The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-08-21
OPERATORS ARE AwEARY.
Willing to Arbitrate, But the Miners
Refuse.

Pfttsburg, Aug. 20.-The coal opera
tors, in their meeting tonight, after
waiting in vain Tor an answer from
President Ratchford to their telegram
asking for a conference here to arbi-
trate the strike question issued state
ment to a. public shortly after mid
night. The statement was given after
a day Of waiting, and was precipitated
by the following resolution, passed to-
day:
Resolved, That a committee be au-
thorzed. in case the miners leaders
agree to confer and no satisfactory
basis can be agreed upon, to propose
that the matter in dispute between the
miners and the operators of the Pitts
bure district toe submitted to arbbtra-
ton. provided the miners are put to
work at once, pending the decision OIL
said board of arbitration.
The operators statement says:
THE operators have exhausted every
effort to make anicaible settlement. but
the miners refuse either to meet IN
conference or to arbiTRte- Inc posi-
ton taken by Mr.. RatchfOrd occasions
great surprise to the operators. lie
insists in bringing in all competitive
states. when he knows the operators OF
other states under no circumstances
Will attend q joint conference. IN max
ing this demand. Mr.. Ratchford rs
seeking to delay a settlement IN the
hope that he may bring to mis- ard al
the labor organizations CT the coun-
try. and assumes his influence will
BRIGHTEN the politicians into INSISTING
upon a settlement of the strike With
out regard to the merits OF the case.
HE has always insisted fhalt the
Pittsburg district is the key to the SIT
OH
him an olive branch from which IS sus-
pended the key he sought.
Mr.. Ratchford is using the Pitts
burg miners as a cats paw TO scratch
nolitical chestnuts off the idle coal tip
pIes in this district. He knows very
well that delay in settlement VIII de-
nrive PI4tsburg miners of work. winch
will he done during the winter by min
Ars of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and ONO
REGIONS.
Mr.. Ratchford must arrange con
ference at once for settlement or arol-
t,-a tjon for the troubles in the Pitfs5urS
coal district, or he must statia age ..5iia
of inconsistency and insinceritY. PUBLIC
oriTiyln will certainly hold him resFon-
sibIe for the degtttution which must IN
ey.tabiy prevail in the district during
the coming wfuter
DE ARMITT's STATEMENT
President De Armitt stated, TINS al
ternoon. that there was no truth III
the story of concentration. ne salu
~yYe are not going to shut down our
oot Hill or Sand Creek mines, but, on
tbe contrary, propose TO open all oul
mines in full. if it takes every dollar
If orr capital. We have plans Tor the
future. but I will not say what they
are
The proposition to amalgamate the
Worrying forces at Plum Creek was
laughed at by the strikers. Tney say
there are not enough men IN the pies
IN make a fair showing IN the way o.
output. ex,a ,,,ar
No chad from Camp Isolation on Plum
rreel5 this afternoon. They marcheo
- Irnitv and were stopped at Plum
Sree1T NV the deputies. The injunction
1yas read to them, but they continued
~ Center. two miles past the oeac
Tbev then marched to New Texas
and returned with the farmers from
that section, who were making aein-
0nsn,ation in sympathy win the stLlh-
ers. The strikers were 1olneu Wy tneli
wives, and about 500 people were pres
ont at a meeting, which was addressed
by Mrs. Jones OF Chicaso' S'ft '''-iA 49,
KAY and others.
A Deputy Samuel Young teiegraphed
for the sheriff to come to the scene
Wholesale arrests are expected TO fol-
low the arrival of the sherln, ana a.
18th sides are wrought to the highest
nitch there is no telling what the re-
IT. There are was trouble at the strikers
can1n near the Bunola mine during 'he
morning morn and number of the strikers
We're arrested for violating the injunc-
Arrests we're also made at Camp Vic
tory. near Canonsburg, Pa, a constable
appearing in camp With warrants fol
u men. but he could only find two
Of them. The others had anticipated
arrest and left the camp before the
nftioarS arrived