The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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wn6EsntRMs, April N Nearly III ihs
,~Islssaiea WIN sfs 10 REPRESENT Tho mlns
wofhsfa ~ ths Scranton convention on
Thursday wers slscted to-day The ma
loflty f~ecsieetl ~ INSTRUCTIONS escvp, ~ 10
atHlsd by the sdvice N President Mitchell
anI the dist rlot oaloefs A few Who tnoam~
candidates fof ths dsle Hateahip Zoe tho
sspgsa- pufpuas ~ advoeatina The aorep'a
aacs " The opsfsiors' pfopositun sad re-
stunning Wofk have b@en sleeted, bat there
are MOI mahy and ahoaid President Mitchell
favor . Strike their ~opfSaitlon sii hs fead'
Nv oVerrtlden
The ofsfafors hefs are swaltlna 9Th
much interess the shur, ~ tho Operators
In the Claafheld district h. resume Wofk,
the attempts Icing made ~ some Of the
colIlefisa there to-day
The Operators to-day continued thek
aNorts 10 Otefate their mines and Nasheties
and io make q better aho winH this week
than hefetofore, They telieve that ~"
out pit, which Ia now about 1900 tons,
IL causing many Of the mine workers tn
IesIla,s about ordering n STRIKE. and Ia
demonstrate 10 the Leaders that " the com'
uanles can do - we'll nos they will br ahle
Ia do much better " n strike u ordered
There have besn persistent rimora TODAY
among INN HlNN MUNNtIN NUHI NFNtNF
ia q strike President Roosevelt will take
some action which will bring. the min"
workers aud tho operators together. lhete
has been, however, no apparent fOundal ion
for theSe remarks. and President Mitchell
to-day said he had M knowledge that
President Roosevelt was going 10 take
any part In tho present situation.
Mr, Mitchell also declared that there were
NJ new developments.
ScRANTJS. April ~. The agood order
Of the LAckas wanna religion, whore there
are more anthracite mines working than
in any other. was maintained to-day.
with the exception Of slight disturbances
Of little moment.
The United Mine Workers officials were
kept very busy arranging for the con
ventien which will convene here Wcdnes-
day afternoon. John Mitchell sent word
10 President Nichols that he viii transfer
his headquarters here early tomorrow
morning.
Several Of the operators professed to
believe this evening that II would be- pos
sible to still avoid u strike without sur
rendering anything, to the miners. but
they are now in "A hopeless minority and
the people Of the community rcgretfully
believe there will be Il strike,
The officials Of the United Mine Workers,
as well as some Of the operators thought
that to-day there would be "a ia Aims on In the
number Of non-inion men reporting Tor
work, but in this city they were mlsta ken.
The L~ackawanna found more applications
for work from old men than for weeks,
and the Erie, Scranton Coal Company and
Della ware and Hudson companies reported
AS many men at work as there have been at
any time since the Suspension was declared.
A canvass has been made OF these men TO
zee IL they will obey Il strike oruer from
Mitchell, and almost TO a man they de-
clared that they will not.
Much speculation has been caused during
the last few days by the fact that several OF
the better informed operators ma We been
be no strike. Something is going to hap
pen before Thursday that will change the
entire complexion OF Affairs Asked II
that meant that the operators were TO
grant concessions the officials referred TO
said: mo, 1t will all end in Il complete SUR
render by the miners
President Nichols Of District No. | was
asked this afternoon If he had amy idea
what such statements emanatlng from
operation. meant. and he answered Not in
the least II appears that this Was the
first time that his attention had been called
TO such statements, and he affected great
surprise.
The coal companies are now making
final arrangements for operating their col
including Vice-P resident f.. f., LOOMS,
visited the c%ompany's mining property
along the Bloom division this morning,
Col, Phillips of the Coal Mining Depart
ment, Chief Special Agent Adamson, in
charge of the detective force Of the com,
pany; Superintendent OF Washeries FREQ
smith, General Supe rintcndent Clarke ana
Division Superintendent Rine were in the
party.
The Erie, Delaware 4 Hudson, Ontario
4 Western and other companies have been
hiring detectives and building stockades