The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-18


 < Captive Mines were swelled by these aympathissrs. Some 53,000 Captive
 miners remained idle, and it was e estimated that 14,600 Commercial mine employees sn Pennsylvania and : West Virginia were out. z A third commercial mine Of the
 Pittsburgh Coal Company was
 closed today ct coo miners ct Ban- 2 ming No. 1, Van Meter, Pa,, took Q . holiday. Three mines of the Htll- ; man Coal and Coke Company re. '' anained closed.
 Theoretically, Commercial mines
 should not be affected since ccin-
 mercial operators have granted the
 union shop, which the UNIV,
 through the present strike in the
 Captive mines, seeks to extend to the steel company-owned shafts.
 Jones and Laughlin Steel Corpor-
 aElon which has Q union shop con-
 tract with the UNIV, announced to.
 day that its fourth mine, located
 ct Hobtown in Greene County and
 eanployInR 500, was closed by . sym
 pathy walkout. The company's
 three Vesta mines in Washington
 County, employing 4,2OO remained
 cl;Med.
 Reports from Fayette County in-
 dicated that the few Captice mines
 that operated at aTs average of 20
 percent of capacity yesterday, had
 further curtailed their operations. Only a small number of miners de-
 fled the picket lines to enter the
 workings.
 Rumors of possible intervention s by the armed forces In the shut- . down were revived early today when 1. S5 army trucks, conveyed by state and city police, passed through PittSburg on the Lincoln Highway ' to the east. A police officer who patrolled the convoy through the city said he doubted that tho trucks, each carrying two to four men, ' were assigned to duties in connec- 2 ton with the strike.
 |. Altough 1ndlantown Gap, Pa, ' quartermaster's depot has been { under orders since last Friday to move supplies Into Western Penn . sylvan.a, 1t reported today 1t had ' not received marching orders. Situation In Brief This, in brief, was the situation several hours after the UNIV picket lines had been formed: Gary, W. Va.-William Lawson and William Harriston, Negro miners, removed to hospital at Welch after they were wounded respectively in shoulder and Foot when c picket line opened fire on .a group of marchers. Smoke bombs" hurled by piesets ct another Gary mine ct which an estimated 800 workers were persuaded to go home ct opening of the day shift. UniontoWn, Pa - John Komlo, UNIV organizer, asserted that the Burlington, CroSslAnd, Edenborn, gilbert, Footedale, Gates, Lambret, 'Colmer and Phillips mines-au U. g. Steel-were closed. Company spokesman reported that normal creWB had reported ct Colonial No. sA ard the Star Junction mine. They 'nornally employ l,736 and i8S .snlnSrs respectively.
 McClellandtown, Pa--Four state police sent to Red Lion when an .estinated 100 pickets blocked state highway I'll. Mine Foreman J. J. ,MalIoy said 200 reported for work ct Red Lion, but only 70 passed the picket line. Four state police assign ed to Romeo Mine after pickets al- ''legedly stoned returning workers. Cambria County-Despite vote of .T,500 Commercial miners to stage ''''sympatfy strike" JohnStown po- lice estimated that Sov mines erl. ,ploying normally about 5.40o were operating to some degree, while six Commercial mines were down. These employ 2,700 men at capacity. Johnstown, Pa.-Johnstown po- ..llce assigned to duty ct Rosedale captive mine of Bethlehem Steel Corp, where 100 miners reported for work today as compared with 300 yesterday. Quiet picketing by l50 discontinued temporarily while marchers had breakfast.
 Stock for 3 Weeks
 A survey indicated that tha steel mills owning the struck captive mines, on whose output they ere dependent if they are to continue manufacturing steel for guns, ships and tanks at full capacity, have coal stocks that will last not more than three weeks.
 The survey:
 Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company. enough coal for two or three weeks.
 Republic Steel, enough coal :or two or three weeks.
 Weirton Steel, must curtail pro- ducticn in 10 day
 Carnegie Illinois, Subsidiary of United States Steel Corporation,) must curtail production within few days to make coal stock last longer.
 American Steel and Wire Com pany, (U. s. Steel subsidiary,) enough coal for three weeks.
 Bethlehem Steel, enough coal for three weeks.
 Jones and Laughlin Steel Corpor- ation's position was uncertain. Un- like other steel makers. it nas granted the UNIV a closed shop, but three of its four captive mines were closed yesterday, not by Q strike, but by holiday" Whether khis holiday" will be continued sor khe duration of the strike against the other captive mines was not known.
 A survey indi.ated that the fol- 1ew'ng mines in Fayette County op. srated on a partial basis yesterday, despite the strike order: Buffing- ton Mine, Fairbanks, 800 normally employed, 100 worked; Colonial Mine, 0rindstone, 1000 normally employed, 2-0 worked: Crossland aGiEe. uniontown. l2S normally em-