The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-02-25

At IL meeting of the presidents of the
three anthracite district unions of the
United Mine Workers held i'm Wilkes
Barre saturday 1t was decided 80 en-
tend early invitations To the coal OPP
orators to attend the joint conven-
tion of the three districts. which is To
be held in Ha2leton during the middle
OF next month. The convention will
be held in the Grand Opera House
March T., 10 and II, during which time
only the delegates of the three dis
tricts will he In session. ON March
IL the convention will confer with tn"
operators who accept the invitations
and a number of matters ur vital i'm
portancr to the mine workers will
come up for discussion and adjust
mcnt.
At saturdays session. Presidents r.
-! Nichols, of the First, Thomas r.
DUFFY. of the seventh, and =. u. Pul-
ask. Of the Ninth. and George Hart
land. Mr.. Pulaski's secretary. were
present. 4 form of invitation was
drawn up and the minor details of
the matter left in charge on Mr.. Hart
land. The invitations will BE- pruba-
bly, issued this week.
send rcpreS antatiVes to Harrisburg ful-
ly equipped with credentials and min
ut"S of meetings of the three districts
at .Which the sentiment of the dele
gates was shown to b. decidedly in
favor of legislation providing for the
election Of mine inspectors by the pco-
pie President Nichols. in speaking to
Il Tribun" man regarding this matter.
said:
while at Harrisburg with tn" 9TH
"r mine workers representatives. we
were told by three lc"iSlat tors that Ma
| tioual Board Member Benjamin James
was there on the fifteenth of this
month. and was introduced 10 the
| members of the mines and mining
| committr" by chief of the Bureau
| Of Mining Rodelick. James made a
speech favoring bill to create a de-
| partmcnt of mines and mining. and
! such bill We were told is favored
| by Rodarick
! We were also told that Benjamin
| James advocated the withdrawal Of
| that clause IN Representative Car
| ner'S bill favoring the election of mine
| inspectors by the people. Now. Henry
| koarncy. of Archibald. and John =.
| I
| 10 Harrisburg by the district convcn-
| tinn To HAY" certain bills presented.
| among which was one authorizing the
| election of min inspectors The same
| question has already been taken up
| in Districts Nos. : and and the uni
| rorsal sentiment has been in its favor.
! When we discovered how matters
| stood. and SAW that the legislators
| were in doubt, we decided To return
| home and at the meeting which was
| arranged bring up the matter. We
| viii return this afternoon To tn" oapi-
tai"
In referring to the conference. Mr..
| Nichols said:
81 can only say that | have hopes
| that they will meet US. rs | see nc
| possible reason why they should re-
| fuse to do SO. The entire convention
has been called for this sole purpose
and during the first three days tn,
delegates will formulate and agree
| upon n policy to be pursued at tht
| joint conference.
President Duffy. taking a very san.
guinc view of the situation, is report
ed as having made the following as,
| sortion: "Wnll, YOU can say from mt
that all of the operators will attend
that there will b. an amicable adjust
mcnt of the differences and there vii
be no strike
| President Nichols Secretary Demp
sey and Mcssrs. Collins and Kcarnay
the legislative committee of this dis
trlct, met yesterday at the United
Mine Workers headquarters.