Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-13
/ MINERS VICTORY.
q. 1,orclpd Contract swept 0nI Oh
Existence.
,nr ARBITRATION CONFERENCE
strong Indication that the Country
4 '"' Will Experience a Coal
Famine.

,,,ve. July 12-Beyond 'no
Pill,p so,ng OF the miners' nhe'
strens'a ~. rivers, there was lil''e
, ,nus in the strikes until today ,ss,, in
iI0no''' ,.vsral times in the Mononsa'
,.' valley, were swept out ., made
l no., today, and the strike was 'r %., :,
,',s' '1' IN the fourth pool. The he
s'n''a Apollo, Jack Jones ana
O Onsa Fsyette CITY mines, whicn
oN ' ns.a running with light loree
nav ,, man and under ironcladr' are lale.
o. n a. ,bo Cham on nj mine were
us, to lay down their tools, ,o i :, .
me ~ aIong the river are rejoic'hs
over Ts. yum "nly mine represented In oh =,
Ing on .a,ian ia Inc Equitable, Nv
10 ,na Itisa stock company coh,
,,,ing about $50 stockhoiue,s W
l p,,,,I are mining their owp coal; .,,o,
wy ~ men in the Sticke, nono~
ies at the Washington Coal COM
ni n" s ia went out today, making the
pAny % complete In this uis,rlc'
su'i. a, AZ The mines OF the New YORK
etreprt Isveland Gas Coal company
~. ahout /. 200 men are WORKING.
No effort has yet been mhue ,a " 81 a.
mess digpers out, and the mlne.s y.
o,hsr plis. who nave lald uowp tno'
, ,nois Are prumbllpg Mt the siowness oil
i nv a,mlt,'s men Ia Joining the move
,.sni The hothesds are devising uras'
w., 49, nsasnr,s. They have been kept IN
s Wv so far, but there is no telling
az us.n ,hs feyer will break out ana a
s"rss,ted move on SANDY and Plum
creek be made.
,..,sd in the scheme TO arbitrale the
,,,ke ans stiop. Labor commissioners
md tfiicial arbitrators OF the eevsrai
states affected are gathered In tnis
si,v The state OF Ohio IL the only one
which has 0 regularly appointed board
Of arbitration. 1t exists iof Ju,t sum
,merrepeles ns this, and is naturally
.mlpenlly well prepared for the WORE.
vo.l nj inc others interested are labor
somml,sioners and industrial sthtiti-
si.ns who are also well able to act In
ina cspuci,y OF nrbitrators, the nature
ofthsir work keeping them In touch
with lbs working classes generally.
All tbs states where the etrike IL on,
with the exception OF Kentucky and
tennessee, will be represented In the
conferences, which are to be held here
during the next few days. Invitations
have been sent TO the coal operators OF
The Pi,tsburg district 10 meet the arbi-
/, ustory Informally and talk over the
matter OF settling the strike. James
Young, representing the MA. Hanna
mining interests, came on from OLE
ysland this morning anu was In con-
\ tutslion with the peacemakers at the
4 seventh Avenue hOtei. One OF two OF
4 ,bs small operators dropped In to look
tv.f the situation, but no large confer.
cree hss yet been held. 1t IL expected
II BY the afbitrators that q representa-.
4 live number OF the local operators will
ts gotten together within the next
twenty .iour hours. However, persous
R Who are well acquainted with the
vAffipg factions that exist among the
ptl operators here say that 1t will be-
lard 10 get them together In this mat
sr, though the extreme gravity OF the
outlook may have the desired effect.
One Of the dissehters IL w. p. De
4 Armits, president OF the New York
aud Cleveland Gas Coal company.
He declares he has nothing TO Arbi.
uAle and says the strike is the result
Of the Vaccinations OF politicians. II
the Operators can be brou sht into line
d IN the conference issue there will be
no Obstacles interposed by the miners.
ffe'ilent Rstchiord notified the oper-
a'ofs publicly few days ago that he
was ready fOr a conference at any
Time. This afternoon he wired the az
biliAlon lha. the miners officials
would meet with them tomorrow.
Ihefe q strong indication of q
coal famine confronting the cou n try
wl,hin The next ten days. II 10 claim.
20 ~ conservative operators that the
marketable supply at preset, which Is
paced Of ten million bushels, weuIu
.e only able to meet the demands Of
Me market for about u month under
tulnay conuitions. With the
,,esio''y Of coal already prevail.
gs o. the lake ports, i. is
Salmed the supply will not last
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