The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-07-13
ARBITRATION.
An Effort Will be Made to Use

Pittsburg, July 12.-Strong efforts will
be made this week to settle the miners
strike by arbitration. The suggestion
that joint conference OF the board Of
arbitration Of Ohio, the labor commits
sions of Indiana and Illinois. and the
statistical bureau of Pennsylvania. to
DE held in PiEsburg, 10 see if the min
ers and operators could not be induced
to submit their differences to an arbi-
tratiOn combination, met with prompt
response from members Of the four
committees. and the conference viii be
held here this afternoon. Representa-
tives are already mere from Ohio. In
diana and Pennsylvania. The Illinois
delegation has not yet arrived, but is
expected before the day is over.
preliminary meeting was held al
the Seventh Avenue hotel in this city
at 10 o'clock this morning. Those pres
ent were Selwyn n. Owen, James
Bishop and John Little, of Ohio. T. r.
Mccormack and B. Frank Schmid, of
Indiana, and James II. Clark, of the
Pennsylvania bureau of statistics
In an interview today Judge Owen
said it was proposed TO meet the miners
and operator officials and try and pro-
mote a speedy settlement. "Of course
you understand" said Judge Owen,
when we crossed the state line our
authority turned 10 ashes. We have
simply come 90 look over the ground
and see what can be done
We have come here more as private
citizens than as officials said General
Little. we have no jurisdiction here
and do not wish TO assume any.
4 telegram was received from Ma
tional President NJ. RasChford. saying
that the mine officials will be unable to
meet with the arbitrators until eomor-
row. The commissioners Will likely
spend several days here in their inves-
tigation Just what their method of
procedure viii be they do not them
selves know.
IRONCLAD CONTRACTS.
Beyond the strengthening of the miners
lines along the rivers there was little
change IN the strikes until today. The
ironcla1 contracts which were in force at
several mines in the MOnongahela valley
We're swept out of existence today. and
the strike was made general in the fourth
pool. The Chamouni, Apollo. Jack Jones
and OHeills Fayette City mines which
had been running with a light force of
men and under ironclads. are idle. The
men at the Chamouni mine were the last
TO lay down their tools. The miners
along the riveg are rejoicing over this vic
tory. The only mine represented in Ohio
in the region is the Equitable, at Web
ster. II is a stock company. comprising
about $50 stockholders, and are mining
their own coal. The men in the Stickel
Hollow mines OF the Washington Coal
suspension complete in this district ex-
cent at the mines of the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal company, where
about LOO men are working.
No effort has yet been made to get
these diggers out, and the miners at other
Its who have laid down their tools are
g-umbling at the slowness of Dearmitt's
men in joining the movement.
a offx draz SIT
sures. They have been kept in check so
far. but there is no telling when the fever
VIII break out and a concerted move on
Sandy and Plum creek made. The great
scheme to agitate the strike question.
ARBITRATORs GATHER.
Labor commissioners and official arb-
traitors of the several states affected are
gathering in this city.
This state of Ohio is the only one which
has a regularly appointed board of arbi-
tration. IL exists for just such emergen-
well prepared for the work. Most of the
others interested are labor commissioners
and industrial statisticians who are also
well able to act in the capacity of arbi-
traitors from the nature of their work of
keeping in touch with the working classes
All the states. with the ex-
ception of Kentucky and Tennessee. where I
the strike is on, will be represented in the
conferences which are to be held here
during the next few days. Invitations
have been sent to the coal operators of
the Pittsburg district to meet the arbi-
traitors informally and talk over the mat
te- OF setting the strike James Young
representing the NJ. A. Hanna mining in
te-ests. came on from Cleveland this
morning and was in consultation with !
peace makers at the Seventh Avenue no. |
tel. One or two OF the smaller operators |
dropped in 10 look over the situation but /
40 sarge conference has yet been held. |