The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-09-10
STRIKE HELD IN ABEYANCE
LEADEDS OF THE MINERS, HOW-
EYER, Still DETERMINED.

Strike VIII be Ordered Eventually I'm.
less the Operators Yield-Prestden1
Mitchell Declines to Say What the
Influences That Are Working for
a asettlement-Does Not Know That
| They Are Political,
indianapolis, Ind Sept 9.--The ma
! tiona executive board of the United
Mine Workers of America adjourned
sine die to-day without promulgating a
formal endorsement of the application
of the miners of the anthracite districts
for permission to strike. At the close
of the session President John Mitchell
said:
"There is practically no change in the
situation since last night. If the oper-
ators do not meet our demands within
given time the strike will be ordered
upon the endorsement of Secretary
Wilson and myself.
Whether the time allowed is five
days or longer, I decline to say AS set
out in our statement of yesterday in
iuences are at work to bring about a
settlement without ordering the men to
lay down their tools. | must again de-
cline to say what these influences are
for the reason that making this infor-
nation public would at once destroy
their effectiveness.
IF there are any political influences
at work, | know nothing Of them and
! do not think 1t has come to the
knowledge of the board members. 1t
would be very bad policy for the ma
tional officers of the Mine Workers to
ask the intercession 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 us honest
wages
Up 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.
Summed up, the situation. according to
the admissions of President Mitchell, is
this:
Negotiations are undoubtedly on for
a settlement of the differences without
strike. So long as these are pend
ing, the miners will not strike, for the
reason that the operators would be left
loophole of escape from the position
they now ccupy by saying the men had
gne out at a time when there was a
chance that an amicabe settlement
might have been brought about
Public sympathy is an absolute ne
cessity insofar as the miners are con-
cerned. A delay until II is seen that
their wages will not be raised by the
operators without a fight: that their
grievances upon the powder question
wherein they complain that they are
paying 81 more per keg at pluck me-
stores than is asked In the open mar
ket; that they are not allowed a check
Weighman on the tipple and must ac-
cept the weights Of companies that ex-
act from them more than $500 pounds
for ton which is sold on a basis of |
2,24O pounds to the ton, is bound to |
start sympathetic movement that will |
reach over the entire length and |
breadth of the country. Approximate |
y 100000 men are expected to go out |
at the bidding of the executive board |
There are among the miners men who |
will provide for themselves through a |
short, decisive fight but men who are
working at wages ranging from 80 cents
o s135 per day cannot provide for a
oeriod of idleness, hence the organiza-
ion is met with the burden of taking
are of not less than half a million of |
people during the struggle.