Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-05
COAL STRIKE UNLIKELY
DISSENSIoNS ARE LIKELY TO BE
ADJUSTED.
President Mitchell Of United Mine
Workers Does Not Antici-
pate Trouble.

A dispatch from Wilkesbarre, Pa, says
that the danger of a strike seems to be al
ready passing away, even before the de-
cision of the convention of miners which is
to meet in Pottsville within ten days.
This is due to the statements of coal COM
panies' officials and superintendent that II
the mine workers at their convention should
re-elect the three district presidents as their
Representatives on the Cancellation board
by a majority vote there would be no fur
Their objection to their eligibility to serve
on the board
This action will most likely be taken at
the coming convention, as the leaders of
the mine workers are not DESTROYS Of fore
ing the issue to a suspension of work I'M
less they can find no other alternative.
The refusal of the coal companies repre-
sentatives to recognize their peace ENJOYS
has further irritated the miners, and If
there was no other alternative there Is no
doubt that suspension would be ordered and
obeYed
District Meetings.
Meetings of each Of the three district
boards of mine workers were held today In
Scranton, Hazleton and Pottsville. Plans
were discussed for the coming convention.
1t is estimated that it will cost $4,000 for
the expenses Of the Pottsville convention,
and the miners officials consider this an
unnecessary expense to the organization.
1t has been suggested that the miners
submit the disputed points as to the recog-
milton of their representatives TO Judge
Gray, before calling the convention, but so
many of the miners had opinions to express
and grievances to air that it was thought
better to call a convention as the most
prompt and satisfactory way Of getting
over the objections of the other side.
Statement by Mitchell.
President John Mitchell of the United
Mine Workers, who is in Indianapolis. said
today:
1.-The statement that the squestion Of
recognizing the United Mine Workers was
never submitted to the strike commission is
entirely untrue That was one of the I'M
portant awards in our favor, the wording
of it being that the miners organization,
which, of course, is the United Mine Work
ers, should have three representatives on
the board Of Cancellation, one for each dis
trict' Naturally / appeared for the an
thracite coal workers before the strike COM
mission, but it was as president of the
United Mine Workers that was given the
right to do so.
1.-The argument of District President
Fahey in which he says that n would be
as logical for us to demand that each stock
holder Of the coal companies be consulted
with regard to the selection of the opera
tors members of the board Of Cancellation
as that all the miners in the region vote on
the men to represent them is very sensible.
However, the award of the strike COM
mission specifically provides for that.
1T is true that conditions in the Wyo-.
ming valley are very bad. Our represen-
tatives are told that the men are told to
work on Sunday, and in few particulars
have the operators lived up to the decis-
ions of the strike commission. No, I do
not wish to anticipate the possibilities of
another strike