New-York tribune., 1902-07-27
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President Mitchell spent the day in answering
a large number of letters, and so great was the
amount of work before him that for part of the
day he was obliged to deny himself to callers
It will require several days to catch up Inc
fact that the operators in West Virginia nave
posted notices calling for a resumption ol "0ih
on Monday was reported to him.
''They may post notices." he said, but they
win not get the men TO return to work Ihe
strikers are flrrner now than ever
Regarding the action of the Michigan miners
who against his advice rejected the oHer ol
the operators and continued on strike, ne SAID
he had nothing to say.
The question of strike fund distribution SUN
troubles the district leaders, but the plan that
is most widely approved giving store orders 10
applicants, is, it is understood, to be adopted.
Meetings of various groups of locals were held
to-day and the matter discussed, the de-
csion being repeated TO the district leaders, WHO
have the distribution in hand. Most OF the men
are promised the first aid by their locals on
Monday and the plan is to make the present
instalment of the strike fund do for only the
most needy, waiting until 1t begins TO come
weekly and in larger sums before general dls-
tribution is made. Then there is some eXpecta-
ton of the fund being large enough to enable
the locals to give cash to the men who desire IL.
at the average rate of about 50 week TO eacn
of the strikers now in the region The decision
regarding the eligibility OF the faniles OF such
strikers as nave left the region 10 participate ih
the strike relief will be referred to the locals.
To-day the district officers were apporuonihe
the funds ,.z on
President Mitchell and asked that the relief be
distributed so that they Will get the trade iheS
made the point that they had given credlt 10
the men since the strike started, and that they
feared the locals in distributing suppnes "oulu
patroniZe only one or two houses or that tles
would buy in bulk and give out supplies instead
of orders Mr.. Mitchell said he would reIer the
matter to the officers in charge. -
One Of the strike leaders said, referring 10 the
report of objections to the distributing plans,
that the men do not realize that IL is inpossiple
10 raise enough TO pay s5ooOOO weekly IN uay,
and that il may be a week more before all
the arrangements for collecting End remlttlns
the money from the various Locals of the sort
coal workers completed. When everything Is
running smoothly he expects that there VIII Oe
enough to provide for all without trouble.
Reports received here by the strikers are that
the reported resumption of work by the Lehlgh
Coal and Navigation Company, in the Panther
Creek Valley, is nothing more than bluff,
and that empty are being run up and down
the slope TO give the strikers the idea that work
is going on The oxford Mine. at Scranton,
and the Mowery Wilson, at Dunmore VIII run
coal through their breakers Monday ana pre-
pare it for market. This is lot OF coal taken
from the mines that was cut before the strike
and lot that has been gathered from the COM
pany culn banks. Each mine reports large
enough force of men to do the work Trouble
occurred at Nanticoke this morning. wher' the
Susquehanna Coal Company N"s been running
coal through its No. Z breaker for the last ten
days. The strikers yesterday began nicketing
the colliery to how many men were at
work, and to-day the pckets We're increased to
125 and they tried to turn back the workers
They caused several to return home, but many
GOT through the lines William N Young
breaker engineer, was stoned and his head was
badly cut. and earlier in the morning the house
of John Dislike, a worker, was stoned. A num-
ber OF warrants have been sworn out and the
rioters will be arrested soon as found. There
was no demonstration against the mine which
is barricaded with barbed wire fences and is
heavily guarded.