Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-05-16
TRYING TO COME TOGETHER.
Efforts for Peace at the CLEVELAND
Mining Conference

CLEVELAND. Ohio, May 16-Althoueh
one session of the coal conference has been
held and a night spent in caucusing has
interviewed. the conditions lust before the
conference met today were still very cha
otic- AT O'Clock the miners held another
executive session in Case Hall. to perfect
their scale of wages, which was to be later
presented to the convention in the form of
a simple resolution calling for a rate of 70
cents in the Pittsburg district, 80 cents in
the Central Pennsylvania district so cents
In the jackson and Hooking Valley fields
N ONO. % to 20 cents in the MassiIIon,
Ohio. district from 40 to 50 in Indiana, and
from 40 to 50 cents in Illinois. Back of
these general figures are rates for the diff
ferent subdivisions in each large district,
SO that the matter is almost as complica ed
an affair as the tariff bill.
The operators held another meeting early
today and continued their effort to unite
upon a program TO be followed in the con-
vention.
A more liberal feeling was manifested,
but the Pittsburg men and the Ohioans
were still pretty far apart, the latter con-
tending that the miners would not listen
to the proposition discussed during the
night, to establish rate of 65 cents for
Pittsburg, with differential of 8 cents In
favor of the Ohio operators. That PROPOSE
ton is for a compromise Of the half and
half kind, being 10 cents above what the
Pittsburg men are now paying, and IA cents
below what the miners demand.
The desertion of T. H. Chapman and r.
H. Hartley, two large coal producers, was
the part of the obstructionists, but Secre-
tary Patrick ]. NJ. Mcbride does not view
1t in that light. He is still of the opinion
that the Pittsburg railroad operators are
determined to prolong the strike.
The Operators.
The mine operators met again in the
chamber of commerce rooms at 10 o'clock
this morning, to consider their side of the
wage question. At that meeting, which
was presided over by Mr. johnson OF
Columbus. Ohio. report was called for by
Mr.. Chapman of Jackson county, Ohio
from the members present at the Pennsyl-
vania operators meeting last night.
MIR. Robbins. as the representative of that
meeting, announced that the Pennsylvania
operators had agreed upon rate of 20
cents for Pennsylvania, and Sc cents for
the Hooking Valley district.
He was asked by Mr.. Chapman IL that
was the action of the entire Pennsylvania
delegation, or whether ten Pittsburg dele
gates still held aloof from the agreement.
His reply to that was:
ut was the action of last nights meet
ing, and was, think, the unanimous sem
tirnent of that meeting"
Mr. Robbins then said he would like to
know If that was satisfactory to the Ohio
operators.
One of the prominent Ohio operators, on
behalf of the mine operators of the state
replied that he believed that would be en-
tirely satisfactory for Ohio, and that the
Ohio mine owners would heartily cooper
ate with Pennsylvania to secure that end.
Mr. Robbins then moved that commit
tee of five members, representing each state,
be appointed to agree upon a scale of wages
to be presented to the convention, arranged
satisfactorily to each state upon that basis.
This was agreed to, and the committee
went into session on the wage scale.
Outside of the meetings of the mine OPP
orators, many operators are in favor of 60
ing into the convention today with the
wage scale arranged on the basis proposed
at the operators conference, submitting the
schedule to the miners for their further
consideration and then adjourning.
The following committee was then ap-
pointed to represent the operators in the
several states in conference with the miners:
Ohio-J. F. Morton, John Brashears of
Hooking; w. r. Woodford. Eastern Ohio; H.
l.. Chapman of jackson; W. J. Mullins OF
Massillon.
Pennsylvania-M. H. Taylor, John Blythe,
Thomas II. Chapman, J. C. Dye, T. L. Rob-
bins.
Indiana-W. Kenner, ]. r. Seifert, James
InO II hal