Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-03
he delegates left here last night feel.

Ing that It's success Is uncertain.
In the past 1t has been the rule Of
the miners when ordering a strike to
prevent If possible the production Of
coal in any territory that would supply
the markets furnished by the strikers,
the theory being that public necessity
would tend to strengthen the miners
cause with the people and force con-
c%essions from the operators.
BY the action of the convention OPP
orators who sign the 1908 scale will
be privileged to work their mines and
the product of the miners labor will
come into direct conflict with the in
%terests of the miners who are forced
into idleness because the men by
whom they are employed refuse to
sign the scale.
1t was charged in the convention
that the privilege granted to these op-
orators would lead tt a guerilla war
fare among the miners themselves, for
hundreds would flock to the mines that
were being operated and would thus
contribute to making the burden Of
idle men harder to bear. President
Mitchell and other leaders took a con-
trary view.
Adjourn in. Disagreement. ~.
The joint conference of this district
adjourned after disagreeing, and after
the miners unanimously declined to
submit the differences to a commits
sion to be appointed by President
Roosevelt.
The national executive board meets
today to take up the details of manag-
ing the strike. 1t was empowered to
decide as to what employees will be
allowed to continue work at the mines
to prevent destruction of the property
during suspension.
There is in the national. district and
local treasures Of the miners $2,5oo,,
900 of which 100000 is in the ma
tional treasury.
Fall to Expcl Dolan.
The convention failed to expel Pat
rick Dolan and Uriah Bellingham, the
Pittsburg district officials, from the
organization by a vote of $50 to 1858.
The controversy was referred back to
the Pittsburg district.
President Mitchell had absolute
control of the convention throughout
its sessions, and every act desired by
/ ullu was ,uOuC. r. TIC SlSliACu lhoI IL
the convention did not adopt the reso.
luton permitting the miners to sign
wherever the advance scale was paid,
ho would resign. The vote was al
most unanimous, although Vice Presi-
dent Lewis took a vigorous position
against it.
Washington. D. G.. March .S1.-The
president will not intervene to bring
about a settlement of the coal strike
in the anthracite coal fields. because
no great public necessity exists for in
reference by him. He will not appoint
a commission to prevent a strike in
the bituminous coal fields. as pro-
posed by the operators, who made an
appeal to President Roosevelt.
This action was decided yesterday
at the cabinet meeting after a pro.
longed conference, in which dis
patches from John Mitchell, president
of the United Mine Workers, and of
John H. Winder, representing the btu
minous operators, were, considered.
President Roosevelt and This advis-
ers take the ground that no great cri-
sis exists and that there is no reason
why he. should interfere.
The existing conditions do not in any
manner, resemble those which excited
the Presidents alarm three and a half
years ago..
No Prospect of Great Suffering.
There is no immediate prospect of
widespread suffering and hence the
only question that has been presented
to the President is the one involving
the differences between the miners
and operators. Under the circum-
stances the President does not feel
that he would be justified in becoming
the arbiter of those questions unless
there is a vigorous public demand that
he shall do so. In the absence of such
demands he will not act.
Expect Speedy Adjustment.
Altogether the President and his
cabinet are disposed to view the situa-
ton with a feeling of satisfaction be-
cause they do not fear that the stril ;
will run into the coming winter. On
the contrary, they suspect that the al
lance between Mitchell and Robbins
will force an adjustment within a few
months. In the meantime, railroads
and manufacturing concerns will be
enabled TO operate Will the supplies
of coal which they have stored in an
t~icipation of a strike, and nobody will
be injured.
The cabinet discussed the conflict.
ing messages of Winder. Mitchell and
Robbins for two hours and a half yes.
terday, and there was a unanimity of
opinion that the President ought not
to interfere at this time. The Presi.
dents advisers were clearly of the
opinion that both the operators and
the miners, recalling the sensational
events of 1902, which preceded the
creation of the anthracite coal strike
commission, are playing for mutual ad.
vantages, with a view to winning the
esteem and confidence of the public.
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