Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-19
HELP, BI7 No Strike
Bituminous Miners Asked 10 ''"AA
cially Aid Anthracite Strikers
NO GENERAL TIEOP LlAhh
President MitcheII's Heeo"
,,.,. Under Discussion at the
A,auapolis Convention-T"e
,r,bution of Assessments

,,d,,nonolis Ind, July l9.--A' 'n'
'.,;,,r of fine third session OF TIE COZ
ration of fine United Mine WORKERS
of America the sentiment al'ohs -"
delegates was strong as ever "s'''s .'nt
strike and all danger of such al e|''''
10 now PASSED. The anthracite li'e'
fovoriuy Il strike admitted ina. 'ne',
was no chance of a walkout' ''ei -"
o,,,crs Of the delegates from the an
tnr,cita districts was held, 1t WIS
found that a majority of them We're
opnosed to calling ont the ni'al''''''"F
miners, and they came into tue cox
ventlon qslsermiiAed t. stang e So',a ,i'',,
Mitchell. which are as follows;
First.-That the national secretary
traasurer be authorized TO immed'ateiH
ann,onrate $50 600 from the funds IN tHp
national treasury and place 1t al .he %
nosal of the officers of Districts J. anu .
Second.-That all districts, supuisti ~
and local unions be appealed to TO aol'"'e
from the surplus In their treasures "
large amounts as tueS va" 49, lass,
Third THAT an assessment OF not less
than 81 per week be levied upon all mem
hers of local unions the amount So 'e,t,'
70 he collected at the earliest possi"',
moment and forwarded to the national
secretary-treasurer $500,
Fourth. That an assessment OF % per
cent be levied upon all national d'stric'
and subdistrict officers whose sa'ar'cS
amount to $50 per month or more -,
Fifth. That an appeal be made 10 an
American trades unions and 10 the et''-
eral public for financial assistance 10
carry the strike through to successful
issue. ,. i
Sixth.-That committee be selected
from the convention to draft an address
to the American people setting forth the
motley of the miners organization ard
aupeaIing to the people to bring all pos
sIbIe pressure to bear upon the ofncefS
and stockholders of the anthracite coal
carving railroads to compel them 70
.reat considerably the appeals OF lAt!i
employees for arbitration,
Thomas l.. Nichols, president of Dis
,rict No. 1, anthracite. which was chief
" instrumental in calling the conven
ion. denied that he had been in favor
Of n general strike.
Il never was personally in favor of a
strike" he said: but. knowing how
the majority Of our people feel, |
should have voted for general strike
# the question had come before the
convention. Just now | guess ii is just
about certain that there will be no
strike, and if good fund is raised
think that it will be just as well. 1t is
tie best that can be done now at any
rate"
The report of the committee on ere
dGltials announced that there were
1858 voters in the convention.
Discussing MitchelIs Plan.
The convention then took up the
question of adopting the recommended
t}ns of the president.
President Haskins of Ohio moved to
amend the recommendation regarding
tie application of the relief fund to
cover all existing strikes that have the
Endorsement of the executive board
President Mitchell announced that
al existing strikes We're being cared
for and said that there was no inten-
ton of withdrawing this support. Del
eEate Dolan of the Pittsburg district
declared that the relief granted in that
district was not adequate, and Presi
dent Mitchell declared that in such
case the relief must be increased
"A motion to table the Haskins amend
nent was lost Mr.. HaSkins made n
srong speech in favor of his amend.
nent, claiming that it was no more
tian Just that whatever relief was yot.
eli should be apportioned among all
tle strikes
Secretary Dempsey of District No, /
anthracite, announced that tho an
hracite miners would support the rec.
ommendation of MI Mitchell nrovid.I
mat If the assessment urged by the
president be not found sufticien, if
should be increased according ia thn
judgment of the officials of the ordar
and provided that the output of him.
minous coal in the anthracite distri.t
oh'uhA Dt CuIldlleu.
John +. Reese Of Iowa urged that
the convention had been called to COW,
for the anthracite strike and tbat ina
much as the recommendations Of t}.o
president We're based on the mini
mum sum Necessary to support ,hc
anthracite men further distril,,
ton would weaken them so that IN.
anthracite strike might be los, II
more money was needed, the assess.
merits should be increased Tarriea
applause greeted the sneecb ne ,1'
Reese.
President Patrick Gilday Of DiStr;o.
NO. spoke strongly in favor of AZ.
tributing the relief fund to nj, stri,.a.
several long speeches which were MO-,
to the point under discussion nrovo,,'',
a motion that all speeches should
restricted to five minutes nnlan.
+ itzpatrick' who made radical snenah
the DAY previous shouted from ~
gallery, "Oh, if YOU want to rnilro W.,
this thlng through, railroad IT,.
President Mitchell offered -
ME Mr. Fitzpatrick. but the lat,or ~,
Piled in disguised tone: son ! ,i., IT,
want the floor. What's the use,~ ""
Thomas d. Nichols. presidon+ ae.
tr'ct No. L. anthracite, spoke aa,i.s,
the amendment. Vice President 1a,.s
asked that the convention oo ~. "'s