Evening star., 1897-07-24
WILL MEET TUESDAY
Majority Of Operators in Pittsburg
District Agree to Confer.
WILL DISCUSS UNIFORMITY PLAN
Will Be Decided Monday Whether
West Virginia Men Strike.
AID FOR THE STRIKERS

PITTSBURG, Pa. July 24-If the plans.
as outlined. do not fail. the majority of the
coal operators of the Pittsburg district will
get together at the court house in this city
next Tuesday at IL o'clock in the morning
The call was sent out today and enough
signatures were attached to il TO make the
meeting very interesting one. The names
| are W. T. DE Armitt of the Pittsburg and
Cleveland Gas Coal Company, Francis L.
Robbins, NJ. A Hanna 4 Co. Col w p
Rend. j. b. Zerbe, Eclipse Coal COMPANY
Geo. Lysle &, Sons, ID. NJ Andrews I'm
perial Coal Company, Bower Hill Mining
Company, Moon Run Coal COMPANY
| Blythe Coal Company, Slope Mine Coal
| Company. Federal Coal Company, f. w
Powers, J. F. Hosack. Ella Coal Company,
!; A o'Neil. Joseph Walton & Co.. Essen
Coal Company.
These are the heaviest producers in the
district.
The meeting will be the first held bv the
| operators separately from the miners since
| early i'm 1886 when the uniformity uue.,ion
was oefore them in all its vigor
No Reference to Old Issues.
If Gen. Little of the arbitration hoard
| can have his way, nothing of the past will
| be referred to. Neither Will the presept
| strike be discussed. The point at issue will
o" !he H'."ss OF the old agreement to cover
| the sltuiss.en as II now exists. All the op-
eratofs VINO nave siSnified their willing
ness 10 be present at the meeting are In
favor or the re-establishment of uniform-
lty, and their signatures will go a long
way toward making up the required ~
9te Pei cent oi the operators in the Pittsburg
uisurict' as outlined by Mr.. DE Armitt
The action of w. p. De Armitt In tha
ehtlre proceedings has given confidence TO
many operators.
Gen. Little intimated today that the con
llltlllI- elements for tho a
been eliminated. Owing TO his position. he
siid IL would not be policy al the present
tlme TO go into details. He was satisfied
however, ana was in the best OF humor
over the prospects. 1t is very probab ble
That the commissioners from other states
VIII be notified to be in Pittsburg Tuesday
Ihey Will bring with them other sigma
lures, and it is expected that whatever
action will be taken viii at least be bind
ing on those who attend the preliminary
meeting.
Object of First Meeting
AS near as can be learned, the object of
the first meeting is to determine what
grievances the various operators have.
Committees will be appointed some TO So
lict signatures and others to work on the
various features OF the contract The
foundation for all this work has been laid
and when the work once is started IL will
be pushed to completion rapidly as pos
sible.
The miners officials. although very busy
say they will do all in their power to
bring about a uniformity agreement. They
insist, however, that they do not want the
pubic 10 be under the impression that they
are losing sight of the Importance of the
strike. The call says such action as may
be deemed advisable in respect to a uni
formity agreement will be considered
This time" the circular continues lis
peculiarly propitious for such action as
public attention all over the country is
aroused and directed to this matter" A
meeting OF the River Coal Exchange will
be held the same day to consider the uni
formity agreement
To Move De Armfu's Nine
The strikers contemplate a move on the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pany's mines next week. A march by 1000
or more strikers is one OF the plans discuss
ed by the district officials to get lie As
mitts men out. No violation of the law,
the strike leaders say. will be tolerated
The presence of such a body of miners in
the vicinity of the mines which a re work
ing, the leaders think. would have the
proper effect in causing suspension of ;he
New York and Cleveland Company's
mines
This is pay day at the mines along the
Wheeling division of the Baltimore and
Ohio road. The miners lid not receive
much money, however, as they worked
only three days in July. The miners Off
ciais Were busy all day distributing pro-
visions among the poorer families along
this division.
1t is reported that the strikers marched
on the Equitable mine. at Webster this
morning, and induced the men to join them
The Equitable is a cooperative mine.