The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-07-28
PASS A FEW RESOLUTIONS
Uniformity in Management
and Pay.
THAT IS WHAT THE MINERS WANT
A Strong Meeting in Some Respects Meeting
Again To-Day and it is Hoped
That Good May Come
Of It..

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Of 1t.
Pittsburs, Pa, July 2I.-Eighty-
coal companies mines, located IN the
Pittsburg district, were represented at
the coal operators uniformity meeting
here to-day. The operators who ship
nv river and those owning mines IN the
WestmoreIand field were not present.
The river operators held a meeting at the
coal exchange this afternoon and de-
cided to take no part inthe uniformity
movement. No attention was paid to
the call by the Westmoreland people.
Very little was accomplished at the two
sessions to-day. The old uniformity
agreemnt with the new clauses inserted
were reported ON by committee and
the meeting tomorrow will take up the
agreemnt by clauses for discussion.
Where changes in the conditions since
1896 warrant different provisions, COM
mittees will be appointed to draw up
clauses that will cover the points at
issue.
The only sensational indecent of to-
days sessions occurred when Col. w.
p. Rend presented am inority report
on the uniformity agreement, denounclng
the produceedure of the meeting in Sc
we're terms and boiling the conference.
General John Little made a short ad-
dress. saying the board was here as
citizens and had no personal interest IN
the coal business. The members hope
nv Cancellation and meditation to bring
I~A%rx hn d.
ing factions. State lines have nothing
TO do with the question:" he said. You
have the power here to settle this con-
troversy. AS Pittsburg goes, so will go
the other States"
A committee was appointed to take up
the proposed uniformity agreement, re-
wise it to suit the changed conditions
since its first formulation and report to
the conference at 3 o'clock. The com
mittee consists of w. p. Armitt, George
w. Schleuderberg, Thomas E. Young,
w. p. Rend, d. p. Black, L. A. An
drews, James Armstrong and +. Nj
Osborne.
The committee reported the old uni
formity agreemntw ith the new clauses
and preamble prepared by the visiting
arbitrators The report was read and
Capt. Stritler moved that it be received
and the committee discharged.
Col. Rend demanded recognition fol
the hearing of minority report. He
prefaced the report with few remarks
on what he termed the bunco intention
of the meeting. Col Rend said he hao
ben misled by General Little as to the
purpose of the meeting. He understood
that it had ben called with a view OF
Fastening a settlement of the strike anC
was assured of that at conference with
the general ON Monday night. When he
got to the meeting he learned that the
strike was not to be taken into considera
ton or discussed inconnection with uni
formity.
The preamble to the resolutions recites
the earnest desire of the coal operators OF
western Pennsylvania to devise honora
BILE methods to bring the strike to a term
ination, deplores the poverty and misery
of the vast army of miners and their fam
lilies and claims that he public has been
misled by crafty and false statements as
to the causes responsible for the present
and past turmoil. The resolutions follow
Resolved, That we favor the speedy
adjustment of this strike and all ques
tion sand controversies connected there
with by Cancellation employed IN JOIN
conference of miners and their employ
ers, and that failing by an adJudlcatloi
by a tribunal Of arbitratons composed o.
three United States judges or three othe1
gentlemen of national repute, ana II
whom the entire country can repose con
fdence.
Resolved, That we favor the prlnci
pie and practice of uniformity in its true
and honest sense, but ws are unalteraDly
opposed to it in the false and perverted
sense in which it has been used to cloaE
sham schemes and transparent frauds.
Resolved, ThSt we favor true anc
honest weights and measures, cash pay
ments and all other just and equitable
methods in the prosecution of the Goa
business.
.'Resolved, That we denounce as Q
fou lfalsehood and a glaring outrage the
charges and insinuations so often publicly
made. that general dishonesty has been
practiced in weights and measures in the
minin gindustry of western Pennsylya.
MIA.
"Resolved, That the efforts to fasten
on the public mind these slanderous and
strocious charges are a moral crime and
that we denounce the guilty author OF
this accusation as a moral criminal, vex.
ing Gods holy commandment, Thou
shalt not bear false witness against thy
neighbor.'
"Resolved, That we are ready and
willing to advance the wages of the
miners, but find ourselves unable to dc