Show f 0 i 1 It f THE STRIKE SITUATION I i i- i I 4 9 4 0 1 1 1 0 o It hardly i iS possible that we shall hall h hear ar anything anything any 5 thing decisive from the cite coal cal miners miners' convention convention convention con con- now in session at Hazleton Pennsylvania before Sa Saturday Last night it had bad no more more than p perfected rf its organization and we presume that the thes s sessions today will be be pretty well occupied with I speeches and arguments argument The situation as it stands stands stands' is n not t particularly particular y promising President Mi Mitchell chell o of the United Mine Workers who is presiding is quoted a as admitting that a majority of the delegat delegates delegates dele dele- gat gates s are in favor of a general strikes strike but his personal personal personal per per- influence is great enough to justify the opinion opinion oin- oin ion that if he lie is as much opposed to that course of action i las as is believed he will wilI be able td avert so dis disastrous a r Usa a t thing ing II i From all sources of information it appears that appears that t there is no hope hop wh whatever of conce concessions fro fron the he hec c al trust operators Apparently they have decided de de- de to let matters take what course they may and in case a strike is s ordered to accept the challenge and fight it out on that line if it take takes all summer Possibly howe however however- fr if it should chance that the stationary stationary sta sta- engineers engineers- and firemen joined hands with the miners th the op operators might not feel or act a as independently hould Should such a thing happen the mines would wol be e flooded and a huge loss incurred by their prop proprietary The w whole ole issue is still in the theair theair theair air and while its outcome looks dubious at this hour there still is some reason for pr hoping that the them m nun r will Pt enter upon upon a L i l long ng struggle which would n not t b be promising of s success and surely would res result lt in incalculable injury to the business interests interests inter intel ests of ot the country |