Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1897-09-04
MINERS STRIKE.
a Settlement Of the Trouble Likely
to Be Soon Effected
PITTSBURGH OPERATORS OPINION.
They Were Inclined to Believe the Story OF
a Speedy Settlement Fake-Ratch-
ford Acknowledges the PROPOSE
tion-Preparing to Resume

COLUMBUS, o., Sept. 1.-The coal
strike is considered settled here. The
plan is to resume at Ga cents and work
pending arbitration. The direct par
ties in this conference of adjustment
are President Ratchford, of the United
Mine Workers, and the executive COM
mittee of the operators. A number of
the latter were in the city yesterday
and the result is that decision may
be looked for almost any moment The
direct effect of this decision will be
the opening of the mines and the re-
sumption of work by all the striking
miners the beginning of the coming
week. An operator here says: The
new figure has been accepted by all
but one operator in the Pittsburgh dis
trict, and it is understood has been APP
proved by President Ratchford and
other members of the executive COM
znittee of the United Mine Work.
ers- 1t is expected that the single
operator still holding out will be final
1y induced to yield, and that the great
strike will thus be brought to speedy
and peaceful close" Local operators
are of the opinion that the meeting of
the national executive board of the
United Mine Workers to be held in
this city to-day will result in a set
clement of the strike. There is no
positive information to this belief,
their faith being based upon the fact
that the West Virginia operators are
cutting so deeply in to the trade of The
pittsburgh district that the opera tors
of the latter field will be forced to
open their mines or lose their markets.
AS the miners officials are absent from
the city, nothing is known here re-
sgarding the terms of the proposition
to be submitted by the Pittsburgh oper-
ators to the national executive board
of the United Mine Workers.
PITTSBURGH OPERATORS OPINION.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept. AT the
Monongahela house, the headq
-of the operators in this city, the news
of the expected settlement of the
miners strike was at first received
with incredulity. 1t was an unlocked
for thing, and not one of the operators
present could believe the report until
confrmative news was obtained from
Cleveland. George w. Schluederb berg,
~of the Robbins Coal Co., at first stated
that in his opinion the whole story
was a fake, but later when he received
~-advices from the Cleveland represen Ia
Stive of the Pittsburgh &c Chicago Gas
90 al Co. he said he hoped for an early
resumption of work and a quick adj
IyEAstment of the rate to be paid as a
penn anent one. No detailed informa-
tieI sTas received by any of the Pitts
Alnreh operators, either from Cleve-
Wand, st. Louis or Columbus, and con-
-sequently they could not say whether
a he rate said to have been agreed upon
svxzzzS a uniform one or not.
zrATChF ORD ACKNOWLEDGES A PROPOSAL
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 1.-When shown the
SNspauch from Columbus, O., stating
that the coal strike there was consid.
cred settled, President Ratchford, O.
che United Mine Workers of America
acknowledged that he had received &
! proposition to have the men resume
work at GA cents, pending arbitration
He added: sour executive council
meets at Columbus, O., tonight, ant
Ithe proposition of Mr.. Young. who rep
Iresents large number of operate
>ayIn be considered with other matters
81 must decline to discuss the PROPOSE
dioa until it is submitted to the coun
Gil. 1t would not be right for me t
do So"
PREPARING TO RESUME.
MAssILLoN, O., Sept. 1.-The opera
tors in this district are preparing t
resume the working of their mine:
and they expect that orders to go t
work will be received by the miner
soon The acceptance of Oh cents
ton, pending arbitration in the Pitt
burgh district, would advance tt
Ohio rate to IS cents, and the minel
here express their willingness to accel
that rate as soon as they get the wol
from President Ratchford. Very fe
of the mines have many orders ahea
but the operators say they will be alb
to give the men practically steady er
f,loyment during the coming winter
tfhey resume work