Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1902-07-24
STRONG AGAINST A STRIKE.
The Sentiment of the Indianapolis
Convention, and Danger of
a Strike is Over.
THERE IS no CHANCE Foa A wllKoUT,
The Question whether the Assess
meat Recommended hy Presiacat
Mitchell For Anthracite Miners
he tsed for striking Bituminous
Miners Causes Warm Disru-.sau

delegates to the miners convention
was fully as strong as ever against .
strike. and all danger Of such an
event is now passed. The anthracite
men favoring a strike admitted that
there was NO chance of a walkout.
They were hopeless Thursday night
when a ma ajority Of their own men
were opposed to n strike. and Friday
morning they came into the conven-
ton DETERMINED TO STAND AS A
UNIT BY THE RECOMMENDATIONS
or PRESIDENT MITCHELL.
The report of the committee on
credentials was finished. announcing
that there were e.253 voters in the
convention.
President Haskins. ~ Ohio. moved
to amend the recommendation re-
garding the application II the relief
fund to cover all existing strikes
that have the Endorsement Of the ex-
ecutive board.
President Mitchell announced that
all existing strikes were being cared
for.
Nice-President Lewis asked that
the convention 60 into executive ses.
sion TO discuss the assessment prom
osition, and il was decided that th,.
afternoon session should be of an ex-
ecutive character.
indianapolis, Ind. July i9.-At the
conSlusion of secret session which
lasted the entire afternoon. the rec
concentrations ~ President Mitchell
FOR the management of the anthracite
strike were referred to q special com.
mIttee which Is To report back to the
convention when IL meets Tomorrow
morning. This committee consists OF
President Mitchell. Vice-President
Lewis. Secretary Wilson and the pres
ident of each district which is taking
part in tine convention. There IS lit
tie doubt that the committee will
urg~ the adoption Of the resolutions,
fixing the rate of assessment at ten
per cent or higher.
At the opening of the executive se..
sion Nice-Pr-Sident Lewis took the
hoor and delivered an energetic
speech on the amendment offered b
Delegate Haskins in the morning. {
the effect that the fund 10 b. raised
for the aid Of the anthracite miner.
be extended to all of the striking mi
ners where their strike has been
ss.u u-tioue'i by the general organiza.
tinn- H declared that he thought all
- the miners should be taken care
of IN ike manner.
President Mitchell then took the
floor to speak for the adoption Of the
recommendation made in his speech
of yesterday. He told the convention
that the strikes in West Virginia and
elsewhere were being protracted by
the general organization under the
regular assessments Of the union. but
that the assessment which vas under
discussion was necessary for the sup
port Of the anthracite strike alone
aud should not be diverted from it:
purpose. lit is possible that other
strikes may come" he said. land
then. under the precedent which a
general distribution of the fund tc
be raised would create, these later
strikes could claim their shares in
the fund. and it would be 81 depleted
as 10 fail entirely of its purposes
{. Mitchell assured the convention
that tsehirkesfi etoanigzkqj taoiir
that the strike in the Pittsburg dis
trict and all other strikes would bs
looked after without splitting up tn,
fund for the anthracite men. ant
again urged the men to dismiss from
their minds all thought of genera
strike. His remarks were greetec
with enthusiastic cheers
\ vote was then taken on the Has
kins amendment. and il was voteC
down BY a decisive majority. Thi;
left before the convention the origi
i nal motion for the adoption IF tn,
recommendations of the president
At the conclusion of the session
Secretary Wilson said: 1T will COS
$500, 900 weekly 10 support all tbs
men now on strike in the various dis
tricts. An assessment of one dollal
per week will bring in s25o.o00 ;
week. an assessment OF one dollar
per week upon each member of tbs
union will result in about the sams
sum. This will leave us S250.00o u
raise each week from outside sources
and from the promises and offers tha
have been made Us we are confiden
we will be able to do this"
Tomorrow morning the convention
will be informed by the Illinois dele
CATION that the miners of that stats
have voted donation of $4,000 u
the cause of the anthracite strike
The money will be available at once
IN THE FAMILY OF NATIONS