The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-08
BIG STRIKE SEEMS CERTAIN
$4,000 COAL MINERS MAY GO OUT
TODAY.

All Indications Are That the Word VIII
be Given Before the Time Limit Ex-
pires- Meeting of the Executive Com
mittec of the United Mine Workers
Statement by President HIitcheiI-Both
Sides Confident.
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept 7,-Under the
constitution of the United Mine Work
ers of America, the executive board
must decide before 6 o'clock tomorrow
night on the application Of the districts
embraced in the anthracite region Tor
permission to strike.
Indications tonight are that before
the time limit has expired messages
will have been sent to the presidents
of the three districts in question an
nouncing that the permission has been
granted. Following these messages
will be others ordering men out of the
mines. The question Of ordering the
strike was not submitted to a vote at
the meeting of the executive board
which was in session here all day. Ex-
pressions were heard from the members
Of the board as to the advisablity of
ordering a strike and, after a day spent
in discussing the situation and hear
ing the views of the board members
President Mitchell said tonight: Il
said some time ago that in my opinion
there would be big strike. After
talking with my colleagues all day
have no reason to change my opinion
This assertion is considered very sig
nificant at this time and Is taken as
ian assurance that unless conditions
change very materially before to-nor-
row night the big anthracite strike will
be a question Of but few hours.
A report has crcula ted here to-day
that committee of eastern business
men, whose interests are vitality con-
cerned in the outcome Of the strained
situation had waited on the operators
of the anthracite region in an effort to
bring about a wage conference and
thus avoid a strike.
President Mitchell Vice President
Lewis and other officers Of the mine
workers tonight denied any knowledge
of such a meeting and put little ere
dence in the reports In so far as
actual results are concerned, the situa-
ton is practically the same as yester-
day. The deliverations to-day were for
the purpose of putting the board in
possession of such facts as must neces-
sarily enter into their consideration be-
fore strike can be ordered, The facts
embraced are these: Will the men
strike? How can the half million peo-
pie be maintained during the strike?
Can the bituminous districts prevent
coal from being diverted to aid the an
thracite operators? All have been sat-
isfactorly answered.
If all the 143,0O0 men go out 1t is ar
gued by mine workers officials that the
strike can be won In thirty days. There
is it Is said, plenty of aid in sight to
the strikers and their families.
The organizers and officials of the BIZ
luminous districts have been called here
and all report favorably ON the ability
to prevent diversion Of coal
1t requires majority vote of the
board to grant permission to strike. No
vote has been taken, In the event of
the majority of the members of the
board vote In favor of the strike, tele-
grams announcing the decision will be
sent to T. d. Nichols of Nanticoke, Pa;
John Fahy, Shamokin, Pa, and Thom-
as Duffy of Kullayres, Pa; presidents
of districts Nos. /, 8 and respectively,
to the effect that the men in their dis
tricts have been given permission to
strike, The men will then be ordered
out by President Mitchell, who will i'm
depart for the region to take
supervision of the strike Sew
eral members of the executive board
will, in all probability, accompany Mr..
to lend their assistance