New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-08-12
PLAN FOR STRIKE RELIEF
zo MINES ATTEMPTED To RESUME OF
ERATIONS-WHAT MOTHER
JONES SAYS.
Try TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE-l

v,-,,s.sbsrre penn. aug 1.-THE detailed ar
rangements for the distribution OF relei 10 tIlo
strikers in need became known To-Day IN u.s.
circulars sent to the locals by the district oicers
They say:
In order that We may have an impartial ana uii n
form system of giving out aid 20 the needy IN
the ranks of those on strike we nv local oficers
and members viii that its provisions are PIP
erly enforced
Then follows detailed description Of the duties
90 cheers and Of the relief committees The latter
shall meet once a week to hear applications foF
sid These ara be referred TO the oouS u IN
local on the same evening and there passeo upo-'
ana if approved the order shall be issued le
following day. The granting OF these ORDERS 'III
aistribution receiptine. filing and checking "A4i
form a complete system Of bookkeeping e]'ch dP
pljcant aided having Il page Of the secretary
ledger TO himself
The following the important clauses III the
instructions:
Each order shall he made to cover perloo, OF
tro weeks. and shall be IN Xalue a. for each
and wife. 81 80, and % cents aaainoS S 10 men
a ri The strictest investigation should be mace aS
70 ne NUMBER n eacf he headed by the secretary
with enough -four to last for at least Two Weehs.
in need Of -four for that length Of time The bal
snoe Of the order TO be selected bE me aPp'ioaliI
T I'M sfTictest economy alone will enable US 70
CIV the cbeaTssf and most wholesome goods which
viii last the longest be ordered
II has been discovered that in some cases mem
bars of the same family have been receiving alo
from different locals and this is 20 be prevented
by q weekly comparison Of the application books
President Mitchell declined to-day TO discuss the
assertions made yesterday by Father OReilly, OF
Shenandoah in which he attacked the United Nine
workers and its officers but Mother Mary Jones
was less retcent She read the report Of the ser
mon and said
II Father o'Reily's statements were less extreme
/ would have been somewhat annoyed by 1neIn'
and the public would have been mucA more IN
pressed As they stand they display nothing put
a Roman Catholic priest should blush 10 hear let
utteranCe to Fathef - ttellIS SEES
m pe beroI7i-s jT55se5 with their spirit.
This accounts for his partisan utteranCeS VI lnls
among all the operstrs were 70 air has views they
would have been far more mild than the words OF
Father O'Reillv Il should ne his duty To upllIt'
snd not TO deter tn cause q the mine Noihs-S =
His sermons appal ne with their eoarseness.
The inquest into the case of Daniel j Sweeney,
who was murdered last week. was held At Nant-
coke to-day. ana the Jury rendered a verdict that
oeath was caused by unknown parties. County
from each Of the four now arrested which ne Is
certain will convict them. ProVldins ne shaH gel
No eollieries and no washerfes resumed opera
lions to-day and the piCkets of the strikers sta
reported for work The Mount Lookout breaker
et the Temple Coal and Iron COMPANY ran coal 1or
ssSs that none Of IL viii be shipped. AT the Wood
"a and the Pettepone OF the Delaware, l4acka-
rr-esvn Imports were put work clearing up the
mines Superintendent Tobey said that q nunper
Of men continue t. sPp5y 5ce Tef+ here for the
soft coal fields have returned and complain that
tho wages ana treatment S noI o1 s -
mean that the anthracite miner rl not be satlshed
IN the soft cosl fields, and that ne hnds conditions
better in the hard coal region under the present
wage than in the bit1mlnoUs districts