The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-02
GREAT COAL STRIKE
 IS EFFECTIVE TO-DAY
AfITCHELL,S ORDER WILL AP~ PARENTLY BE OBEKED
 TO 4 MAN.

Whistles Will Blow at the Mines as
 Usual But There Will be No Response
 Mitchell Will Arrive in New York
 TO-day-To Confer With Other Lead
 CTS and Meet Operators TO-mOr1 Pw-
 Soft Coal Operators of Western Penn
 sylvania That They Will Pay Ad-
 vance Demanded.
 Scranton, April 1.-The whistles at all the mines in this valley will De blown at the usual hour tomorrow, as matter of form. There will be practical lv no response to them on the part of the mine workers.
 District President T. D. Nichols ot the United Mine Workers of America arrived in this city to-day with Sec retary J. T. Dempsey and some of the district board members, who have been in attendance at the meeting at lndlah- apolis.
 From one of the board members who discussed the action of the joint boards in ordering a cessation for to- morrow morning something concerning the position of the mineWorkers on thls question was learned.
 "TTlere has apparently been some sur- prise at the action taken" said he. "There should not have been any. Our contract or working agreement With the coal companies expired last night. In the absence of any other working agreement, the mine workers can do nothing but cease work, pendinti the making of new contract. That has been our stand all along, a determina- ,tion to have a final understanding with the operators, concerning terms ot la Dor. We have had that for three years and now we want new working agree ment. That's the situation in the prov erbial nutshell" All of the other big coal companies are following the Del aware, LackawaI1na and Western ln posting notices announcing that they stand ready to continue to operate un- der the provisions of the mine strike commissions award.
 There was a joint meeting of the Dunmore locals of the mine workers this afternoon, at which is was decided that all company hands, in addition to fhe steam men and engineers, could work at repairs and putting the work ings in condition until further notice, provided, of course, that they mine no coal The Dunmore men were surpr1s- ed this morning to find the Erie com- pany with eighty-five guards and col ored cooks on hand, ready to go on duty tomorrow guarding the compa- ny's property The company is to at once undertake the operations of No. 5 colliery in Dunmore by concentrating there all the men who can be induced to remain at work
 Though to-day was Sunday, big force of carpenters was at work com pleting the stockade around the break CT and erecting eating and lodging houses for the men who will work.
 Wilkesbarre Pa, April 1.-In obedi- ence to the suspension order of the min CTS scale committee, most of the min- CTS and laborers were busy last night and to-day removing their tools and supplies from the collieries and break CTS.
 The miners and lscorers throughout this district will generally refrain from working until such time as they are ordered back by the union.
 To-day and tonight the railroad com panies were busy filling sidings leading to some of the large breakers with empty coal cars preparatory to making an attempt to continue work to-mor- row. Notices are posted at some of the breakers announcing there will be work for all who apply.