New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-05-15
ASSEMBLING IN CLEVELAND.
MINERS AND OPERATORS TO MEET IN
CONFERENCE TO-DAY.

THE MEN DEMAND THE OLD sCALE AM W
coMpRoMIsE"- EFFECTS OF THE
FUEL FAMINE MORE APPARENT
Cleveland Nav 14-Representatves Of the United
Mine Workers OF America met in executive session
in Bank Street Hall at IL a. m to-day. AI'el an
address By President John Mcbride. the committee
on Credentials reported lSS delegates present rum
fourteen States. After the appointment OF coin-
mIttees recess was taken until p. m. Al the
afternoon session a committee appointed to
tabulate the scale o. prices for the different heds
covered by the association resolution was
adopted to stand by the position taken by the Ma
tionaI Convention demanding a restoration OF last
years prices The Scale Committee met at the
close Of the session and after canvassng the situa-
ton delegates from each district were instructor
TO fix the prices for their own district and report
10 the full committee tomorrow morning. re-
port will then be prepared for presentation TO the
convention. which meets at 10 a. m.
The officers Of the Mine Workers Union state
that the watchword OF the miners when they enter
the conference with the operators Tomorrow AFTER
noon will be THE old scale and no compromise.
PRECEDENT Mcbride stated that there was no posi-
bIitv of the miners yielding to any local agree
uent whereby the scale should be paid nor was
there any possibility Of the miners yielding to any
general compounds.
I'VE are simply lighting for living wages sald
he "and there ia no place for an agreement SHUT .
OF full Justice to the men who work in the mines
When the conference with the operators meets
,o-norrov afternoon fully two hundred miners will
be on hand to take part in the proceedings. , ne
;oc,I examination for the State Of Alabama, wnicn
To.lnrs is renresented az the meeting The sca,e
which VIII be presented 10 the conference "''' 'o''
Tho ooeratcrs Of mines in the Ohio fields have all
along signihei their willingness 70 max seraie
izatlon and the Pttsburg district men are nO'
backward IN asserting that the Ohi2 operators az
force The PttsburSers TO pay a rate OF - cr s,
which will give the Hooking valley anu JdShaD W,
favor. cents beuz the mining rate ana "a
cents on the freight rate.
Baltimore. May II C5pec.a0.-The Maryland anu
West Virginia coal operators Will not be repre-
cant.1 AT the Cleveland conference. but the repre-
sent,tlyes in this city Of all the leading coal COM
norlos in the two States said to-day that prepara-
tons arc being made at the mines to resume WORN
this week as they expect all differences to be ad-
ilsted at tho meeting The Baltimore ana OAio
pour,aH continues 10 control soft coal situation
in this city. Cumberland and all the manufacturing
towns along its Western divisions. The trade mere
r. a, 4 stands,il Not ton Of coal can be mad fot
any purpose unless the railroad company Is WILING
Thousands Of cars loaded with coal are sidepacNel
p. different points along the line me eio'oe'
lleress OF the hundreds Of traininen ana o''e' ID"
bJrers einDoyed On the coal piers Is causing us
tross The steamer Charles =. Mayer arrived TO-
Company's wharf. but there was not pound oil
Bispatches received this evening from Cumber-
land T'r1stAurg Homecoming and other points III tnt
W@rvlanI region STATE that there were more miner
Gec r0 "niuncilons served on McBrdes organizers
OMalley and Davis. restraining them from ll ger
fcrns with the miners have had the peslrei ea,eC.
CONSTANT agitation has kept the men out or waVer-
ing sheriff King hal hundred aTteI poires
his morning Fifty Of the working miners were &C
conpgrei 10 the mouth Of the mine py tner VIZ
aIss 1
,urn.novs strike orders have been given mere u
nremcn the philadelphia ana trif ana me NM n
ri,ncrs 40 prepare their hreb0Nes ~ anticipation o
burnlng anthracite coal . raise steam Tor me g.
,ntiyes m their charge. The reason assigned ~
ms order Is that the supply Of buminous 3ol J..
running short. only about Gay s,.i,nr 7 ana
he Lehlsh Valley Railroad Company were = hay y,
chanpsi from hard to soft coal on the nrst Day o
Nav but the strike In the b!tumnous region pre-
sno5,, .i OHIO MAY ii~Forty-sx Of coal
| CONSIGNED by the Wheerle coal Company OF d tnh
| railroad. we're seized yesterday by the railroad
c5mpany for use the road .,- .,. ..,..,
wheeling " VA May t.At BeJaire tns m mIre.
81 the Beilairo MAJ. aud steel Worhs ana oy pp,
60 TIC miners were. however allowed TO go II
M morning 70 prep Up 'Hcr rooms .5i,g y' out i The
Mammoth Nan ana stee. Works emp0yhtns l'-'
VII be compeH9 70 Sir .o VIBRATOR, Of this
.t,l,r whose men are on strike have decided not
D., send delegates 20 the fiev land convention. 800
The factory ~ ,he American Glucose company,
EMPLOYING ..0 men. has closed down because oil
Ediyyii.e. iowa. May 1i-Troubic Ia feared at
Evans IN Mahaska county. between striH1lrS an.
the miners smp'y@t l DS I ~ "a ont in accorianc,
with hc order % strike ma by ID. 80 fr,rr
Carboniaie saturday 20 force the american Goa
C1mpauy's men who number ''' 10 gu'' WE n, IN
uniV the workers 20 on, About ha:f Of The Evans
miners are negroes, %"o o,r,j,. between them and