Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-05-22
MINERS STRIKE
IS CONTINUED
Miners Vote to Continue the
Fight to the Bitter
End.
i45, 900 MEN WILL STOP WORK
Miners Have Been Preparing for Eighteen
Months and Are Thought to BE In Good
Condition for Fight-O Operators Oppose
Any Concession.

Hazelton. Pa. May 16.-The anthra
cite mine workers, in convention late
yesterday afternoon, by vote OF
461A to 349%. decided to continue
the strike of the $4,000 men against
the mine owners and to fight it out 70
the bitter end. The matter of calling
out the engineers, bremen and pump
runners will be decided by the dele.
gates today.
The step taken yesterday by the
miners after practically considering
the matter for two months has wiped
out the uncertainty OF the situation.
and it is freely predicted that the
most. serious labor struggle in the
history of the country, if not in the
world. is about 10 begin. That is the
view taken by nearly every miner,
While the leaders are cautious and
viii not forecast Their actions, il is not
unlikely that the miners fight will be
carried into the bituminous coal
regions and into otter fields of in.
dustry.
Mine workers for eighteen months
have been looking forward to this
strike. and are considered to be in
better shape today for a fight than
they We're in the great strike of 1900.
That struggle ended In the mine
owners giving the men 10 per cent
advance after six weeks suspension.
lac operators are ON record as being
unalteraoly opposed to granting the
men any concessions, and they have
personally informed the mine workers
leaders to that effect.
The workmen iear that the present
night may mean the, destruction of
their organization, because they be.
ieye that the nine owners are bent
more on wrecking their unil>l than
they are In opposing the demands for
higher wages and shorter days.
Hazleton, May 16.-The anthracite
mine workers in convention yesterday,
in order to win their strike, unani.
mously decided upon plan that If
carried into successful operation
would practically tie up the industries
or the country, paralyzed business and
inconvenience people throughout the
United States II is their desire that
a special national convention of the
United Mine Workers of America be
called as soon as practicable for the
purpose of endeavoring to have all the
bituminous mine workers, both organi.
zed and unorganized. involved in the
anthracite miners struggle. This an
nouncement was ol--~.ally made yes
terday by President John Mitchell.
IL special national convention is
called, and the miners succeed in their
object, IT would directly effect AS, 900
men who are employed in and about
the coal mines of the country. Coal
would soon become scarce and this
would ultimately result in the tying
up OF railroads and all sorts of indus
tries that use large quantities of the
fuel. II is doubted by some interest.
ed persons here who are closely
watching developments that such a
stupendous movement could be
brought about for the reason that the
business interests of the world would
not stand idly by and permit such a
plan to be put into effect.
me striking miners are enthusiastic
over the conventions action and many
OF them can see only success in the
proposition.
An absolutely trustworthy source is
authority for the statement that the
special convention will lie called, prob
ably at indianapolis in the course of
several weeks.