The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-02-12

Meeting OF Coal Operators at Cleveland
Yesterday.
1hoy Decide 10 Adhere 10 the Previously
Expressed Resolution to Cut the
Wages Of Miners,
On monday. January "a. The Coal p

On Monday, January 20, the Coal P
duoera Association OF the Tuscaraw
Valley held q meeting at the Office OF
the Ohio q Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany at Cleveland and adopted the fol-
lowing resolution:
WHEREAS, A reduction In the price OF
mining coal has been made In several
districts OF the State, and we find our
selves unable to compete In the market
with the price Of coal from these dis
tricts, In consequence OF which our
mines are not running half-tlme; there
fore, DO II
RESOLVED, That the operators Of the
Massill0n District ask our miners TO ac-
cept q reduction OF 10 cents per ton In
mining, TO take effect February lat next,
The miners Interested In the reduc'
ti0n held two meetings after the oper.
at0rs had decided 10 reduce the price OF
mining. Az both OF the meetings they
decided not 10 accept the reduction,
especially at the last held at Canal Full
ton, when they most emphatlcally de-
clared the decision a. final aud refused
10 go TO work at the reduction.
Yesterday q meeting OF the operators
was held In Cleveland, the following ac.
count Of which appears In the Herald OF
that city to-day;
Yesterday, on the ~OccasIon Of the regu.
lar annual meeting Of the coal operators
OF the Tnscarawa Valley. the subject OF
the Tuscarawas strike came up for final
consideration and was unanimously dis
posed OF by adherlug TO the original re-
solution passed January 20, that the
operators again ask the miners 10 work
Mt o reduction OF 10 cents per ton. They
have hitherto been paid So cents, and
according 10 the proposed rates they are
asked TO work for 70 cents, which ID
said to DO a higher price than the Hook.
ing Valley miners had been paid before
the strike,
Yesterdays meeting was called 10 or.
der In the morning at the office OF the
Ohio g Pennsylvania Coal Company,
with Mr.. Clement Russell, of Massillon,
officiating as President and Mr.. j. B.
Zsrbe, OF the Ohio u Pennsylvania Com.
pany. acting 90 Secretary. Soon after
Organization the members adjourned
for dinner. In the afternoon the meet.
Ing reconvened with the following
members present: Mr.. James Mullens
representing the Minglewood mine; Mr.,
N. p. Payne, the Summit mine; Messrs
II. X, Rhodes aud George ii. Warming
ton, the Willow Bank mine; Mr.. j. b
Zerbe, the Fox Lake mine; Mr., j.. p. Bur.
ton, the Rldgeway Burton Company; Mr.,
j. z. P0cOck, the Elm Run Coal Com,
pany; MIR. A. HOwells, the Jastus Goa
Companyi Mr.. r, Kellar. the Beaver Run
Coal Company; Mr.. Clement Russell, the
Slppo Coal Company MI. A. j. Mozart,
ney, the Lake View Coal Company, aud
Mr.. 0tig Young, OILS, Young u Co.
The election OF 0licera for the ensuing
year resulted 40 follows: Board OF Dlrec,
tors, George II. Warrington, Clement
Russell, John Tod, Anthony Howels
John j. Wagner, ID, McGary aud j, II
Pocock; President, Clement Russell; Sec
Rotary, j. b. ZeIbe; Treasurer, George II
Warrington. AT the close Of the elec,
ton OF officers the important subject Of
confirming the original resolution with
reference 10 the ten cent reduction came
up for consideration, and, after discues'
Ing the subject from oil its etandpolnte
II was decided to re'adopt the original
resolution.
The result OF this decision, In case thu
miners adhere TO their determination al
expressed at the Canal Fulton meeting
will throw about three thousand miners
out of employment, 40 the mines repre-
scented In The Maaaill0n district furnish
about q million tons OF coal q year. Al
present there Ia no stock on hand and
the immediate effect OF the strike will
DO to draw tho consumers attention u
other markets. Mr.. Zerbe, Secretary OIL
the meeting, when seen by o reporter
yesterday, said: II am not going 10 say
anything about the meeting or forecast
anything. won't volunteer 10 expresi
an opinion" An operator who took an
important part IN yesterdays proceed
inga. said: III think the matter Ia now
definitely eettled, aud u prolonged strike
seems inevitable, unless tho ml1era In
our district will come 10 their senses
and accept our terms. They cannot NJ
ford 10 lay idle, aud nc the old rates we
can very well afford TO shut down our
mines, ~ we are brought In direct com
petition with other operators who pay
their men even lower wages than wa are
Offering now"
"The general coal market" said on.
other operator, twill not suffer because
OF this strike. We eau buy all the coal
We can dispose OF, and II IL safe 10 say
that tho consumer won't eufior. There
IL plenty OF coal In tho uarkot aud there.
fore anticipate no advance In tho
price"
Tho strike In the Tuecarawas Valley
will DO nearly no serious In liz results
40 the recent strike In the Hooking Val.
10y, when only about two or three hun.
dred more men left their work than In
the present instance. II In but natural
10 suppose that Tho Tuecarawas miners
are not any moro saving and frugal
than those employed In the Hooking
Valley, aud II IN therefore feared that
tho sun ring caused by that famous
strike Will DO repeated In tho Tueoa.
rawas Valley.
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