Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1897-09-02
HANNA SCOMPROMISE
Seems to Have a Fighting Chance
to Settle the Strike of
Coal Miners.
CONFERENCE TODAY AT COLUMBUS

Cease or Rage with Retioubled Vicor-
Operators Who Are Preparing TO Start
Their Mines by Force, IT Necessary. Wait
the kesuit-De Armit signs the Uniform-
i'y Agreement Iowa Coal Diggers Walk
Out for 81 Per Ton.
Pittsburg, Sept. THE Pittsburg coal
operators met the national executive
board OF the United Mine Workers OF
America al o'clock this morning at
Columbus. Q. A conference was begun.
ard 1t is very probable that the big
strike Will be settled: not. however. until
The miners Of the Pittsburg district have
a say. This in brief is the situation. and
hopes are high that settlement will
follow the conference. 1t may be pre-
vented, though, by one side or the other
falling to make concessions that seem to
be in sight. That the miners officials
think favoraDly Of the proposition sub
United by Thomas Young in behalf Of
the Senator Hanna interests is very evil
dent. private message from District
President DClan says that the PROPOSE
ticn Will be considered. but that he was
in favcr Of standing cut for the 90 cents
rate pending arbitration. If the execu-
tive beard decidsd otherwise he would
not agree To it unless his constituents
We're consulted.
situation IN the Pittsburg District
From one Of the operators it is learned
that some q the local officials Of the
miners are in favor Of accepting the
proposition and ii is almost certain that
convention win ne called Whether the
miners Of the district will agree to the
cOnlrrcnise * another question. Just
new they are much elated over the large
attendance at their mass-meetings ard
the firnlness exhibited by the men Many
are e the Cpirion that they can win out
by holding on short time longer. as the
operators must have coal for the lake
trade. The operators are anxious to
start and il settlement is not reached
at Columbus. it is known that they will
resume with imported men. Secretary
William Warner ISSUED a letter to the
miners last night assuring them that no
settlement would be made at Columbus
below the e9-cent rate without first con-
sutiEg them in convention.
Rcnd Makes His Proposition
Colonel ". p. Rend arrived in Pitts
burg yesterday. He said he hoped that
a settlement would soon be reached. and
IL II "st> f-oN lit tbtldlOfS Nbuld bIlNS
in new men. Il claim to have the right
to operate my own property as I see
fit he said, the efforts of the officials
of the miners to the contrary nCtwith-
standing. This is right have, ard the
law Of the land will protect me- There
is no doubt that if settlement is not
reached the operators can get enough
men in a few days to operate their
mines. which they surely will do. The
operators have never abated in their eff
forts to start the mines and will no doubt
have them running IN short time.'
De Armi; Signs for Uniformity.
W. p. De Armit, president of the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal COM
pany, last evening attached the sigma
ture Of his company to the uniformity
agreement. This signature has been
awaited a long time. and some of the
promoters of the scheme were beginning
to despair of getting it Those having
in charge the securing Of signatures
now feel confident that the rest of the
operators will fall in lire rapidly and
the uniformity plan will soon be an as
sured fact. The executive committee OF
the lake shippers held a meeting yesterday
day, and it is said that il was decided
to move at once towards opening their
mines. The mines We're selected but
their location was not made public Ac-
tive steps toward resumption will not
be taken until after the result Of the
= Columbus conference is known.