The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-10
MAY YET ORDER A STRIKE.
PRESIDENT MTTCHELL MAY DO As HE
PLEASES IN the COAL REGION.

PLEASES IN n tOhh hs''O'
n NEGOTIATIONS Are Not satisfactory to Him.
He May Say the word and the strike WIZ
Occur-No Formal order Needed-coAl
ReEions Delighted That Trouble Is AVerted
for the Present y One wanted a strihe
Merchant. Fought IL
Coal Interests EEEed on the Agitator.'
IYpIASAPoLIs. Sept. e.-The meeting OF the
Executive Board Of the United Mine workers
came 70 an end at a late hour this evening ana
oil mnt,ers in connection with the troubles
in the anthracite districts Of Pennsyiyania
we're placed in the hands Of President
Mitchell with full power TO act. He Il
conducting rogotiations which were re-
fsrred 10 I'm the abatement Of last night and
IL T. left with him 70 decide when these negotIa-
tions shall cud. The board received a number
Of kilograms from the officers In the anthracite
regions late this afternoon. but said that they
we're not sufficiently numerous 20 give a corE'''
idea NJ the sentiment which had followed III"
reception Of the statement deferrins tte strike
though It was admitted that some OF the miners
approved the action Of the board. while others
did not.
". Is Wilson. observation-disclosures OF th7
board, said tonight that II would not require"
q formal order from the board TO start a strike
IN the anthracite regions, for the statement
issued lbSl uEll ~ l'Nh9
10 the same end. He said that the miners were
asked in thu statement to restrain themselves
for a few days and II negotiations failed the
board would approve the strike.
This means" snid he, that II will not re-
qulro an Official order u the men 10 strike,
hut "a soou as they are notified that neRotla-
tons have failed the order TO strike becomes
operative
He added hat the board could form no idea
~ the .rr t'at would he consumed In the
negotiation ard the duration would be depend
rnt rulro'y Htpn the circumstances
Trrd DIylrr, who {, in charge Of District
No T., h.. hero Tonight FOR his home In OHIO
and will - directly to scranton. Pa and will
he IN charge OF the strike In that district II one
Is ordered None II the members Of the board
expressed confidence IN an amlcable result Of
the pending ueRotiatl. Ms
HAzLEToN. Pa, Sept. 9..The nows 81 the
postponemcnt of tho strike declaration In the
Pennsylvania anthracite region was 80 dneN-
pected last night ls 10 cause the greatest SUR
prise. Up 10 the announcement Of this action
on the part Of the indianapolis, Junta by the
committee II was thought certain that the strike
order would issue from there in the course Of
the evening. be proclaimed here and go into
effect on Monday morning. The main thor
oughf4re Of the town was thronged all the
evening WIN groups ~ az - " ''HhlN'N'
of men eager to hear the news from the Western
city, for It ia felt universally that the district
officers Of the union are but men Of straw. pow
erless TO take any initiative or separate action
~ distinct from the head centre.
IL Is almost needless 10 say that the news
Of the postponement Of the strike and he rocom-
mendation made by the district committee
TINT the men go back To work az usual Oh Mon
day morning was received with great satis-
faction by the entire community Tor there are
few ii any here whose interests are not more
or less interviewer with the industry Of the mines
aud with tho majority their entire prosperity
depends upon It, II was felt moreover with
what Justification only further developments
can show. that a postpOnement meant au entire
collapse OF the strike movement n thi- rcglorD
When the first flush Of excitement and sur
prise at the news had however died away a
new question thrust Itself upon the public at
tenton. Why this sudden change Of front.
why this mysterious collapse of the intention
announced with so much fanfare Of trumpets
and heraldei with 80 much positivencss' Was
II because the local leaders had discovered
that q strik" declaration would be ohcy"t hv
only q small percentage OF the mIno workers,
or was there something deeper behind all this
strike movement? There has been a very
strong impression prevailing throughout tho
entire anthracite region ever since the incep-
ton OF the movement that there was politics
In II Of the Bryan brand. but there was nothing
tangible 10 the suspicion and nothing by which
It could be traced to any responsible source.
but 1t was generally bruited about. So the
announcement printed in THE SuS In an AL
lentown despatch to-day, while It created 30
great surprise. came in tho nature OF a con-
vincing corroboraton Of what had long been
only beloved.
II such a plot was really Matched out by
Bryanite politicians. II will do them no good in
the coal regions. On the oou'-ary, its exposure
will act as the very wOrstkf- { a boomerang,
for. people are already herrauout- asking them
selves what kind Of a party Is this that will
resort TO 80 dastardly a measure as 20 plunge
n large part Of the state into the inevitable
misery attendant upon a prOtracted strike
for a problernatical garnerlng Of votes. In
stead. therefore, Of the plot gaining Demo-
cratic votes, Il will have just the opposite effect.
IL will cost the party thousands That the
exposure Of the plot. however. has frightened
the Democratic politicians is evidenced by the
sudden precipitation upon this community
to-day OF a special commissioner" Of a New
York newspaper. II was thought that this
man was out West whipping Illinois into line
for Bryan. so his bobbins up here was rather
q surprise. just why he was ordered here be
doesn't seem exactly 70 know himself.
On Monday evening there is to be a meeting
Of the radical element In Lattimer to com
memorate the Lattimer massacre on Sept.
10, 1881" as the circulars which were given out
ON the streets here last night read.
Meanwhile the coliery whistles will blow as
usual tomorrow morning and thousands of
mon VIII again take up their toll, glad to be asIq
10 do so,
B%TTuNuSoUs CoM MPv AFTER THE EAST.
wuKEs-RARRE, Pa. Sept o The Wyoming
Valley awoke this morning in fear that n gem
eTal strike OF the members Of the United Mine
Workers had been ordered late last night by
the Executive Committee in session since Sept.
Q in Indianapolis. but a glance at the headlines
OF this morning. papers reaSsured everybody
that IL was at least postponed. IL not altogether
averted. The real facts Of the origin Of the
trouble have never before been properly and
honestly laid before the world. but the time
IL now ripe to put the responsibility where il
properly belongs. Although there I. no que--
ton that the miners have grievances, they
are Of long standing and not adjustable in a
moment and can only be- arranged 10y Joint
agreement " employers and employed acting
In pnuCprt MOI nv my arbitrary pt,rf.-,r,, |