New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-06-17
DEFIES THE ALLIANCE.
MINERS FURNISH LIST OF
BOYCOTIED FIRMS.
STRIKERS SAY THAT HALF THE FIRE
ROSSES HAVE OBEYED THE
ORDER TO QUIT.
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-be bovcott prevailing there consequent upon
+be miners strike. The alliance asked all its
members to report any case of boycott so that
the organization could proceed legally against
,he instigators. The Central Labor Unions
e.o-otar,- TODAY mailed TO Postoffice Box No.
900 the address Of the alliance list of the per
CONS 6rr,s and companies against whom boy
,o+- has been declared, and the union deties the
alliance 10 go ahead and prosecute. we want
- save these gentlemen all the trouble we cam"
ssi5 President John Devine Of the union.
The defiance is expected to determine the
liability Of the boycotters TO legal proceedings.
as The alliance is expected to take up the mat
fer without delay and proceed against each
case Several thousands of the business men
IF Scranton are members of the alliance. and
there IS high feeling over the whole occurrence
DESPITE the rewards offered for the apprehen-
sion a the men guilty Of the several attacks
hv dynamite and guns upon company employees
and guards. there have been arrests. al
though The detectives of the companies are
making rigid Investigation The strikers have
Won much approval, too. by the appointment of
committees to make Investigations and by their
decision 10 expel the guilty parties from the
union if they are found to be union men, The
district presidents are endeavoring to prevent
anv further attacks. as they managed to pre-
vent mob violence-by the appointment Of peace
Connittees-and Will do everything they can TO
preserve peace. realizing that violence lessons
their chances Of winning
An effort which the strikers hope will end in
getting ont all the employees at every colery in
the region started this morning, when the fol-
lowing order was issued in each district:
appeals having been made by a large number
Of our locals 70 call the watchmen and
other mine workers from around the collieries.
and having learned that watchmen. fire bosses
and driver bosses and other workmen are re-
CURED to do other Work and their own. 1here-
fore We request all watchmen, fire bosses, driver
bosses and all other worknlen employed in and
around the mines TO cease work and join in
demand for an eight hour day and not return
until general settlement has been effected
The press statements indicate that the oper-
etors demand our unconditional surrender. and,
knowing what unconditional surrender and un-
conditional employment have meant in the past,
We dare not surrender. and are determined we
viii not.
We therefore earnestly request the support Of
Bll who are employed a the collieries, and ask
them 10 Join in movement.
The regular barn boss at each coll1ery VIII
he allowed 10 remain at work, provided he is
given eight hour day
II this order he obeyed. and the strikers say
that it will be before the end of the week. the
operators viii have to depend entirely upon the
imported employees. who are classed as incon-
pe,.nt and who. the strikers say. are damag-
ing the pumps and boilers to the extent of thou
sands OF dollars week.
The strike Of the fire bosses was 10 have oc-
Cured this morning, but the operators say that
not z score Of them have quit. The strikers
however say that fully one-half of them are out
End NEARER THAN SOME THINK.
President Carne Of the consolidated locals of
This district said:
Our method Of persuad ding the fire bosses to
quit consists Of 2 visit by representatives Of
locals. who talk over the matter with them
F71 17r1-, i7T TT17Ef! ia lion
tend employ this method until there is not
3 single man left in any one of the stockades
about the company rroperties-not- even a
deputy. We feel sure that we can succeed
When We do the mines will fill with water. the
companies VIII give in. and finally make con-
oessions We are sure tnat we VIII win we
give the issue Of victory considerably
shorter time to mature than most persons think.
The teamsters union may aid the miners by
Striking. President Jasper Clark, of Toledo
Ohio who arrived here to-day said:
have come to make ar investigation and as
certain what policy our organization should tai
in sympathy with the miners We are in hearty
accord with the miners movement. Our organ
ization has membership of 10000 in the United
States and Canada. We could deal hard blow
70 the coal operators, for we have a large NUM-
be- of coal drivers in organizatio We
could stop retail delivery in large measure
Every labor organization in the United States
Is in sympathy with the striking anthracite
miners. because il is the intention of opera tors
20 break NJ the miners union. and this would
be a severe blow to all organized labor
II is said that the German system Of photo
graphing crowds and assemblies in order to Sc
cure evidence is to be adopted in connection
With the strike. According TO the report. each
breaker is he equipped with a camera and
experts are 10 be detailed to be on hand in case
Of any gathering where effigies may be hung or
any man insulted
OPERATORS THINK STRIKE BROKEN.
A mining official reported this morning that he
considered the backbone Of the strike broken.
and that unless some move. such as getting out
the soft coal men the railroaders. were sue
oessful. the anthracite strikers are beaten. He
said that for the last several days the operators
have been getting back old men who were on
Strike and now applying for places fire
men or bumpers Most of these are miners with
families and they are being placed colleres
%heTe they are not known. In the last two
Gays this movement, which extends throughout
'ne entire region. has been so marked that the
operat'- Rs to-day feel unusually hopeful and be-
heVe that the of the week will see them in
strong position
Leading men among the Poles. Lithuanians,
Slavs and other foreigners report growing dis
content among them, and intimate that in
snort time, unless the strike shall end. many Of
thenn will apply for work unless they able
Io leave the region.
Relief committees are already al work among
The strikers. the locals in each district superin-
tending the work and caring for all those who
apply Several Of the locals have bought quanti-
ues of provisions. most of the orders being for
IVe barrels Of -four 800 pounds of meat 2n0
pounds Of coffee one barrel of sugar. half "A
oVh OF beans and other smaller supplies a num-
osr o1 applications have been made to poor dis
t'iet board members. and in each case where
At has been discovered that these applicants are
ilne workers, they have been referred 10 their
locals. An assertion has been made that when