The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-05-04
THEY COULD NOT AGREE
ANrHRAcITE 1GINERs HAY GO
 ON \ STRIKE.
President John 1ritchell Tssues | Statement in Which He Says
 147, 900 1rsn Will Comply With tho ordsr.

New York. May 3--President John Mitchell Of tho United Mine Workers of America gave out the following state ment tonight regarding the secret con ference between his organizations and the coal operators;
 "The sub-committee of operators and miners selected by the industrial branch of the National Civic Federation. failed to reach an agreement upon any of the important issues embodied in the minerB scale adopted by the Shamokin conven- ton.
 snthraSits M,n coal Sistr,cts of the United q vested the authority to inaugurate q strike has been notified to assemble at Scranton. Pa, at 10 a. m., Wednesday, May7. This Committee consists of twen- three districts and should matority vote tn favor of . etrfke the entire ll7.000 mine workers will immediately respond
 Mt Mitchell sasd the operators had re- ever to the nAsn.
 Rslph Y: Eepley. Secretary of the Na- tionaf Civic Federation. was with Pres .Ssaa evening VuS After M Mr. s Mitcheii Sad sisen out his statement to the newspaper men he went to the ofiice of the National Civic Federation and stayed there while Mr, Esslsy made an attempt ,ns to rsasr reach ation., who was said to be in Philadel- phia. Failing in reaching Senator Hanna. Mir. Easley returned with MT. Mitchell to the Ashland House. where he am the statement that President Mitchell had given out. Nr. Easley said that he had nothing to say as to the future attitude of the Federation, now that the operators speaking of this later phase of the aues- tion, President Mitchell pointed out that the National Civic Federation had &C., complained the object for which 1t was formed when it brought the employers
 The only other function of the Feder- ation," said Mir. Mitchell. 'is to arbitrate when asked to do so by both parties to disagreement l cannot say what would in any event the good offices of the Fed eration to arbitrate would not be asked until after the Executive Committee of the mine workers has met at Scranton; its usefulness by what 1t has done in the present natter
 The Times tomorrow will quote one of the Executive Board of the Mine Work ers' Union as saving: We came. down here to present our case and tried to conduct ourselves like gentlemen, but our union has not been recognized and with out recognition there can pc no settie- ment of our case"
 Will Depend on the Report.
 Philadelphia, May 3.--'5enator Hanna. v.ho ia visiting Clement A. Griscom.. at the iatter's country seat in Haverford. 2 th. ststcueY,t issued tonight in New York bvs President John Mitchell of the Uni ted Mine Workers was received here. Early in the evening. however, in answer .b. anthracite coal region the Senator said: as T 1T have @ not vet received q report sror, the sub-committee of the Concilia- tion Committee of the Civic Eederaslon. Mon da,, os Tuesday, Until I have that re- % port in hand | cannot say when l will call cal a meeting of the General Committee if at all. Everything wili depend vgshl npIn inston. but of course do not care to say anvthing about that"