The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-15
The State Commissioners Believe
They See IA speedy settlement OF
Big Miners Strike.
UNIFORMITY PLAN ADOPTED
If 05 PER CENT. OF OPERATORS
SIGN DE ARMITT WILL FOLLOW.
Strike Growing Rapidly and Officials
Believe They Have Battle Won
without Arbitration.

PITTSBURG, Pa, July 1.-THE prospect
for settlement of the great miners strike
is brighter tonight than at any time since
the struggle began, and both sides are al
most ready to count on resumption of
work in the near future The cheering an
nouncement is made tonight that W p. De
Armitt, president of the Cleveland Gas Coal
Company whose 1900 men have been con-
stantly at work and NwithOut
whose assistance the success of
the movement would have been
jeopardized, has agreed to join with the
other operators in plan for the settlement
of the strike on a true uniformity basis.
This result has been brought about through
the efforts of the members of the joint ar
bitration commission. who have been work.
ing assiduously to this end since this meet
ing yesterday. This afternoon the commits
sion called on Mr.. De Armitt and submit
ted a plan to which he agreed. Then the
commission met the miners officials and the
proposition also received their approval
Under the terms of the agreement Mr.. De
Armitt consents to sign a contract which
will bring about a condition of true uni
formity in the Pittsburg district, according
to the plan formulated, but which failed
eighteen months ago. The contract provides
that there shall be no company stores, hon
est weight fair screens and the removal of
other evils long complained of by the min
ers. He will sign such contract
provided 95 per cent. of the operators of
the Pttsburg district become parties to it.
In agreeing to the terms the miners ,ofti-
Gals promised to use their influence to OBJ
tain the signatures of the operators to the
contract, and they viii begin tomorrow
morning on this work They stipulated,
however, that the proposed contract should
have no immediate effect in calling off the
present general suspension.
General Little, of the Ohio Board of Arhi-
tration, said tonight that if the plan be
carried out it will not only affect Ohio,
Indiana and Illinois, but will be a barrier
against recurring troubles in the Pittsburg
district. The miners officials admitted that
even Though they had won the present
strike without arbitration, the victory would
have been only temporary, as the absence
of a contract such has been agreed on
would have left the door open for new
grievances that were bound to manifest
themselves under the present mining laws
and the new ones awaiting the signature
of the Governor The prospect of a settle
ment of the mining trouble was received
with a sense of great relief on all sides and
the result of the effort of the joint COM
mission to secure the names of the neces-
sary % per cent. of the operators to the
agreement will be awaited with general in
terest.
The miners officials tonight claim that
the Canonsburg mines, in the Panhandle
district, which have been in operation since
the strike began. were shut down to-day on
account of the men joining the ranks of
the strikers. This makes the suspension in
the Panhandle district absolute Coal sold
to-day at 81 per ton for mixed and $1.30
for run of mine No disturbance of any
kind occurred to-day and quiet reigns in
all parts of the district.