Milford chronicle., 1903-06-05
MINERS May STRIKE
bitch in Cancellation Board Threat
ems Serious Trouble.
HEADERS ISSUE A STATEMENT

LEADERS ISSUE p , \ EMEN
claim Representatives Were Appoint
cd as Provided by Commissions
! Award-operatOrs object to Union
I Men on Board.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, June S.-Another
aark strike cloud looms upon the hori-
kon of the anthracite coal region. The
executive boards in session here have
endorsed the selection of their three
district presidents on the board Of
cancellation, and if these members are
not recognized by the operators they
will contemplate calling a convention
Of mine workers to declare a general
suspension of work until their mem
bers are given recognition. The dis
frict presidents, as a result OF the
meeting, issued the following state
ment on the dispute: "At joint meet
ing of the executive boards of the an
thracite region here the members Sc
iected to represent the mine workers
of each district on the concilauon
board reported that the representa-
tives Of the operators refused to recog-
nize them on the mine workers ere
dentials or accept them as members
of the Cancellation board. They re-
ported that the operators objected on
the ground that the mine workers
representatives were appointed by
their organization as it exists in each
district. The award of the commission
relative to the matter of selecting the
members of the Cancellation board
provides as follows: That is to say, II
there shall be a division of the whole
region into three districts, in each OF
which there shall eXiN an organiza-
fion representing a majority of the
mine workers of each district, one OF
laid boards of Cancellation shall be ap-
pointed by each of said organizations,
and three other persons shall be ap-
pointed by the operators, the operators
in each of said districts appointing
one person.
one person"
A district officer was seen and was
asked if the objections of the operators
could not be removed if the mine
workers selected their representatives
on the board by a majority vote OF
miners. He replied that it was not
likely that such a step would be taken.
II the operators demanded that, he
said, the miners had as much right to
ask that the company representatives
be selected by a vote of the stock
holders.
"WHI the miners quit work if they
are called out?" was asked.
"Yes. every man will come out The
10000 men in the Schuylkill region,
whom we ordered back to work, will
not hesitate to come out again, and
there are acute grievances in every
region which will cause a suspension
lf such a step is decided upon. The
district officers have counseled the
miners to remain at work pending
the settlement of the trouble by the
conciliation committee. but If this
committee cannot be organized there
Is nothing else for them to do"
National President Mitchell be-
iieves that the miners representatives
on the board are legally chosen, and
as the district officers have just re-
turned from a conference with him at
Buffalo they are evidently acting on
his advice.
The indications are that If no word
from the operators is forthcoming the
anthracite region will experience an
other struggle which will attract the
attention of the world. It will be a
bitter fight to the end. Some Of the
members, however, feel that the op-
orators will recede and recognize the
credentials of the miners presidents.
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