The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
500, 900 MINERS
QUIT THE MINES
Great Anthracite Strike to Be
Prolonged, Is Miners
Prediction.
Head Of Mine Workers Expects
Quick Action and Strike
~. Order.

New York, April 2.-The following
statement was issued by the anthracite
coa ~ operators committee today:
s, Advlces received this morning from
the anthracite coal regions are to the
eHeet that the Delaware, Lackawanna
o Western railroad is operating Sly
Washerles, Erie five wash cries. Ontario
western two washeries. Delaware s.
Hudson one Washery, and the People .
Coal company one breaker.
The Reading, the Lehigh Valley and
the Temple Coal & Iron company are are
not attempting to run any of their
plants, altho some 5000 men renorfe5
TO the Lehlgh Valley Coal company for
work this morning.
Efforts o. Operators.
The = coal operators are doing their
utmost to secure an even distribution Of
The supply of coal now on hand. The
price OF freight has not been raised, no
charge whatever is being made for the
. the operators have incurred for
the storage OF coal and the price fob.
and alongside is exactly the same to-.
Gay as 1t has been for months past.
.Inere is no excuse for raising the price
OF coal and the operators are doing err
eryth1ng in their power to prevent It..
lhere Is no reason for the public,s be-
Ing IN llncon 1ne by the existing
very large quantity of coal against lust
sueh an emergency as has arisen, and
this coal will be distributed with as
great regard as possible to the demands
OF legitimate consumers. ,,
Mitchell in New York.
Indianapolis, April 9. - President
Mitchell Of the United Mine Workers
Will arrive in New York this evening
He will hold meeting with his an
<thraclte scale committeeman tonight
and tomorrow meFatH., and backed by
operators. 49, 80
PRESIDENT Mitchell evidently exuacts
quick aetion, as he EXPECTS to return IN
week to attend a meeting of the in
ternatlonal executive board. The board
will take up the matter of levying an
assessment on the men whose operators
sign contracts and who are thus put to
work.
The general opinion among the min
ers' board members is that practically
all Of the bituminous miners will be
at work within forty-ive days and that
the anthracite men will be on a long
strike.
Mitchell's Predictions.
Before leaving for New York last
night. President Mitchell said:
...4Anthracite miners will stay out
until We have an understanding with
the operators. Tomorrow the eight-hour
day will be celebrated. Strike condi-
TONS will prevail Tuesday over prae-
vania, Indiana. illinois. Missouri. Mich.
lgan, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas, In
dian Territory, Texas. and in the an
thracite fields. The mines in West Vir-
glnla will be operated few days pend
ing the result of the district Joint con-
ference in Charleston.
OF. l.. Robbins and western Penn
sylvania Independents will readopt the
1908 scale Monday by signing a CON
tract. Western Kentucky operators
have signed. Iowa operators have ac-
cepted the terms. Many independent
operators in Indiana and Illinois have
notified our district officers that they
been posted in the Irwin field in west.
ern pennsylvania and the big Berwynd-
Hite company in central Pennsylvania
has posted the advance: Fifty per cent
Of the tonnage is ready to sign up"
Mine Workers Officials.
Vice President T. l.. Lewis is in Ohio
directing the strike in that state, and
Secretary Treasurer w. B. Wilson is at
Clearfeld, Pa, attending the joint CON
ference of the central Pennsylvania dis
trict.. Samuel NJ. Sexton, editor of the
Mine Workers Journal. the official or
gan gan of the national union, is the only
official in the city: Reports are being
received from, various states, but they
are being forwarded to President
Mitchell or held awaiting his return.
The feeling at national miners head
quarters concerning the situation in the
bituminous fields is sanguine.
Miners Suspend Work.
Philadelphia. April 2.-Reports re-
ceived today from the anthracite coal
fields state that the order of the min
ers scale committee directing that min
ing be suspended until an agreement
could be reached with the operators is
being obeyeed almost to the man. In
made by the operators for resumption
OF work this morning. Whistles were
blown at the regular hour and every
| thing was In readiness for the men to
go to work, but there was no response
by the miners, and the day took on a
holiday aspect.
Firemen, engineers and pumpmen,
who are not affected by the suspension
order, reported as usual, but it was
apparent that the scores of empty coal
cars which had been hurried to the
colllerles yesterday would not be needed
unless an agreement was reached be-
tween President Mitchell and the coal
presidents in the conference to be held
in New York tomorrow.
Bitter Struggle.
That great many miners believe
that a strike is imminent, and that
there will be bitter struggle between
the workmen and their employers was
evidenced by the departure yesterday
and today Of scores of miners from the
Schuylkill region. A majority Of these
men are foreigners who will go to their
homes in Europe and there await the
outcome of the pending strife.
In the Lackawanna district there Is
a feeling among the more conservative
miners that an agreement will be
reached at the New York conference,
but others are less hopeful and are pre-
pared for long siege.
The only. colliery in the Luzerne- Wyo-
n ok al L. L.