Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-07-22
MINERS STRIKE.
The Prospect for a Settlement
Growing Brighter.
TRUE UNIFORMITY ARRANGEMENT.
A strike In Kansas ID Not Expected, the
Manager Of the Santa Fe Coal Prop
critics Says-Eastern Miners
May Quit.

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critics Says Eastern Miners
May Quit.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, July l5.-The pros.
pect for settlement Of the great min
ers' strike was brighter last night
than at any time since the struggle be.
gan, and both sides are almost ready
to count on resumption of work in
the near future. The cheering an.
nouncement is made that W. P. Dear
init, president of the New York 4
Cleveland Gas Coal Co., whose loo
men have been constantly at work, and
without whose assistance the success
OF the movement would have been
Jeopardized, has agreed to join with
the other operators in a plan for the
settlement of the strike on a true
uniformity" basis This result has
been achieved through the efforts of
members of the joint committee who
called upon Mr.. DeArmit and
submitted their plan to which he
agreed. Then the committee met the
miners officials, and the proposition
also received their approval. Under
the terms of the agreement, Mr. De.
Armlt consents to sign contract
which will bring about condition of
true uniformity in the Pittsburgh dis
trict according to the plan formulated,
but which failed IS months ago. The
contract provides that there shall be
no company stores honest weight, fair
screens and the removal of other evils
long complained of by the miners, lie
Will sign such a contract provided %
per cent. of the operators in the Pitts
burgh district become parties to it. In
agreeing to the terms, the miners Off
Gals promised to use their influence to
obtain the signatures of the operators
to the contract and they will begin
to-day on this work. They stipulated,
however, that the proposed contract
should have no immediate effect in
calling off the present general suspen-
sion.
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 as has
been agreed upon 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
settlement of the mining trouble was
received with sense of great relief
on all sides, and the result of the eff
forts of the joint commission to secure
the names of the necessary 95 per cent.
OF the operators to the agreement will
be awaited with general interest.
STRIKE IN KANSAS NOT EXPECTED.
TOPEKA, Kan, July ID. &C. J. nevelin.
of the Santa I'c coal proper
ties, said yesterday that he did not ex-
poet coal miners strike in Kansas
The company has two years contract
with its men, Mr.. Devcln says; 1--WE
have faith enough in them to believe
moments doubt that they
Will keep it. Our men are getting very
Falr remuneration for their labor con-
'idering the times. The eastern min
IFS, taking everything into considera-
ion, are down to bed rock. and pity
he poor fellows The fact is as his
words and actions were interpreted,
Mr., Develin thinks the coal miners in
he east have just grievance. Mr..
)evelln does not operate coal mine No.
, at Frontenac. known as Midway No.
, as stated few days ago by a we'll
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