Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-19

Pittsburg, Pa, January 1S.-The joint
Interstate meeting of the coal opera
tors and miners was called to order
at 2:45 p. m. in Carnegie Hall, Allie
gheny, by Alex. Dempster.
The greater part of the afternoon
was taken up with the report and dis
cussion of the committee on creden-
tials.
The report of the committee showed
the following were entitled to repre-
%sentation: Illinois, operators, So;
miners, 1873; Indiana, operators, IS;
miners, 80; Ohio, operators, 33; min,
ers, "; Pennsylvania, operators, 95;
miners, 66; total operators, 2O4; min
ers, 305. Outside of these States the
following were represented:
Alabama, 20 operators, 5 miners;
Arkansas, 20 operators, 2 miners; Kan
sas, 20 operators, 1 miner; Kentucky,
4 operators, 4 miners; Indian Terri
tory, 20 operators, 2 miners; Iowa, &c
operators. 4 miners; Tennessee, 20 OPP
e%raotrs, 2 miners; West Virginia, 20
operators, 4 miners.
W. S. Boyle moved that the repre-
sentatives from outside States be given
a voice but no vote in the deliberations
of the convention.
M. D. Ratchford insisted that the
miners in the newly organized States
should have all the privileges of the
convention.
A vote on the motion resulted in a
tie the miners voting in the negative.
Chairman Dempster decided the mo-
ton carried.
The committee on rules and regula-
lions made a report which was adopt
ed, although the miners voted against
it.
Rule 4, allows the same number of
votes on the floor to each State, four
in behalf of the operators and four in
behalf Of the miners.
Rule Five Says: I'm no event shall
the rule requiring an unanimous vote
upon a main or principal question be
SUSPENDED"
President John Mitchell, of the min
ers entered a protest against the adop-
ton of the rules.
Representatives on the scale commit
tee were named as follows by the oper-
ators:
Illinois, ]. c. Simpson, R. Smith, J.
H. Garaghty, A. L. Sweet; Alternates,
Charles E. Hull. F. S. Peabody, J.. D.
Crabb and H. N. Taylor.
Indiana, w. S. Boyle, J.. K. Seifert, G.
B. Niblock and VIM. Risher; Alter
mates, R. S. Tenant, A. M. Ogle, C. A.
Eastman and j. S. .Talley.
Ohio, j. B. Zerbe, H. L. Chapman, N.
o. Gray and w. r. Woodford; Alter
mates, J. F. Peacock, George H. Smith,
NJ. Andrews and C. w. Troll.
Pennsylvania, F. l.. Robbins, J. H.
Jones, H. c. Bughman and F. NJ. Os-
borne; Alternates, George w. Schlue-
derberg, J. G. Dysart, M. H. Taylor and
d B. Blackburn.
The miners on the committees are:
Indiana, w. D. VanHorn. It. l. Rob
erts, B. Navin and P. D. Roberts; AL
ternates, James Cantwell, Samuel Bos-
kill, r. E. Newcomb and E. Discon.
Illinois,. NJ. Hunter, VIM. Hefty,
Joseph Manuels, James Boston; alter
ntes, Samuel Pascoe, C. R. Scurrah, Ed.
Cahill and David Higgins.
Ohio-T. L. Lewis, w. H. Crawford.
w. H. Haskins, M. D. Ratchford; al
ternates, E. A. Sullivan, Michale Col
Inns, H. A. Lanning and E. S. McCul-
Tough.
Pennsylvania-Patrick Dolan, VIM.
Warner, Edward Soppett and Thomas
Cavanaugh; alternates, Henry Walker,
VIM. Dodds, Joseph McGill, G. c. Hick-
man.
An objection was raised to M. D.
Ratchford serving on the committee
and J.. J. Mossott was substituted. The
convention then adjourned.
The scale committee went into ses-
sion Immediately after adjournment at
the Monongahela House. Operator
Walter S. Boyle, of Indiana, was elect
ed chairman, and T. l.. Lewis, of the
Ohio miners, secretary. The operators
asked for a proposition from the min
ers and the miners asked for one from
the operators. Neither was forthcom-
ing and the committee adjourned until