The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-16
AppEALT0SENATORHANN
LABoR COMMISSIONERS THINK HE
CAN END THE COAL STRIKE.

LABoR COMMISSIONERS THINK HE
CAN END THE COAL STRIKE.
-
rb., Telegraph Him That tho Unirorm wip,,-
Agreement VIII he Adopted ir RE VIII AS
,I-t-Rnichtord objects to the New Turn In
A~rnlr--NnEc- itaisod In West virginia.
pIrrsBURG. July Ex-senator Mark Hanna bns
been appealed to tonight by the Labor Commits.
sioncrs who have como here to adjust tho
miners strike in the Pittsburg district, believing
hat here IS the key to the situation. They sent
the following telegram:
Senator NJ. 4. Hanna, Washington, d. c.:
with your assistance we can put through tho mi.
tormity agreement. VIII you lend us this assistancep
JOHN LITTLE,
l. p. MCCORMACK,
JosErH n. BIsnor.
It Is understood that recourse Is had TO sena-
tor Hanna. not on account Of his political infu-
ence, but because of his largo interests In the
pittsburg and Ohio coal fields and at the lakes.
He is also a large purchaser Of coal. and many
smaller operators, and oven some big ones, sell
almost their entire product to him. He has in.
iuence with operators in tho Pittsburg district,
many OF whom live at Cleveland.
Mcssrs. Calef and RidEely. the Illinois Com
missioners. left tonight for Chicago. They will
try to induce Col w. p. Rend and Col. J. w.
Ellsworth to como to Pittsburg and lend their in
fuenoe to the extraordinarily plan. Mr.. Nc
Cormack will go to Terre Haute tomorrow to
consult with tho President Of the Indiana Coal
Operators Association. The Commissioners are
praised here because, despite their position a.
professional arbitrator, they wero not discour-
aged when they found that arbitration was not
A possibility, but continued ON more practical
lines.
The Commissioners had another talk with w.
p. De Arnitt to-day and are still further con-
WINGED that he Is sincere and In earnest They
talked with Frank L. Robbins, Mr.. De Armitt's
chief opponent in coal quarrels, and he has
promised to sign tho uniformity agreement and
20 use his influence in its favor. They have
talked with Messrs. Dolan and Warner
and have been assured that the plan
is practicable. All that remains is to get the
other operators in line. This will be hard to do
gu account Of The IL feeling engendersd by their
smoSthsd down and 3 solution of tho strike
Chairman Little is now working on the con.
also 20 10 work ON il. There has been some talk
Of trouble being made about tho diferential
tors w'eE ss IT It ff Is s eli Q ssS G that oG she 0Rf sesi
operators are SO anxious to start up their mines
operators have agreed to sell no more coal for
he present to railroad operators, but to hold it
bur nsEn oa eo plli in the e1 Mono aaS SsGu Ri h;SDY POOLS
waitinG for high water TO hoat them to Gin.
One Of the features of the present situation is
dent Of the Miners Union. Ratohford has re-
The new movement He has been .anx.
ious to win this strike on his own lines;
s Ias the serifye hhsrs and erers sSiSesste else Won on
lines not originated h. Ratehtord. Philip
f hSRae r nniformisy signtesn months non haS ss %eH Came Mns
ron Miller is here now booming the uniformity
in southern West Virginia voluntarily rave
h hssthsi Wiz Vie @fP1eaaGE; ts Of f sSa 6hi Z, S Mtaefs'
M Ss'Sa; MA. 'h s.i cause 8 f It the ln 81 ssea !h ths
:: Re s s rs: S III }. Ky ssS zs \: a .sS ~ ss5 $ssss4 Il. +
felt Emissaries Of the miners union are work
ing quietly among the mon. however, and they
One q the most unlocked for developments of
their own STATE, they are Obtaining employment
e sse% % ssv. T rosa to R %aasi IN the hbsf Eon nSRssFs ai o.
trict. b fact is humilialng to the Ohio mine
Sslssi s&:;t Ea %s at rom sAs ssSssiSzs p sSs Inc In 50 search Pr,
K eas = dI.tf aSly an. asp pslS.e esf IN a nj %ss e 3 W
ginia, will probably get an advance Of IA cents
Il ~ ih ia tor Mtshla !, III slrs assi tra aSa'y sSs ope AsS5s;
sf IL az: ! r. y e 5si Sif5s ssiSS sassi R:,a, s,l siy issi hi.
the price o. eosi at tho Mines bonn so cents and
xSeisssafsn o. wost Virginia operators was
in pi ,%a n to-day locking I!sn eyer the II I'M market asss.
rators returned home to call e conference Of an
csf sTsFs X %' 4; ps Nfs 0 3.B. Tewi hsf FL: Ti.s 4! N cisI
O., July 15.-The first official bull.
letin issued by tho national officers Of the
miners organization was sent out tonight 1t
Our fight for living wages nov covers oyer II T.
is general suspension. and no local settlements
will DO authorized or recognized. Tho second
Srlnss S with t ie sr siSern as SSy Ss o OF nl sGsSte1 VIC.
. unfinohins and our actions are law-abidinG
The bulletin conciudes:.
I've desire t. state that every *. indication pdica lon
and II the minors Of the country but hold out as
wages viii 10 secured at no distant day"
Debs. who 10 to assist the miners in their
consultation viii Be- held upon bis arrival, ana
no will then 60 to West Virginia to meet with
nc SH m 9 ' July 1s.-sots coal in Chicago i.
selling at about three times its usual price.
e oRif5ail IN sup spS ! iHapI shs Se@a1 SSns eSen az t f,n,
prices. Many large establishments in the city
have only a limited supply on hand. No coal at
all 10 coming to Chicago from tho Ohio district,
md only limited amounts can be secured from
West Virginia and southern Illinois.
OF hard coal has Increased noticeably since the
s5rike Of the bitumtnous, miners began. The
philadelphia and Reading Railway Com
pany, which formerly burned hard coal. alto
gether, but several months ago adopted soft coal
on q number OF divisions of the road. has gone
back TO anthracite fuel, and the shops at Palo
Alto have been kept busy recently altering the
furnaces OF many locomotives