Show i MORE MEN QURT WORK I I Total Number of MineWorkers Who 1 Have Laid Down Their Tools Aggregates 118000 I II I I I J iYkSS There is a Break in the t Ranks of Either Operator or Striker I I it Appears This Morning that a Third Party Will Haves to Step into Breach and Try and Bring the Two Forces Together 7 To-gether I I I I I S Hazclton Pa Scpt lSThe second c L day of the anthracite coal strike has f l failed to bring forth anything that woud lead to the coming together of I the mineowners and the strikers Unless I Un-less there Is n break in the ranks of I cither it seems tonight that a third i party wl have to step into the breach ana try to bring the two forces together I to-gether President Mitchell In his statement on the situation throughout the entire anthracite region estimates that about 6000 additional mineworkers laid down I their tools today making a total of 318000 mineworkers Idle IN FAVOR OF STRIKERS T Today was entirely devoid of Important f1 import-ant developments In this district and uia the little change In the situation was In favor of the strikers I was estimated i yesterday that of 16000 mineworkers In the Hazelton district about SOOO did not resume work President Mitchell I in his estimate however raised these t figures to lOOpO Careful reports received i re-ceived from every mining town In the j r region today warrant the estimate that more than 1000 addItional men did not i go Into the mines this morning Not one operator was reported to have increased i in-creased his working force over that of I i ± yesterday i All was quiet In Hazclton today with Ii the exception of a few petty cases of Lrcach of the peace A crowd of mineworkers mine-workers Cumbering about 100 marched from MCidoo through the south side today to-day hut caused no trouble At Jeans i vlllc seventyfive men fled upon their approach Tonlphts meetings the z HtrlkcrB wcro held at eight different points In this vicinity L1 PRESIDENT MITCHELLS STATEMENT STATE-MENT The following statement was Issued t tonight by President Mitchell on behalf be-half of the striking mineworkers Reports received 4U our office from districts No 3JT and p of the anthracite I anthra-cite coal region show that there haVes have-s been great accessions to the ranks of Jrct the strikers today In district No 7 i Hazelton rcgloti not less than 1500 I1 mineivorken who mined yesterday failed to report for work this morning thus increasing the total number of men on strike from 10000 to 11500 today In district No 3 i Schuylklll our 3 forces have been augmented by 1500 mineworkers In addition to the 30000 reported yesterday The situation in district No 1 Lackawanna Is practically the same j as the ilrit day of the strike only 200 men remaining at work Total number J of men idle 118000 From every section of the anthracite anthra-cite region reports Indicate that much dissatisfaction prevails among those who have up to this time failed to participate if par-ticipate In the strike and we confidently confident-ly expect that the number at work will f grow less with each succeeding day until un-til closed the mines shall be completely |