New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1900-09-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Claim That There Will Be a
Complete Tie-Up in Anthra-
cite Regions.
CEMETERIES puuuINc cunpT uANnEn
cOLLIERlEs RUNNING SHORT HANDED.
Statement Issued from Headquarters
at Indianapolis. Giving the Miners
Side of the Controversy-COaI OPP
orator Pardee Declares Demands
of Miners Are Absurd.

of Miners Are Absurd.
Hazleton, Pa, Sept. 17.-Some of the
collieries in this region are running
short-handed because of the failure
of miners to report, whose supplies of
powder and other materials had run
out. President Mitchell is expected
here and as soon as he arrives he will
take personal charge of the strike.
He will be accompanied by a portion
of his office staff. +
busily preparing for the Inauguration
of the strike. Meetings have been ar
ranged in every town in the district
and final appeal will be made to the
men to obey the order of the national
president. &
-. Detectives Arriving.
Detectives are said to be arriving in
small numbers on every train and
fully $50 are reported in various
mines in this neighborhood. An agent
for a barbed wire company stated
Saturday that he had sold thousands
of pounds of wire to the operators.
This indicates that the mine will be
fenced in and barriers erected around
the breaker houses beyond which no
intruder would dare venture.
Important Conferences.
The first important conference of
strike leaders was held at Mine Work
ers' headquarters Saturday. Benja-
min James, Organizers COPYRIGHT
and Dempsey and President Duffy, of
district No. z, were present. At the
took place behind closed doors, Mr..
James said:
ION the basis of the numerous reliable
reports received by me from all parts of
the Hazleton region, I assert that there
will be complete tie-up on Monday morn
ing. Various statements have been given
out by the operators for the purpose Of
deceiving the men, but you can state posi-
lively that all hands will go out
Statement by Miners officials.
indianapolis, Ind, Sept. 17.~The
following statement to the public was
issued from the United Mine Workers.
headquarters Saturday:
Indianapolis, Ind, Sept Is, 190o-In view
of the lingering impression that seems to
exist in the public mind, that we are try
ing to force the coal companies to recog-
nize the United Mine Workers of America,
we desire to state that prior to the offer
of arbitration made by u.s. and before the
strike order was issued, we made the fol-
lowing proposition to the coal companies
through the services of an intermediary
Voluntarily offered q a -
pacity:
81. That the coal companies meet COM
mittees of their own employees in the same
town, on the same date, place and date to
be mutually. agreed upon.
$50. That, falling to accept the first propo-
taneously not later than September 20; that
on and after October /, the increase in
wages asked for be granted and the other
evils complained of remedied.
"Concerning the proposition to arbitrate,
an offer was made by the employees of the
coal companies and sent out from Halle
ton on September z, and following that the
half of the employees, sent telegram to
each of the railroad companies controlling
anthracite mines, offering to submit the
whole question to arbitration.
1.-The kilograms were sent from the Postal
telegraph Office at Indianapolis at 1915,
lIluudy, " eOHeSudy, september II, ana no
answer has yet been received, while the
order to strike would not take effect until
Monday, September II, giving ample time
to accept any proposition to arbitrate
(SigneO JOHN MITCHELL, Presi-
dent; w. B. WILSON, Secretary-Treasur-
er. United Mine Workers of America
Sixty Per Cent. May Strike.
Philadelphia, Sept. ia special to
the Evening Telegraph from Hazleton,
Pa, says: Judging from the best in
formation obtainable it is probable
that about so per cent Of the III, 900
miners employed in the anthracite coal
feldswill lay down their tools Saturday
night. Possibly the United Mine Work.
ers may develop greater strength than
this, but there are conservative judges
who predict that the strike will not at
tain to such formidable figures
Fear Sympathetic Strike.
Philadelphia, Sept. 17.-Now that
the coal market is face to face with q