Mine Worker’s Convention
March 22, 1902
Summary
An important miner convention begins with 600 delegates. Mitchell meets with one who discusses the Boston freight carriers’ strike.
Transcription
Most Important Gathering Since the Great Strike of 1900.
Shamokin, Pa., March 19.-- The most important convention of hard coal miners since that which resulted in the memorable strike of 1900 began here yesterday, and is likely to remain in session until Saturday. The three anthracite coal districts, known technically as Districts 1, 7, and 9, United Mine Workers of America, are represented by over 600 delegates, the majority of whom presented their credentials. The convention was called to order at 2.15 o’clock.
Ralph M. Easley, of New York, secretary of the Civic Federation, who came here yesterday, held a brief consultation with President Mitchell and left shortly afterward for New York. Mr. Easley and Mr. Mitchell both said the interview had no bearing upon the situation in the anthracite coal region. The two are members of the conciliation committee of the Civic Federation, and Mr. Mitchell asserted that the consultation related to the Boston freight carriers’ strike. The convention merely organized yesterday, and the proceedings were simply preliminary to the more important work to follow.
Shamokin, Pa., March 19.-- The most important convention of hard coal miners since that which resulted in the memorable strike of 1900 began here yesterday, and is likely to remain in session until Saturday. The three anthracite coal districts, known technically as Districts 1, 7, and 9, United Mine Workers of America, are represented by over 600 delegates, the majority of whom presented their credentials. The convention was called to order at 2.15 o’clock.
Ralph M. Easley, of New York, secretary of the Civic Federation, who came here yesterday, held a brief consultation with President Mitchell and left shortly afterward for New York. Mr. Easley and Mr. Mitchell both said the interview had no bearing upon the situation in the anthracite coal region. The two are members of the conciliation committee of the Civic Federation, and Mr. Mitchell asserted that the consultation related to the Boston freight carriers’ strike. The convention merely organized yesterday, and the proceedings were simply preliminary to the more important work to follow.
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Brooke Royer
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“Mine Worker’s Convention,” Black Virginia: The Richmond Planet, 1894-1909, accessed April 24, 2025, https://blackvirginia.richmond.edu/items/show/267.