The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-07-24
MITCHELL ENDORSED
Convention Decides to Garry on
the Anthracite Strike as a
Test of Endurance.
PLAN THAT WAS FINALLY ADOPTED
Address Issued to the People Justi-
lying the Strike and Asking
the Puplic to Help,

indianapolis, July c1.-Having de-
clared against general strike, adopt
ed a report calling on the United
States people to contribute $1.OOO,OOO
a month to aid the striking anthracite
miners, provided for a maintenance
fund and issued a stirring appeal to
public opinion, the United Mine Work
ers' convention sang America" at p.
m. Saturday and adjourned. The ap-
peal to the public recites at length the
hardships and low wages of theminers,
declares that they have lived up to the
letter and spirit of their contracts and
still refused to violate them, intimateS
that the purpose of the operators is to
destroy the miners union and then
urges the people at large to bring all
possible pressure to bear on the officers
of the anthracite coal interests to in
duce them to treat considerably the
appeal Of the miners for arbitration.
Says the Struggle Will Go On.
1t also says: There is no more rea-
son why We should be required to sell
our labor at a lower price than we
are asking for it than that a member
of a corporation should be compelled to
sell his stock when he wants to keep
it. The struggle in the an
thracite region will be continued until
our demands have been granted or a
competent board of arbitration has de-
clared that we are wrong" The report
of the special committee, which was
adopted unanimously, is as follows:
| hat hn a nv
| trea surer of the United Mine Workers
be authorized to appropriate $4,000
from the funds of the national treas
ury for the benefit of the districts 1, Z,
and 9 QheSe are the anthracite dis
tricts).
"Second-That all districts and sub
districts and local unions be asked to
donate whatever they can afford for
the support of the strike.
Three Kinds of Assessments.
"Third-That an assessment of 1C
per cent. be levied upon the earnings
of members of the unions 8, 5, u, ID
| -. - and 25, and that al assessment
of per cent. per week - made of the
members of districts ,. =. IL, IA, 10
16, 20 and 81. This q. Ssment is not
| to be made against MeE-ters of unions
now on strike, but in such cases the
! assessments are to commence wEeT
| the strikes are over. the manner Of
this being arranged by the unions.
"Fourth-The assessments to bt
paid direct by the local unions to Sec
retary-Treasurer Wilson.
'Sixth-That the assessments begiI
from July 16." Other provisions are
that all the money is to GO to the an
thracite region and that the idle mel
be given other work as far as posi-
BILE.
Seems Plenty of Money in Sight.
The miners of Illinois announced
that they have appropriated $4,000
from their treasury for the support Of
the anthracite strike Ohio gave $40,
600, and Iowa and Indiana promised
contributions to be made later. Presi
dent Mitchell declared that there wa:
approximately $1.000,OOO In the treas
uries of the various local unions an(
that his construction of the clause di
recting the unions to contribute "wha
they could Afford was one-half Of thi
! money ..- - ~. ~. es t.-..,-