New-York tribune., 1902-06-26
STRIK E STATUS UNCHANGED
COMMITTEES CONFERRING WITH PRESI-
DENT M!TCHELL-To TEST LIZ
GALITY OF BOYCOTT.
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night confer with President Mitchell regarding
enc Of things. both-a restriction IN the
amount of coal mined and the national convention
Of Juiy L. The 81 ohio have been stated I"
BE- opposed a national strike. aud to have said
that they will not break their agreements with the
operators. President ". II. Haskins. who heads
the committee If three. refuses to state the Set-
-nent Of the men say what he is here for. hut
ne admitted that it not for the settlement of
any grievance The committee will see Mr. Mitchell
Tomorrow
The belief is as most OF Ohio coal goes to the
lakes and as il does not enter The anthracite
market. except perhaps al Bunal" and cleveland
and then in small measure. that the committee is
rot - discuss any curtailment of the output
but express President Mitchell the
feeling the Ohio regarding the national
strike proposition. which is 10 be considered on
.5u.y "a Whether The committee will inform
President Mitchell that the Ohio Will not
violate the agreements and viii not vote for a
national strike that they VIII stand by the
anthracite and the present soft coal strikers
in The convention is OF great importance. and the
mine workers officials here eager 10 learn
which il
President Mitchell said this evening i have
not seen the delegation Yet. and do not know what
II Is here for
Another delegation has been cioseted with him
all day These from Michigan. and comprise
both operators and miners They brought with
them scale wages which there is dispute.
and VIII enGeaVor to adjust IL with the AID OF
president Mitchell The Michigan men were under
agreement until last April when the operators re
fused the scale. and strike was called
Since then the have been out Now there Is
hope Of the contending sides reaching an agree
ruent ty the adoption of d scale. The conference
will continue tomorrow, and it was stated that
such progress had been made AT the meeting to-
day that the outlook for a settlement is bright.
President Mitchell would not however express MS
opinion the matter
The delegation is composed of 7. W Davis, the
sSBichigan coal operators commissioner; h NJ
Randall representing the Saginaw coal operators;
&. S RUttIe. Of the Bay City operators; President
William r Williams. Of the Michigan district, and
Committeeman Edmund Richards. These men rep
resent TIE tventy-three hundred mine workers OF
Abe State
WILL. RESTRICT PRODUCTION
Word Was anxously awaited at headquarters to
.siay from fh. No = district of Central Pennsyl-
zapia where tho restriction order into effect
to-day This evening President Mitchell an
-ncunced that # had been obeyed at all the mines
to which applied. The restriction Is OF Two Gays
= week: the mines which have coke ovens VIII
7,e closed on Wednesdays and Saturdays, and those
Y hjch have no ovens Fridays and Saturdays
The indications that all the men affected on
FRIDAY will also obey the order There are foTty-fVe
hundred men in region. and recently the output
of coal there has increased. most Of it being sent
10 Eastern ports to take the place Of anthracite
'-FF,e Willingness Of the men to lie idle two Gays
each week promises well the support national
proposition will get among the organized Soi' 'oi
workers Of this State
President Mitchell was asked if similar restrictive
orders had been issued to any other Gistrie| ou'
he declared he could say. nor would he say
ST there is prospect Of any
He was asked If No. district was repre-
scented the interstate meeting in Indianapolis
recently where il agreed that no contracts
should BE- violated without the consent Of hoth
17art;es and said it not District No : mas
contracts however and it is considered by the
operators here that they have been violated by the
srsnension To-day Whether the soft coal operators
will take any action this ground they cannot
state.
Presiden: Mitchell stated this evening that re-
ports received from West Virginia district are
-ha, the miners there arc gaining and i'll the New
River district to-day large number OF men joined
the strikers
Efforts Of tho strikers to-day to induce the men
hack work yesterday 10 reloii' 'he11'
we're futile and the situation is unchanged The
strikers are much perturhed. President Nl,helis
addressed meeting Of the pumpmen hrern@n ana
111achinists Of the town this morning, and they
passed resolutions declaring that through trick
cry deceit and a general misrepresentation few
Of the workers have been induced 10 return to
work by traitorous associates who deliberately lied
TO them" Those the meeting agreed 10 remain
on strike until a settlement occurred. and 70 ask
those at work 10 Join them, The who
turned number nearly all the engineers fifteen of
! 5he Hrenlen and some Of the pumpmen
n THE BOYCOTT CRUSADE.
The crusade against the boycott is now we'll
rnder way. and is having beneficial results II Is
chiefly noted by the companies which have to send
supply trains and wagons 10 the collieries, where
4hev have housed non-union workers and guards.
Company officials say that since the determination
of the Citizens Alliance Of Scranton and the Law
isnd order League this city to prosecute all who
.rreyept non-unionists getting supplies there mas
-r,.e- no interference with the wagons or trains
There has also been less attempt 70 compel store
peepers to refuse TO sell goods TO the families Of
.,7op-1Inion workers. and in many other ways the
sn5oysnces Of the boycott have been relieved
The Citizens Alliance Of Scranton has now Of
ered the Central Labor Union Of that city propo-
ition to determine the legality Of the boycott by
rrriaI- The Central Labor Union sent I" the alh-
zsr1ce after publishing resolution regarding its
5ntention. 4 list Of siXty-ive so-called 'unfalT
rIaces and challenged prosecution There was 10
the list however. the OF organization or
no man attached. The alliance now calls the bluff
OF the union by making three requests:
First-The list of the boycotted persons signed
foy the officers and members of the union.
second-Information 10 the extent of the boy
Thfrd-Information as TO any manner in which
5eetVe 5Ss %ei0n mas en'e''0Fe' MAKE '''e '''"'
RI these requests are complied with the alliance
pledged itself TO take s1ch actloh as vii iSt tle
right and the legality Of the boycott The alliance
of persons who serve boycott notices upon them
tne Goa! WORKERS bV the Inited Nine
Workers locals. Some have the names Of officers
and COMMITTEES OF local attached and il is likely
that each emplOye named viii be induced at the
expense of the companies I" bring SUIT aganst me
city the Law and Order League offers 10 protect
10 nrosecute an cases where there Is evidence AT
Nanticeke the Miners National Bank. which was
heisg organized. will not be created until after the
strike The subscribers to-day stated that owing
70 the strike and the c9nsequent & e depressi9n IN
The advisory board of the Mine Workers OF
nm o,If over the action Merchants Protective
Association Of that city in refusing to discriminate