The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-29

has wired Gov. Tanner asking for
troops to protect the mines and miners.
The sheriff has sworn in fifty deputies
and has some special police, but is un-
able to procure a sufficient force to re-
Sist the 1000 men marching here from
several nearby towns. Great excite
ment prevails.
Metamora, ILL.,, July 2S.-Twenty dep
uty sheriffs have been sworn in to go
Immediately to Roanoke, where an in
vasion of coal miners is expected to-
night from Minonk, Streator, Kangley,
Wenona, Toluca and Rutland, with the
purpose Of forcing the miners to join
the strike. A telegram from Minonk
says three hundred men have left there
and will meet others at Benson, the en-
tire force to number 800 to 1000. They
threaten to stay at Roanoke until every
miner Is out. The marching miners
carry provisions sufficient for several
days. The Roanoke mines were visited
last week and the men came out, but
one-fourth Of them returned to work.
The visitors will be at Roanoke before
daylight. Serious trouble is feared.
FAIRMONT, w. Va, July pa
crowd of women, armed with sticks
and stones, kept several men from go
ing to work at Monongah today, others
have been warned not to enter. Col.
Flickinger said that if the men Of his
mines were not at work by Friday new
men would be brought in.
OTTUMWA, To-, July 28.-Two hum
dred miners at Rathbun went on a
strike today as g. result Of the labor
agitators who have been at work here
for several days. 1t is expected that
500 men at Mystic will not go to work
in the morning. A general strike Is
probable.
PITTSBURG, Pa, July 28.-The
"true uniformity" conference of the
coal operators Of the Pittsburg district
concluded it's work tonight at 9:15
o'clock, after a two days session of
close and persistent work, The sec
tions of the uniformity agreement were
thoroughly discussed and adopted sec
ton by section. The best of feeling
prevailed throughout the meetings. the
only exception being the bolting of Col.
Rend at yesterdays session. Just pref,
vious to adjournment, however, Judge
Owens announced that Col. Rend had
authorized him to state that any agree.
ment the conference adopted would re-
ceive his hearty cooperation, and ne
would sign it if 95, so or even 20 per
cent of the operators were sincere i'll
their sanction of it.
The conference appointed a commit
tee of five-W. P. De Armitt, J. B.
Zerbe, J. J. Stoyter, ]. G. Dyiort and
n. F. Sanford-to secure the signatures
Of the operators to the agreement
When the requisite number of sigma
lures has been secured, another meet
ing will be held to ratify the agree
ment.
The agreement as adopted provides
for cash payments of wagds, 1000
pounds to the ton, check weighmen or
the tipples, miners to be credited with
the full quantity of coal contained i'll
the mine car, abolition of company
stores, semi-monthly pay days, uniform
price for pick-mining in the thin and
thick vein districts and screens not
exceeding one-half inch It also pro-
vides that, in case of the violation OF
the provisions and terms Of the agree
ment, a penalty of 10 cents per ten
on the total output of coal mined by
the violator will be charged, which
penalty is to be paid a commission sub
ject to the right of further arbitration
or appeal. Said penalty when collected
is to be distributed among the signers
of the agreement pro rata in proper
ton to the total amount of tonnage
or output made by them during the
year.
The agreement shall not become eff
fective unless it has been signed by
95 per cent of the operators on or be-
fore Jan. 1, 1898. After 80 per cent have
signed the agreement, if any fifteen
operators shall be Of the opinion that
enough have signed to render 1t eff
feetive, a meeting shall be called in
P1ttsburg to declare it in force.
The operators, with few exceptions,
want it distinctly understood that the
passage of an agreement whereby all
operators are to adopt a similar sys-
tenn, and are to pay the same relative
price for mining, has nothing to do
with the great strike. The operators
have also shut out the miners leaders
from taking any part in the conferen-
ces that may take place through ques-
tiCns arising between the operators and
miners by inserting q clause in the
agreement stating the commission shall
be composed of workmen employed by
the subscribers.
1t has been decided that a 60-cent
rate can not be made the basis of ar
bitration. Many firms have taken con-