Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-07-20
WILL TAKE TIME.
May Require a Month to Adopt
True Uniformity Plan.
ULTIMATE SUCCESS is EXPECTED.
De Armitt's Motives Regarded with
Suspicion by President Ratchford
Arbitration Commission Fa-
vors a Permanent Board.

but 1t will take time.
1t is expected that it will require sew
eral weeks, perhaps mouth, to secure
the signatures of the operators to the
proposition, and Gen. Little has advised
that no time limit be put on the move
ment, as ut the former attempt. In
the meantime the miners officials say
no efforts will be spared to force the
strike to successful issue. The lines
along which the arbitrators expect to
work is to get the 10 lake shippers in
terested first. These will be banded to-
gether to force the smaller operators
into line by well-known business meth
DDS. Every wire will be pulled to
bring firms and men into line.
Position of Miners Omcinls.
The position of the miners officials in
this new phase of the strike movement
10 queer. M. d. Ratchford, the national
president, will have nothing to do with
1t. He has persistently refused to come
to Pittsburgh for conference. In his
communications to the district Off
Gals he has said he did not believe it
could be brought about, and he has
otherwise thrown cold water on the
scheme.
President Dolan and Secretary War
ner have cut loose from their national
executive in the movement and propose
TO give 1t their hearty support. Cam
eron Miller, as an ex-official and one of
the officers taking an active part in the
last movement of the kind, will also
rptxv no, ,Ior
Mr.. De Armitt, in naming the list of
operators In the Pittsburgh district,
has included those with mines on the
Pennsylvania road in the 5o-mile
limit. He will undertake to secure
their signatures to the document and
with those whom he cannot get to sign
he believes some agreement can be
reached whereby they will not COM
pete for the western trade.
! Gov. Hastings Thursday signed the
weighing bill, introduced by Represen-
tative McWhinney, of homestead,
compelling operators to pay for coal
mined before screened. which is known
as run-of-mine coal. This removes one
clause from the uniformity agreement,
as uniform screens was one of the
leading features. The operators will
have their attorneys review the law to
ascertain If it is constitutional, and it
will play an important part in the
agreement. The operators, almost to
man, are opposed to it.
Form a Permanent Board.
! The arbitration commission of the
Ave states, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, West
Virginia and Western Pennsylvania,
have formed permanent board, with
the object Of urging the uniformity
plan with all operators.
s Gen. Little, of Ohio, was made presi-
dent, and B. Fralls Schmid, of Indiana,
secretary. Gen. Little is preparing the
agreement, and is making it so bind
ing that it is believed there can be no
way for evasion on the part of any OPP
orator who may attach his signature to
1t. President De Armitt is also work.
ing hard to bring success to the move
ment. Mr.. De Armitt and Gen. Little
will leave for Philadelphia to endeavor
to enlist the eastern operators who
have large mines along the Pennsylvania
railroad. and who prevented settle
ment Of the mining troubles two years
ago by not consenting to the uniform
fly plans.
3 { Secretary Warner, of the Miners as
sociation, Is strongly in favor of the
uniformity plan and is using all eff
forts to bring about settlement of the
big strike on this basis. President
Dolan says the prospects for success
were never brighter. A telegram from
President Ratchford stated that he
had received information that the
miners Of the Fairmount district of
West Virginia were out. He believes
every miner in West Virginia will be
out by Monday. There is no change in
the strike situation in the Pittsburgh
district. Everything is quiet.
Hanna VIII Help Settle Strike.
Washington, July II. - Senator
Hanna has replied to the request of
the state arbitration commissioners
asking his assistance in settling the
GOAL strike. His response was that he
would be very glad to cooperate in a
settlement, and that a representative
of his was now on the ground ready
to act and forward a settlement.
No Trouble at Danyille.
! Danville, ILL.,, July 17.-Kelly, Paw
noe, Glenburn and Brookside COM
panies signed an agreement Friday
to offer to the miners of the district the
Columbus scale. These companies
mine about 100000 of the 100000
tons produced in this district. There
Is nothing true in the sensational re-
ports sent out from this city concern
ing riots and bloodshed. ALI is quiet,
and has been so.
Coal Prices Tumble.
Coal took another tumble in price
Friday. 1t sold for $1.e5 at the mine,
. drop OF rs cents from the day previous.
"A tour among the operators demon
strated that there was plenty of coal
on hand. It was learned that the Penn
sylvania Gas Coal company, Westmore-
land Gas Coal company, Manor shaft,
Keystone Coal company, Washington
Run Coal company, the Boon & Ali
son mines were furnishing considera-
BILE coal. It was estimated that the
mines east of Pittsburgh are furnish
ing $50 oars day. Nearly all the empty
coal cars in the Pittsburgh district are
finding their way to the West Virginia
coal fields. The Baltimore e. Ohio took
several trains of them Friday. 1t wa.
also learned that $50 cars day were
going from the Pocahontas field in
West Virginia into Cleveland.
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Ten Eyck Wins.
Henley-on-Thames, July 17.-E. 81.
Ten Eyck, the American oarsman. won