Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-02-22 | Page 3 | Mine Men Meet in Secret Session

MINE lINE MEN IEN MEET IN SECRET Coal Work Workers T Conf Confer r With Operators With a View of f Obtaining New Agreement N NEW W YORK Feb 22 It It is stated that the officials of of the e i Mine MineWorkers Work Workers rs of America who vho ar are now here have ha held two secret conferences with coal mine mine operators operators' in relation to the adoption of a ne new agre agreement ment John Fancy Fahey one of r the officials will I neither admit nor deny that conferences conferences' had been held Mr Fahey issued the following statement it k Since the anthracite miners joi joined ed the United Mine Workers of America I Ithe the policy of the organization has been to avoid all strikes a and d settle questions of wages and other matters matteis amicably if possible The present contract system system tem with ith the op operators rat rs we wel look k upon pon as asa a tentative one What we will do about a new contract I will not say now