Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-09-06
Miners TO RESUME
WORK TOMORROW
Insurgent Ranks Breaking De-
spite Appeals of Their
y Leaders
PEAK OF TROUBLE PASSED.

Srccfuf Dispdtch 10 Evening Public Ledger
Wilkes Barre, Pa, Sept. 6.-Quiet
and order prevails throughout the an
thracite fields on the great holiday OF
labor. Not wheel in the hard coal
industry is turning and from Carbon
dale to the Schuylkill regions the army
of 175, 900 mine workers is sanely cele-
brating. This was just as expected by
operators and union leaders. who look
to see the vacation" of insurgents
Brought to sudden end tomorrow.
4 Mass meetings were held at various
sections throughout the field today.
Z Union leaders conducted many of them
and the insurgents few. Thousands
attended the meetings and plans were
set in motion among the union fol-
lowers to break the backbone of the
insurgent strike.
"A break Is certain. in fact it has al
ready set in. One thousand men of tho
Mineral Spring colliery have voted to
go to work. The Warrior Run col
Hery will work tomorrow and in the
Wyoming Valley alone n dozen of the
biggest operations will be working.
Insurgent leaders are striving to
keep their forces together. but they ad-
nit that their line has weakened and
that the peak of the strike has been
reached. So dangerous is the outlook
of the insurgrnt cause that Enoch Will
hams, strike leader, has called meet
ing here tomorrow for the purpose of
giving insurgents an opportunity of
bringing their vacation" to an end.
Williams and his forces expect that
President Wilson will reopen the
miners case and they will he ready TO
go to work if that is done aud sat
isfactory committee is named to rep
resent the mine workers. "
4 Union leaders delivered some hard
blows at insurgency over Sunday and
continued the drive today. Organizers,
district officials. presidents of local
unions. we'll organized force. have
appealed 70 the mine workers to drop
from the ranks of "vacationists. &"
There has been good response and
union workmen will be at their places
tomorrow and that by Wednesday con-
ditions will be almost normal. The re-
moval of John T. Dempsey as president
OF District No l from Office has weak
ened the insurgents.
Many clergymen took advantage of
the sabbath to touch on the inSurgpnt
vacations In many churches the
men were advised that contracts are
inviolable and that it is the duty of the
men TO respect their contract. They
were not told that they are getting all
they need or all they are entitled to.
but they were urged to conduct their
fight along lines that will not reflect
on the honor of the United Mine
Workers of America or their officers.
The insurgent strike has been costly.
The loss in production is now more
than 100000 tons of coal. and the
miners have lost at least So 900. 900 in
wages. Coal companies have not suf-
fered any damage TO property.
Scranton, Pa. Sept. 6.-Excepting
the Pennsylvania Coal Co. 5 mines in
the Pittston district, where insurgent
miners have been on strike since early
in July against the contract miner sys-
TEN, al the anthracite mines in the.
Lackawanna and Wyoming Valleys are
expected to resume work tomorrow. 1t
is also expected that the complete sus-
pension in the Lehgh and Schuylkill
regions will come to an end.