Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1902-10-20
FEAR NO HITCH IN PROGRAM
! ~z Points to Unanimous Acceptance
= d. hitratiOn by Ninsrl
MlTCHELLN NE PLAN IN SPEECH
Expect Fight fol Ie Of Work
Many of DeIegats Disposed 20
Insist that All BE Given
Old Places.

ESBARRE, Oct. 19-DelegateS 10
the mine workers convention, which will
meet in the Nesbit theater at 10 tomorrow
for the purpose of considering the PROPOSE
tion Of the president with regard to ending
the coal strike, began to arrive today and
about a quarter of them are now in the
city.
Strike headquarters, which had been ex-
tremely quiet since the excitement Of last
week, began to be lively before noon today.
Many Of the delegates are instructed in
various features of the settlement. but
majority will follow the advice Of Mr..
Mitchell. There is nothing on the surface
tonight that gives the slightest indication
that the convention will not vote to send
the men to work this week. with the proba-
billties still in favor of Thursday as the
day Of resumption.
A noticeable thing among the delegates
was their cheerfulness. 1t was quite evil
dent that they will be glad to get together
and decide to return to work after the
weary idleness Of more than five months.
No Hitch IN Feared.
All the delegates who we're spoken to
regarding the action of tomorrow's conven-
tion appeared to have no fear Of hitch
to disarrange the present peaceful trend OF
| affairs A good many say they have In
| structions on certain matters which they
will place before the delegates. large
number of men fear that in the general
| rush TO return to the mines some OF them
may fail to get work. They want some
| assurance from the convention that they
will be able to get the positions they occu-
| pied before the suspension was ordered, 1t
| is likely this element from the three dis
4 ,,a1ya ed
| fight for some specific action.
| In the face Of the fact that the operators
are on record that they will not dismiss
one man who stood by them during the
struggle It is going to be a serious prob
| lem to solve. The debate, II is believed,
| will take up considerable time.
The meeting in all likelihood will be
| held behind closed doors after formal or
| ganization is effected. President Mitchell
| will be elected chairman and during the
| first session he will lay before the dele
gates the plan Of arbitration submitted by
| Mr.. Roosevelt and ask them to act. He will
recommend that the scheme be accepted
and that the men return to work as quickly
as possible.
National Secretary w. B. Wilson will be
selected as secretary and he will have as
assistants the district secretaries.
The first delegates came from Bernice. a
remote point In the anthracite coal field
where the small coal beds are Of semi
! bituminous character. At noon a big dele
CATION, headed by District Secretary George
tfertiein- and Organizer pssll Iliastd, ar
| rived over the Central Railroad Of New
| Jersey. +..r.
There were no reports of disturbances al
| military headquarters today from any re-
| gion affected by the strike.
President Mitchell had many callers
today, including most of the delegates and
Mayor Samuel Jones OF Toledo, o.
Expects Unanimous Vote.
| SHAMOKIN Pa, Oct. 19.-Headed by
John Fahey. president Of the Ninth dis
trict, sixty delegates left here today fol
Wilkesbarre to attend the United Mint
Workers convention there tomorrow
President Fahey said he expected the con
vention 10 vote unanimously in support o
Mr.. Mitchell's advice TO accept the services
of President Roosevelt's special commits
sion.
A force Of men worked at the local mine
today, repairing railroads, setting up nev
y, prop timber and establishing new ventila
tion so that the mines can be started a.
soon as the miners are ready to go to work
SCRANTON, Pa, Oct. 19.--Dstrict Presi
dent Nichols of the United Mine Worker
when asked today how long the convention
would probably last said he expected /
would adjourn some time Tuesday. He eX
pressed the opinion that there would no
be any very great opposition to the &C
ceptance of the proposition.
e. f. Clark Of Cedar Rapids, Ia, gram
chief of the Order Of Railway Conductors
who was chosen as one OF the arbltrators
was here today
He said he had not yet received officia
notice of his selection, but expects to fint
It awaiting him when he arrives here to
morrow. Mr.. Clark said he would certainl.
accept II for no other reason than to avoit
the complication and delay that might re
suit from one OF the commissioners de
clining. Mr. Clark came here to attend
meeting called to discuss grievances will
the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rail
road. 1t was decided to postpone considera
tion until after the miners strike is ou
of the way.