The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-07-14
NO STRIKE ARBITRATION.
MN. Din ARMITTs STAND SHOWS IT
TO BE USEL ESS.

80 - .hot -. aas.,.,s . ,o,r =. W
D n. Arritt bn. no,hjnr En- arh,trots Tho
.t,.mnt ~ , Nav yorS nanor n ho,I NJ De Az.
milf reapons,b,e for tho Ia. ~ orh,tration whom
.rb,, ration was not h.,ievod IN nv tho nartioa
iptercsted. oroused that mans ,ndionot,on He
called ON tho 81 tate arbitratoru at the Seventh
Avenue Hotel TODAY. shovve tbem that tbcro
rxsro M diRerencos batvxsor hin, ana b,s am
p,ovees. and therefore there was nothing n ar.
b,trate. and submitted A abatement Of bis no,,.
tion. Ito impressed tho nrbitrotors. Thev s,w
that unless the abuses he complninod Of were
remcdied tbere copIi be m nern,anent solpt,on
Of the strike.
TONIGHT the locoI m,ners, Officials co,lcd IN
the stat. Arbitrator. ,ybo have boon cont horo
FROM Ohio Indionn ana Il,no,o Tbav nj.
mitted that Mr. No Armitts no.it,nn v,s r,eht
They ,,rofessod tbomsolro, n, oblo IN briny
ohoYt on ,nrooman, LIN o,hor nnoro,ors 70
obo,i,b tho ohr,o. rhor .aid that ,,,,h t,ot
egre.mont In forca M, 40 eor,s hrt a, a TOW
r,,,h, 10 oht .tnod hr 81 It,. g. os
"Thor 40. 49, a. -. :, ia O.. ran.
o,,o C,air,,.n =, ~ a,h,.r..a~. "Ih.,,au,
tb,t thoy c.r .ot,,. 81, str,Ln a,,o,n th.r,,
..lyo. 7, hv orr irtorr.nt,nn ~. 90, Ri,
them tooo,hor NC .hnu h, .at,,ao, .,,,l, a..
ros,,,t of onr .eor,, 49,, t..na. ,.ars,s 80
end in arbitration"
Mr.. Dc Armitt exn,a,ned h,s ros,t,or n tho
arbitrs tors. and made thu same ,omn,,ints given
nv him in TIE sim IN an intervier three Se,rs
aoo He soid that bo than e1nlainea tbat for
yenrs IN. miners h,d ,omria;no, -, 81.
comnanv store Dishonest WEIGHTS scroons TINT
were not uniform and thew had admitted
tb,t mn on.rator not no.so.,o5 y, ,h,.o oavon-
4, va, co,ld M. con,no,o nm ,von torm. ,,,h
nina own.r. who nos.eesod tbor, No hod n,
conp.,v s,oro bpt na,1 In c,sh .v.rv tyo
weeks. qave bonest weight bscnuae bis miners
bad , chsot veichman onoot their onn nr,n.
Der, at the woighine tipple: his screen,
were built according to law. He was
therefore entitled to a 10 per cent.
differential in wages. In 1894 he had agreed to
pay the same wages as his competitors on con-
aition that producers Of 81 per cent. of the coal
to abolish the aSu-os complained of. An effort
,,@nad ,h, .n,oou,ant W. - pc. ~.
signed INC aereenent' "heh askeo as TO his
Mr.. De Armitt said:
"Thors g.. notIIns ,or ~. 70 .rh,.,, NJ
men are working. II you gentlemen will procure
tho sienatrres OF the producers OF the ~ nor
can, ~ Tho en-, mind IN ths dis,-,c, ~ m
mont doing away with the abuses I have men
toned and the miners have always complained
aoouI' tneh l Will agree pay LOT mining coal
the same wages that they pay. But ! will not
meet tho other coal operators In conferences. Il
viii not meet fatchford. Dolan. or Warner the
miners officials. l am satisfied for you to trans
act tho business"
Tonight patrick Do,on. Distric. Pres;dert
and William Warner, District Secretary of the
Miners Union, mot tho arbitrators. cen. Lit
81. r.,oatsd r. ~ ~ - ~
NO iopoa.eu "het NJ Armitt nau
said, and Mr.. Warner then gave his
side. He said that once before OF Der
cent OF tho operators had signed an
agreement like the ono spoken of by Mr.. Do
Coal conpan les not n this d + and n iuodI re
fused 10 abide by the agreement.
do Arpites position is the cause
ar he can be- satisfed, there will he M more
strikes. AS it is now, even il the other operators
mHtter OF lime until wages would be Reduced
ae4in. Our success would be only temneyary
M M4 Sre s sre' saasyi nor higher wares because our
Gen. Little then wanted to know II Dc Armitt
WWhTnh. he save, are In he pi1IspSrS ot di Shri mi and
IL tLo owners O. " rer cent. OF these nainea
should agree to abolish company stores. to in
weeks to furnish tL"ir miners With nj the coai
wagons they coulI tow, whether Mr.. warner
thought he could obtain the signatures OF tho
producers.
Mr.. Warner said be believed the signatures
the e1pendi ire Of time. Tryoyided The srbitrn.
tors would guarantee Tat Mr. De Armitt would
Tbeileve Mr.. lie Arinitt is sincere" said Gen.
Attle.
the agreement said Mr., warner.
When Inc conferrncu nj iourned II. was aoread
that Warner and iJolan Should Lalk The inatJer
over to,morrow and see the Sr5itrators again.
Tho latter will Also tall witb otSer nnora;ors
The responsibility for a prompt settlement of The
strikeIrss;s now with De IrInitt's compstitors
tina onerators whose man are IN a Str;tn
Mine ouerator j. A. BETTER IL nrcnaEin, IN nut
men M work MT his nine tho SNbstsr nesr
Mononeaheis. lie ia %n,ttina in minin1 ma.
chimes. The Dit mouths will be barricndc5 and
the miners viii live. sleep, and eat In "A foT'ineJ
building. Beitler ia going 10 nrennr, agninst
the attempt OF strikers to intorfer, " lin his men.
This evening AT miners head 'fnrtcr' hSr" a
German miner announced that il was The inten.
tiou Of tho strikers m attsrk nrstIv soon H.
miners of The Washineton Coal and 'ijoko rom'
pnny in Steikel Uollow. Tho mon thrr, have
mot struck, ~
Seven strikers and nor. unionists wcre k1,ed
in Stiekel Hollow in a strike riot. The comnanT
IN shinning Io0 ga ioods ~ 90 Il n dav company
Gov, Atkinson Of Wcst VireInia p.ssed
through here TO-DAY on his wav 10 attend the
thS strike, as the miners, were working, and ho