Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1900-09-13

The Anthracite Miners May Be
Called Out Tomorrow.
PRESIDENT MITCHBLLS VIEW.
Leader of The United Wine workers
Organization Says That the Strike
Order seems Vow JnavoidabIc-Thc
Men Confident of victory.


Hazleton. Pa. Sept. Benjamin
James etata1 '9st night that the United
Min u-.agrs would not back down,
and that the only outcome would be a
strike or a satisfactory adjustment of
the miners grievances. Father Phil
lips left yesterday afternoon for Phil
adelphia and Washington. While he
refused tC say that his mission was to
confer with the officers of the National
Federation Of Labor at the capital, it is
believed here that he will make fur
ther efforts to have the trouble in the
anthracite coal fields settled in an am
icable manner. There is rumor
afioat that Father Phillips has had a
conference with President Mitchell in
Philadelphia.
1t is reported that about 125 men en-
plOyed at the Scotch Valley cOlliery,
Is miles from Hazleton and inaCces-
sible by either telephone or telegraph,
have gone out on strike for higher
wages. They are not members of the
United Mine Workers organization
and it is expected that the trouble will
be settled in a few days.
The superintendents of the Mineral
company and of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron company, at
Shamokin, were notified from their re-
spective executive headquarters yes
terday afternoon that if the men at
the Cameron, Burnside and Henry Clay
collieries go on strike in sufficient
number to cause the operations to be
closed down, then the mules and iron
shall be taken from the operations and
the latter be abandoned. For some
time the collieries had not been pay
ing investments. according to state
ments by the companies. If the three
operations are shut down 5000 men
and boys will be thrown out of en-
plOyment.
National Organizer Fred Dilcher, OF
the United Mine Workers, arrived at
Scranton yesterday direct from the ses-
sion of the national executive board in
indianapolis. and after learning from
District President Nichols and Secre-
tary Dempsey of the unrest and NUT
terings of discomfort regarding the de-
lay of the strike order, framed and
gave out a statement in which he says:
Il ask all men to be patient and to
not discuss your matters on the street,
but do your business in your hall,
which is the proper place. So please
remain at work until called upon to
stop, and then let all quit and remain
idle until your rights have been grant
ed and justice done to all.
The matter is now absolutely in the
hands of President Mitchell, to whom
was delegated all the power necessary
to act in behalf Of the board. No man
can yet say what that action will be,
but we have confidence enough to know
that not until the very last effort at
concliation fails will there be a move
on his part not inconsistent with the
situation"
How about the funds for the sup
port of the men?" he was asked.
THAT is a matter about which we are
not yet bothered" responded Mr. Dill
cher I'VE will dispose of that when
the actual necessity arrives. There is
no condition yet which demands of us
any levy, and the present conditions
are substantially provided for We con-
troll absolutely the bituminous region
and not a pound of coal therefrom will
be allowed to enter into competition
with the anthracite market if any con-
flict results"