The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-06-12

boards will contemplate calung
convention of mine workers to do
clare genera. suspension of work
until their members are given re-
cognition. -|. .s T.
The district presidents, as re-
suit OF today's meeting, issued the
followed statement tonight on the
dispute: ''At a joint meeting Of the
executive boards of the anthracite
region here today the members
selected to. represent the mine
workers Of each district on the
conciliation board reported that the
representatives Of tho operators re-
fused to recognize them or the
mine workers credentials, or accept
them as members of the conciliation
board. They reported that the
operators objected on the ground
that the mine workers representa-
tives were appointed by their or
ganization as it exists in each dis
trict. The award of the commission
relative to the manner Of selecting
the members of the Cancellation
board provides as follows: That is
to say, if there shall be division of
the whole region into three dis
tricts, in each of which there shall
exist an organization, representing
majority of the mine workers Of
each district, one member of said
board of conciliation shall be ap-
pointed by each of said organiza-
ton, and three other persons shall
he appointed by the operators, the
operators in each of said districts
appointed one person. The district
boards are still of the opinion that
they appointed their representatives
as provided for by the section of
the award, and voted unanimously
to reaf6rm their former action.
1.-THE district officers have been
exceedingly anxious to have the
conciliation board form and meet
for the purpose of abusing many
grievances which have accumulated
and to this end have been bend
ing their energies. The officers
have advised where grievances arose
that the men would not strike, and
whore strikes occurred, ordered
Lthem back to work, pending q de-
cision by the conciliation board,
which they hoped would soon be
formed in accordance with commits
sion g award. Two questions were
under consideration by the meeting
today. One is to make application
to the national president of the
mine workers to issue an order for
a general suspension Of work
throughout the whole anthracite
region, to continue until the
operators agree to adjust existing
grievances and live up to the award
of the anthracite coal strike COM
mission, and the second is that a
delegate convention be called to
consider the advisiDility of taking
the above action"
Wilkesbarre, The district board
members of the Mine Workers union
will hold another session today and
give further consideration to the
question of q suspension of work
pending the settlement of the exist
ing grievances.
The district presidents have moth
ing further to say than was EN-
bodied in their statement last night.
They say they do not want 10 see
work suspended unless they refuse
to treat with them. Board members
say their action is indorsed by the
mine workers throughout the
region.
supt. Warriner, the only operator
member of the board of conciliation
in the city today would make no
statement. |
New York, June 3..-Presi dent
Truesdale, for the Delaware Lack
awanna and Western railroad made
the following statement today:
Neither the tone of the pro-
clamation of the district presidents
of the Mine Workers. union as it ap-
pears in the papers this morning n or
the statement contained therein are
in any measure justified by the facts
of the situation as they exist in the
anthracite regions as I understand