| Show CONVENTION is GAllED l MineWorkers to Meet at t Wilkesbarre Monday WILL THEN END STRIKE General Opinion That Mining of Coal I Will Bo Resumed About Next Thursday This Would Give Conference Con-ference Two Days to Consider thea Proposal Submitted by tho President Presi-dent of the United States and Which tho Executive Boards Will Recommend Bo Adopted fl Wilkesbarre Pa Oct 16 Thj cxcc utlvo boardo of the three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers of America < In Joint session today unanimously unan-imously decided to recommend to a delegate convention oC striking miners the acceptance of the arbitration proposition prop-osition submitted by I the President of tho United States and It la I reasonably certain that the advice will be followed fol-lowed and the great struggle brought to a close I Tho convention will assemble In this city Monday morning find It Is the hope and the belief of the olllccrs of the union that the mining of coal will be resumed before tho close of next week after a susjrtnslon of more than five months The citizens of the entire region re-gion are much elated that the strike la almost over because business In the I coal Holds has been practically paralyzed para-lyzed elnce the sirike hegan From the lime the news wan received laio last night until about 10 oclock this morning there was some doubt aa to how the miners would receive the modified plan President Mitchell wan naked to make some expression on the proposition but he steadfastly refused lie was pressed by the correspondents for a Htalemenl and finally at 10 oclock desired up the Hltuatlon by issuing the following MITCHELLS STATEMENT Appreciating lha anxiety and Impa llonco of the public nnd 11 mine workers for dune autnnrllatlvn Ktatcment from this office I issue thin bulletin to say that I wan unalterably opposed to the ae coptanco of or acquiescence In the form of DOttlenipnt proposed by the coal operators opera-tors because It restricted ho President of tho United Sinus In making selection oC tho men who were to determine the filia tions Involved In lhe coal strike These realrlcllona having IwtMi removed and representation given to CJmOlt bor an well KB lo organized capital 1 am now prepared to RIVC my personal ap prnvnf to a settlement of the IHHUCS Involved In-volved In thin Btrlkc by the eomnilsulon pelcctetl 1 by the President and shall rcc nrnmcnd lo the executive offIcers of Districts tricts 1 7 and fl I In their meeting today lmt an Jmmodlale cull In Issunl for a c nv nllr > iifthone RUthorlXullon Irtnecon mry to declare tin Hlrlke at an end In tho meantime I trust that the people of our country will be us pallent as pnn plule nl we mire moving an rapidly as the Interests jr our people will permIt i SATISFACTORY TO MEN Whor this waa read to the district leaders and groups of miners who came to hendMUurtcrs to learn the news general gen-eral satisfaction was expressed that Mr i Mitchell wns willing to accept the mod 1 led plan and from that time on there ujia no doubt that tho strike would be brought to n speedy close DISTRICT BOARDS MEET I wao not until 2 oclock that the thlrtysevcn members of the three dls trlct boards were called Into session which lasted two hnuru and fifteen minutes min-utes Some opposition was manifested in the meeting against certain featurcn of time plan hut aCer it full < hlseusdon of the objectionable U1 obJccLolabh parts a unanlmoun vott wjjs taken to recommend to the convention ho acceptance of the prop OHltlon An the conference wai held behind closed doors and u hOld of ac rrery was placed on every man present ho specific 1 objections were not ofllclal ly I announced SAME BOARD ORDERED STRIKE These ore the same executive boardo nhlch on May Sth last ordered the strike to begin which action wits ap proved In time face or Mr Mitchells op I position by the Ilazlcton convention a I feW clayx Inter I Is expected that home objections will be raised on the llooi of the t convention but the ofllcerjj sue conlldent that the opposition will wl disappear when President Mitchell explain ex-plain all tho feature of tho modified jiruposdUon to the delegates STATUS OF MR WRIGHT A question WIIH raised today aa to whether Commissioner Wright who will be recorder of the commission Fhall liav lie right to vote In case tIn MX other members of the board are 10 iiiuilly I divided on any question In con it 1 I lon vJih IL t aetlleinrnl Mr Mitch I I Tlun asked appeared to be sure th it he had not all other oflldulH of the union were unccrtiiin of Mr Wright UUUR OPPOSITION TO ONE THING The matter of the tqrm of years tholt ere thot thin agreement shah be In force was mio a source o much Inquiry The union WJIB strongly opposed to the op I niorn fixing the term of yearn Ono < ln 41 tit l 1 president mild this feature Inul b I u11 left to the discretion of the com dltcllon tht cm jtUfilnn mis uujTRoiitcd In Mr MllchHIs Iropnition while other officials said they knrw nothing about It MITCHELL RETICENT Prtsldcnt Michel for some reason Mj not care to dI cuH8 any fenlun oft of-t tin irbltration nRrcement while the 1 jiiHttfr WtI utlll in the hand of tho irmr rs VJiiv MEN WILT RESUME WORK If the pluns of tin Btrllo leaders arc nelL dUurninKixl 1 n dllorIIK 1 general ruHitmptlon of mining will tnlce PHC about nest ThurMay I l expected the conven tion will lnt two day and that thcfo IH bi an interval of one day from the tirtf th ionventlon adjourns until tho i time iMt for the men to go bftclt to the I JNnrx if iiw convention should be In 1ioui on Vcdnc dtty It la probable ret re-t tdarXOT rtton would not take plnco until NOT ENOUGH FOR ALL There viil not bt enough work at first fe Srt nLl 1 tni strikers aa It la I the Inten tion v of the companies not to dismiss j nunlon men who have too < l by them Lj niirlnR iho HlrMjc Tho organization 1 WUtkn rnro of ueh other lJun1aUon ucl men as are 1 unabJc to find ark Jt Is estimated UIrfl tLat 1 Un trlktra will not filth work Ann IKO or throe montlu hno Wapted WII I T2p bi < iu to the condition of the 8lc of thorn are wholly th1 holy or bt 1 r 1tl1y hihh too a nnd other miced re Lttl AT 1IICEUQAItTELS 1IAr tAHTIH8 it ftk 4 I s Ilvrly Ony h n1qua 11 cR around strike I 1 1 t From early In the a mornIng until after the announcement was made that I a convention t would be talletl I crowd ujis congresaled at the place Mr Mitchell spent an extremely extreme-ly I busy day In the morning he had many callers who came to congratulate congratu-late him find In the afternoon he was engaged with the three distrIct boards eT Telegrams of congratulation from all p arts of the country eume to the leader of the miners during the day COMPANIES AT WORK The coal companies anticipating the ending of the strike next week ire busily engaged In preparing for resumption re-sumption lens of thousands of coal car are In the regions ready for loadIng load-Ing i and extra cfforlo will be made In moving them to tho large distributing centers once mining Is resumed It Is cc estimated that more than 200 of the 350 coHlcrles will be la operation by the end of next week and will produce enough coal to relieve the situation An authority In coal mining all today that t the coal companies as 1 result o the strike are CO000000 of tons behind be-hind President Mitchell has notified President Presi-dent Roosevelt of the acceptance of the proposal of the three executive boards message Ue will not give out the text of the |
