The Savannah morning news., 1902-05-10
MINERS TO STRIKE
ONE ORDERED FOR MONDAY WITH
STRING TIED TO 1T.
CONVENTION WILL DECIDE.
MINE WORKERS DELEGATES To
MEET WEDNESDAY.

Will Decide Then Whether Strike
dents of Coal Railroads Refused
Offer of Arbitration Made by Min
ers-President Mitchell Announces
That Question Will Be Farther
Considered, but in the Meantime
There Will Be "a Temporary Cessa-
ton of Work.
Scranton, Pa, May "A general
strike of the miners of the anthracite
region has been ordered for Monday
next, but the order has a reserve
qualification attached. The question
as to whether the strike is to be made
permanent is left to the decision of a
convention of delegates of all the local
organizations of the mine workers 10
be held at Hazleton next Wednesday,
At the conclusion of the morning
session, President Mitchell gave out
the following statement:
Replies to our proposition to sub
NIT the entire question in dispute to
an impartial board of arbitration have
been received from President. Baer of
the Philadelphia and Reading; Chair
man Thomas of the Erie Railroad;
President Truesdale of the Lacka-
wanna, and President Olyphant of the
Delaware and Hudson, all of whom
refuse to join us in the adjustment of
the differences between us by the
methods we propose"
AT the afternoon session a vote was
LrnV .
at it's close President Mitchell gave out
a statement setting forth the failure
OF the negotiations and saying that
the committees feel that in justice to
the anthracite mine workers and those
dependent upon them, before a general
strike is inaugurated, the question
should be further considered by a del
egate 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 complete ces-
Sation of work.
TO Be a Temporary Strike.
I'm the meantime all persons en-
ployed in or around the collieries, strip
pings, washeries and breakers are in
structed to temporarily abstain from
working, beginning Monday, May II,
and continuing thereafter until a final
decision is reached by delegate con-
vention, which will convene Wednes-
day morning, May IA, ct Hazleton, Pa.
The instruction for all men to sus-
pend work on Monday does not include
flremen, engineers, pumpmen and other
labor necessary to preserve the prop
critics of the operate
The order is signed by all the district
presidents and secretaries.
There was a big crowd about when
the order was given and the proverbial
dropping of a pin would have been
audible at any time. President Mitch
ell, standing in the center of the
crowd on a chair, read the statement.
Immediately upon the conclusion Of
President Mitchells reading the crowd
scattered, and in an incredibly short
space of time the news had spread by
word of mouth and message all through
the valley. A thousand varying COM
ments might be heard from the miners
as they learned of the committees ac-
ton. No one sentence. could cover the
general sentiment.
Miners win Obey the Order.
There is not a particle of question
but that the miners will relgiously
obey the order and that on Monday
next not so much as a shovelful of coal
will be mined in the Lackawanna val
ley.