Evening journal., 1902-07-08
MINES FLOODED
BY HEAVY RAINS
Ninth Week Of Strike Shows
No Change
Neither Side ShcWS the Slightest
Indication Of Being Ready to
Cry Quits

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July S.-With
President John Mitchell in New York
and all the other miners leaders at
Nanticoke attending the annual con
vention of District No. /, strike head
quarters was an extremely quiet place
yesterday. The ninth week of the sus-
pension of anthracite coal mining
shows no change in the situation, there
being not the slightest indication that
either party to the controversy is ready
to quit Conditions in and about the
collieries remain unchanged. excepting
that the heavy rains of the last few
DAYS has increased the amount of wa
ter somewhat in many of the mines.
Mining superintendents do not fear
much trouble from this, most of them
expressing their confidence that with
dry spell the pumps will rapidly reduce
It to its normal level. The entire coal
belt was generally very quiet, very few
men congregating in the vicinity OF
the collieries. The large force of coal
and iron policemen, estimated at 3000
are kept constantly on duty for any
emergency. There were several arrests
in this valley yesterday Of persons ac-
cused of intimidating alleged unfair"
workmen, but the arrests were made
so quietly, however, as to cause no dis
turbance Of any kind
Harry White, of New York, national
secretary of the Garment Workers IN
ion, who, along with President Mitch
ell, is a member of the Civic Fedora
TONS conciliation committee of e6, ar
rived here for a conference with Mr..
Mitchell. Mr.. White said he came here
TO offer to the miners the cooperation
of organized labor. He said labor lead
ers have held meetings recently at
which the subject was discussed, and
he was authorized to make the offer.
Mr. White also said that several indi-
yiduals who were not connected with
organized labor in any way have inter-
ested themselves in the miners strike
They desire, he said, to see the men
win, and they have made proposition
to the Civic Federation to help the
mine workers in a substantial way II
such aid would be Of any use.
The district convention at Nantlcokt
yesterday disposed of considerable
business of a routine nature About
400 delegates, representing $4,000 mine
workers, are attending the convention
which embraces all the territory from
Forest City, % miles north Of Scran
ton, to Shickshinny, 16 miles south o.
here. Reports of officers were present
ed and referred to COMMITTEES, and tn,
balloting for officers was begun. Presi
dent T. d. Nichols will be unanimousl!
reelected. During yesterday Afternoon
District Presidents Duffy, of the Lehigl
district, and Fahy, of the Schuylkil
territory, made brief addresses, il
which they urged the delegates {,
stand firm during the progress of tn
strike.
Warrants For Strikers.
Harrisburg, Pa, July S.-Sherii
Reiff swore out warrants here yester
day for the arrest of ten strikers a
Williamstown for melting a riot AM
interfering with his deputies in pro
tecting non-union men going to AM
from work in the mines at Lykens AM
Williamstown. The sheriff says tn
situation in the region is critical, an
that if there is another outbreak lil1
that of last Wednesday, when ne an
his deputies were assaulted while pro
tecting non-union miners, he will cal
upon Governor Stone for protection b
the militia.