The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1902-10-16
VOTE 70 CONTINUE Strike
Anthracite Unions Decide Against
Resuming Work Until Opera
tors Make Concessions.
REQUEST OF. Tue PRESIDENT REFUSED.
President Of the Miaers' Union Hur-
rics 10 New York on Urge ut sum-
mons-Holas Coafere nee with Sem
ators Quay and Penrose-several
:, Confere nces In Ne ~ Yorlk.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. o.-Unless
President Mitchell's hurried visit to
New York~bears fruit, the end of the
mine workerssstrikes seems a long way
off, and the prospect of sufficient coal
being mined to satisfy the public de-
mand IS extremely poor Every local
union Of -.thersminers' organization
the hard coal belt held spe-
scial.meetiags, either Tuesday night OF
Wednesday,, and resolved to remain on
strife tfiE the mine owners grant
thefn Some 'conceysiipns. eAnd while the
report these meetings, came pour
ing in rs Wilkesbarre, President
Observation-Disclosures the. presi--
dent of the, United States, in which he;
sgaTehiis' tnswer tos4sstfe' proposi tionthat55
the strikers:retArDst ito work and trust
to have their. condition, improved
through am invvestag2 ting commission.
What the. answer Of the miners chief
is he refused to divulge, but it is diff
cult TO conceive that with the replies
of the local unions piled around him,
he could do otherwise than respectful
" decline the presidents proposition
:. Summary OF Resolutlons Adopted..a
1t was busy day for the miners
officials about headquarters From
early morning until late at night the
returns came in constantly. Wednes-
day evening the corps of newspaper
correspondents stationed here were
invited to examine thereports, and not
one was found that was not couched
in firm language. Briefly stated, the
resolutions in these reports affirm the
confidence of the men in the integrity
and Judgment of their president, praise
President Roosevelt for his efforts to
end the strike, denounce the presidents
of the coal carrying railroads for their
alleged abuse of the chief executive at
the conference in Washington. de-
nounce the employment of the coal and
iron police, thank all organizations and
citizens throughout the country for
the financial assistance given, and de-
nounce Gov. Stone for sending troops
here. Nearly all the. resolutions con-
tanned a sen fence to the effect that the
men will remain out, though all the
troops in the United States weressent
here" until. they are granted some
concessions. E&
Hope to Settle Strike.
New York, Oct.,11.-Resumption of
mining in the anthracite region is now
promised at an early date. Senator's
Platt and Quay and Gov. Odelrdid not
succeed in getting proposition from
the presidents of the coal railways Fri
day, as they had hoped. President
Mitchell and his associates left town
without having made any apparent
progress toward settlement. Out
wardly it looks as if the efforts which
the politicians have been making had
come tonaught and the fights to go on
to the bitter end. But inside informa-
ton of trustworthy charactey indi-
Gates. that underneath the surface
forces are at work which will soon COM
pei the resumption of operations by
means of concessions to the miners.
The decisive move may be made in q
few days, and it may be deferred for a
week or more. But within a compare
lively short time the strike is to be
brought to an end. It isEto be ended.
because the. two men who control the
situation-J. Pierpont Morgan and "A.
j. Cassatt-haveso so. willed.
Suit Against Roads.
Philadelphia, Oct. 9.-Frank H.
Thompson, of this city, has begun pro-
ceedings in the United States circuit
court 10 have the Philadelphia & Read
ing railway, the Central Railroad of
New Jersey, the LehighS Valley rail-
road. the Delaware. Lackawanna &
Western railroad, the Delaware,& Hud-s
son railroad and the New York, On
tario e Western railroad, scompa MES
declared an illegal combination, alleg.
ing they are engaged in an unlawful
restraint of the anthracite coal supply.
Many Conferences.
New York, Oct. 1o.-Numerous con-
ferences were held yesterday between
the operators and Gov. Odell and Sen
.ators l'latt. Quay and Penrose, but
late last night there were no evil
dences that any result had been
reached. The settlement rumors
were thick all day, but the conferees,
when approached on the subject. in
variably answered questions concern
ing the conferences with the words, 81
have nothing: to saN". 49 - ID
state May Mine Conl.
New York, Oct. 1o.-There is the
highest authority fol, stating that if
the coalsoperators do not either recedes
from their present position or succeed
insopening the Pennsylvania mines and
producing, coal in large quantities
within the: next few days Gov. Stone
will cali a special session Of the Penn
sylvania legislature. which forthwith
will create a state coal commission.
This state commission will proceed inn
mediately with the production Of coal
under the right OF eminent domain un-s
til the public demand for coal asa win
ter necessity'is adequately supplied.
Corner Stone Dedicated.