Evening star., 1925-08-30
3-MONTH STRIKE
EVIDENT IN MINERS
SPIRIT IN QUITTING
Workers Go in Joyous Mood
to Spend Big Earnings of
Last Two Years.
10000 RAILROAD MEN
FORCED OUT OF WORK
Allied Industries Prepare to Close.
Many Shafts Deserted Be-
fore Zero Hour.
BY the Associated Press.

PHILADELPHIA, August 29.-The
anthracite suspension ordered for
September l will not only mean
walkout of 100000 workers. excluding
the 5000 to 10000 maintenance men
remaining in the mines by mutual
agreement, but will also throw out of
work 10000 railroad men, officials of
anthracite carriers in the region re-
ported today.
This small host of rail employees di-
rectly serves the local and through
movement of hard coal produced at
the mines. Their present tenure of
employment after suspension Tues
day" officials said, was good for only
two additional days or so at the most.
BY then the roads will have cleaned
up the last of the mine coal await
ing shipments.
Immediately thereafter, the anthra-
cite carrying roads would issue or
ders closing down locomotive and car
repair shops in their hard coal ter
ritory, thus laying off several thou
sand shopmen and car repairmen, it
was said. A similar order would go
out for roundhouSe men and train
and engine crews or mine runs and
through coal trains. The last black
steel coal "gondola," which has been
growing familiar sight in the coal
rush caused by the approaching shut
down of the mines, will go on a sid
ing to remain until operators and
miners are again at peace.
Big Lines Affected.
The Delaware and Hudson, Lehigh
Valley, Lackawanna, Erie. Pennsyl-
vania and Lehigh and New England
roads are given as the principal lines
b whose anthracite freight service
seems likely to be affected.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Co. for
one, officially announced at HazIeton,
Pa, that 750 men will be let out on
the Hazleton and Mahoney division,
representing a pay roll of S15S, 900 a
month.
The road also disclosed that coal
shipments from the 81 collieries on the
division during the week ended tonight
had broken all records for the past
two years. Official figures, with to-
days production estimated, showed a
daily average of 39,259 tons, filling
5,141 cars for the week. The usual
output is 10000 tons a day.
The decrease in freight traffic ac-
tiV1ty may be somewhat compensated
for, spokesman for the carriers said,
by the increase expected in passenger
business.
In fact, a marked travel rush is ex-.
pected from the mine workers by the
passenger agents of the various lines.
Various excursions are accordingly be-
ing outlined for early announcement
which, officials admit, will be aimed
at the surplus money with which the
miners are said to be flush" after
= two years of steady employment. New
York, Philadelphia, Niagara Falls and
flo ln
favorite excursion detectives.
Three Month Strike Seen.
A canvass of railroad sentiment to-
day. while necessarily incomplete.
tended to show a general belief that
the coming suspension would more
likely last three months than the
three weeks now being predicted in
many parts of the mining region.
Miners apparently are not waiting
for Monday night to leave the mines.
Hundreds began leaving today, taking
their tools and effects
In the Lehigh field buying of SUD-
plies came to a standstill.
Work was called off by the Lehigh
Valley Coal Co. at Tomhickon and
Springbrook without waiting for the
men to take the initiative Tuesday
morning. Thus, some 700 men were
rendered idle ahead of time Coal
could not reach distant breakers, where
1t had to be prepared. before the sus-
pension order would go into effect, il
was explained.
In Wilkes-Barre gangs of several
thousand imported extra laborers
were reported outward bound
Scranton reported that contract
miners, as a rule, were quitting to-
night after blowing down" enough
coal to keep their laborers going un-
til Monday. The miners there were
bringing up their big jack hammers
from underground and storing them
until work is resumed under a new
contract.
Miners Spirit Joyous.
Wilkes-Barre further advised that
the miners there We're taking the ap-
preaching idleness in a gala spirit
befitting a we'll earned vacation.
Amusement promoters were said to
be planning special entertainment.
and one amusement center there had
I stolen march on competitors by an
nouncing a miners day" soon.
A flare of i'll feeling developed for
few hours at a Lehigh Coal and
Navigation Company colliery at Lans-
ford. About 700 men struck until one
mine worker there withdrew his re-
fusal to obtain union button sig
nifying he was in good standing Be
fore he obtained his button the days
coal production had been reduced
1000 tons.
All maintenance men in the three
union districts, Nos. 1, Z and 9. Unit
ed Mine Workers of America, will be
assessed one days pay every two
weeks during the shutdown. The as
sessment viii go into the miners fund
Tor emergency use, it was officially
announced. This was called regular
procedure in times of suspension.
MINERS PURSES FILLED.