Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-30
THE SCRANTON CONVENTION
The Local Unions Are Electing Dele
gates.
MAJORITY ARE UNRESTRICTED
Sentiment Indicates They VIII Be
Governed Largely In Strike Mat
ter by Mitchell's Course.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SCRANTON, April SOTO the great sur
prise OF the Lackawanna company this
morning. almost on the eve of an expected
strike order. more men reported for work
at their mines and asked to be put back
In their old positions than on any Monday
morning OF recent weeks. The company
announces that 1t has been able to
strengthen Its force at all It's mines now in
operation. and that 1t has passed a daily
output at its mines and washeres OF
1900 tons
The Delaware and Hudson company made
the announcement that this morning they
had been able to start up another cofiiery,
the Baltimore tunnel, one of the richest
mines In the anthracite belt. They started
the Baltimore washery on Friday last. and
now the daily output of this company ex-
ceeds five thousand tons.
The Erie company reports no additional
coliieries started, but the officials say that
more men reported for duty today and they
expect that there will be additions to
their ranks daily. The Temple Iron Com
pany today started men working to operate
their Suyerville breaker.
Miners Locals Electing Delegates.
WILKESBARRE. Pa, April 30.-A
great many of the miners locals elected
utltB dltS 10 the scranton convention yes
terday. Returns of the election received
at miners headquarters today show that
a majority OF the delegates will go to the
convention uninstructed and Will be gov
erned largely on the question of declar-
ms strike by the course President
Mitchell pursues.
The five washeries at work In the Wyo-
ming region will increase their output
considerably today as they have larger
force of men at work. The Black Dia-
n.ond washery Of this city. which en-
ployed seventeen men last week started
work today with twenty-three men.
The washery in operation at Duryea
had nearly thirty-five men at work this
morning.
This is an increase of eight over last
week. II is not believed that the big coal
companies will make any attempt to re-
sumo work until after the miners con-
Neution al Scranton.
To Strike at Midnight.
DETROIT. Mich, April 3o-"Upon what
I consider absolutely reliable authority"
said President William Livingstone of the
Lake Carriers Association today, II have
learned that President d. ]. Keefe of the
international Longshoremen's Marine and
Transport Workers Union. has ordered the
members of his union to strike at midnight
tonight The locals ordered out include
the ore and package freight handlers, the
grain scoopers, the firemen and oilers, the
tugmen and probleraattc number or
mates. Mr.. keefe asserts that his associa-
ton numbers among its members large
majority of the mates. but as to this we do
not know.
We have not been looking for trouble
but now that IL is forced upon US the
longshoremen's union will know that they
have been in fight. We are rapidly max
ing preparations to meet the emergency
created by the coming strike. A meeting
of the executive committee of the lake car
r{E will ha cal cd INN lot 70
and develop further plans for operating our
boats than We already have General Man
ager Harry Coulby of the steel corpora
ton fleet has ordered his fleet. now bound
down. to tie up outside the harbor at Cleve-
land so that there will not be congestion
at the docks there
President Keefe OF the longshoremen re-
fused today to discuss the question OF a
strike.
Miners Clash With Troopers.
MT. CARMEL, Pa. April 30.-After the
dining room girls at three local hotels re-
fused to serve Lieut. Smiths command of
state constabulary here today. the troop
ers In front of the Commercial Hotel were
charged upon by large crowd Of foreign
miners The troopers beat them back with
sDlackjacks. Michael Glugen had his skull
fractured and number of others received
decorations Of the head. trooper was
badly injured by blow rom a club. The
crowd retreated and prepared for another
charge. Lieut.. Smith drew up his men In
battle line and threatened to shoot II the
crowd tried TO scatter his soldiers. The
chief burgess addressed the mob and adj
vised them TO go home The burgess Is
a member Of the union and his speech had
the effect of dispensing the men. where
upon Smiths command moved on to the
Lehigh company Sayre coliiery in the sub
urbs. where non-union men had been stoned
by foreigners.