Show CHILDREN JOIN MINE PICKETS UNIONTOWN Pa Aug 2 UP UP- UP Thousands of ot pickets including w women wo we- r men and ch children took stations today at coal mines still attempting to operate operate op op- op- op erate crate in the thc Pennsylvania strike area and leaders of both sides in the coal coalfield coalfield coalfield field dispute waited d tensely to see sec whether the pickets would keep an agreement to act peacefully and avoid disorder Rumors were that rebellious strikers strikers ers were arming armin despite the agreement agreement agree agree- ment of their leaders lenders circulated widely wide wide- ly y and the national guardsmen in inthe inthe inthe the area were ready for trouble Resentment Resentment Re Re- was high over the thc shooting of eleven men yesterday one fatally Several more mines were closed today today to to- day and the number of miners either on strike or idle because picketing had lad halted operations W was lS estimated at from to All H. H C Frick Coke company mines were closed Nine Pittsburgh Coal com corn pany jany pits in Allegheny and Washington Washing Washing- ton counties were reported closed overnight The agreement to picket peacefully was reached last ni night ht at a conference conference confer confer- ence of oe Governor Gifford Pinchot and United Mines Workers' Workers officers Representatives Rep of mine owners declined to attend Some observers doubted whether the strikers many not yet affiliated formally with the thc U U. M M. W. W A. A would feel bound by the pact but jut no violence W was lS reported during the early morning hours hour Yesterdays Yesterday's battles came when pickets sou sought ht to keep deputy sheriffs from rom entering mine properties |