Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-08

Wnkesbarre Pa. Oct, S.-The Follow
ing official statement was issued from
strike headquarters at / O'clock TO-
day:
eat 70: 30 noon, so kilograms had been
received from as many mass meetings
In various sections OF the antflrac'te
coal regions conveying the Information
that by unanimous vote of the men on
strike all OF whom attended such meet
ings. II was resolved that the presence
Of the entire United States army IN
the anthracite coal regions would moi
induce the men TO return to work uhu'
the demands of the Shamokin conVen-
ton had been conceded the strike de.
clared off by a delegate convention OIL
mine workers or by the district ana
national officers"
Thus far the returns emphasize ana
substantiate the declarations OF the OF
ficias Of the miners union, made AZ the
Washington conference, that the strik-
ers are not deferred from going 10
work through fear of bodily harm
At o'clock tonight all kilograms
VIII be submitted to the representatives
OF the press for their examination
P,Nsident Mitchell has written ms
answer to President Roosevelt, but ne
declines TO state what its nature 49,
The letter was dictated before noon
and Is now In the mails on It's way TO
Washington. Mr.. Mitchell Will not give
out the text of the letter because II
would be discourteous TO the president
and whatever the communication con-
tains must come from Washington. In
view of the statement published by
President Mitchell at noon today ~ Is
hardly likely that the proposition OF
the president for the men TO go to work
and have the condition In the coal re-
gions Investigated afterward was ac-
oepted.
WHAT MITCHELL SAYS.
Wukesbarre, oct, S,--National Pres
ident Mitchell OF the miners union, ana
the three anthracite district presidents
returned 10 this city from Buffalo thls
morning. The chief of the miners had
nothing to say regarding yesterday
trim and also declined to discuss Pres
ident Roosevelt's proposition Tor END
Inc the strike. He will not even indl-
cate when he will give mis- answer 10
the president, but II IL not probable
he will do 80 until after be mas re-
ceived the reports of all the local IN
ions which will meet today In accord-
ance with his instructions and take ac-
ton on the question OF whether their
members desire to remain on strike.
At If a. m. President Mitchell made
the following statement to the Asso-
ciated Press;
"Up to this hour at least 80 telegraph
&c reports have been received from To-
cal unions giving the action taken by
them last night and this morning. These
reports are substantially as follows;
"The mine workers resolved not 10 re-
turn TO work until the demands as for.
mulated at the Shamokin convention
are granted or until the strike is CALL
ed off by a convention Of the nine
workers or President Mitchell and II
all the troops IN the United States were
brought here they could not force the
men back 10 work, The re-
ports are stll coming In rap
idlv and among them there is not one
dissenting voice. The vote In all the
locals so far heard from was uuani-
mons. There are more than 300 locals
and all viii have been heard from by
tonight"
The mail matter received at strike
headquarters is increasing as the ther-
mometer goes down. Scores Of letters
arc from eccentric persons giving ad-
vice as 10 what to do and many are
received from persons who want the
strike ended so that they can get coal.
one postal reached HEADQUARTERS from
Canada on which was written:
please take the advice In third chap
ter. l4th verse, 81. Luke gospel ana lei
us have some coal
Sobbath.like stiffness reigned
throughout the Wyoming valley this
morning
OUTBREAK OF DISORDER.
Harrisburg, Pa, Oct. S.-The first