Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-24
WILL MEET TUESDAY
Majority of Operators in Pittsburg
District Agree to Confer.
WILL DISCUSS UNIFORMITY PLAN
Will Be Decided Monday Whether
West Virginia Men Strike.
I'D FOR THE STRIKERS s

PlTTSBURG. Pa, July 24.-If the plans
as outlined, do not fail. the majority OF the
coal operators of the Pittsburg district will
get together at the court house in this city
next Tuesday at IL o'clock i'm the morning.
The call was sent out today and enough
signatures We're attached to it to make the
meeting a very interesting one. The names
are W. T.. DE Armitt of the Pittsburg and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company, Francis l..
Robbins, NJ. A. Hanna & Co., Col W. L.
Rend. J. B. Zerbe, Eclipse Coal Company.
Geo Lysle Sons. ID. NJ. Andrews. I'm
perial Coal Company. Bower Hill Mining
Company, Moon Run Coal Company.
Blythe Coal Company, Slope Mine Coal
Company. Federal Coal Company. r. W.
Powers, j. r. Hosack. Ella Coal Company.
j. A ONeil. Joseph Walton q Co, Essen
Coal Company.
These are the heaviest producers in the
district '.
The meeting will be the first held hv tba
operators separately from the miners sinr.
early IN 1886, when the uniformity uue.tton
was before them in all its yigor
No Reference to Old Issues.
IL Heh Little of the arbitration board
can have his way, nothing of the past Will
be referred to. Neither will the nres.n.
strike be discussed. The point at issue win
b- the fitness of the old agreement to cover
the SITUATION as 1t now exists. All the op-
orators who have signified their willint-
ness 10 be present at the meeting ar. n,
FAVOR OF the re-establishment of uniform
lty, and their signatures will go a lont,
& toward making up the required 10
per cent OF the operators in the Iptttshurt,
uistrlct, as outlined by Mr.. DE Armitt
The action of W. p. De Armitt I'm tho
ehtire proceedings has given confidence 10
many operators -
Gen. Little iptira tod ,ola,. 81.
nhctins elements for the first stems had
peen eliminated Owing to his position. he
SAID 1t would not be policy at the present
Tune TO go into details. He was satisfied
however, and was in the best of bI,poo,
over the prospects. II is very probable
that the commissioners from other states
VIII WI be notified to be I'm Pittsburg Tuesday
Ihey Will bring with them other sigma
lures, and it is expected that whatevar
action will be taken will at least he bind
ing on those who attend the preliminary
meeting.
Object Of First Meeting.
AS near as can be learned, the object of
the first meeting is to determine what
grievances the various operators have.
Committees Will be appointed. some to So
licit signatures and others TO work on the
various features of the contract Tho
foundation for all this work has been laid
and when the work once is started N will
be pushed to completion as rapidly as NOS
sible.
The miners officials, although very busy.
say they will do all In their power to
bring about a uniformity agreement They
insist however, that they do not want the
pubic to be under the impression that they
are losing sight of the importance of the
strike. The call says such action as may
be deemed advisable in respect to a uni
formity agreement will be considered
This time" the circular continues .'is
peculiarly propitious for such action as
public attention all over the country is
aroused and directed to this matter" A
meeting of the River Coal Exchange will
be held the same day to consider the uni
formity agreement.
To Move On De Armftps Mime
The strikers contemplate a move on the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pany's mines next week. A march 10y $500
or more strikers is one of the plans discuss
ed by the district officials to get De Ar
mitt's men out No violation OF the law,
the strike leaders say, will be tolerated.
The presence of such body of miners in
the vicinity OF the mines which are work.
ing, the leaders think would have the
proper effect in causing a suspension of .he
New York and Cleveland Company's
mines.
This is pay day at the mines along the
Wheeling division of the Baltimore and
Ohio road. The miners did not receive
much money. however as they worked
only three days in July. The miners Off
cials were busy all day distributing pro-
visions among the poorer families along
this division.
on the Equitable mine at Webster. this
morning, and induced the men to join them.
The Equitable is a cooperative mine.
SITCATInN IN WEST NIRGINUA