New-York tribune., 1900-09-08
MINERS MAKING READY FOR STRIKE.
WILL SEEK TO HAVE AS MANY MEN AS
POSSIBLE GO oUT-sTRIKERs TO
GET NO CREDIT.

Wilkesbarre. Penn. Sept. (Special)-Mass meet
ings Of the miners OF this region are to be held
on Saturday night and Sunday, as the final effort
Of the labor leaders 10 prepare the men for the
big strike which it Is expected will be ordered to-
morrow night and will go into effect on Monday
morning.
The leaders are making great effort TO get
majority Of the union to strike on the time
fixed. because much Of the success of the strike
depends upon the showing made on the first day.
Many Of the men holding back and not ex-
pressing their intentions until they can see what
others do A good percentage declare they Will not
strike unless they have 10 do so.
Theodore Struzynski. Editor Of the "Gornik CThe
NinerO Of this city the official paper of the for
eign element in the region, said that the Poles
are almost to a man opposed TO the strike 1hls
was confirmed when 4 number Of Polish employees
of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre company formed
q society. expressed their disapproval Of a strike
and announced their intention Of continuing work.
In the Hazleton and Shamokin regions there are
many who oppose the strike, and the leaders are
now endeavoring TO whip these into line
A last effort OF the union get the operators to
meet with union officials has failed, and to-day
suggestion that the troubles be referred TO a
board Of arbitration ignored by the operators
DESPITE the efforts Of the Rev. Father E. s. Phillips.
o4 Hazleton 10 convince them It was the best
thing for the region The operators reply was
that they have defined their position and viii not
recede from it. The union leaders thereupon issued
the following statement:
ers OF America of the anthracite coal helds OF
PENNSYLVANIA having exhausted every effort 10
induce the operators to meet Us in frlendly con-
ference for the regulation Of a fair days Work
and all other points at issue DO hereby agree 70
submit our case TO honest arbitration as enjoined
by the constitution Of our organization as 1oI-
lows: ITO all honorable means to maintain
peace between ourselves and employers, adjusting
and conciliation that strikes may become unneces-
sary. u y. y \ NISIiGIt12, ~ ILL e.,
-z-.. THOMAS DUFFY,
President District No. Z.
JOHN FAHEY,
President District No. 9.
A careful canvass Of the retail and wholesale
merchants shows that the strikers will get aid
from them and that they will do their best to end
the strike as quickly possible Their expert
ence ir former strikes has taught them that the
business depression resulting is most trying; that
merchants have given the strikers credit have
failed and that those who did not fail were rarely
paid because the average miner only makes
enough to live on each month. This time the mer
chants will give no credit. The note Of opposition
10 the strike sounded by the Boards OF Trade
throughout the region is being echoed by both re-
tail and wholesale dealers, and the striker who
cannot pay cash viii get goods. The whole
sale houses Will refuse credit 10 the retail men,
end they TO the strikers. The operators look upon
this movement being the heaviest blow the
strikers could receive. The trouble at the Hall
stead Mine yesterday was settled to-day and the
to work.
Men from the soft coal region already com
ing here go to work. Two from Illinois arrived
to-day, and they expect several thousand men
viii leave this region for the soft coal field. The
applications of for union transfer cards
the btumlnOus district