Show COAL MINERS IDLE ON ORDER ORDER OF- OF UNION IN THE ANTHRACITE REGION SCRANTON Pa May lIay 12 President President Mitchell of of th tha United 1 Workers Mine Workers stated this morning that the up tie-up in the three anthracite districts Is Approximately men and boys are idle An official of the Delaware Lackawanna na Western railroad said today that that corpor corporation had no intention of re resorting resorting resorting re- re sorting to a lockout We Ve do not intend to Irritate the men and the other companies are of the same mind he added The situation is now in in the hands of the miners Wednesday it will wilt be in our hands Wo Vo appreciate the fact that John Mitchell d does es not pot want a a. strike Neither do the companies WIIl w do not want wanta a tight fight we will Rive give Ive the all th the fight they desire if they that there is isto to be one J ib From the same official source c comes the announcement that the Delaware Lackawanna Lackawanna Lack Lack- awanna Western company has stopped selling coal Not ot a carload has b been en shipped since Saturday dAny order must t now be approved by the h head ad of the coal department before being filled The other companies have nave taken similar similar- action and It Is 15 believed a coal famine wilI speedily result If the suspension is made perman permanent perma perma- n nent nt on Wednesday The election of instructed delegates delegates' is in progress Mr Mitchell went to Wilkes Wilkes- barre harre last night but he le said there was no noSI SI in t the trip dt Jr The Diamond d and Bellevue coal wash- wash 0 eries cries owned by the Lackawanna company com corn pany pany are working today They turn out 1700 tons of washed coal when all of the themen men are at work but they are working short handed toda today j jA A number of ot locals met this morning i and instructed their delegates to favor a aI astrike I strike but despite this action there is a 0 growing belief that this district will be bei i considerably divided on the strike issue |