The Van Buren press., 1902-10-11
| ANTHRACITE STRIKE.
|,rr and Capital Continue to Glare
., Each Other, With Jaws
Firmly Set.
|r,s LOCALS VOTE TO REMAIN OUT.

NATIONAL Association Of Manu-
,,turers Invite the Operators to
c.nference, and VIII Probably
=. snubbed-The Arrival of More
,,oous at various Places.
THIS IS NOT THE TINE TO
Lug, IT'S THE TINE FOR AC-
[oyr-President Fowler of the On
ado & Western
~ ALL THE TROOPS IN THE
uTED STATES WERE BROUGHT
EvRE THEY COULD NOT FORCE
Tgg MEN BACK TO WORK."-Presi-
=, Mitchell Of the Mine Workers
InOn
vlkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 0.-National
p,sdent Mitchell OF the miners
,,ou. and the three anthracite dis
NJ, presidents, returned to this city
Nam Buffalo early Wednesday morn
1, The chief of the miners had
,rhng to say regarding Tuesdays
hin and also declined to discuss
resident Roosevelt's proposition for
.,Suc the strike. He will not even
hiieate when he will give his an
ur to the president, but it is not
yobable he will do so until after he
h, received the representatives OF
n be local unions. Several Of the To-
N, met Tuesday and Tuesday night,
M Of them voted to stay out, and 1t
medicted that when the complete
,prns are in, il will be found that
M vote to continue the strike Will
nearly unanimous.
When Mr. Mitchell was asked If he
bought any men would return to
,ork. after the entire national guard
n he state had been placed on duty
B the coal belt, he said;
THE best answer to that question
Inn be the action of the local I'M
hls"
The mail matter received at strike
lodQuarters is increasing as the
thermometer goes down. Probably
| NE largest mail since the strike was
|hmgurated was received Wednesday,
Scores of letters are from eccentric
PERSONS, giving advice as To what TO
| d, and many are received from per-
| IONS who want the strike ended, so
| Dat they can get coal. One postal
nrd reached headquarters from Can
| ih on which was written: please
lake the advice in third chapter, lith
verse, 81, Luke gospel, and let us have
some coal,
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THE NERSE-(Words Of
John the }aptist) And the
soldiers LIKEWISE demanded
Of him, saying, And what
shall we do? And he said
unto them, Do violence to
no man, neither accuse any
falsely; and be content with :
your wages, - The Editor, :
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At II m, Wednesday, President
Mitchell made the following state
nent;
Up TO this hour ut least 30 tcle-
graphic reports have been receives
from local unions giving the action
Mken by them Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning These reports
''e substantially ms follows
The mine workers resolved not 20
return to work until the demands as
formulated at the Shnmokin convcn.
uon are granted, or until the strike
called of by n convention of the
nine workers or President Mitchell,
and If ALL THE TROOPS IN THE
UNITED STATES WERE BROUGHT
nERE THEY COULD NOT FORCE
'hE MEN BACK TO WORK, The re-
pOrH are still coming in rapidly, and
'mohg them there IL not one dis
"n'lng voice, The vote IN all the To-
"S 10 far heard from was unnnI'
"ous' There are more than 800 lo'
wi" and all will have been heard
IRON by Wednesday night. Some Of
NJ" unions were compelled to meet
tuesday night or early Wednesday
'",Vrh'hg, 80 ms 10 not interfere with
,e school'childrcn, many school
SOuSs being the meeting places of the
0'ganIaO,ion,"
"suFAtTtnEns WANT CONFER