The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-05-04
SENTIMENT SEEMS
TO FAVOR STRIKE
Miners Tri-DiStriCt Convention
Assemblies at Scranton
MITCHELL IS CHAIRMAN
Decision of the Miners Will Be Known
This Afternoon or Tomorrow.
The First Days Session
Uneventful.
MITCHELL is CHAIRMAN

Scranton, Pa, May 3.-Todays sessions
of the miners tri-distrct convention were
unoprofitable, except in so far as they
revealed that the sentiment of practically
all of the 500 delegates in attendance are
for strike.
Tonight it is believed that nothing
short of a miracle can prevent strike
from being declared either tomorrow af-
ternoon or Saturday.
At the conclusion of the aftF noon ses-
sion President Mitchell made Iatement.
in the course of which he the word
strike" for the first timef' the pres
ent negotiations began. III IS what he
said to the newspaper men
There Is not much to SAT At this time,
AS was indicated while yNl were pres
ent at the opening of the afternoon ses-
sion the sentiment seemsf very strong
against accepting the cond tions and re-
stricted arbitration schedut proposed by
the operators or renewing the award of
the anthracite strike commission for a
period of three years The strike feeling
has been intensified by the unfortunate
and unjustifabe action of the state con-
stabularly at Mount Carmel, as well as
their conduct in other parts of the coal
regions OF course 1t cannot be stated
positively until Friday afternoon or Sat-
urday, what the vote will be-
The morning session of the convention
was purely formal, President Mitchell was
loudly applauded when he entered He
was elected chairman.
Mitchell Is Chairman.
j. p. Gallagher of District No. I was
chosen secretary.
AT the opening of the afternoon session
the credentials committee made its report.
which was adopted. Then Mr.. Mitchell
made brief speech in lieu of the re-
port of the joint scale committee, which
report had been sent to the printers. He
briefly reviewed the negotiations in so far
as they have progressed, land said the
committee had perhaps gone even further
than it should have gone in endeavoring
to bring about a peaceful settlement. He
told of the propositions made by both
sides and then said:
1--WE have offered to arbitrate all the
demands we made upon them; in other
WORDS we nave Ollereu 10 tuc
differences between us, either through the
board of Cancellation with Judge Gray as
chairman, or through the anthracite strike
commission. We have made the reserya-
ton, however. that 1t must be full COM
mission. not a part of 1t.
That, gentlemen, is the status of af-
fairs at this time. and | am sure | voice
the sentiment of every member of the
committee when | say that we regret
that we have not been able to make a ten
alive agreement that would secure for
you better wages. and better conditions of
employment"
The committee remained in executive
session until o'clock, when an adjourn
ment was taken until tomorrow morning
at 10 o'clock.
AS far as could be learned the discus
sion was purely general. Strike talk pre-
vailed all through 1t.
Mr.. Mitchell denied tonight that he had
considered the matter of referring the
entire question to referendum vote of
the miners.