The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-10
COOKERS TO OFFER TERMS.
TdE STRIKERS WILL NAME A CON-
FERENCE COMMITTEE.

Its Members to be Chosen from the
Ranks of the strikers-They VIII
Represent the Men as Individ-
uals Instead Of as a Large Organiza-
ton.
PITTsBURG. PA, April 9.-The coke
workers will adopt new tactics to settle the
great strike. The leaders have agreed to
stand aside and allow the men to act. With
this end in view, a convention of the strik-
ers was called by Peter W ise for tomorrow.
the object being to appoint board of con-
ciliation. The board will consist entirely of
men from the ranks and will ask for a con-
ference with the operators as representa-
tRes of the employees and not as an organi>
zation. Peter Wise, master workman Of the
Knights of Labor, AMI Vice President Penna
of the United Mine Workers Association,
left for the east this morning. Mr.. Wise
will stop at Philadelphia, where he will
appear before the general executive board
OF the Knights of Labor and try to induce
Mr. Powderly to come here. Mr.. Penna
will visit the heaiquarters of the American
Federation Of Labor in New York.
In speaking of to-morrow's convention
MIR. Wise said: I'VE want peace. If the
men can make terms with the operators the
leaders are willing to step, aside. The oper-
ators have said that they are willing to meet
the men. and we will give them an oppor-
tunity to do So"
CAME TO A SUDDEN END.
The convention closed this evening sud-
denly After a fierce battle of words and
opinions further talk was declared proftless
and an adjournment taken sine die fairly
made the miners heads swim, though they
accepted the proposition with smile. This
action means, practically, that the interstate
agreement has been abolished, aud that the
amicable and hal monious relations that
have existed between the two classes
for the past five years are broken off
and may not be resumed. 1t also
means that $1,000 mine workers in these
two regions will stop work on May J.,
affecting SOC, 900 persons directly and hun
dreds of thousands indirectly. AS the mine
workers Of the country will also demand an
eight hour day continuation of work after
May l now seems almost impossible. The
two great organizations of the country, the
knights OF Labor and Federation Of Labor,
are back of the men, and their money will
be at their disposal.
THE CoRoNER's INQUEST.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa, April 9.-Inter-
est was centered to-day in the coroner's in
quest, which reopened at noon.
The strikers seem to have renewed hope.
Their leaders have been at work among
them for the past few days and the effect is
noticeable. The men are holding off
| until to-morrow's meeting. The locked
out men have been doing missionary work,
and there were less men at work to-day than
yesterday. James Mcbride OF the miners
executive board says information was made
| last night against Capt. Lauer and mum.
Der of his deputies, charging them with
| murder.
This afternoon Capt. Lauer and thirteen
| deputies were arrested on charges of muir
| der. They were taken to Scottdale on the
| 40 train, where they will give bail for q
| hearing later
| Supt. Morris Ramsey of the Morewood
works commenced the serving Of the evic-
| ton notices this morning. The usual ten
days notices were given the men, and it did
not seem a surprise to them. The soldiers
| will not take any hand in the evictions un-
less the strikers resort TO violence.
sCoTTDALE EXCITED.
| SCoTTDALE, Pa, April 9-This place is
| in fever Of excitement tonight over the
arrest Of Capt. Lauer and his deputies.
| Early this morning James Mcbride and
Robert We1dell, two labor leaders, ap-
peared before Justice Elcher and
| SWore out the warrants 1Or the
arrests. The defendants waived a hear
| ing and commitments were taken out on
which they will be removed TO the Jail to-
morrow morning. The feeling among the
strikers against Capt. Lauer and his depu~
ties is still very high, and it is probably for
these reasons that they were taken to the
| Eighteenth regiment camp, where they
will be carefully guarded until daybreak.
| Nobody was admitted to the squire's Office
save Secretary Parker and newspaper men.
The defendants say they are not worried
| over the ultimate outcome of the suits, but
| they expect it will necessitate considerable
| trouble On reaching Greeusburg to-mor-
ro efforts will be made to secure a writ OF
habeas corpus for them. Judge Reyburn
| will preside over the court. The district
attorney of Greensburg is blamed by the
| strikers as being instrumentalin in fixing bail
4 and it was this bail question that led to the
sudden re-arrest of Lauer and his deputies.
| Squires Keener and McCabe, who released
them on $500 on a charge of murder, and
held the strikers in 81 900 bail, say they
used their own judgment, which, the strikers