Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-04-11

Mine worker Officials get Ready for
Strike-kefuse to Disclose Date or
Strike Reports From Charleston and
Fairmont say That Effort TO get men
out In Either Place Will Fail.
IND ANNAPOLIS, April, 1.-THE ma
tional executive board Of the United
Mine Workers Of America to-day en-
dorsed the strike now ia progress in
the Michigan field, and instructed che
national officers to take the necessary
steps TO bring about another confer
ence between the miners and opera
tors, with view OF settling the diff
ferences. The Kentucky situation
was taken np for consideration, aud
the board again endorsed the Hopkins
county str Ike. The committee OF two
board members to arrange settle-
ment in the block coal district Of In
diana will leave for Brazil to- morrow,
In accordance with call issued to-
day.
That the miners anticipated a strike
in The West Virginia field is shown by
their decision reached to-day, not to
make public the date OF the strike In
case 1t shall become necessary Co resort
TO that method of securing the recog-
milton OF the union which is demand
ed. The operators will be given scant
time TO prepare for the trouble In case
any shall come, as only the necessary
notice TO the miners will be given,
few days in advance. II is believed
that the operators will be given one
more chanct TO recognize the union,
and TO meet their employees, aand Ii
they shall refuse, the strike will then
be ordered. In case the tie-up is de-
cided, it will affect the neighborhood
of 10000 men.
The anthracite situation will be-
canvassed tomorrow, but it Is impos-
sible TO forecast what the result or the
conference will be. That the miners
are determined to stand by their rights
as they see them, and back the an
thracite men in their demands, is not
TO be doubted, however. The nation
al leaders still have faith in the Ell
cacy OF the National Federation TO
cope with the situation.
The leaders Of the miners here at
tach little Importance to the threat Of
the operators in the Rochester Pitts
burg district to shut down their mines
for the summer rather than yield to
the miners demand.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, April H.
The coal operators of the New river
tleld state that all Is quiet and that
they do not expect strike. II Is re-
ported however, that a strike has
been ordered for May Sand disinteres-
ted persons do nat hesitate to express
apprehension, and add that the present
Claim is portentous Of the coming
storm. 1t is safe tn predict that the
operators will avert the proposed
strike II possible. The miners appear
contented and it may be difficult to
induce them generally to strike. The
outcome is awaited with interest by
the public.
fAIRMoNT, w. Va, April II.-So
far as the surface indications 90, there
is nothing in the situation In any
part OF the Fairmont coal mining
district TO warrant the claim of the
United Mine Workers that the ap-
preaching West Virginia coal strike
will be extended to this section. In
all the mining centres the mines are
running smoothly, with no friction
between operators and men, and those
OF the miners who have expressed
themselves say they have no grieyan-
ces, are entirely satisfied with present
and would do all in their
power to prevent a strike.