Woodville Republican

The Lehigh Region. Pardee & Co. and Coxe Bros. & Co. Still Idle.

Wilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 27.--There are more mines in operation in the anthracite region now than at any time since May 12 last, when the strike began. The Lehigh region continues to be the barren spot. The employes of Pardee & Co., and Coxe Bros. & Co., are still idle. The Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Coal Co. started up its collieries in the Lehigh region Monday. Ninety-five per cent. of the mines in the Wyoming and Lackawanna region are now in operation, and there will be a large increase in the output. The output in the collieries at the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western company, and the Delaware & Hudson company, will be especially heavy. In some of the mines there are many difficulties to be overcome. Falls are of frequent occurrence, and this retards mining.

IN THE HAZLETON DISTRICT.
Seven Additional Collieries Have Resumed Operations.

Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 27.-Operations were resumed, Monday, at seven additional collieries in the Hazleton district. The Lehigh & Wilkesbarre company took back most of its former employes. Room has not yet been found for all the strikers at the C. Pardee workings. At Beaver Brook all the old hands were reinstated. The Coxe employes at Beaver Meadow were not required to sign any agreement, but all who applied for their old positions had to do so as individuals.

The Coxe Bros.' officials announce that this will be the procedure at all of their mines.

SENDING COAL TO MARKET.
The Reading Company Preparing to Send Coal to Market.

Reading, Pa., Oct. 27.-The Reading company has sent to market comparatively little anthracite coal since Saturday. By Monday night, it was expected, however, that considerable coal would be en route from the mines owned and operated by the Reading company.

Monday crews were out delivering the light cars to the various collieries in operation, and everything about the region is again assuming a businesslike air.

STRUCK A SNAG AT TAMAQUA.
Miners Refuse to Work Unless Tabooed Men are Taken Back.

Tamaqua, Pa., Oct. 27.-Park Place colliery, operated by Lentz & Co., situated between Mahanoy City and Delano, did not resume Monday, owing to the fact that the operators refused to take back 15 union men discharged, because of the claim that they were ringleaders in the disturbance which occurred during the strike. The union held a meeting, and the members decided, by a unanimous vote, to stay out unless these men were reinstated.

This strike affects nearly 1,000 men and boys.

It Gives More Men Work.

Pottsville, Pa., Oct. 27.-The repair shops of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co., which have been operating on half-time since the beginning of the coal strike, have resumed on full time. Nearly 1,000 hands were suspended owing to the strike, and more than 600 of those have returned to work.