Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-05-17
STRIKE IN FULL SWING
Mitchell Plans to Stop Mining OF
Coal Throughout the Country.
WOULD INVOLVE $4,000 MEN
Convention Decides to Leave to Ma
tiOnal and District Ofhcers cues
ton of Calling Out Mine En-.
gineers and Firemen.

Hazleton, Pa. May II. The great
coal strike is now in full swing. There
were no developments previous to the
reassembling of the convention In &C.
cret session shortly after 8 o'clock in
the morning.
The convention adjourned sine die at
11:45 o'clock. 1t decided to leave the
matter of calling out the engineers,
dremen and pump runners to b ma
tional and district officers.
Steps were taken by the convention
| to involve in the strike all the bitumi-
nous and anthracite coal miners In the
United States. According to the rules
Of the union, It requires Ave districts to
| call a national convention. The three
| anthracite districts will Immediately
get into correspondence with the btu
minous districts, with the hope of gain
ing the consent of two Of them for the
issuance of a call for a special national
convention, at which the question of
involving all the bitumin0us miners In
the United States in the present strug-
gle will be discussed.
The officials hope that If this special
convention is called, which is not I'M
likely, they will be able to bring out
the nonunion bituminous miners in
Virginia, West Virginia and central
Pennsylvania. Other plans Of cam
paign were discussed by the delegates,
but on these the members Of the con-
vention would not talk.
statement by Mitchell.
After the adjournment President
Mitchell issued the following state
ment:
"At the session the convention petit
toned the national officers to issue a
call for a national convention of all
miners employed in the United States
for the purpose of considering the sit
uation in the anthracite field. If the
desire Of the anthracite miners is car
ried into effect, a national suspension
of coal mining will be inaugurated. All
questions of detail rs to the direction
of the strike in the anthracite field
were referred to the district and ma
tional officers. Definite plans will be
outlined within the mex few days. For
the present the engineers, tiremen and
pump runners will continue at work.
All mine workers We're advised to re-
main at their homes, abstain from fire.
quenting saloons and under all circum-
stances observe the law"
A + prncan+ thn TTyitnJ %Itro yJy,p1yorc
is at variance with the bituminous
mine operators in Pennsylvania. Vir-
ginia, Kentucky and Michigan, and if
the national convention meets and de
cides to assist the anthracite miners
the men in these four states would
Mr.. Mitchell said that If a general
strike did take place it would involve
altogether 449, 900 men who are en-
ployed in and about the Goa mines of
the United States.
Men Obey strike Order.
There was not the usual big crowd
around the convention hall, neither was
the attendance of delegates so great, a
number Of them having returned to
their homes last night. Reports from
all parts of the region show that every
thing is quiet and that the men are de-
termined to stand by the strike order.
Local unions throughout the regions
are in session preparing for the cam
paign and adopting plans for relief of
members. The coal companies continue
to make preparations for a long strike.
The coal and iron police, who are
sworn in by the state Of Pennsylvania.
but who are paid by the coal cOmpa-
MES. are now more active and alert.
but their services are hardly needed at
this time because the strikers are keep
ing away from the collieries,
The Lehigh Valley Coal company has
removed the mules from It's mines in
this vicinity and has placed them in
pasture. The Electric Railway COM
pany has reduced its service One-half
and laid off Il number of its EN-
ployees. Because Of the %stugnation of
business traffic is becoming very light.
Many industrial establishments are eX-
p%eriencing difficulty in getting coal and
are ~economizing i'll this respect.