The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-10-06
TWENTY-SECOND
WEEK OF STRIKE
Situation Unchanged in Spite of
All the Talk.
MINERS HAVE NOT FALTERED
MEASURES RETNe TAKEN FOR A
PROLONGED STRUGGLE.

w DtSinnlng OF lhe tNenly-SecOnu
week of the strike shows no ma
terial change in the situation. The
operators told President Roosevelt on
Friday that 1900 men were at work
and that Is per cent Of the normal pro-
duction was being mined.
President Mitchell today denied that
such a number of men were mining
coal. He said the operators were in
GLIDING in the 1900 all the engineers,
firemen and pump runners (of whom
there are about $1,000, fire bosses,
clerks and other employees. He also
denied that Is per cent OF the normal
production is being sent to market,
and said if the statement were true
'the operators owe ii to the public TO
sell coal at the normal price instead
Of charging dealers SIS TO $40 a ton"
While the superintendent hereabout
will not talk of future plans, there is
an impression among citizens gener-
ally that a strong effort will be made
this week by the coal companies 10
resume operations. The officials of
these companies have all along main
tanned that men are ready. TO return TO
work, but fear personal violence.
miners REMAIN Elrms
Mr.. Mitchell says he has no appre-
hension Of the strikers breaking away,
He declares the companies are keep
ing a constant pressure on the work
ers TO return, but without success. At
Drifton, he said. the coal company Of
flcials had made a canvass of that
community and found only one boy,
the son Of a non-union man, who was
wiling TO return. Mr.. Mitchell said
he received this report from There to-
day.
National Board Member John Fallon
of this district and Adam Rescavage,
vice president of district No. l went
to Freeland, which Is near Drifton.
today, and addressed meeting there.
The three anthracite district presi-
dents viii arrive here tomorrow for a
conference with their chief Tomor-
row night the four viii leave for BuS-
falo, where they viii meet a commit
tee from the National Association Of
Manufacturers. which organization
hopes TO be able to devise some plan
by which the mining of coal can be
resumed. There was a,rumOr here to-
night to the effect that while at But
falo the strike leaders would hold a
conference with bituminous operators.
but this was denied by Mr.. Mitchell.
National Secretary Treasurer Wilson
of the Miners union win also attend
the meeting.
One Strike Settled.
A telegram was received at strike
headquarters today announcing that
the strike of the employees of the Kan
awaha & Hooking Valley Coal COM
I,at.r nd &
men in West Virginia, has ended sat-
isfactorily to both sides. The men, it
was announced, viii receive their pay
monthly, will be granted a nine-hour
day, viii be paid at the rate of 1000
pounds to the ton, will have the right
to employ their own check weighman
and will not be compelled to deal at
company stores.
Among the visitors at strike head
quarters today was Henry T1epke, a
commissioner of industrial statistics or
the state of Rhode Island He was
accompanied by a stenographer and
spent about one hour with President
Mitchell. II is said his VISIT was for
the purpose Of gathering statistics for
the state of Rhode Island.
Rain fell continuously today, max
ing things around the camp of the
soldiers unpleasant Excepting a
little trouble at Kingston. across the
Susquehanna river from this city, to-
night, there has been no disorder in
this territory.
II has been decided by the authori-
ties to keep a battalion Of the Ninth at
Plymouth, and the troops were sent
there tonight
Tightening Their Lines.
The Washington conference between
President Roosevelt, the coal operators
and representatives of the anthracite
coal workers having been without re-
suit. the strike leaders are now en-
gagged in tightening their lines and pre-
pairing themselves to combat any
movement by the operators TO break
the ranks of the strikers. The first
step in this direction was taken today
when w. r. Russell, president of dis
trict No. j of the Miners union, which
comprises the entire state of Illinois,
came here by direction of President
Mitchell for the purpose of devising
relief measures. Mr.. Russell had a
conference lasting several hours with
his chief. and at its conclusion II was
announced that steps would imme-
diately be taken to carry out plan
by which the relief fund from Illinois,
at least, will be increased What the
plan is, both Mr.. Mitchell and Mr..
Russell declined to say. Mr.. Russell
said that If il were necessary to do
so the Illinois miners stand ready 10
increase the assessment. He said they
were taking a great interest IN the
struggle, and would go deep into their
own pockets to help the Pennsylvania
workers. President Russell also said
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