The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-06-16
STRIKE OF THE COAL MINERS
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(Continued from First Page) help the hard coal miners MT. Gilday said: "Our men will do whatever Pres- ident Mitchell says. They can have our financial support and if MT. Mitchell
 sees fit to ask our men to lay down
 their picks they will do it promptly. I do not believe, however, there will be general strike of the solf coal miners, because the anthracite men are going to win without it."
 Asked as to how the miners expected to win in view of the fact they have practically reached the limits of their resources in this region in pressing the operators and the latter still stand out firmly, he replied By the slow de- struction of mine property. By that mean that if they do not give the men the hours and pay they ask for they will not consent to go into the mines and preserve the operations. The collier ies will fill, if the strike is not soon ended and the mines will begin to squeeze or cave in. All the timber men are out and the timber which holds up the roofs of mines will soon begin to give way. These squeezes will cost thousands of dollars to repair and prob ably be the cause of the abandonment of many costly operations. When the in- vestors' pockets begin to feel it, a change in the attitude of operators will come, and the miners can wait for the change" .
 President Gildays mission here was to get President Mitchelps consent to continue the strike against the Sonman shaft coal company near Portaga, Pa, and also the financial support of the na tional organization. He received both. The strike at that place was inaugural ed on April Is, because the company would not recognize the union and sign the wage scale. About 150 men are in yolved.
 The strike at the Bloomington mines near Phillipsburg, Pa, has been settled and the men will return to work to- morrow. Five hundred men struck there last Tuesday because four men would not join the union. The four men have quit work.
 There were no developments here to- day. President Mitchell was in frequent telegraphic communication with his men in the west on general organiza- ton work. He had no information to impart on either the strike in this re- zion or the West Virginia suspension. The delegation of Illinois miners off 1 cials who are coming to see President | Mitchell will not arrive until the middle | of the week. Much interest is attached | to their visit, as it is expected they will | bring information regarding the advis- | ability of calling out of soft coal min | CTS. MT. Mitchell says they are coming | merely to discuss some local differences in their state.
 There were meetings of strikers throughout the region to-day, which were attended by fire bosses. Some of the labor leaders say that nearly half of the fire bosses still at work promised | to stop work tomorrow, but this could not be confirmed. President Mitchell knew nothing about the number of men who intend to quit.
 There were two meetings of railroad men to-day, one at Ashley and the oth- CT at Kingston. The Ashley meeting the action of twenty-one Jersey Central men, who hfad been laid off on account of slack work, for taking the places of strikers in the Lehigh and mines which are owned by the Jersey Central company.
 Jasper Clark, of Toledo, national pres ident of the Teamsters' association, ar rived here tonight to look into the To- cal teamsters' strike. He will have a conference with President Mitchell to- morrow.