Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-03-16
PATRICK DOLAN
TO Be OUSTED
MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA
so DECREE
Over HOO Delegates Attend Indian
apolls Meeting-Preslden Mitch
ell Delivers Address-Lets
ter From Roosevelt
BY Associated Press.

BY Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 15-The
national executive board of the
United Mine Workers of America, at
a meeting held tonight following the
adjournment of the national conven-
ton, approved the finding of President
Mitchell in the matter of the ousting
of Patrick Dolan from the presidency
of District No. 8, Western Pennsyl-
vania.
The report of the board tomorrow
will also confirm the ousting of Dolan
by the convention of District No. 5,
and the appointment of three members
of the executive board to take charge
of the district affairs until the office
Is filled by special election
Dolan said tonight that he will make
no further effort to secure recognition
but will contest the validity of his
claims of the presidency of District No.
in the courts of Allegheny county.
President MitcheII's Speech
concluded its report this morning, the
reading of which occupied several
hours, President Mitchell formally
called the convention to order and
said:
Formally declaring this convention
open for transaction of business it may
not be amss-indeed, 1t seems quite
proper-that l should report the prin
cipal incidents and causes which
prompted the call for this extraordi
nary meeting of the United Mine
Workers of America, and in addition
thereto make some suggebtions for
your guidance. which may facilitate
the work of the convention.
81 hope they may prove helpful in re-
establishing our relations with the OPP
orators upon a basis which will be
just to them, reasonably satisfactory
to the great constituency we represent,
and at the same time properly con-
siderate of the welfare of the entire
country, whose interests cannot be dis
regarded with impunity by any class
of citizens, regardless Of it's strength
or influence.
while in New York attending meet
ings of the anthracite committee ap-
pointed by the Shamokin convention,
held on December IA, I held several
conferences with Francis L. Robbins,
president of the Pittsburg Coal COM
pany, and subsequently with other op-
orators. At this conference the ques-
tion of our disagreement upon the
wage scale was discussed in an in
formal way. l also held conferences
with several of the leading and active
workers in our own movement.
Agreement Looked Possible
"As result of this meeting we
came to believe that there had been
such changes in the coal trade, or at
tors, as to justify the belief that there
was a possibility of reaching an agree
ment provided the joint conventions
were reconvened.
Aside however, from my impress
sions and the impressions of those of
my colleagues with whom l consulted,
the following letter from the presi-
dent of the United States, addressed
to Mr.. Robbins and to myself seemed
sufficient justification to warrant our
selves and our employers in making
an effort to reach an agreement:
Letter From President
"'White House, Washington, D. c.,
February "a, 1906
'Slr:. note WIN very great con-
Germ the fact that in your late con-
vention or joint interstate conference
the failure to come to a basis of settle
ment of the bituminous mining scale
of wages.
"You in this business have enjoyed
great industrial peace for many
years, thanks to the joint trade agree
ment that resulted from the action of
your successive conventions. A strike
such as is threatened on April 1 would
be a menace to the peace, the business
interests and the general welfare of the
country. I urge you to make another
effort to avert such a calamity.
you and Mr.. Robbins are joint chair
men of the trade agreement committee
of the National Civic Federation. 1t
seems to me that this imposes an ad
ditional duty upon you both, and gives
an additional reason why each of you
should join in making this further eff
fort.
"(SigneD.
"THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
During the morning Patrick Dolan
of Pittsburg entered the convention and
was much observed, but there was no
disorder.