The Portland daily press., 1900-10-08
1t Will Be Held at Scranton Un-
less Plans are Changed.
The Belief is General That Miners Will
Accept Increase.

Philadelphia, October Tt is the gen.
eraI belief that President Mitchell of
the United Mine Workers win tomor-
row issue call for a convention Of
miners to oonsidersthe offer of increased
wages, to be held at Scranton, and the
supposition is that Thursday next Will be
named as the time. Mr.. Mitchell, how
ever, declined to give publicity to the
matters discussed by himself and other
officials of the organization at secret
conference today at Hazleton and he
gave no intimation as to when the con-
vention will be held.
This and other questions to be consid-
cred at the convention are supposed to
have been fully discussed at today's con
ference. Indications are coming to the
surface that hasty action will not likely
be reached on the question by the con-
vention and that recesses viii be taken
pending conference of the committees
with the operators. These conferences
will be requested with the purpose of
obtaining a clear understanding as to
the permanency of thesincreased- pay If az
cepted, and also to ascertain the opera
tors view on the proposition OF the in
crease to be respectively allowed the
miners and mine Iaborers.
A representative Of the Ass Ociated
Press learned tonight that Sheriff Har-
7ey has reached the limit of his patience
in regard to the marching OF large bodies
of men and the marchers must obey his
request to remain within the pale OF
the law or take the consequences. 1t Is
known that he feels he has been as len1-
ent with the crowds as he could possibly
be and that the action of several men in
running across the1property of Calvin
Pardee & Co, ,at Lattimer, yesterday, has
had much to do with the decision to be
more stern hereafter.
Tonight a carload of the sheritf's depu-
ties fully armed, lies In the Lehigh val
ley railroad yards ready to start at a
moment7s notice. A locomotive is near
by with steam and all the telegraph
operators on the Lehigh valley system in
this region are on duty for the purpose
of sending messages to Sheriff Harvey
and to the chief Of the coal and iron po-
licemen.
1t was also learned that owing to ru-
mors OF contempled marches tomorrow
morning ~aIl the coal companies In this
region have extra coal and iron police
men on duty tonight. All the Lehigh
Valley coal company collieries in this city
are heavily guarded. The company has
had squads of policemen brought here to-
night from WiIkesbarre, Mahanoy City,
CentraIia and Lost Greek.
Sheriff Harvey called on President
Mitchell at the strike headquarters this
afternoon and requested him as presi-
dent of the United Mine Workers to use
his influence to have the strikers refrain
from further marching and that If he
did not then Mitchell would be held
orally responsible for whatever hap
pened. Mr.. Mitchell, it is understood,
informed the sheriff that orders for the
marching did not elnanate from head
quarters, but nevertheless he would do
all in his power to have the men on
strike preserve the peace in every poss1-
BILE manner.
AS far as can be learned tonight,
there will be no marching tomorrow, in
which event there is hardly likely to be
any trouble.
The sher1H's deputies are sworn in by
him and are paid by the county and the
coal and iron police are commissioned
by the state to act as q special police,
but are un der the orders and pay of the
coal com panies which emploYe them.
W. J. Elliott, an aide on Major GEN
eraI MilIer's staff, P. N. G., was called
on tonight by President Mitchell. The
two were together for short time.
The object of the conference is not
known as neither would have anything
to say. regarding their talk.
President Mitchell VIII so to Shamokin