Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-07-28
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or discussed in connection with the
unifurmity.
The preamble TO tho resolution re-
cites the earnest dosire OF tho clal
| operators OF Western Pensy lvRnia to
devise honorable methods to bring
| the strike to Termination, depiOrss
the poverty aod misery OF the vast
army OF miners and their families ami
Claims that the public has been
misled by crafty and fnlee statements
as TO the causes reeponeiUle for the
present and past turmoil.
Rsud's resolutions follow;
Resolved, That We favor The speedy
| adjustment OF this strise ami all quei-
| tons aud cIntroversits connected
herewith by co cillatlOn, in a Joint
conference of miners anu their eu.
| ployers, and failing an adjudication
| by trlUunal OF arOilratOrs, composed
Of three United States JUICES or thcee
| other gentlemen OF natiUual repute
| anu la wnom the entire country can
Yep Sc confidence.
Resolved, That we favor the prluc!-
Die and practice OF uniformity In It's
.Iue anu honest sense, but We are ur-
alterRbIy opposed to 1t In the false ana
perverted sense In which il Is to be
usel 10 cloak sham schemes 9nd trans
parent frauds.
Resolved, That we favor true AMI
honest weights anu measures, cash
payments and all other Just anu
,qulIabie methods in the prosecution
u the coal business.
Resolved, That We deuuunce as a
foul lalsehOod and glariug outrage
the charges and insiDuations, so often
publicly made, that general dish onesty
nus been pfacticeu in weights anu
measures i'll the mining Industry OF
western Pennsylvania.
Resolved, That the efforts 20 issten
on the public mind these slauderCu
and atrJciDua charges are moral
crime, anu that we uenounce the guilty
author OF this accusation as morn
criminal, violating God's holy COM
manument, "rhou shalt not bear fGlse
witness against thy neigbbor'
Resolved, That we are willing and
ready to ADVANCE the wages OF tine
miners, but find ourselves liable TO do
this to the iuli extent demanded by
them OF rs per cnnt above the prices
thai were paid PRIOR to the strike suu
now bel paid by one OF the largest
| coal compRLie les In western Pennsyl.
vsnia, which company presents the
| chief lbsiacie to the settlement OF toe
present conflict.
After the resolutions mad been read
the chairman asked to have slme pol
tons eliminated, but the colonel re.
fused empnaucally to allow single
word to be dropped, aud after shurt
clutention witnurew from tho COT
ference.
Col. Rend took the minority report
With hun aud Chairman Dempster de-
cided that US Cot. REM had lett tn.
meeting AND taken the report with
him, IL was not part OF the recOrI oil
the ssssiOn anu could not be acleI
upon.
MIR. De Armitt said he wanted 1t
Distinctly understood that the call 10
adopt uniformity did not have any
thing TO 10 with the strike, rs he diu
not propose to arbiirate anything
while under fire or admit that the
operators were EDWARDS.
DR.. Anderson moved that the report
of the committee be taxed up al seri.
atm. An effort was made then to do
this, nut the operators did not seem t.
grasp the text OF the agreement, 50 ].
p. SCRIBE novel that copies OF the
agreement be- printed over night and
each operator in the morning.
This was carried unanimously,
Tonight Gan. Little ana Judge
Owens are In secret conference at "a.
Dlquesne club with Secretary vii.
liam Warner aud Ofganizir Cameron
Miller. Nothing debate can be
learned n, 10 tne subject under
discussion, but IL IL believed
that 1t has reference to haviop
the miners represented at the oonief-
ence tomorrow, as there seems to b.
considerable dissatisfaction with MIR.
DsArmiti's announcement to-day that
the Conference has no injection with
the strike id Is merely Tor the pur.
pose Of establishing uniformity. Many
the operators think with Colonel
Rend that the meeting should devise
some means 10 eeltle the strike, as vel!
az to provide Tor u uniformity.
Reporls TO the miuers' OIL ciais from
throughout the district snow that
! everything is quleh All plans are
being held in aueyanoe pending the
action OF the coniereocs.
;, The meeting then adjourned until 10
O'Clock TOMORROW.
Tonight General Little and others
called on Colonel Rsud at hts hotel
ami askeu that be reconsider his action
and enter the conference again to
insure Ruccess OF the meeting. He
replied that he would cordially indorsa
ana desperate In auy plau the confer.
enoe agreed upon II per cent OF tue
district operators wound awe their
consent for uniformity, as Me. d, A.
mitt demands, ana Is willing TO do as
81 per cent OF the operators wish.