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Show STRIKERS STAY UNDERGROUND HAZLETON, Pa, Feb. M CP Sixty three hard coal minora, protecting pro-tecting they had not been paid, remained re-mained deep in a Wolfe Collleriea company mine at near-by Oneida for the eecond day today while company com-pany official arranged to distribute current wagea they aald war five daya overdue. Bunched around ateam plpea for warmth oa lave la SM and bOO feet below tha aurfaca, the miner aent up word, however, that they Intended In-tended to atay underground until they alao received back pay they contended waa. due them .for more than a year from a prevloua company com-pany regime. Tha preaent operating concern waa organised a year ago through bankruptcy proceeding. Tha miner, compriaing the day force, announced their demanda at the end of the afternoon ahlft yaatarday. yaa-tarday. A almilar number of men on the night ahlft reported for work laat night, but were aent home by company official. Min Superintendent Superin-tendent Peter Boyle aald no attempt would be mada to operate the work-Inge work-Inge until tha laau waa aettled. The workera alept laat night on plank gathered from varloua parte of the mine. Some were In a ateam heated medical tat ion, while other I... lift .k. n.laa .tun. w W B V - - . - i plpea to keep warm. State Mine Inspector William J. Bottomley aald aft a trip into tha ahaft that tha men ware well auppliad with food. With one exception, tha men were l.fnrn. A t ha u -nnM Imu anvthln they desired to add to their comfort. com-fort. Liquor wa barred. Meanwhile, Mean-while, fellow workera and frlenda outside gathered auppllee for them. |