The Portland daily press., 1900-09-10
Influences at Work to Bring About
Settlement.
Officials Decline to Say
What It is.
IntercessiOn of Political Party
Not Asked For.

Indianapolis, Ind, September 8 The
national executive board Of the United
Mine Workers of America adjourned sine
die today without promulgating formal
endorsement of the application of the
miners Of the anthricite districts for per-
mission to strike At the close of the ses-
sion President j ohm Mitchell said:
''There is practically no change in the
situation since last night. II the operators
do not meet the demands within a given.
the strike will be ordered upon the en-
Idorsement Of Secretary Wilson and my
self.
whether the time allowed Is five days
or longer, 1 decline to say. AS set. out in
our statements OF yesterday, influences
are at work to bring about a setJlelnan
without ordering the men 80 lay down
their tools.
81 must again decline to say what these
influences are for the reason that making
this Inf rmat1On public. would at once
destroy their effectiveness
If there are any political influences at
work, L know nothing Of them and
do not think it has come to the knoWI.
edge Of the board members 1t would
be very bad policy for the national Offi-
tercesslOn Of any political party and this
most certainly has not been done, We
are simply trying to get for the miners OF
our organization and those not affiliated
with u.s. honest wages.
AS soon as he arrived at his Office this
morning, President Mitchell sent word
to the telegraph offices that if any mes
sages had been received for him during
the night, they be delivered at his office.
After waiting a reasonable time for re-
Spouse the board was called TO order. No
messages came and this is taken as an in
dicati0n that negotiations are still pend
ing.
0p to the time the members OF the
board left the office of the president there
had been no communication with the
leaders in the anthracite regions,
STRIKE ARDOR COOLING.
Scranton, Pa, septemb Der 9.-The im-
preston prevails here that the delay of
the national executive board OF the
United Mine Workers in ordering a strike
will be promptly followed by strike
order In the next Few days, The delay
has, it is said. had the effect OF cooling
the strike ardOr of the mine workers very
perceptibly.
HAZLETON APPROVES.
Hazleton, Pa, September 8 The re-
suit of the national executive board Of
annapolis, in declining to declare strike
involving the miners OF the entire An
bhracite coal fields until futher efforts
at Cancellation, h ave been made is taken
among the mine workers here as an
Indication Of level headedness on the
part of the leaders and they are now
confident that the way is open for bring
ing about a Sc ttlement through arbitra-
ton, although only few Of the many
operators who would be affected by
strike have agreed thus far to that
proDosition, The operators on the other
strike as meaning that the leaders do
not yet consider the anthracite field
strongly organized to force them to
grand the demands made by the re-
cent HazletOn convention and unless
q great chance has occurred IN their at
titude, they Will not arbitrate or mako
any concession regardless OF the de-
cision of the national board to hold OF
and give more time for an adjustment
of the trouble, Patrick Duffy, John
Fahey and Il. d. Nichols, composing
the executive board or the United mine
workers Of the anthracite field, did moth
| ing today and tonight and all left for
their homes This is taken to Indicate
that all efforts for settlement on the
part of the board have been given up
unless the operators agree within the
next "a hours to a pTODosibIon for sub
mitting the miners grievances to arb1-
tration.
The mine workers organizers sta
toned hero were busy This afternoon
addressing meetings where locals have
been established and Ins organizing new
ones so as ito 30 fully prepared Tor car
ry1ng out 8 strike order providing work
| to that effeoG is received within tbs
next few days from indianapolis
Meetings were hello at Harleigh, Sandy
Run, Highland, Beaver Meadow and Col
Grain.