Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-09


Just across tho river, in the Wheel.
Ing Creek valley, au d back OF Btllaire,
On the Bait. d Oaio, ali Ia quiet, there
strike order except at two or three
banks where the operators have con.
ceded the eixty-ceit rate demanded by
the men.
A CON FERENCE PROPOSED.
PIT1sBURd, Z a., July o. fhs de-
velopmeuls Of the next Twelve hours
promise to have nj ct important
bearing upon the miners' strike.
Anxiety as TO the outcome prevails on
all sides. Severe earnestness now
marks the great struggle AID 1t VIII
r quire but n few days ior the telling
ef fleets OF the fight TO become plainly
evident throughout the districts In
volved.
The result OF the conference OF
prominent labor leaders In this city
today to consider proposition for the
| cooperation OF the various trades 10
awaited with anxious Interest. Presi.
dent GOmpers, OF the American Fed
| Grafton OF LsbOr, arrived 10 PItteburg
tor Washington this morning. be ex.
pressed himself Hs desitOus OF aiding
the strikers 10 every possible manner,
Just what Ia proposed lie not known, but
| II Is tho opinion that the meeting 10 to
| outline the plans for making tue strike
| general and possibly 10 have the other
| trade organic stions reiuie to handle or
use soft coal mined during the strike.
Tue conference has been postponed
until 9 O'Clock, President Ratchford
! having been detaine /.
President Gompers was In confer
ence with Col. W. Z. Rsnd, the
wealthy coal operator, this forenoon.
He advocated arbitration and said
the conditions OF trade Will not justify
! the large anu sudden Increase d.
manded by the miners. He further
| stated that he believed the strike
would terminate In the course OF two
or three weeks and the men would
| compromise with go cents.
The suggestion that q Joint meeting
OF the arbitration boards OF Ohio, Ia.
diana, Illinois and Pennsylvsnia be
held in the city next week and an
effort made TO settle the strike was re.
oeived with favor, and 1t is believed
| that both operators and miners would
welcome 1t.
| Striking miners are beginning to
find their way into town anu dozens
OF them visited the headqusrters Of
United mine workers. this moruing
A number of uiggers from Caste
Shannon mines came to sue II the
company could not get enough men to
work TO dig coal 70 as to run two
engines. the company claims to nave
a contract to carry the u allied States
mail and these must be hauleu. The
Castle Shanno cJal company has NO
railroad connections ana II 10 believed
tho firm will be allowed to work
enough m 81 OF the advanced price 10
keep their own machinery IN motion.
| Keeling Bros. gro working eight
miuets driving a tunnel entry.
A resolution was passed LIST SatuR.
day 1T tho convsntion that no coal
mine should be mined until the mel I.
ity OF the operators paid the advauce
price snd even IL one firm does sign
the scale to pay sixty-nine cents per
ton the men ere 10 refuse TO work.
Operators were allowed to repair the
mines at the 9S cent rate, however. n
number OF Operators are DESTROYS oil
opening entries now.
The operators point to the fact that
all the mines on the Pennsylvanis
road within the forty. mile limit have
resumed operations aud are shipping
coal west. One operator bought from
the Keystone Coali company fiftee L
care which had been stsnding on a
side track, at five ceDtB ton advance
The firm also contracted for 25
carloads u day as long as the strike
| laete. HInF
The Central Traffic association car.
rIes all coal mined within radius o.
forty miles of Pittsburg to the lakes
al 90 cents per ton. This Is called
the forty-m!le limit. The miues on
the Pennsylvania railroad coming
within reach OF that rate are the
New York Clevelsnd coal company's
mine. capacity $50 cars per day; Key
stone coal company, capacity 200
oars; Manor coal company, 20 csrs
Pennsylvania gas. los care; Atlantic,
so cars; Berwinl White Ocean mine,
100 cars; Corey's Duquesne mine, "a
cars; the Hamilton L. Eikins gas coal
25 ears capacity anu tho West More.
land coal company, 200 care.
The Pennsylvania road claims tc
have started 1000 cars OF coal west
ward and has promised to supply car;
enough each day to ship equal
amounts. The mine on the Pennsyl'
vania road usually ships eastward OF
coke their coal, but In timee like these,
when orders are numerous for coal
these firms dispose OF The coal at IN ad.
vancei price.