The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-05-24
' COAL STRIKE SITUATION,
NO OVERTURES TO MINERS TO
 END STRIKE,
Hanna's Name Connected With dents Hold Long Conference With Mir. Mttchell-Nothing Given Out-One Small Company Grants Demands of Engineers, Firemen and Pumpmen.

l Wilkesbarre, Pa, May 23.-This was
 one of the dullest days around the min l CTS strike headquarters that has been ! experienced since the suspension began
 week ago last Monday. The three l district presidents, Messrs. Nichols, Duffy and F'ahy, held a long confer
 ence with National President Mitchell in the morning, after which the three district leaders departed for their homes. As in the case of most of the | conferences that have been held, the nature of the discussion was not di- vulged. President Mitchell had no in-
 formation to impart upon any phase of
 the situation. He said he had received
 no communications or overtures from
 any one that could in any way be con-
 strued as bearing on a settlement of
 the difficulty. Senator Hanna's name
 is invariably connected with every ru-
 nor that is telegrahped or telephoned
 to headquarters for verifieation The
 miners leader spent the entire day at-
 tending to his correspondence. He had
 only two out of town visitors who came
 to see him on business which had no
 bearing on the strike
 The only information received from
 the operators side during the last
 twenty-four hours was the announce ment that the receivers of the Had
 dock Coal company, an individual con-
 cern, had instructed the companys su-
 perintendent to grant the demands of the engineers, firemen and pumpmen
 to take effect June 2 the date fixed by the union for the inauguration of the strike of this class of employees. The company operates the Dodson colliery at Plymouth and the Black Diamond at Luzerne About fifty men are affected.
 President Mitchell is keeping sharp watch on the shipment of bituminous coal. This was shown to-day when he denied published report that there was an unprecedented movement of soft coal into the anthracite territory. He said that if such a thing were true he would surely know it. The United Mine Workers have a complete system, it is known by which the national pres ident is kept informed of the exact of cars of soft coal that are shipped from the mines and also as to their destination. This is made possi- ble by the cooperation of miners and railroad employees.
 l.. M. Beattie of Barnhiil, O., miner | by the Midvale and Goshen | Coal company, was one of MT. Mitch els callers to-day. He came east at l the instance of his employers to get | 150 striking anthracite miners to go to | the company's Wainwright mines on | the Cleveland, Lorraine and Wheeling l railway in Ohio, where steady employ rnent will he given them. Soft coal | miners are scarce. MT. Mitchell re- ierred Nil Beatty to District President | Nichols at Scranton. There are other agents in the region on a similar mis- sion, but they are not meeting with much success because anthracite min CTS, as rule, do not care to work in mines.
 President Mitchell will leave for Chi ,ago late tomorrow afternoon, where 1e will meet his family. He will re- main there only one day and on his 'eturn to the east will stop at national 1eadauarters at Indianapolis for one lay. He expects to be back here by Thursday.