The Iola register., 1902-07-25
STOOD BY MITCHELL
The UnionMine Workers Approved his
Course

Course
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indianapolis, July l9.-The report
agreed upon at midnight by the com
mittee comprising the three national
officers and the twenty-three district
presidents OF the United Mine Workers
assumes the adoption of MITCHELL s
plan, with one change, double sys-
tenn of collection has been decided
upon. At mines where the check
system is used the men will pay ten per
cent of their earnings. At the other
mines there will be a fat assessment
of dollar per week. Each of these
systems apply to each district. In all
respects Mitchell's victory is complete
Thus armed, the miners hope to be
able to stand siege all winter, il
necessary. II is no secret, however,
that the fight must be lost or won long
before that time There is authority
from the operators side that if the
miners maintain the present shut down
uuOll OCtODoT Iuty Will VIII,
Indianapolis, July 1S--John Mitch
ell has won a marvellous Endorsement
from the united mine workers. This
morning even the anthracite men
came up smiling with the statement
that they did not want general
strike. Mitchell's plan, they said,
pointed out the right course. The
adoption of Mitchell's plan means that
while their will be no general suspen-
sion the anthracite strike will be
prosecuted TO the bitter end.
Mitchell's plan of assessing the
members Of the union q dollar
week each would yield a quarter of a
million a week. The assessment Of
ten per cent of the earnings of the
members of the union which possibly
will be sub bstituted for a dollar levy
would yield about $3.50, 900 a week.
That sum maintained would enable
the union to keep up the strike all
winter.
Big contributions will come from
the miners unions besides the assess
ments. The Illinois district will lead
with a gift of hundred thousand
dollars. Two millions a month aid
and fight to the finish is the program
now adopted in the anthracite strike.
indianapolis, Ind, July l7.--If the
voice and influence of President Mitch
ell, of the United Mine Workers, pre-
vail with the members of his organiza-
tion, there will be no general strike of
the organization. The chances of such
a step being taken now are very re-
mote. In his speech in the convention
this afternoon, Mr., Mitchell advised
strongly against the strike, and urged
that the bituminous miners continue
at work, and that system Of assess
ment upon the members Of the order,
which he outlined, be carried into
effect as the best means OF atfording
aid and support to the striking anthra
cite men in the East.
HIS recommendation, II adopted by
the convention this afternoon, would
have settled the entire question for
which the convention was called,
and an immediate adjournment would
have followed. A motion to adopt
the suggestion OF President Mitchell
provoked long debate, in which the
general sentiment was against the or
dering of the strike. The men from
the anthracite regions finally made
request that they be allowed to hold a
caucus to determine upon an express
sion of opinion as to what they
thought the convention should do
and asked for an adjournment for this
purpose. Their request was granted,
and the adjournment taken. The men
who were in favor OF a strike were in
a decided minority in the convention