ia given as so per cent. and at the
mines Of the q. b. Markle Company IL Is
| estimated that almost half Of the work.
ers have gone.
All Transportation Men Taken.
At the Honeybroos mine the June
draft call included all OF the Transports
ton men--drivers and others responsible
for the handling OF coal after tho miner
cuts It, Thirty-six men left Hazleton
last month under the latest draft call.
the Lehigh Valley mines supplying six
and the Markle mines four. There is a
big shell plant In Hazleton. the old
Jeanesville pump works having been con-
,, verified Into factory to supply the Amer
lean Army. This plant employs several
thousand workers. but 1t has drawn very
lightly from the local labor supply, save
| Eat 1t has taken OH hundreds of girls
| ~ m the surrounding country. Most OF
! the men, II Is said, have been brought In
from other towns. particularly towns In
New England
II must be understood that II Is moi
| only the draft which Is taking the men
There are continuous and nsistent ap.
peals to the miners to enlist voluntarily
/, In the course of tour. which included
Pottsville, Tamaqua, Shamokin, Mount
Carmel. Hazleton, Wilkesbarre and
| Scranton. to say nothing OF the interme-
date villages. the one thing which ar
| rested the eve was the calls for men &c
! volunteer. Appeals are being made fol-
| recruits by the army, by the navy. by
| the marines and by the Polish Legion.
At tho Reading station In Sharnokir
there are FIVE separate posters calling
for volunteers. and they can be found al
! odd places throughout the town, but In
no instance is there any evidence of an
| appeal. governmental or otherwise
| which might Aid In getting men for the
mines or in speeding UP production. Al
! the Lehish Valley station in Hazletor
there Is posted an appeal for military
volunteers. with a list OF recruiting sta
] tons appended. and virtually every towr
mentioned Is a mining town or a mum.
lions town. 1t Is understood that an ap-
| peal has been made to Washington to re-
strict recruiting OF volunteers in the
mining country. but the posters were
still in commission late in July.
| Whatever the faults OF the miner may
be. he Is no coward, and the call to bat
| tie has had n strong appeal in the Goa
| country ever since tho civil war. Were
the Government to tell him explicitly &c
, cut coal as a military duty he would
probably stick to his job. but the only
! official calls he has received are In The
direction Of taking him away from hi:
| job Thus Lackawanna county has pro-
vided SOL volunteers for the navy since
war was declared. This includes only
those men who have enlisted in Scranton
/ and takes no account or men who may
have gone into the service at the navy
! yards or In other cities. In the first ter
DAYS Of July Scranton. Shamok!n and
Wilkesbarre supplied fifty-three vo'un'
teers for the army.