The sun., 1902-05-23
MINERS CONFERENCE ENDED.
PRESIDENT MITCHELL TO GO TO
INDIANA ron 4 FEW DAYS.
>o chance Thsi the EiGh,-Hsur Day WIN
he Granted Tar the Pumpurn Opera
tors VIM Keep the Nines DRY Pay
m-ut of q. 900 600 To Miners Begins.

tors VIM Keep the Win~s DRY Pay
m-pt of o.. 900 600 20 Miners Beslns.
wrIkEs-BAFRr. Pa. Nav :?-The con-
fcrcnc. Of the dis,ric, Presidents and the
district Executive Boards Of the Mine
Worker Union closed to-day and ad-
] ,ournei sin, die Its members have gone
To their hom,- Mr. Mitchell. President
of the national organization. is closing up
his business here. preparatory to a short
visit 20 his home He expects To leave
for the West on Saturday afternoon
4 val do what have to do there, he
said to-day. as quickly ~ po--ible. IL
should not take IN. long. think will bs
hack here by the last II next week
There waS no statement made 10y MIR
MrCh.l to-day a. to what the conference
did n, it, last ss--ion. II II reported that
| thsv DISGUISED the qnston of calling out
/ the btuinirous miners, but IL IL only report.
! Tn. plan adopted by MIR Mitchell " Ia
make "a formal stat"m.nt ~ els" TO say
nothing When he dccid.s to say nothing.
why, thrn. nothing II IL Nobody else
| will talk
A. regards m. calling out of the frcmcn.
| engineers and pumpmen unless they get
! an right-hou day with ten hour paw.
the attitude IL Nr Mitchell L. tha, he does
| not cxpec, any trouble He SAYS that
the demand IL ~ entirely reasonable that
1 he cannot conceive of The operators refusing
| 20 accept II on the other hand. the min"
! operators regard II ~ ~ preposterous
| ,ha, mot one ot them DREAMS of accepting
IT, Furthermore. II NAV hc Said that the
h.hef l. general that the mine operators
Will grant nothing that Mr.. Mitchell
/ demands
| As Indicated la these dispatches. the
pivotal issue N thus great fight j. precisely
| that very 'hing--that m" operators will
! not recognize Mr., Mitchell will not treat
with him. will have nothing whatever 70
! do With hun or his union. On June ? the
I operators by the Nine Workers uliiuatum
! must -i'her g,v" their engineers. fir-m"n
/ and punpm.n an eigh,-hour iay or
| them quit There are 'h"-" here who
| lnnk for trouble II these men quit. tho
| pumps will h" manned where II l. necessary
! tn save great damag" tu the min,~ II an
! a'fctnpf IL made uv "a" strikers to prevent
| IN" Operators from thus protesting their
! pruV"r'l"-, that att"mii viii be resisted
| .trruly
| Iurr'ar" m fact two danger points now
| IN sight. One i this matter Il the pumping
| and he Other IL the working ~ IN" wash
| .ri.,. ip e. tho present time wherever
! Iaii- hav" been made upon wash"ri"- n
| cont fct ras h.-'n avuld"d nv The operators
| making 49, defence and stopping work AZ
| tho fir~' app'su,u"" Of th" moi. Whether
! they az Ntil curtIrrIo m thar pliAhir mood
| r.fnHr'I- 'o 10" ~r"l. ont II m" great culm
! heap u = I.t~-ibia ',yWash out 3u' or more
! 'nu- IT ~ntail--i''i oval 10 a day
n ~" present prize "i coal 'h"r" - here
. u chance To- make a good deal IT money
/ MarV ,f ii" rulu heaps ar" l"' uui "a CON
! tractors The t"mp'atoin 90 work Them
/ l. rrLg Should they uEdertak" n there
l. sure 'n h.. ''1uhl" Conflicts oi thu kind
| NAV hi"tN 'u' a. any moment
/ som" o' 'h'targ"r coal con Hanl"s have
l included IA heir preparations 10 meet
| thl- strike which everybody knew was
coming. the training ui thrtr bosses ard
/ 'l'rE- m IN" irirs and manning % 'h"u
pumps and 80 gin.s Those conn auIe- VIII
! NOT have y, call N outsld" labor II tfeir
| employees ar" lnt~rfered with m running
| thu machinery ther" will he trouble, for. ~
! ou' II ih. mar agers Eaid to-day. The pumps
/ viii be UIu 4 u takes GD m"n tu protect
thu-.' y No. ar" running them In the -arn"
way where iuC! for ~" pump engines - "b-
| 'aiusd from "a wash"rN that va-hsrv VII
| lie r'Iu ~" "Nt"i.i u's''Ss'IN 10 Obtain that
! f.,I II ~" strikers interfere th-r. will
| l.. trouble
Apparently n l. the policy 81 the opera
! tor To 40 ru'Liug whatever To- provuk. "A
/ conflict. tu dp up' ing. m fact, ave such
w'rk a. = n"c'~-arv 20 'le proi"ction "i
| 'lrir properly Ih" I"hlgh and Wilkes
| Bafr" con piiv has l--Ie an order that
| miners shall h'' permitted io pick cral from
N" yr.lm hrap- iuf th"iI own us" A. here
| totDrs lU" ,'l~tofu har h'-'u To- allow
/ Tniup.S ~ "a her -i!rh coal from her heaps
a 'U'y could carry away iu bags 90 other
/ WI. ur tl,,II shoulders, hGt Iu' 10 lot them
! luid wagons. for then th"v -"!l " Not
/ wItrs'.II.Iig 500" 'rk". 49, tar ~ the l.'hlxh
! and Nnk,-- l-uro company j. o"uCern"d.
! N. mlH,r, sal hsv" hat prINii-g".
| Ir. sNu"ut If tu' ~rrIkIng miners for
| ~" nm" day. wOrk IN" 'h'rn wa begun
| to-day and val - 'outinuct uHiIi Mon
| tsv As a. illustration oi what the strike
| means o them. ~ well as 20 ~. bu-iLr-,
interests OF ~" region, It may b" mentioned
| hat 'hH lu .4uf q money actually paid
| out TOR those min. DAYS work viii amount
| by Monday 60 H~ar.v sl,sDUn Bv the
| tire engineers. hTcm"n and pumpm.n
| ar paid ~ IA Jun" Is "a" sum total will
| amount 10 more than g. Og,OD
~ regards the pumping aud what IL
| mrans ~ NAV ha iu"htiuned that thefr J.
chain o. -nrr "igt'ren mines beginning
| 1hai.' '.r-' miles aioNe Wilkes bnrre
| and ending 4 few miles b"low which are -
| Competed together jha' me flooding Of GA"
| or two will mean the flooding - al 1hc-"
| mlueS viii have 20 ~ pumped out. and II
| the -tri ,crs lut"rf"r" with thos" PVT In 20
DO ih- work u Is quite certain there will
| be- trouble
Tn.rc has h~en a rumor. which could 10
| traosd tp no authentic source. that Senator
Hanna is coming hero 20 500 Mr. Mitchell
| before the latter starts West 20 cndeavor
| 20 perruade hum not TO give the weight
! Of his in fiuence Ia the proposed calling out
| OF the bituminous miners
All the Presidents Of the coal-carrying
| cou.panie. who we're Ia New York Yesterday
| dcCll4ed TO talk VI the new aspects of the
| strike Ruuors wer" thick downtown
| that new plan was heing arranged which
| wouid bring he strike TO n cri>is, but no
| reliable hint of what the .plsn was came
| out.
HARD COAL JP AT WHOLESALE.