Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-20

district Of Pennsylvania met In the Mes
bit theater today to act on the proposal
to settle the long strike by arbitration.
I The convention was called by President
Mitchell under the rules Of the union to
vote on the plan which he laid before 1t
and later explained fully in a lengthy
address.
Previous to the assem0lage of the
| convention there were busy scenes at
strike headquarters in the Hart hotel
| from where the miners have been di-
rected since the strike was called l26
| days ago. Before 5 o'clock the miner
| delegates, the majority of them having
| arrived on the early morning trains, be-
| gan to gather there, The final de-
tails for the meeting were arranged in
President Mitchelrs office this morning.
Every delegate whose opinion was
sought felt that the convention would
do whatever their national leader adj
vised.
There was a general cheerfulness In
the faces of the men.
Among the late arrivals at the con-
venton hall was National Secy. Treas.
w g. Wilson, elected to be the secre-
tary Of the convention with the secre-
taries of the three districts. He was
Of the opinion that the convention
would end tomorrow and that the men
would return to work on Thursday. lie
said the outlook for acceptance was
bright but there were limitations
among the assembage of delegates that
| there were objections on the part OF
some to calling off the strike until pos
tive assurance is had that all the men
| viii get back the positions they occu-
| pied before the strike began
CONVENTION CALLED TO ORDER.
The first OF the prominent miner Off
| cials TO enter the hall was Secy-Treas.
| Wilson and Dist. prest 4 D. Nichols
OF Scranton. They were greeted with
much applause. After a selection by
the orchestra Dist, Prcst Nichols
called The convention 10, orlos @t i0;aq
and ordered that the call for the con-
vention be read This was done by Mr..
Wilson,
As is customary in conventions Of
the mine workers, the district secre-
taries acted as the committee on cree
dentals These secretaries had al
ready completed their work am when
| called upon by Chairman Nichols after
| the convention call had been read, thsir
reports were made. John r. DEMPSEY
Of district No. read his report first.
He was followed by secysJohn Gala
Cher and George Hartlein
Tho three reports showed a total Of
$50 delegates, according TO the creden-
tinls so far received. While these re-
ports were being presented a report was
received that Prest Mitchell would not
come to the hall from strike haajqulr-
ters until after the convention had
| permanently organized,
II was II: 05 O'Clock when the reading
Of the REPORTS was concluded, and a.
the business Of the convention could
rot so ON until the committee on cr,-
dentials mad made q fnal report. a mo-
ton was made 20 adjourn until D. m.
Before the motion was put II was sug
gested that the delegates be entertained
ly songs This was adopted and for a
lrlcf lime The big convention was
turned into a social meeting
ADJOURNED UNTIL O'CLOCK,
At ll:42 the convention adjourned
until o'clock this afternoon.
MITCHELL KEEPS SILENT.
During recess an expression on the
outlook was sought from Mr. Mitchell.
He shook his head and said:
IL have nothing TO say at this time.
The outlook, in feet the whole situa-
lion Is In the hands OF the delegates.
They ordered the strike and they must /
decide what course TO pursue
While President Mitchell Is extreme |
ly non-commlttal I'm all that he says |
there Is not the slightest doubt IN the /
minds of those at strike headquarters !
that he has only fear that |
tho program be has In mind |
viii go through. Information |
comes 10 the Associatede Press that |
The question regarding men getting |
back their positions viii not cause the I
warm debate that was expected. II Is .
said that a resolution Will be presented |
advising that the union take care 90 all |
unemployed men until the arbitration /
commission decides whether the com. /
panies shall give their former pos tons (
Some Of the delegates think the conf
mission will not take up this feature |
of the strike. The rumor was revived I
today that a representative OF the OPP
orators would present proposition TO 4
the men in which they would grant
them a 10 per cent increase and an
eight hour day. Few OF the delegates
take any stock IN the story
,aat-., JafaunfA said nffpr tho noon /
Adjournment that voting on the arb-
tration proposition probably would not
hegin until tomorrow forenoon and that
Inc session this afternoon would b. de-
voted IA speeches He saw no reason
OF ali 10 th,ak that the convention
,rouId NOT vote 10 accept the arbitration
man and declare the strike off but he
thought that the definite news In the
sorrn ~ the final vote on the PROPOSE
,ton might not be- made until after
nom So confident were other miners
after the morning session that the con-
ventlon would accept the arbitration
man that they began 20 talk OF the hist
visit and work Of the commission az
Wpkesbarre. The final findings OF thu
commits slon.lt was evident from the talk
OF the delegates, were expected 10 iol m
clslon which would make easy the ad-
iustment Of future difference between
The coal operators ana the miners ana
bring about closer relations between
employer and employe'
CONVENTION REAssEMBLEs.
The convention was called TO order at
4. m
Mitchell aud Wilson were elected per-
manent president and secretary respec-
lively. There are 6s2 delegates present
who win cast G62 votes. Prtsd nj Nit
chell reached the theater at 2. 90 short
~ after his election as president He