The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1902-06-21
COAL MINERS CONVENTION
CALL ISSUED TO COAL MINERS.
Psssiasnt Mitehsll VIII Asssa.bis
National cenveafisa - tbs Iens-
Hest Feasible Date 10 Dlseass ma
tisnai stsiks-gsvs Dastriets Assas
the Reausss-AiI Aias. Hay cssss.

the Reausst-AiI Misses nIaY cssss.
WII.KEsEiARRE. Pa. June 0.Tlle
long expected call Tor . special natioaal
eonyenti0n u the United Minsworken
u AmsEiea has been issued BY National
President Mitehsll a. StEiks headquarters, |
10 BE- held at indianapolis At tbs earl
81 poaaibls date. The date u the Goa
VsHtion will b axed By ". h Wilson.
naiional secretary Il indianapolis, sao
has eharee VI the machinery BY whiea |
. conysntioH i arranged.
fhs e0nVenti0n will b. held for the
purpose Of diseuazing the advisabillty u
lnEolving al the s0tt coal minsra In the
uRitad states la the struggle n0w going
0n IN the anthracite coal belds.
Under the constitution u the union,
Eve distEieis aust request action beiare
The national president can issue . call for
. m4sional convention 1he I've Districts
that applied tos this eoayeati0n were the
thFss anlhFarits aissrirsa. the MiehigaH
district and the West Virginia district.
where . strike Is nos On. pteslAsni
Mitchell has had ths eonssnt ~ lhe ass
disiriets fos s0nas tisas, bat t0F some Fss
soa did nat see d 70 issae the eaii until
noe. The request fos the oosssaiion Aas
aAAiis ~ Hsseli0a fouE seeks ago iasi
Friday.
Psrsidsnt Mitchell vas sxtrsmriy an.
eaasmnRirstlss a. TO shal the prolahis
artiaa u The eonvrnsign niigAt BE- IL
the delegates sA0ald desAas 10 iaangpsals
aatlanal saap@naloa a coal m.aing
everybody ~ strike headquarters be
listss Il Noula have = disastrous saazi
uton ths indaslIiss 81 the country. Tbs
sappiy u eoai woaA beeasns ~ short
thsl large and small lnauaaFiai ESTABLISH
na~ass woal1 ~ eampeiisa 10 sasFwnA
eyssasioas. and many railroads woald siso
seriously satfsf.
Thsss srs approximately aLeat ts0fsoo
coal a.lnssn u tho Unliea STATES ~
tAs.e alsai ss000o. NJ. MlgrAaii Ssys. arr
affiliated uish ths anlon. and ~ adj
tbaaa' O@0 somPly uith The issssiaiian
II lhs minsfs' osEaniEaiiaa-
u 4 utterly inapnalhss II this dis.
tsnes 70 lasrnass chat he nAiioasi gath
ssins sti d. beeaase nj one drs~gatr
kAs vi bsea eieetad. Tbs aHthraetis
asleaaiss nill g. iuso shs eonVsaiiou sish
legnO sssikiax hard rsnal mtnrfs al tAstg
A.ark ios : fsnrsnl strike TIE West
NisEiuia deisNtes viii hsve apptoKi'
u.atsly $3.50 lxhind thsm f,H = ssEiks
anA 10 AlirhiwAn. uhsfw sse unioa a.
heen havinw tFoable. ths delegates WI
aIaa b iassracsad BE- = nstiuaai sasPsn
san. csntral Psansylvanis ulil csairib
als = esrtalu namhsf a deisgatna Nho al
want . gsnzrai striks. a. will aiso ksn
tnrky. Il svnuains tas western rrnnsyl
vsats, ohio. iIilnais and IndianA 20 81
81 thIa Il is gstlrially understood iA-i
fhs minsss in thuss stetioas arr nui tsf,
snshnssasiis les general siDPpags q go
psuanesioa-
Thsss I : ssruaE hsasst hsFs that Psesi
arat Milehsll hss sons plan 70 sabiait !
The asierstes. and this hsiisi i strength
snsd b. the tses that hs dsAyed cal
90 lang. he bad caaiessaee with PFesi
cent Patrick taday u the eVastal rsnr
sylvania hstaminons cal district 90 Nun
day. and has hesa in frsqnsni oommunl
aaiiau wish agher soil coal lcadsu Of u
wesl
The gruas hauisr so-ha otsrcows IN q
esmpaien iat = assiunai slspensina IL q
yearly wage scals AErpemsnt that man
Il lhs sol coal miners hava With q
rusnnanssa These agreements are lOuks
upoa a. caatrscta. and a large Pereen
aas q The minsn in The West atv Faih
sxsrss 10 breaking them.
II u Renssally accepssd BY tbs stTil
err that tbs real obiect 81 the anthrAci
enal operators Il 10 break up the unis
In this pArt Of the coantSy. a. least
II u not improbable that the conssry
tive men d TIE caaveation will b at
10 pssveni general suspension and ear
tarsash the couveusiun some soFt Of
tompromise.
onr plan that ls talked Of is 10 Ia
only ths central Pennsylvania and W.
Virginia men help the aashFaclss wcs
srs. and apotheE plan i to have all
soft coal miners work only cert
nnmbes Of days each week. Failing
gain anything BY either q these 9
moves. then - final card 10 stop the p
ducsion altogether. Al The coal that
nov coming sa-s l. from central penns
sanla, West Virginia and Maryland.
There viii b. about 1000 delegates
the convention. National Secretary "
son hes already started TO ssnd out
call ios the convention. The call is o
direct 40 every local uhion.