Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-07-24
Officials of Miners Unions to
Wage War On Soft Coal.
sasss :
MITCHELL sCoMFIDENT
DisbeIieves the Report that Galleries
Have Been Started in Anthracite Re.
sion-IIlinoIs Union to Send Its $780,
600 Contribution 4 eaax

Indianapolis, q July >22-President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
is laying plans with other members of
the union to prevent the importation
of bituminous coal into the anthracite
regions of Pennsylvania. By keeping
out soft coal he expects to cripple
the Industries and place the operators
at the mefcys Of the striking miners.
What his exact plans are.Mr. Mitchell
refuses to divulge, but that he,is conf
dent Of success in this attempt is evil.
dent. e.ssans. IL - M ~.
The recent miners convent ioniaided
Mr. Mitchell's plans inasmuch as the
refusal of the men to strike in the BIZ
luminous fields prevented a'a rupture
with the operators there and thus
prevented the anthracite operators
from gaining allies upon whom they,
counted.
Mitchell DisbeIieves Some Reports.
Mr.. Mitchell said last night the. he
did not believe the reports sent from
the anthracite districts that the op-
orators were able to start three or
four collieries. He said: They can
not possibly do it. 4
Secretary Wilson said: They shave
ben sending out similar reports for
month and we know that they have
made no headway."
Officials Disappointed.
Other officials say that the anthra-
cite operators are disappointed over
the result of the convention. The OPP
orators would have preferred a gen.
eral strike order If general strike
hod haor SaoJorod tho ontbroc In a
owners might have expected support
from the bituminous mine owners and
the public as we'll, but the strong
stand taken by the convention in favor
of maintaining the integrity of the
contracts, it is believed, will force the
bituminous operators into taking a
stand with their employees.
Money Pours in to Aid Strikers.
The greatest strike fund in the his.
tory of organized labor is to be han
died in Indianapolis. The officers OF
| the workers are confident that there
will be ready response to the appeal
made by the convention, and while
100000 week may not be possible
they believe that will be obtained
Checks are arriving rapidly and Iii.
Fnois has promised $4,000 Wednesday
The defense fund is to be distributed
among the three anthracite districts
according to their membership. Sec
rotary Wilson says that district No.
will probably receive SO per cent; No
8. 35 per cent, and No. Z, 10 per cent
The money will be sent from Indianap
oils to the secretaries of the anthracite
districts and distributed by them
among the strikers.
Illinois viii Send $4,000.
Springfield, July CIV. D. Ryan
secretary OF the United Mineworkers
will forward today to the national sec
rotary of the United Mineworkers o.
iAmerica the $4,000 promised by State
President Russell in the Indianapolis
convention for the relief of striking
miners. The executive board of the
state organization will meet here to
morrow and Secretary RYAN will b.
INSTRUCTED to accompany his remit
lance with resolution declaring il
favor of dividing the money among tn;
: striking miners of all fields and nc
among the anthracite strikers of Penn
SVlyania alone