Waterbury Democrat., 1902-05-10
BIG STRIKE ORDERED.
The Anthracite Miners Will Go Out
 Monday.

The Anthracite Miners Will Go Out
 Monday.
 SCRANTON. Pa, May 1O.--A general strike of the miners of the anthracite region has been ordered for Monday next, but the order has reserve quail fcation attached. The question as to whether the strike is to be made per- manent is left to the decision of con- vention of delegates of all the local or ganizations of the mine workers to be held at Hazleton next Wednesday.
 The miners executive committees of the three districts met yesterday morn ing and had three hour session. At it's conclusion President Mitchell gave out the following statement:
 Replies to our proposition to submit the entire question in dispute to an inn partial board of arbitration have been received from President Baer of the Philadelphia and Reading, Chairman Thomas of the Erie railroad, President Truesdale of the La ckawanna and Pres ident Oliphant of the Delaware and Hudson, ail of whom refuse to join us in the adjustment of the differences between us by the methods we pro- pose.''
 At 4:3O o'clock the committeeman again assembled and remained in ses- sion until 7:30 o'clock. When the ses- sion concluded, President Mitchell pre- pared statement and, assembling the newspaper men at the St. Charles ho- tel, read to them as follows from typewritten paper:
 gro the Anthracite Mine Workers of
 Pennsylvania:
 "Gentlemen-The executive commit tees of the anthracite mine workers who were delegated by the Shamokin convention to represent you in the ne- gotiations with the railroad presidents and mine operators for the purpose of obtaining increased wages, shorter hours and better conditions of employ ment have exhausted all peaceable, conciliatory and honorable means at their command and have failed to se- cure any concessions of tangible na- ture, and, while under the resolutions adopted by the Shamokin convention authority was vested in the executive committees should they fail in the ne gotiations to inaugurate q strike at whatever time in their judgment held out the greatest promise of success, the committees, after three days serious deliberation, feel that in justice to the anthracite mine workers and those de- pendent upon them, before a general strike is inaugurated, the question should be further considered by dele gate convention in which representa- tives from the various local unions shall be fully instructed by their con- stituents and prepared to vote in favor of or in opposition to a complete cessa- ton of work.
 "In the meantime all persons em- ployed in or around the collieries, strip pings, washeries and breakers are in- structed to temporarily abstain from working, beginning with Monday, May 12, and continuing thereafter until a final decision is reached by delegate convention, which will convene on Wednesday morning, May 14, at Ha- Zleton, Pa.
 'aThe instruction for all men to sus- pend work on Monday does not include fremen, engineers, pump men and oth- CT labor necessary to preserve the prop critics of the operators"
 Immediately after the conclusion of President AIitchell's reading the crowd scattered, and in an incredibly short space of time the news had spread by word of mouth and message allthrough tha valIay