New-York tribune., 1902-09-04
WOULD COMPEL ARBITRATION
MEETING TO DISCUSS PLAN TO INFLU-
ENCE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
IBy TELEGRAPH TO THE rRlBrHE.I

Wilkesbarre. Penn, Sept. "a meeting of Presi-
dent Mitchell. District Presidents Nichols Fahey
and Duffy and District Secretaries Dempsey and
Gallagher to-day has aroused much anxiety in this
city whether they are considering PROPOSE
tfon for settlement OF the strike The calling Of
the meeting at the time when the air was full Of
peace rJrnors and when Senators QUAY and Pen
were holding A conference with President
Baer made the meeting of such interest that many
persons eager for news thronsed the headquarters
tonight.
President Mitchell said. however that nothing
Indicated that settlement was considered The
general matters regarding the strike were dis
cussed nc said "and there is nothing to give out
tonight
Have yoa received any proposition from opera
tors or from anybody which may lead 8 settle
rrant of the strike" he was asked
No proposition has been received from anybody"
he said. There is nothing new, I 90 not know
anything Of the meeting between Senators Penrose
and QUAY and Mr. Baer"
He read the synopsis Of Carroll n Wrights re-
port published in the evening papers and said that
he could discuss ii give any opinion upon it
until he had read the entire report. The district
presidents referred all Questoners to Mr. Mitchell
OF the situation in their districts each was will
ing 10 speak. President Nichols Of the First Dis
Jrict said:
While admit nit tba t two &C eolIisriss lie are cutting and
pany and the Dodge. Of the Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western Company. the miners are standing
the indianapolis convention. and confident of vic
tory The so-cailed operations at other collieries
besides the / mention are fakes. and no prog
TesS .,sf m .DJn;s Review Of Trse mi that IA o0
tons Of anthracte coal are being mined and pre-
pared daily, I seriously question this statement.
and 90 not believe that than 5000 to 1000 tons
daily being prepared. including the output from
all sources
Secretary Dempsey of Scranton said that he did
not believe that more than 900 of coal were
mined daily. and added that the output would d
rrli7fsh instead Of increase from now on. as much
Of the coal through the breaker had been load
90 in cars the last four months by the bosses and
company hands. and also that much of it stood in
the breasts where il cut by the miners when
the strike was declared.
President Duffy of District No said,
Ta here PsntRe Is nRt qe GreeR q Vay @ t5 % is n beins
TofinE, and does not deceive the strikers think
all IS over except the shouting We are confident OF
victory.
President Fahey of District No. 2 said
There is no coal al all being cut in my district.
once in a while reports in the papers that
work is be resumed hut il has not been done yet
/ and will not be until the strike Is over
Delegates from the Public Alliances throughout
the coal district will meet tomorrow morning at
FJ4zIetou Bishop Potter has been invited % he
present but committee has not yet heard wheth-
r or not he Will be there. Plans for the settlement
OF the strike will be discussed, and all appeal VIII
/ rrobabIy be made 10 the Governor and the Pres1-
dent but the chief object will he the formation Of
/ a plan for getting compulsory arbitration law
assed bv the next legislature It Is proposed that
the various alliances and the business men or the
1 region combine for this purpose
It is believed that compulsory arbitration Viii
prevent in the future such business losses as have
caused by the present strike As to the general
husiness conditions however. ". H Logan. manager
| of Duns Agency in this district says that since
| the strike began there has not been a business
failure here attributable to any cause originating
| in the region.
/ Reading. denied this afternoon that work was TO
/ be resumed by that company
We do not intend resume at present Al any
! are being brought back iE due merely to the dis
covery that the farmers TO whom they were leased
| during the summer were not keeping them as we'll
! as ne would like
The activity still continues in the upper end Of
| the region. however. The Marvin shaft of the
! Delaware and Hudson Company was operated to-
| day with about ono hundred workers The National
! Washerv. which the owners had told President
/ power keep the strikers away to-day There
was no disturbance and SO many men applied for
away. The operators report that the production
to-day was more than yesterday ana they expect
mules back TO several OF its mines and a resump
Is expected there. The Oxford Of the Peoples
daily. and with few more experienced runners the
officials say they can get out seven hundred tons.
The present delay is caused by the cars being
stalled in the mine, more being nlled than the
take TO the foot OF the shaft
An attack was made this morning on the kayle
Bros stripping at EdaZIeton. where about nifty men
at 4 large crowd Of strikers charged
the workers and drove them away.
The pupils OF the Hanover School. NantCOke.
refused TO go school to-day because the iartor
had TWO who non-union men. The truant
officer though he caught several Of the children
they declare until the janitor's quit work