The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-06

The employees of nearly all the Della
ware, Lackawanna and Western col
lieries were polled yesterday to as
certain whether or not they favor
strike, and over eighty per cent. of
the men are against such a PROPOSE
tion, it is asserted. Many of
the men said, however that If
a strike is ordered by the eX-
ecutive board of the United Mine
Workers of America they will go out.
The details of the vote could not be
learned last night as no official re-
ports were made. superintendent
Ioomis is expected at his office today,
when the committee from the Lacka-
wanna union. who are to present
request for a 10 per cent. increase in
wages. is expected to wait upon the
Superintendent.
a large number of the grocerymen
and general storekeepers in this city
and up and down the valley are pre-
pairing to close their doors In the
event of a strike. 1t would be bust
ness suicide for them, they say, to at
tempt to continue in business, for
they would be unable to get more than
thirty days credit from the whole
salers.
Anticipating that the national eX-
ecutive board at it's meeting today in
indianapolis will sanction the appli-
cation for authority to strike, the
district boards of the United Mine
Workers have called a meeting Cor
tomorrow at Hazleton to make one
final effort to gain concessions from
the operators.
T. y. Nichols, Of Nanticoke, presi-
dent of the local district, was in
Scranton last night, comforting with
Secretary John T. Dempsey, and Will
this morning leave for Hazleton,where
a preliminary meeting of the district
presidents is to be held this after
noon. All the other officers of the
district boards will likely be called
to the meeting tomorrow.
Secretary Dempsey. when seen last
night at the United Mine Workers
headquarters at 215 Lackawanna
avenue. stated that he had not heard
anything from Indianapolis, but was
satisfied that nothing could come of
today's meeting of the national ex-
ecutive board other than an order to
proceed with the strike. The only
thing that can prevent a strike, Mr..
Dempsey said is an acceptable offer
from the operators. If that doesn't
come before Saturday. there will be
a total tie-up of the anthracite work
ings in the Lackawanna, Wyoming
and Lehigh regions.
Mr.. Dempsey could not say what
means would be adopted by the local
boards in their final effort to gain
the concessions. That matter would
he discussed by the district presidents
today and acted upon at tomorrow S
meeting of the district boards.
1t is not altogether certain that
this meeting of the district boards
will be held, Secretary Dempsey
says. The district presidents may
conclude that it would be all in vain
and simply let affairs take their course
They are disposed, however, to hold
the meeting and it is safe to say. ac-
cordng to Secretary Dempsey, that II
there is anything to encourage the
hope of a settlement the meeting will
be held.
President John Fahy, of District No
.. called Secretary Dempsey by phone
last evening and asked him to con.
tradict the statement sent out from
Hazeton that a poll had been taker
20 per cent. of them had declared
themselves opposed to a strike. The
proportions were just the other way
President Fahy would have it stated
Thmomas Duffy, of McAdoo, presi
dent of District No. Z, in a telephon,
communication with Secretary Demp
sey, made a claim similar to that O.
President Fahy.
AS to the feeling in this district
Secretary Dempsey made the state
mcnt that at a meeting last night o
Local Union No. S62, of the United
Mine Workers, embracing all the mel
and boys of the Manville colliery,
resolution was unanimously adopted
declaring that the union, to a man
would obey any order that come from
the executive board meeting.
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