Omaha daily bee., 1902-09-05
MITCHELL SAYS STRIKE Is OFF
Confirms Report Of Termination Of Trouble
in POcshontaS Region.
AzLIToN ALLIANCE TELLS ITS WISHES
they Are for n special Session of the
Legislature TO Enact Compulsory
Arbitration Law and Sim
liar Statutes.

HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Sept. Alt is
now believed the coal strike in West vir-
ginia is practically at an end. At a mass
meeting Of miners from all the coal FIELDS
along the Norfolk q Western railroad here
today 1t was almost unanimously agreed to
end the strike provided the operators would
take back all the old miners, and they have
signihed their intention Of doing this. The
miners have agreed to return to work next
Monday morning.
II lie reported that President John Mitch
ell OF the United Mine Workers advised the
strikers to return to work, as he realized
that winter was near at hand and the miners
In this field could not hold out much longer,
as almost every one was dependent on the
union for food and clothing. II is thought
the strikers in the New River and Kanawha
fields will soon follow the action Of the
strikers on the Norfolk q Western. The
Pocahontas mine continues to burn out, but
the operators think that they will soon
have II under control. No violence has been
reported from any quarter Of the Norfolk
4 Western coal field today.
wILKEsBARRE, Pa, Sept. 4.-President
Mitchell this evening confirmed the Associ-
ated Press dispatch stating tina the strike
Of miners in the Pocahontas region had been
declared of. He said the strikers we're
granted some concessions, but he could not
say at present what they were.
HAzLETON, Pa. Sept. A committee
appointed today by the Citizens alliance to
draw Up a plan for ending the strike, re-
ported unanimously in favor Of a special
session Of the legislature to enact the fol-
lowing:
Compulsory arbitration; that present leg
i~slatton be revised so that the state may
have more power over foreign corporations
doing business within its borders; the pas
sage Of a law making 1t Illegal for any per-
son under II years Of age to be employed
more than eight hours a day, and that those
articles of the state constitution giving the
legislature power to revoke, annul or with
draw corporation charters for any violation
Of the constitution, and %forbidding common
carriers from being Interested in the pro-
ductlon Of any industry be made effective.
A motion that the weighing Of coal be
made compulsory was also voted down. The
alliance will ask all boards and towns in
the anthracite region to promote and con-
tinue the work.
The committee has asked Governor Stone
to name a date when 1t will be convenient
for him to receive it's members. The policy
Of President Roosevelt against alleged com
binations of capital was endorsed by the
convention and he was urged to continue on
the lines of his recent speech.
The president OF the Hazleton Board OF
Trade sent q telegram to the governor this
afternoon asking him not to recognise the
alliance. The convention adjourned sine die
this evening"
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. L-The Board Of
Education, of this city has completed ar
rangements by which anthracite coal will be
imported from England to furnish fuel for
the public schools during the winter. The
average price heretofore paid for coal for
the city schools has been $3.50 a ton. but I'M
der the Arrangement just effected the cost
Of imported coal will be about $3.50, exclu-
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