The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-21
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UNITED NINE WORKERS CALL A
GENERAL CONFERENCES.

No Proposition From Operators WIZ
he Considered Unless the whole
District In Included In the Terms.
Aggressive Work VIII he Pressed
In the West Virginia DistrIcts-Am
labor Organizations To he AsIxea
to Aid the strikers In Enforcing
Their DcmRnds-COurts Condemns
ed.
Columbus, o., Aug. 20.--The national ex-
ecutive board of the United Mine Work.
ers adjourned to-day, after having issued
a call for conference of organized labor
20 be held in st. Louis on Aug 30. The
board rejected the proposition of tho
Pittsburg operators for conference to-
arbitrate the wage dispute In that dis
trict claiming that such action would be-
prejudlclal to the interests of the miners
at large.
The board Is ready to consider overturea
for the arbitration Of the issues of tho
general strike only when those overtures
come from all the operators in the cons
petitive district. which includes Ohio In
diana, Illinois. West Virginia and Penn
sylvania. The board has decided not to-
deviate from the established policy until
the result Of the St Louis conference Is
known
The aggressive work in the field will bs
continued and the efforts TO spread tho
strike in the West Virginia district re-
newed. The success or failure Of the strike
hangs upon the st. Louis conference, ths
call for which has been endorsed by SAM
uel Gompers, president of the Americans
Federation OF Labor, and J. r. Sovereign,
general master workmen OF the knights oe
Labor They maintain that the fight now
being waged by the miners is one of COM
mon interest to organized labor throughout
the country.
At the st. Louis conference all labor or
ganizatlons will be asked TO Join issues
with the miners. The failure to secure a
general suspension in West Virginia has
greatly interfered with the prospects OF
success the coal supplied from that and
the few isolated districts is meeting the
limited demand. The only hope in cutting
off this supply appears TO lie in the refusal
Of organized labor In the dlnary channels
OF traffic and business to handle or use
this coal.
II the object Of the st. Louis conferences
Is accomplished. the strike Will be extend
ed to nearly every branch of labor In the
country.
The call. among other things. says:
''The tyrannlcal and un-Amerlcan injunc-
tions Of the federal and state courts are
revolutionary against the first principles
Of free government and derogatory to the
Inherent rights Of the masses endanger-
ing the public peace, and destroying the
personal security and individual ties OF
the common people.
The courts have deserted the temple
Of justice and now stand forth the defiant
bulwark of confederated capital. Their
arbitrary rulings have set up one standard
OF rights for the rich and another for the
poor. They decree that capital is always
right and labor always wrong. They have
made It unlawful for starving working
people to appeal against tyrannical treat
ment, present grievances or purpose, just
and peaceable terms for the redress of In
sufferable wrongs.
but IT is no longer a mere struggle
between employe and employer The ju-
dietary has assumed the indefensible
claims OF the operators and the struggle
Is between tyrannical courts and the
whole people. Tho courts, although un-
der oath TO serve the rich and poor alike,
have volunteered TO defend the sordid in
terests Of the rich against the God
given rights OF the poor. And now threat
en- 20 turn the gatllng guns and Winches-
ters OF criminals and thugs against all
who dare protest against their despicable
tituted TO the bidding Of oppressive capt.
tai, has placed the rights OF properly above
the rights of persons and has discriminate
ed against the many interests Of the few
Pittsburg. Pa, Aug. 2O.--The coal opera
tors In their meeting tonight. after walt
ing In vain for an answer from President
Ratchford. to their telegram for a con-
ference here tomorrow 20 arbltrate the
question of the strike. Issued a state-
ment to the public shortly after midnight.
The statement was given out after day
OF waiting, and was preclpltated by the
following resolution passed yesterday:
Resolved. That a committee be author
izcd, IN case the miners leaders agree to
confer ana no satisfactory basis can be
agreed upon Ia said conference 10 propose
that the matter IN dispute between the
miners, and the operators OF the Pittsburg
districts be submitted 10 arbitration pro-
yided the miners are put 10 work at once
pending the decision Of the said board
of arbitration.
Ratchford's course and claims he is using
tho Pittsburg miners as a cats paw to
scratch political chestnuts of the idle coal
tpples In that district.
Pittsburg. Aug. 2O.-socret work among
the working miners Is 70 DC continued on
a large scale.
There were no men at Sandy Creek
camp. though ~ Is said an effort may be
made 10 resume there. Operations ara
also temporarily suspended al Turtle
Creek. One hundred ana scventy-nvo men
marched from Camp Isolation az Plum
Creek this afternoon TO New Texas, de-
aptte the protest OF deputy aheriffa ana
rsft ra.f "a FafafrtaFa
ti0n. who were making "A denomination
IN fympnthy with tho strikers. The
strikers were Joined by their wives and
about 30 people at meeting which was
addressed by Mrs. Jones OF Chicago. Capt.
Mckay and others.
Deputy Sam Young teleEraphed for tho
ahfrln 90 come o. the scene. WhOlcfalo
arrests are expected 90 follow the arrival
Of tho sheriff. and ns both Sides ara
wrought 60 tho highest pitch there a. no
a..HH Y.