The bee., 1902-06-12
proves successful.

miner has resorted to Kidnapping
of those placed on guard to pro-
perty.
Hazleton, Penn.--The five
special who were kidnapped by
strikers at the, railroad station
here upon thcfr arrival from
Philadelphia last night returned
home TODAY in charge OF j. Z.
Gallagher, district secretary of
the United Mine Workers, who
furnished the transportation.
The mine workers Will make an
effort to check the hiring of men
in Philadelphia by representa-
tives of the coal companies, and
may seek the aid of labor unions
of that city In the movement.
The same spirit that seemed to
govern the U. NJ w. here last
year; the desire to control by
force now is seen cropping out
in the east as shown by the ar
ticle here quoted:
Mahanoy City, Penn, June 3.
Two hundred union pickets
guarded the approaches to Tun-
mel Ridge colliery of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and
Iron Company at the western
end of the city today, and re-
fused to pass James Holloway,
Charles Carl, George Oliver and
William Dodds, all bosses. They
were forced to return home.
Maple Hill colliery resumed the
hoisting of water this morning.
Strikers held upon the engineers
at the Gilberton wates shaft this
morning, and as "A result the
hoist is idle.
For the first time in quite a
while the South Diamond mine
force was idle last Saturday a
big picnic given by some of the
miners being the cause. But
you can look out for IA rousing
weeks work this week. A day
of rest to the miners is better
than medicine for the sick.
John Salmon and wife of the
Crabtree mine attended the we'd
ding of Rev. Currie at Nebo last
week.
John Mitchell, of the U.
M. w., evidently sees the "hand
writing on the WALL" that defeat
stares them in the face. So he is
anxious for settlement without
recognition of union if the fol
lowing be true:
New York, June GA new
plan is being discussed for set
tling the strike of the anthracite
miners. 1t is on different lines
from any hitherto tried. Some
of the leading operators are said
to be infavor of the scheme.
1t is proposed to appoint q
committee, which will 60 to
the mines and investigate the
conditions and try to effect q
settlement. There are four mat
ters to be considered, one OF
which is the weighing of the coal,
President Mitchell, of the U. M
w. is said to have discussed the
plan and is alleged to be willing
to waive the question of recogni'
ton of the union card. Some
slight concessions may be made
on the other side.
Washington, June 9.-The
President today had a long con.
ference at the White House witt
Senator Hanna on the coal strike
The President conveyed to Mr.
Hanna the idea that he would
like very much to do something
toward settling the strike
Nothing defnate, however, wa'
decided upon.
The president also sent fol
Carroll d. Wright, the commiss
ioner of Labor, to get his views
on the situation, and also as tC
what might properly be done by
the Government looking to
settlement of the controversy
1t is probable that other confer
ences will be held and the Presi
dent kept advised of the situa
ton. He will be in readiness a
any time to extend aid if it i
found that he can be of servic,
in settling the differences tha
exist between the operators ant
the miners.