Show MEETING CLOSED DOORS Executive Committee of the he United i Mine Workers Discusses the Coming Strike I i ASSESSMENT NOT LEVIED j PRESIDENT MITCHELL REFUSES TO TALK Indianapolis Feb 3 The national n ex ei executive e ec tive board met behind closed doors this morning and remained in session un until tit til 5 p m The business transacted was for the greater part minor routine mat matters matters matters The matter of the special leyy of 1 a week on each member of the organization or ni I to create a strike fund for use u e in inthe inthe the coming Idleness was not reached un until til Ui late ate In the day It was then discussed but bu informally and no action was WM taken Pressure Being Exerted There is an intimation that pressure has been exerted on some of the thEl board bers hers to cut the tha proposed assessment in two There is little likelihood that this will be done W B Wilson is especially determined that the fund shall be at least and the theother theother theother other national officers and a a majority or of orthe orthe the board members are of the opinion that this sum will not be found too large According to figures at the headquarters of the Mine Workers a general strike st ike April 1 would bring out of the mines men if the nonunion miners of West Virginia numbering could be induced to strike with the union men of the other districts Delegates tes Go Home The last of the operators and miners left for their homes today leaving only the members of the national executive board of the Mine Workers here President Mitchell said this afternoon the national executive board would fin finish finIsh ish its work probably this afternoon and adjourn He declined to state what mat matters matters matters were being considered Mr Mitchell will leave for the east eRSt about Feb 10 to meet the operators and railroad presidents presidents presidents dents of the anthracite region in confer conference conference ence once Feb 15 The place of thia meeting will ill not be given any more publicity than S SNo possible No Strike in Colorado Trinidad Cob Colo Feb 3 The coal op operators operators operators of this section of the state es especially in Las Animas county are pre preparing preparing preparing paring greatly to increase their output owing to the threatened strike st ke in the 0 eastern states It is not likely that the strike will enter this field as the strike two twe years ago practically wiped out the United Mine Workers In this district and the unions have not since secured much of a foothold |