The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-06-11
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK i.
a Settlement of the Miners Strike
Practically Assured.
ACTION OF COLUMBUS CONFERENCE
To-day 'iay DO Ia tho interests of
Pcacc-ohto Miners nSccdc from
Their Former Stand Saturdays
Session-The Joint Scale Commit.
tce-A wra"GIo Over Compromise.
Attitude orIndiamn. 1.Da

COLuMnrs, June lO.-After a. ~ all.day
session tho scale committee Of the
operators and miners conference al.
iourncd at midnight Saturday to 9
o'clock Monday morning.
The Ohio miners reccdGd from their
Stand fOr70 cents. and a basis OF GOcenta
in Ohio and 20 cents In Western
Pennsylvnnis was r'ptnctically agreed
upon.
The committee is waiting upon the
decision OF the Grape Creek miners and
operators. They attended tho St. Louis
conference contrary 10 tho arrangement
They. do not wan, To como up to tho
basis In this competitive district, but
the scale committee here insists that
they shall. Il s9g7l.
The Grape Creek mines are in East.
ern Illinois, near the Indiana line, and
IN competition with the Indiana minors.
Tue committee was In Communication
with the Grape Greek people q. ST.
Louis carly in the evening, but no
definite reply having been received up
to midnight the adjournment was taken.
The committee Is composed as follows:
Operators-H. L. Chapman and ]. s.
Morton, OF Ohio: +. L. Robbins and NJ.
a. Taylor. OF Western Peunsylvauia;
WI. Sweet and Z 7. Bent, OF Illinois;
w. :. Boyle and j. S. Talley, OF Indiana
Miners - President Mcbride, Nice
President Penna and Cameron Miller,
Of the executive board; James u. Muir
ray, vice president Of lllinois: Joseph
Dunkerly, OF Indiana; A. \. Adams,
president OF Ohio, and John 4. Cairns,
Pittsburgh. ~
1t became noised about early duriuQ
the afternoon that there was hitch in
the committee on account OF the stand
taken by the miners The Executive
Board OF the United Mine Workers OF
Ohio held secret meeting 10 this city
Friday night and decided not to accept
% compromise under any conditions, but
stand firm for the 70-cent rate.
A COMPROMISE
When the question OF q compromise
was preached in tho joint scale COM
mi!tee the Ohio miners objected, and
the wrargls lasted during the entire
afternoon. The fifty or sixty operators
cougregated at Lydon hall did not hest.
tate TO express their disapproval OF this
course on the part OF the miners. The
operators claimed that they had met
the miners in joint conference with the
understanding that the latter were to
recede from the stand taken with the
Cleveland conference and agree upon o
compromise scale It was intunated
by some that il this conference did not
result IN settlement the miners would
not have another opportunity 10 meet
the operators soon.
When the conference opened r. II.
johnson. asked Ii il was q meeting OF
the committees OF the various districts.
Mr.. Chapman replied that it was, but
he was anxious 10 have all persons pres
ent who were interested in the coal
business. and that the general public
should know all that was said.
The rules OF the Cleveland convention
were adopted for the use OF this conven-
ton. Mr.. Morris, Of Cleveland, under
standing the meeting was suggested by
the miners, asked to hear from them.
John Mcbride said the usual plan
was TO appoint scale committee, but
before doing so, the miners desired to
hear from the Pennsylvania operators
as to what Interests were represented
and as TO what influence any split
among them uI;ght have.
NJ. II. Taylor said he accepted the in
vitation to come hero With tho under
etanding that the miners had receded
from tho position they held at Cleve.
land Sixty.three Pittsburgh operators
favor settlement. Fitsy-three arc OPP
posed. Out OF this number fourteen
represeo. mines in the big vein dis
trict, which would not pay the same
price rs other operators. 1t Is no. fair
that they should. However. II a fair
agreement Is reached thirty-tour OF the
opposing mines would Join the sixty
three in accepting the scale Colonel
Sweet said Illinois would stand by any
reasonable agreement made at this
meeting. .Ia,a
The scale committee was then ap-
pointed, and the meeting adjourned
until 1 p. M. to give tina, committee
time 10 work aud operators time 10 con-
fer with each other. s
An Indiana man said bis state would
Rtand BY any reasonable proposition!y-l