Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-05-15

CLEVELAND, o., May 14.-Every train
arriving in this city during the night
and early hours OF the morning brought
delegates to attend the Miners Conven-
tion to-day and the conference which
takes place tomorrow at the Chamber
OF Commerce between the miners and
operators. Very few operators put in
an appearance as early as did the
miners delegates, but large number
of rooms have been reserved for them
At the various hotels, and a good-sized
delegation will probably arrive in the
city by, nightfall. While it has been
said the Pittsburg district operators
have been insisting right along tnat
their men are willing TO work for %
cents a ton, if they could be assured
prote etion, it was not long after the
miners bad arrived before it became
apparent that so far as the delegates
represent the feelings OF the strikers,
that the men are not at all willing to
return for the same wages.
Secretary p. j. McBryde voiced the
sentiments of good many delegates
when he answered a suggestion as to
COMPROMISE. mo, sir" he said, I'VE
did notcOme here for compromise.
and thus far we have no such word in
our vocabulary. Nothing short of what
we ask will
GIVE THE MINERS LIVING WAGES
and for that we contend. We can hold
out for three months, but we have no
desire to do so. For that reason we
came to this conference.
Mr.. McBryde would not for a moment
consider the effect OF settlement in diff
ferent localities without reference to
what is done elsewhere.
"The only condition under which
work will te resumed" be continued,
lis a settlement for all the States, as
originally announced"
The declaration means that the miners
and the operators Of the Pittsburg dis
trict as are far apart as possible. The
latter decided at their conference In
Pittsourg on Friday that they would
not participate in the convention to be
held here and further that they would
settle with their own men without con-
sulting the officers of the United Mine
Workers The feeling of Independence
manifested by the miners yesterday and
in THAR small caucuses early to-day
does not appear to indicate a settlement
without friction. A number OF the del
egates said that the conference would
be of very short duration If the opera
tors
T~SIsTEn TrpON COMPRONJsF
The operators of mines in the Ohio
fields have all along signified their will
ingness to make a settlement with their
men through their national organiza-
tion, and the Pittsburg district men are
not backward in asserting that the Ohio
operators are backing the strikers, hop
ing that the miners will force the Pitts
burgers to pay rate Of 79 cents. which
will give the Hooking Valley and Jack
son operators a differential Of IL 4 cents
a ton 10 their favor, nine of this being
on the mining rate and pa cents on the
freight rate.
The miners convention was called to
order by President John Mcbride ~ IL
o'clock In Bank street hall, with about
200 delegates present. A committee
was appointed composed Of two dele
gates from each district TO hear reports
from the various mining sections repre-
sented, in regard TO any grievances and
as TO what action they desire taken in
regard to the scale. After transacting
some unimportant routine business the
convention adjourned until o'clock.
The afternoon ssSsio was secret. So
far as could be ascertslned the meeting
was entirely harmonious in every re-
spect. President John Mcbride when
asked bv representative of the Asso-
ciated Press as TO the probability Of
compromise, said: II know there has
been
SOME TALK IN THE NEWSPAPERS
about a compromise, bot it has all come
from the operators. So far as the min
ers are concerned, they are a unit in
agreeing that nothing less than the
scale demanded shall be accepted"
The delegates continued to arrive al
most hourly throughout the day.
Headquarters have been established st
the Bethel hotel.
Nothing OF importance was accom-
plished at the afternoon session, and it
was ueClutu W uOiu GuOtucI scsSIOu III
the morning, st which the scale COM
mittee will make report. Each della
gate who ia member OF the committee
will state the rate OF wages
paid in his district befors she strike
and at present. These reports will be
takan down by the Secretary, and viii
form a basis of the scale which
will be presented to the operators. The
miners are not meeting tonight. Many
of them are congregsted at their hotel
discussing the probable outcome OF
the conference, which is TO be held
at , o'clock tomorrow. While the off,
GERS refuse 10 be interviewed, they all
express confidence as to the result, and
they and apparently all opposed TO any
compromise. They feel that they are
justified in demanding restoration Of
the old scale in all the States, and many
OF them are inclined TO believe that the
operators will grant their demands.
While many OF the Ohio operators are
undoubtedly in favor of restoring the
old rate, they are chary about saying so.
They all hint at some sort Of a compro-
mise, and
SIXTY CENTS A ToS IN OHIO,
with a corresponding rate in other
States, is talked OF as about right. The
10 boilers from the Pittsburg convention
who declared thatthey would not attend