The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-09-03
A SETTLEMENT
Of the Miners Strike and Resumptioa
of Work Probable.
A Meeting of the Operators in Pittsburgh
to Be HeId-Patrick DOlan, William
Murdoch and James Norton Freed
From the faint of Contempt.

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 parties in this conference
of adjustment are President Ratch-
ford, of the United Mine Workers, and
the executive committee of the oper-
ators A number of the latter were in
the city Tuesday and the result is that
a decision may be looked for almost at
any moment. The direct effect OF this
decision will be the opening of the
mines and of the resumption of work
by all the striking miners the begin
ming of the coming week.
An operator here says: "The new
figure has been accepted by all but one
operator in the Pittsburgh district, and
it is understood has been approved by
President RatchfOrd and other mem
bers of the executive committee of the
United Mine Workers. 1t is expected
that the single operator still holding
out will be finally induced to yield, and
that the great strike will thus be
brought to speedy and peaceful close"
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Sept AT the
MonOngahela house, the headquarters
of the operators in this city, the news
of the expected settlement of the min
erS' 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. Schluederberg,
of the Robbins Coal company, at first
stated that in his opinion the whole
story was a fake, but later,
when he had received adj
vices from the Cleveland representa-
tive of the Pittsburgh & Chicago Gas
Coal Co., he said that he hoped for an
early resumption of work and a quick
adjustment of the rate to be paid as
permanent one. No detailed Informal
ton was received by any of the Pitts
burgh operators, either from Cleveland
or st. Louis or Columbus, and conse-
quently they could not say whether the
rate said to have been agreed upon was
a uniform one or not.
A meeting of all the operators in the
city will be held at the Monongahela
house Wednesday morning to take such
action as is necessary to have repre-
sentatives at the conference to be held
by the officers and members of the ex-
ecutive board of the mine workers and
the executive committee of the Cleve-
land operators combination, either in
Cleveland or Columbus, on Thursday
In answer to telegram Tuesday even
ing, National President Ratchford tele-
graphed from st. Louis, saying: In
formation from Columbus incorrect"
District President Patrick Dolan is
expected to arrive in Pittsburgh We'd
nesday from st. Louis, where he has
been in attendance at the st. Louis
convention of labor leaders, and his
presence is being awaited by the local
leaders with Impotence
Anew plan of campaign is now being
formulated, and his presence is desired
before it is put into effect. A number
of the leading miners throughout the
district and the Westmoreland field
were at the headquarters Tuesday
morning, and the plan was discussed
in secret. What the proposed changes
are could not be learned, but from a
reliable source is given the fact
that the entire situation will be
changed in this district before the
close of the week. The camps at the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Co. 8
plant will be continued. National Or
ganizer Cameron Miller. who with
District Secretary Warner has assumed
charge of the strike during President
Dolan'S absence, said Tuesday morning
that the situation throughout the en-
tire district looked very favorable
Tuesday. He is arranging for a num-
Der of meetings in the district. These
will be held before the contem-
plated change in the campaign is put
into effect.
Patrick Dolan, Pittsburgh district
president of the United Mine Workers
of America, William Murdoch and JAS.
Norton are freed from the faint of con-
tempt of court in Washington county.
Judge j. A. McIlvaine, at Washington,
Pa, Tuesday discharged the rule on
them to show cause why they should
not be attached for contempt for at
tempting to march at McGovern last
week. Twenty-Five men went to work
Monday in the Boone mine of the Can
onsburg Coal Co. at Canonsburg. Pa.
The miners from the Cincinnati.
Buffalo, Courtney and other mines in
the vicinity of Monongahela, Pa, Tues
day met at Mingo and organized.
The mine committe of the Belle Yer
non miners denies that any coal is be-
ing dug there, or that any work has
been done in the mines since Julv 2
They say that the Fayette City mines
also are closed
The Tribesmen Dispersed.
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