The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-09-08
SECRET SESSION.
National Board of United Mine
Workers Meets Early.
No Change Has Yet Appeared in
Strike Situation.

Indianapolis Ind, Sept. S.-The ma
tional board of the United Mine workers
resumed it's secret session at $3.50 o'clock
today Before the meeting the board
members said that the situation had not
changed during the night. No disposition
has been manifested by the operators to
meet any of the demands made by the
miners through either the national Off
GERS or the district officers in the an
thracite region.
The presidents of districts No. /, and
9-an anthracite-are at Hazleton, Pa,
the center Of the field and so far as Is
known in Indianapolis. no answer to the
appeal issued last night by these three
presidents-Thomas D. Nicholas, John
Fahy and Thomas Duffy-has been made
by the opera tors. The utmost secrecy
attended the board meeting today. Be-
fore noon President Mitchell said:
Nothing has been done. No strike
order has been issued. 1t is highly pro-
bable that there will be no statement is
sued by our board before this evening
The situation remains as it was last
night
The fact that the board met one hour
and half earlier than it did yesterday
is taken as an indication that grave pro-
blems are to be solved today.
The great strike order of 1897, which
called out 10, 900 miners, was issued on
bo01A0dy, uly 1t SSGfi1S probable IQG
great anthracite strike is ordered the or
der will go into effect late Saturday
night or Sunday morning.
The board members ridicule the stories
in circula ton that lobby of business
men from the east has been in Indianap-
oils trying to prevent a strike order
Nobody has called on the board for such
a purpose.
OPERATORS WILL FIGHT.
Hazelton, Pa, Sept S.-Efforts are still
being made here to bring about a set
tlement of the impending strike. John
Fahey and Thomas Duffy, members of
the executive board of the three anthra.-
cite mining districts are in conference
with closed doors with Father Phillips,
but they have nothing to give out for
publication. Father Maloy of Audenried
and General Superintendent Richards
and Division Superintendent Hadesty,
of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal COM
pany, held a four hours consultation
this morning, but they refused absolute
ly to say what had been done 1t is
surmised, however, that the conference
BILE which may arise at the L4ehigh and
Wilkesbarre cOmpany'S collierieS at
Audenried and Honey Brook.
It was learned later that Father Ma
10y urged upon the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre officials the desira bility of con-
ferring with the United Mine Workers
but General Manager Richards refused
to accept any such proposal. The COM
pany will deal only with it's own men.
The United Mine Workers are said to
be we'll organized at the collierieS con-
trolled by this company. The refusal of
the Lehigh and Wfikesbarre company to
recognize the mine workers with whose
committees the officials conferred fire.
quently during the strike here three
years ago and through whom the trOu-
BILE at Audenried and Honey Brook was
settled is taken as an indication that
the operators are now determined to op-
pose the union to the bitter end.