St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-05-17
MINERS REFUSE TO RECEOe
THEY DEMAND EHE RESTORATION OF
The OLD RATE.
OPERATORS ARE OBSTINATE.
Tho Cleveland Conference Will
Hear tho Report of Its Com
mittee Today aud Decide
whether All Efforts to Settle
FL the Strike Will lie Abandoned
~ Names Of the Committeeman

| Whether All Efforts to Settle
the Strike Will lie Abandoned
Names OF the Committeem en-.
| CLEVELAND. May 16.-rhe mine OPP
orators met again in the chamber OF
commerce rooms today at 10 o'clock to
consider their side OF the wage uues-
ton. At that meeting. which was pre-
SUED over by Mr.. Johnson. of Column
! gus. report WAS caile1 for BY Mr..
chapman, OF Jackson county, Pennsyl-
Vahia, from the members present at
the Pennsylvania operators meeting
last night. Mr.. Robbins, as the repre-
sentative of that meeting. announced
that the Pennsylvania operators have
agree upon rate of Is cents for
PENNSYLVANIA snJ 81 cents for the Hook
Ing Valley district. He was asked by
Mr. Chapman If that was the action of
the entire Pennsylvania deleyati on or
whether the ten Pittsburg delegates
still held aloof from the agreement.
HIS reply to that was: sit was the ac-
ton of last nights meeting, and was, l
think, the unanimous sentiment of that
meeting" Mr. Robbins then said he
would like to know ii that was salts
factory TO
THE OHIO OPERATORS.
One of the prominent Ohio operators,
on behalf of mine operators of the state,
replied that he believed that would be
entirely satisfactory for Ohio, and that
The Chic mine owners would heartily
cooperate with Pennsylvania to secure
that end. Mr.. Robbins then moved THAT
committee OF five members, represent
Ing each state, be appointed to agree
upon scale of wages to be presented
10 the convention, arranged satisfactorily
To eac. state upon that basis. This was
agreed to- aud The committee went into
the question OF the wage schedule.
Outside of the meeting Of NINE opera
tors many operators are in favor of
going into tile convention with the wage
schedule arranged on the basis proposed
at the
OPERATORS CONFERENCE,
submitting the schedule 10 the opera
tors for their consideration and then
adjourning.
The following committee has been
appointed to represent the operators III
the several states in conference with
the miners: Olio. j. F. Morton, john
Brashtrs, Of Hooking; W. X. Woodford.
Eastern OAio; H. l.. Chapman. Of jack
son; ". ). Mullins. of Massilloue
Pennsylvania, NJ. H. Taylor. John
Biyth. Thomas ii. Chapman. j. c. Dye,
+. l.. Robbins; In.iiama, W. Kenner. j.
K. Seifert, james Norron, David In
gals, }. S. Daley.
The conference committee of the
miners consists Of President John Nc
BRIDE. Vice President p. II. Penn, of
indiana; Secretary Patrick McBryie
AMI District President j. a. Crawford,
OF Illinois; Cameron Miller, of Oh O;
W. b. Wilson, of Pennsylvania; John
a. Cairns, of Pennsylvania; A. A.
Adams. of Ohio; Joseph Dunkerley, of
lndiana: Jerry Mead, of MARYLAND, and
JOHN Fahey, of Ohio.
The joint committee remained in ses-
sio2 until O'clock this evening, when
an adjournment till morning was taken.
1t was announced that no agreement
had been reached. The miners refused
TO recrde from their demand tor re-
storation to the old rates, and the oper-
ators, i'll thl absence of Instructions,
could make no concessions. The oper-
ators will have another meeting this
evening to decide whether they shalt
make the miners another offer or give
up the a tempt to settle the strike.
When the conference reassembles III
the morning The committee viii make
its report and definite action VIII then
be taken.