The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-07-20
FIREMEN FAILING
They Will Not Be Allowed to Sway
the Mine Workers.

They Will Not BE Allowed to Sway
the Mine Workers.
Hazleton, Pa, July 2O.-The leaders
and executive officers of the United Mine
Workes organization who came here
TO participate in conference with the
ohc1als Of the stationary firemen's as
soc1atlon have returned to their homes
and truce has been declared pending
joint convention Of miners and f1remen
In Wilkesbarre tomorrow afternoon.
There is feeling among the officers of
the anthracite miners organization in
three districts that the dictum of the fire.
men should not be allowed to interfere
with the work in the mines. They want
to control all workers connected with
the mines. All the 1remen in the Le-
high district belong to the United
Mine Workers. Ninety per cent
Of the 1remen in the Wyoming district
belong to the fremen's organization In
the Schuylkill district so per cent of the
hremen belong to each organization.
The miners want the 1remen to re-
turn to work and desire the enforcement
Of their grievances until next spring when
the miners one-year agreement with
their employers will terminate. This
sentiment may end the fremen's strike
for the present and send everybody back
te.works
Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 2O-Operations
were resumed to-day at the Ayondale
mine of the Lackawanna Coal company,
the striking fremen, who were members OF
the United Mine Workers being at work
again. The strike situation in this dis
trict has been improved materially to-
day, reports received at headquarters in
dicating desire on the part of the
miners to return to work
1t is thought that at to-morrow's meet
ing some plan will be agreed upon by
the firemen's association and the United
Mine Workers, which will bring about
unity of action and possibly settlement
Of the strike on Monday. The following
official statement was issued by the
strikers to-day:
It is a question of an eight-hour day with
the companies, but they are taking this OPP
portunity to assume a hostile attitude when
there is seemingly some dissatisfaction among
the fremen and the United Mine Workers
The public should not be alarmed as all
differences and dissatisfaction will be settled
in few days. The statement regarding the
strike situation given out by the district
presidents at Hazleton is satisfactory and
there are likely to be some very important
developments Sunday. All things considered,
our hopes of success are enhanced daily as
the reports from all places are very encour-
aging.
rlSduIAS, Ia, July zU.-AC the strikers
meeting to-day, the announcement was
made that Superintendent Prince was
willing to meet only committees Of boil
er-makers, blacksmiths and their help
ers. This was rejected and the strike
goes on. The non-union men brought
here are still in the locomotive shops,
but are not working They are locked
in their quarters and none of the old men
at work is allowed to enter While the
officials say the men are free to come and
go as they please they are strangers
and presumably prefer remaining in their
quarters until the Reading has decided
what shall be done with them.
Mahanoy City, Pa, July 2O.-As a re-
suit Of missionary work among the sta
tionary fremen in this region by repre-
sentatives Of the International Brother
hood, the men are fast leaving the United
Mine Workers to become affiliated with
the first named organization. This is
done that the men may come out for the
eight-hour day without violating the
agreement entered into by President
Mitchell and the coal corporations in
April. So long as the firemen remain
members of the Mine Workers organiza-
tion President Mitchell has declared that
they shall not strike.