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Show MITCHELL IS HOPEFUL.' ' Strike'.Leader" Believes Miners Will Win Struggle Against Operators. Wilkesharre. Pa. An?. 3. President Mitchell made another visit to Scrantoh today. Before departing he said there was no change in the strike situation. He did not,think that an attempt would be made to resume work at any of the collieries during the coming week. From what he could learn the Oxford mine, in the Lackawanna region, was being operated by new men. None of the old employes' had returned, and at a meeting they pledged themselves not to return. Mr. Mitchell said the same conditions prevailed throughout the entire region. The strikers were still confident they were going to win, and so long as they felt that way there was little probabib-ity probabib-ity that they would report for work. It was reported today that work will be resumed at the Woodward colliery of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western West-ern company tomorrow, and that a number of old firemen would report for work. , J. F. Mtlllahy, state secretary secre-tary of the Stationary Firemen's association, asso-ciation, did not think that any of the firemen,, would go back, but he issued an' address today, urging all. striking firemen to keep away from the mine and stand by President Mitchell until the strike was won. , The Public Alliance and . the Work-ingmen's Work-ingmen's Alliance, two organizations said to be opposed to the Citizens Alliance, Al-liance, have been organized here. They will send a petition signed by thousands thou-sands of citizens to the coal operators, i asking them to arbitrate,, and, if they i refuse. Governor Stone will be re- i quested: to take some action to compel 1 the coal companies to make new terms i with their employes. |
