Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1906-05-04
ALL DEPENDS ON
MEETING TODAY

WILKES BARRE. May 2.-While
strike talk in the towns and hamlets
of the region is hot because of the
shooting and bloodshed at Mt. Carmel,
John Mitchell and the union leaders
propose preventing any precipitate acI
tion on the part of the delegates to the
tri district convention in bringing on
strike because of the Mt. Carmel
affair The delegates, while variously
instructed by their locals, will be ask
ed by President Mitchell to give the
issues their fullest consideration and
best Judgment. No strike will be vot-
ed unless the delegates feel that their
best interests would be served by such
action. From present indications the
convention will be in session three
days and the final vote to strike will
not be taken Thursday.
MITCHELL HAD NOTHING TO SAY
John Mitchell left here today for
Scranton, where he will meet the MEM
bers of the sub-scale committee at 2
O'Clock this afternoon and prepare the
report of the negotiations that were
entered into with the operators look
ing to a settlement of differences
This report will be read to the dele
gates on Friday and will be made the
basis for general discussion by the de-
legates. Just what attitude President
Mitchell will take before the delegates
in reference to the PROPOSITIONS advanc-
ed by the operators cannot be learned.
He had nothing to say on the situation
this morning The majority of dele
gates, so far as any information is OBJ
tainable, are instructed to follow the
direction of President Mitchell, which
has practically placed tho situation
upon the shoulders of the miners lead
er.
ONE OF THE RUMORS HEARD.
A report was heard this morning
that after the report of the scale com
mittee had been heard several delegates
would express the opinion that i'll view
of the fact that as the only difference
| between the operators and miners was
| a question of arbitration on one de-
mand, that of wages, the scale COM
mittee should be directed to return to
| New York and renew negotiations
with the operators to arrive at settle
ment on this seemingly simple ques-
tion. The convention will doubtless
do little more than organize on Thurs
day by electing committees on cred
| entails and resolutions and adjourn
until Friday, when the reports will be
read and President Mitchell will make
an address. 1t is planned that dele
gates will be given the widest possible
latitude in the discussion of the ques-
tion and issues which President Nit
chell has always given each delegate,
who wishes to have his say, it will
carry the deliberations of the conven-
tion over until Saturday.
SAY MEN WANT WORK.
Meanwhile, the railroad coal COM
panies have resumed their prepara-
| tlOnS to resume work, DelleVlnB tnat
the miners convention will call a
strike Non-union men and strike
breakers are being moved quietly into
the region and distributed among the
collieries An official of the Lehigh
Valley said this morning that scores
of old employees in the company's S
mines in the middle district had appli-
ed for work when operations are re-
sumed. The Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre
Coal company is making the first
moves in this section to resume work.
The Lackawanna and Delaware and
Hudson company hope to have a maj
ority of their collieries in complete
operation within week.