Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1902-10-08
MINERS ARE
UNANIMOUS
All Local Unions Heard From Are in Favor
Of Continuing the
Strike.
MITCHELL WILL NOT TALK
President Of The Anthracite Coal Roads Have Beer
Asked 10 Confer With Committee Of The Manu-
tacturers' AssuclatIun-Twu
viii Decline.

Wtlkesbarre, Pa, Oct. Sat II a. m
today, President Mitchell made the fol
lowing statement to the Associated
Press: ''Up to this hour at least 80 tele-
graphic reports have been received from
the local unions giving the action taker
by them last night and this morning
These reports are substantially as fol-
lows: The mine workers resolved not
to return to work until the demands as
formulated at the Shamokin convention
off by convention of mine workers or
President Mitchell and if all the troops
in the United States were brought here
they could not force the men back to
work Reports are still coming in rap
idly and among them there is not one
dissenting voice. The vote in all the
locals so far heard from was unani-
nous. There are more than 300 locals
and all will have been heard from by
tonight Some of the unions were COM
PEELED to meet last night or early this
morning SO as not to interfere with
the school children, many school hous-
es being the meeting places
National President Mitchell of the
Miners Union, and the three anthra-
cite district presidents, returned to this
city from Buffalo early this morning.
The chief of the miners had nothing to
say regarding yesterdays trip and also
declined to discuss President Roose-
velt's proposition for ending the strike
He will not even indicate when he will
give an answer to the president, but it
is not probable he will do so until after
he has received the reports of all the
local unions, which will meet today in
accordance with his Instructions and
take action on the question of whether
their members desire to remain on
strike.
ANOTHER CONFERENCE.
New York, Oct. S.-The presidents of
the anthracite coal roads and John
Markle have received the following
telegram from committee of the Nat
iona Manufacturers Association
which met yesterday with Mitchell and
the district presidents of the United
Mine Workers at Buffalo:
albany, N. Y, Oct. Sour commit
tee of conference here desire to meet
you tomorrow at 10 a. m. at Manufac-
turers' Club, Philadelphia. This is very
urgent. D. M. Parry, Richard Young,
George H. Barber, Frank Leake."
Two of the operators named have an
nounced their intention to decline the
invitation. President Fowler Of the
Ontario and Western, said there was
nothing aew in the situation so far as
mis- road was concerned This is not
the time to talk" said President Fow-
Ter, lit is the time for action. We are
trying cur best to mine coal and will
bend all our energies in that direction"
There was an informal conference of
leading interests today, but nothing
Of interest developed.
ANOTHER OUTBREAK.
Harrisburg, Pa, Oct S.-The first
outbreak of disorder since the marches
and arrests of two weeks ago, occurred
at Williamstown last night, when an
attempt was made to move 80 cars of
coal from the siding of the Lykens
Valley Coal Company. 1t had been
mined last week and had been run
through the breakers on Friday by
men who refused to join the strike,
When the Summit Branch Railroad
Company attempted to move the load
ed cars, the coupling pins were drawn
and the engine had to back to the cars
again. This occurred five times and
there were some stones thrown at the
cars Finally the trainmen got the
cars coupled and started off with the
train amid boots and jeers of the men
and boys.
MITCHELL HAS REPLIED.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct S.-President |
Mitchell has written his answer to |
President Roosevelt but he declines to |
state what its nature is. The letter |
was dictated before noon and is now in
the mails on its way to Washington
In view of the statement published by
President Mitchell today, it is hardly
likely that the proposition of the presi-
dent was accepted.