Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1906-02-11
DOLAN RUNS
ROOST WITH
HIGH HAND
Declares Himself Elected
President Of Miners
DESPITE EMPHATIC PROTEST
OF MAJORITY OF DELEGATES
Open Break Comes in Pittsburg Dis
trlct on Eve Of Great Struggle
With the Operators.
DESPITE EMPHATIC PROTEST
OF MAJORITY OF DELEGATES

OF turmoil and strife the delegates to
the miners convention of the Pitts
burg district secured a breathing spell
this afternoon, by adjourning until
next Wednesday. Before the close,
however, President Dolan was
successful in having the election tel
lers report read. and despite appeals
from his decision. declared himself,
Urlah Belingham and William Dodds,
elected, rlspectively, president. vice
president and secretary-treasurer for
the coming year.
Confusion prevailed during almost
the entire session today and order
was only restored when Vice Presi-
dent Lewis in speech to the dele
gates. threatened to leave the city and
not return
President Dolan announced that
within twenty-four hours he would
make public a statement of his posi-
tion with his reasons for voting as he
did at the Indianapolis convention.
Following the adjournment, 102
delegates held a caucus and determin,
ed upon a legal fight to unseat Dolan
and Bellingham.
Secretary Dodds was exempted from
the action, as he has said he would
retire at he end of the present term,
March 81.
The caucus decided to employ at
torneys to secure an injunction against
the district officers. forbidding them
to withdraw money from the treasury
of the organization and to enjoin Pat
rick Dolan, Uuriah Bellingham and all
members-elect to the district offices
until new election is held.
The hearing on the injunction Sc
cured by President Dolan restraining
delegates from ousting him, which
was set for today, was, at the request
of the defendants, postponed until
next wednesday morning.
Dolan Is Defiant.
Pittsburg Pa, Feb. 10.-A brief
hearing on the temporary injunction
secured yesterday by President Pat
rick Dolan of the Pittsburg district
miners against 139 delegates attending
the district convention, restraining
them from interfering with his pow
ers as president was held today be-
fore Judge Frazer in common pleas
court No. 2. Additional time was re-
uuested by the defendants and We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock was fix
ed by the court for the final hearing.
The session lasting one hour was held
by the convention this morning prev
ious to going into court in a body. 1t
was the stormiest meeting yet held
and there was opposition to every
matter presented by President Dolan.
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nounced that President Mitchell had
instructed him to remain in Pittsburg
a few days. Lewis also read tee-
gram from Mitchell advising the exc
cutive board Of the Pittsburg district
miners that they were permitted to
draw on their treasury for funds to
retain legal talent in the injunction
proceedings. II personally pay for my
attorneys" shouted Dolan to Lewis
and the delegates, "and the executive
board will do likewise. No money will
be taken from the treasury for that
purpose II can help it,"
Scale Committee Completes Demands.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Feb. 10.-The
members Of the anthracite miners
scale committee who have been in ses-
biOn IIGTC ntING idHt COIlpiNN-
ed their labors tonight and will leave
for their homes tomorrow. The de-
mands as formulated will not be pub
lished until the joint conference is
held In New York next Thursday
Great Quantities of Coal Stored.
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Feb. 10.-Taklng
advantage of the mild winter the an
thraclte operators have managed to
store In various places, in and out OF
the coal region coal in vast amounts,
in anticipation of the strike that is
now threatened.
They determined long ago not to be
caught as they were when the strike
of 1902 was declared, with a short
supply on hand. Accordingly, last
year the miners worked as they never
worked before The production of
each company was a record breaker
and the total output was $4,000. 900
tons, more than 5000, 600 tons greater
than the output the previous year.
Taking into consideration the fact that
last winter was severe, and the de-
mand for coal brisk. and that the
present winter, until this week, was
exceptionally mild, and the demand
slack. the operators had the opportu-
nifty of storing great quantities Of coal
and they can mine about $4,000. .00O
tons more by April /. when the pres
ent agreement expires II the collierIes
work steadily
The amounts stored in this vicinity.
as nearly as can be estimated, for the
companies decline to give information
Is as follows
Lehigh Valley Coal company. in
wetherIy 100000 tons. and in Ram
som, a newly erected storage plant
with capacity OF about 100000 tons