Show fl ON miners in eastern british columbia and alberta have thrown down tools president mitchells orders order are arc ignored and men retire refuse to work bodard of trade advocates advocate bringing in cheap chia nese labor vancouver B C practically all the coal mines in eastern british columbia and albetta are closed it was rumored dilday morning that president mitchell Ml ot of the united mine workers of america had bad instructed district president sherman to ask the men to resume work but slier man denied this ilion ihen 8 3 lin lendsay asay manager of the clow H s nest coal company gave out a copy of a dispatch lie he had received from mitchell Ml who said bald definitely that he had ordered sherman bherman to get the men back to work the men have haie quit work ork but not definitely gone on oil a strike so that they may not be prosecuted under a new dominion government law sherman and patterson Pal terson his assistant both state that the men are pressing them to issue a strike order no doubt on account of the ambiguous position lloa they occupy thus thui quitting work without ith any definite arrangements there Is much doubt about the action ot of quitting work without calling it a 0 strike secretly ordered and all falling into line being a strategic move to evade viol of the clause of the act sherman says lie he will not pay istrice allowances because he can get around that by paying a working aj lowance it looks as though the oper actors had bad broken the law in posting notices of a reduction pending the dispute the canadian pacific railway at ferneo has only tons of coal on hand and that brought in aiom frank which worked thursday the canadian pacific railway has issued notices that none but perish able ble frell freight lit will be handled in kootenay until the situation Is relieved the winnipeg board of trade has haa passed a resolution advocating the tha bringing in of cheap chinese labor to take the places of 0 the men who have hava left about 6 men have thrown don their tools |