Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-17
ADVISED TO ACCEPT
Board of Anthracite Work
 CTS Calls Convention.
MINING TO BEGIN NEXT WEEK
Modified Plan For Settlement of Long Strike Acceptable to President MitchelI-Operators Prepare
 For Resumption.

WILKESbARRE Pa, Oct. 1.-The executive board of the three anthra- cite districts of the United Mine Work CTS of America in joint session unani- mously decided to recommend to del- egate convention of striking miners the acceptance of the arbitration prop osition submitted by the president of the United States, and it is reasonably certain that the advice will be followed and the great struggle brought to close.
 The convention will be convened in this city Monday morning, and it is the hope and the belief of the officers of the union that the mining of coal will. be resumed before the close of next week after a suspension of more than five months
 The citizens of the entire region are much elated that the strike is almost yer, because business in the coalfelds l as been practically paralyzed since ? the strike began.
 For time there was some doubt as to how the miners would receive the modified plan. President Mitchell was asked to make some expression on the
 
 He was pressed by the correspondents for statement, and finally he cleared up the situation by issuing the follow ing bulletin:
 "Appreciating the anxiety and impa- tience of the public and the mine work CTS for some authoritative statement from this office, issue this bulletin to say that I was unalterably opposed to the acceptance of or acquiescence in the form of settlement proposed by the coal operators because it restricted the president of the United States in mak- ing selection of the men who were to determine the question involved in the coal strike. These restrictions having been removed and representation been given to organized labor as well as to organized capital, am now prepared to give my personal approval to set clement of the issues involved in this strike by the commission selected by the president and shall recommend to the executive officers of districts 1, z and in their meeting that an immedi- ate call be issued for convention, whose authorization is necessary to declare the strike at an end.
 ..In the meantime I trust that the people of our country will be as pa tient as possible, as we are moving as rapidly as the interests of our people will permit"
 When this was read to the arriving district leaders and groups of miners who came to headquarters to learn the news, general satisfaction was eX- pressed that MT. Mitchell was willing to accept the modified plan, and from that time on there was no doubt that the strike would be brought to.a speedy > close It was not until after ? o'clock that the thirty members of the three district boards were called into session, which lasted two hours and fifteen minutes.
 There was some opposition manifest ed in the meeting against certain fea- lures of the plan, but after full dis cussion of the objectionable parts a unanimous vote was taken to recon mend to the convention the acceptance of the proposition. As the conference was held behind closed doors and a bond of secrecy was placed on every man present the specific objections were not officially announced. These are the same executive boards which on May last ordered the strike to be- gin. which action was approved in the face of MT. 1itchelPs opposition by the Hazleton convention few days later. It is expected that some objec- tions will be raised on the floor of the convention, but the officers are conf- dent that the opposition will disappear when MT. Mitchell explains all the features of the modified proposition to the delegates.
 If the plans of the strike leaders are not disarranged, general resump- ton of mining will take place about aext Thursday.