The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-07-14

District President r. d. Nichols Of
the United Mine Workers, AS much as
admitted, Saturday, that there would
be no general strike ordered by the
national convention, which meets in
Indianapolis next Thursday.
In an interview, Mr.. Nichols strong
ly intimated that the convention would
not declare for general strike, but
that rather 1t would vote to support
the anthracite miners strike by liber-
ality in a financial way.
Mr.. Nichols said that in his own
opinion the convention would not de-
clare for a general strike, and added
that he believed it would be the wisest
course to avoid general strike and
have the anthracite miners fight it out
with the financial assistance that could
be given by the btuminous men. Said
Mr.. Nichols:
"The public can be given to UNDER
stand that as long as the miners have
enough bread to keep them alive they
will be willing to stay out on strike. If
we secure the financial support of the
bituminous miners at the Indianapolis
convention it will be for an indefinite
of the newspapers have enormously
stated. We do not care how deter
mined the operators are to hold out to
the bitter end, because we know that
we can stand the fight. When they
are brought to a realization of this
fact, as they will when the Indianapo-
lis convention is held, they will immedi-
ately change their tune and assume an
entirely different attitude
GENERALLY HELD.
The opinion expressed by Mr.. Mich
oils that the convention will not de-
clare for a general strike is very gen.
orally held. In fact it is very freely
predicted that the matter of a general
strike will not be seriously broached
and that the convention will devote
its attention exclusively to the matter
of devising means of helping the an
thracite miners financially. The oper-
ators have carefully canvassed the SEN
timent of the bituminous miners in re-
gard to ignoring contracts and declar-
ing for general strike, and they de-
clare that there is only one likelihood
of a general strike occurring, and that
that likelihood rests on the bare posi-
bility of some such incident as that
which carried the Chicago convention
for free silver and Bryan.
The local delegates to the national
convention will leave here tomorrow
morning. President Nicholls,Vice Pres
ident Ryscavage and Secretary Demp-
sey will accompany them. There will
be eighty-five delegates from the First
district. President Mitchell left Satur-
day for the convention.
President Nichols has issued the fol-
lowing notice:
All members of the United Mine Work
ers are warned not to believe the state
ments which we are Informed mine fore
men are making to the men on strike.
We are informed that mine foremen are
telling men that they ought to go and do
various kinds of work in and around the
mines because uhey say the district Off
GERS have given permission to members
at other places to do the same work. We
wish to state that we have not given per-
mission to any members to do work of
any kind at any colliery except the steam
men at collicrics where the eight hour
day has been granted at former pay.
Any of our members wanting infnr-
nation can apply to the president of the
local of the coliery where he works. No
officers. Y. ID. Nichols,
President District No. /.
NJ. H. Healcy, Board Member
MADE THREATS.
John Francis, of Bellevue, was ar
rested Saturday at the instance
OF Frederick Reynolds, of Lincoln
Heights, on the charge of making
threats, Reynolds is an engineer at
the Bellevue mine and continues at
work. Francis met him Thursday, he
says. and after calling him opprobrious
names, threatened to "dO him" If he
did not give up work. Francis will be
given a hearing today.
When the strike was ordered, the
Scranton Coal company was just begin
ming to get the upper hand of a serious
fire at the Richmond No. 8 colliery,
near the Dickson City line. The with
drawal of the fire fighters allowed the
fire to gain headway, and with the
limited force available, great difficulty
was experienced in checking it,. A hole
has been sunk to the burning area and
water from the Lackawanna will be
turned into the mine BY the time the
FIRE is eXtlngushed by flooding and the
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