Show MINERS LIKELY TO J ORDER GENERAL STRIKE TO AID ANTHRACITE BRETHREN INDIANAPOLIS July 17 With With all the delegates delegate who are to take part In Inthe Inthe th the convention of the United MineWorkers MineWorkers Mine Mine- Workers J J IO ion on J. J the h C UI p.- p. is i 1 no mo move sentiment In m favor pr of A strike than there was last night The opinion n nIs Is steadily gaining ground round that a strike would lessen the chances ch of or th the anthracite cite miners to win as it would take from Crom them the support that the soft coal men will b be able to extend if it the they continue at work Th Then n too tco there Is Isa Isa isa a genuine dl dislike lIke among the soft sort coal men to take action violating their contracts contracts contracts con con- tracts with the mine wn rs Still SUIl thero there Is a chance hance that the gathering m may be e. e from r m l Us J et by bya a a. tg i Impassioned t s M r Nine ine Hundred Delegates v c I The convention be began Ari in Tomlinson hall hail with Ith an attendance of ot about delegates Nearly Nearl every dele delegate ate was as the possessor os of oC several everal proxies some iame holding holdin as high as five n The first session was as not of an executive exec i tive c character and there were man many nian spectators present to to io witness the proceedings proceedings proceedings pro pro- of what has been heralded as aR i I I one of the thc most important gatherings of roC labor n men 11 held In recent lecent years ears Pr President Mitchell who was greeted with h cheers cheer called the he con ent convention onta or order r der at 10 o Z mg c Call Read e d Secretary lUron then read the call for th the convention con and President Mitchell 1 c called led for the he report of ot the I committee on credentials The rea reading I of this h by Michael l gart consumed consumed con con- much time as the report con contained con tamed the name of f every delegate with witha II a n statement of the number of ot votes po possessed b by each man |