The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-08
DOLAN ABLE TO INFLUENCE MIN
ERS OF THE PITTSBURG
DISTRICT.
UNRESTRICTED DELEGATION
EVERYTHING POINTS To THE END
OF THE LONG COAL
STRIKE.
SHARES THIS VIEW.
Means Nine Million Dollars to
the Striking Men.

PITTSBURG, Pa, Sept. 1.-THE con-
vention of mine workers today to Sc
lect delegates to the Columbus conven-
ton tomorrow was one of the largest
ever held and probably has not been
equaled in excitement and Importance.
The future of thousands Of miners,
their wives and children, depended on
the action of the gathering. Although
the rank and file Of the delegates were
imbued with the idea that the operators
were ready to throw up thir hands and
pay the 69-cent rate demanded by the
strikers, President Pat Dolan, by excel
lent diplomacy, tact and perseverance,
kept the miners so well within bounds,
that the delegates from this district
will go to Columbus with instructions
to use their discretion in the settlement
of the difficulty
President DoIan was we'll aware of
the fact that if the delegates went to
the Columbus convention instructed to
hold out for the 69-cent rate, another
strike more bitter than ever, with hum
ger and starvation for many was i'm
minent. 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 untrammeled, where
they would consult with delegates from
other states and with the national Of
f1cials. He intimated that there would
be many questions to be considered
that have as yet not appeared en- the
surface
From another source it has been
learned that Dolan will make a big
fight tomorrow on behalf of the mining
industry Of Western Pennsylvania. 1t
is stated that at the conference with
the operators at Columbus last week
he was apprised of certain facts which
led him to believe that not only the OPP
orators but the miners of this district
have been Disseminated against, and
a fight will be made for justice and
fairness. Whether or not the entire
battle will be fought out is an open
question, but it is known that the basis
for a permanent settlement in the
Pittsburg district next December will
be we'll defined aud thoroughly under
stood tomorrow. If the issues are too
finely drawn, it is intimated that there
Will be secession from the natlOnal
organization by the Pittsburg district.
By many this move seems probable.
Dolan will use every endeavor to
bring the convention into line for the
acceptance of the compromise rate, and
knows he has a task confronting him.
Many delegates from other states, not
ably Illinois and Ohio, will go into the
convention, tomorrow with a determi-.
nation to hang out for the 69-cent rate.
in spite of the wish of the national
officers. Dolan knows this, and in or
der to have his own district with him,
he succeeded in choking off a resolu-
ton embodying the rate question by
one of the most eloquent speeches ever
heard in the city hall, and gained the
victory he fought for.
The following delegates at large were
elected Thomas Kennedy, Thomas
Chatway, Paul Trimmer, Jacob Afolder
and Frank McKenna. District dele
gates were elected as follows: Patrick
Dolan, Henry Walker, William Goods,
J. W. Hindmarsch, William Miller,
Charles E. Laird, jeremiah La Vanche,
Joseph Rae, William George, William
Warner John O'Neill, Cameron Miller,
John Driscoll, Peter Sample and D. c.
Blue.
The delegates left tonight for Colum-
bus in the best frame of mind.