The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-08
PAT DOLANS TRIUMPH
DELEGATES GO UNTRAMMELED
FROM PITTSBURG.
The IRISHMAN'S ELOQUENT SPEECH
He viii Attempt To Day to Bring the Extreme
..as4a. Smty-Nine Gents Men to the Con-
templated Compromise of
Sixty-FWe Cents.

Pittsburg, Pa, September THE con-
vention of mine workers today to select
delgates to the Columbus convention to-
morrow was one of the largest ever held
and probably has not been before equal
led in excitement and Importance. Inc
future of thousands of miners, their
wives and children, depended on the lc-
ton of the gathering. Although the
rank and file of the delegates seemed I'M
bued with the idea that the operators
were ready to throw up their hands ami
pay the 60 cent rate demanded by the
strikers, President Patrick Dolan, by eX-
ceIlent diplomacy, tact and perseverance,
kept them so we'll within bounds that the
delegates frim this district will go to Co
lumbus with instructions to use their
discretion in the settlement OF the dlHl-
Guilty. President DOlan was well aware
that if the delegates went to the Column
bus convention instructed to hold out for
the sixty-nine cent rate, another strug-
gle. more bitter than ever, with hunger
and starvation for many, was imminent.
To him almost alone belongs the credit
Of having the delegates go unhampered
by resolutions and free to act as they
think best for the good Of the miners of
the Pittsburg district. Dolan's idea was
to have the delegates go to Columbus un-
trammeled, where they could consult
with delegates from other States and
with the national officials. He intimated
that there would he many questions and
facts to be considered that have as yet
not appeared on the surface.
From another source it has been learn
ed that Dolan will make big fight to-
morrow ON behalf of the mining industry
of Western Pennsylvania. 1t is stated
that at the conference with the operators
Mt Columbus last week, he was apprised
of certain facts which led him to believe
that not only the operators, but the min
ers OF this district have been discriminate
ed against and fight will be made for
Justice and fairness. Whether or not the
entire battle win be fought out is an
open question, but it is known that the
basis for a permanent settlement in the
Pittsbnrg district next December will be
we'll defined and thoroughly understood
tomorrow. If the issues are too finely
draw it is intimated that there will be
n secession from the national organiza-
ton by the Pittsburg district
Dolan will use every endeavOr to
bring the convention in line for the ac-
ceptance of the compromise rate and
knows he has a task confronting him.
Many delegates from other States, nota-
bly, Illinois and Ohio, will go into the
convention tomorrow with q determine
ton to hang out for the sixty-nine cent
rate in spite of the wish of the national
officers. Dolan knows this. and in order
to have his own district with him he sue
ceeded in choking off resolution en-
bodying the rate question by one of the
most eloquent speeches ever heard in
City Hall.
The following delgates at large were
| elected:
Thomas Kenny, Thomas Chatway,
Paul Trimmer, Jacob Afolder, Frank
McKenna.
District delegates were elected as fol-
lows:
Patrick Dolan, Henry Walker, William
Doods, j. M. Hindmarsh, William Mil
Ter, Charles Laired, jeremiah La Vanche,
JOS. Rae, William George, William War
ner, John O'Neal, Cameron Miller, John
Driscoll, Peter Sample and d. G. Blew.
The delegates left tonight over the
Panhandle for Columbus in the best
frame of mind