The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-01
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Stunning soft have besu sleciet, bt there
sss soe maag ,aad ahoWid President Mitoheh
fayog . strike their oppOaltlon VII be rad'
Nv OVERRIDE.
TIE opsfaf, - hers ere swsitlaa With
much laiefsse lbr effort ~ the operators
IN tho CleaFheid district ~ fea'fms wofh'
The attemgfs bslaa made ~ souss o. tbe
eoIlleflss tbsrs to-day
The spssntofs to-day oontlHUed thek
eRofta tS Operate their mlOes and vealisfiee
ard Ia make . better showing this Wetk
than %herefgfofe. They believe thai ths
oUHput, which h now abgut 2sfgg ~
y causing maay ~ the nnine wofherg =
demonstfsts 10 The leaders that N tbs com.
oaotsa caO d. Al veil low they vii be abia
10 ~ much bstter N q strike " ofdefed,
. There have hesu persistent funsgfg to-day
among The mine WORKERS thai beforc there
10 q strike PFesidsnt Roosevelt vii take
eoms action which viii bring. the mine
WORKERS and the operators toRsther There
has taen, however, m apparent f~0undation
for theus rUmarha, aud PRESIDENT mitonel
to-day said he had no hnowlsdes thst
President Bg2seyeh vas soing " '"He
any Part In the present situation.
Mr MITCHELL also declared that there ~ere
M new Developments.
SCRANTON, April N The good order
Of the 1acka wanna REGION, wliere there
are more anthracite mines working than
in any other. was maintained to-day.
with the exception Of slight DISTURBANCES
fie tinted Mine Workers officials were
kept very. busy arranging for the CON
yenttsn which will convene here Wodnes-
day afternoon. John Mitohe- sent word
to President Nichols that he will transfer
his headquarters here early to-morro"
Several Of the operators PROGRESSED TO
belleve this evening that IL would he pos
sible to still avoid q strike without sur
rendering anything to the miners, but
they are now 10 n hopeless minority p
the people Of the community regretfully
believe there will be O strike.
Tie officials Of the United Mine Workers,
as we'll aS some OF the operators hough
that to-day there would be a falling on in tn
number Of nonrunion men reporting, hr
NOTk. DuI Ah NtAtb tlty NoOy W.
The taokawanna found more applications
for work from old men than for weels
and the Erie, Scranton Coal Company sad
Delaware and Hudson companies reporoed
as many men at work ns there have Deen AZ
any time since the suspension was declared.
A canvass has peer made of these men to
zee 10 they will obey a strike order from
Mitchell, and almost to 4 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 ha We been
saying: Take my word for 1t, there viii
be no strike. Something is going to hap
pen before Thursday that win change the
entire complexion of Affairs Asked II
that meant that the operators were to
grant concessions the officials referred to
said: "No, 1t will all end in a completes sur
render by the miners
President Nichols OF District No. l was
asked this afternoon If he bad any idea
what such statements emanating from
operators meant, and he answered Not IN
the least" II appears that this was the
frat time that his attention had been called
20 such statements. and he affected great
surprise.
final arrangements for operating their col
lieries. A party of Laokawanna officials,
including Vice-President T.. E.. LOOMS,
visited the company'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 Fred
smith, General superintendent Clarke ard
Division superintendent Rine were in the
party.
4 Western and other companies have been
hiring detectives and building stockadee