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Show THE mm$ AT CASTLE GATE Two Hundred Miners and Seventy fDny Men" at Work in Them Seventy Coke Ovens Running'. (Special to The Tribune.) CASTLE QAT13. I'eb. 2S. The only noise ln this important point of the coal strike Is the hum and buzz of tho wheels of industry. Thoro aro now 200 mjners and 75 day men at work in the mlnoa. I am Informed by reliable parties that the. new men are doing oxcecdlngly well. The company has sixteen men, experienced experi-enced miners, constantly teaching and protecting tho new men in their new work. A numbor of tho miners told mc, In personal conversation, that if a man would stick to tho work for a month, he would like his Job and continue in It, but they say the first few woeke is very hard on them. SOME BILKS. Many loafers havo taken advantage of tho company by getting trcnsportatlon, board and merchandise from the store and then decamping for llclds unknown, but as a general thing reliable men are satisfied with their work and treatment. No accident has occurred either in tho mine or on tho outside of It since December Decem-ber 21, 1003. Twenty-five armed guards patrol the yards dny and night. COKE OVENS. ; There arc now seventy coke ovens In operation and others are being lighted as fast as possible. By March 1st over 100 will be In .full blast. K. OF P. HALL. Eagle lodge No. 13. Knights of Pythias, has a lino castle hall, and during all tho trouble and chaos a number of the leading lead-ing members havo never relaxed thoJr energies en-ergies ln teaching the cardinal principles of the order, friendship, charity and benevolence. Tho lodgo has ben a great factor toward to-ward harmonizing tho clashing elements. Last ovening twelve were given Instructions Instruc-tions ln tho first rank, and from ton to fifteen will be raised to tho second rank tonight at a special meeting for the pur-I pur-I po?e. |