The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-01-19
OPERATORS AND MINERS.
Tho Joint Interstate aIcctlng-Pcr.
sonncl of the Scalc Committcc--Ob.
lection Made TO Ratchford Serving.

1nc oOint lntGr.Stnte McctlnE-Pcr-
sOnncl of the Scale Oh.
lection Mndo to Ratchford Serving.
PITTSBURGH, Pa. Jan. IS. : The
Joint Interstate meeting OF the coal op-
orators and miners was called to order
at e:45 p. ~, In Carnegie Hall, Alie-
Sheny. by Alex. Dcmpster.
The greater part Of the afternoon was
taken up with the report and discussion
OF the committee on credentials.
The report OF the committee showed
the following were entitled 10 repre-
sensation: Illinois. Operators. 5S. mi
ners, l29. Indiana, operators, IS mi
ners, %. Ohio. operators. SO; miners,
n. Pennsylvania. operators, 95: MI
ners. sos. Outside Of these states the
following We're represented:
Alabama, 20 operators. miners: AR
kansas. 20 operators. . miners; Indian
Territory, 20 operators, 2 miners: Iowa,
20 operators, miners: Tennessee. 20
operators, 9 miners; West Virginia, 20
operators. 1 miners.
w. S. Boyle moved that the repre-
sentatlves from the outside states be
given voice, but no vote. in the del!b-
eratfonS of the convention.
NJ. D. Ratchford insisted that the mi
ners In the newly organized states
should have all the privileges of the
convention. III
A vote on the motion resulted In a
lie, the miners voting in the negative.
Chairman Dempster decided the motion
carried. 4 x sJsj
The committee on rules and regula-
tions made report which was adopt
ed, although the miners voted against
1t. :!
Rule four allows the same number OF
votes on the floor to each state, four. In
behalf of the operators and four in be-
half OF the miners, Ea
Rule FIVE says In no event shall the
rule requiring an unanimous vote upon
main or principal question be sus-
pended ~ { ss----.si i,
President John Mitchell, OF the MI
ners, entered Il protest against the
adoption OF the rules
Representatives on the scale commit
tee were numed as follows by the op-
orators:
Illinois: ]. C. Simpson. r. Smith, ].
H. Garaghty, AL. Sweet; alternates:
Charles e. Hull. F. S. Peabody, J. D.
Crabb and H. n. Taylor.
Indiana: w. s. Boyle, ]. X. Seifcrt,
c. B. Nfbiock. William Risher: alter
nutes: r. S.,Tennant. M. Ogle, c. A.
Eastman, ], 8. Taliey.
Ohio: J. B. Zerbe. II. L. Chapman,
n. o. Gray. W. R. Woodford. alter-
mates: j. f. Peacock. George II. Smith,
NJ. Andrews, C. w. Troll. --57
Pennsylvania: +. l.. Robbins, J. II.
Jones. II. c. Bughman, +. NJ. Osborne:
altcrnates: George w. Schluderberg, ].
G. Dysart, NJ. II. Taylor, D. II. Black
burn.
The miners on the committee are:
Indiana: W. d. Van Horn. T. /. Rob-
erts. b. Navin. P. d. Roberts: alter
mates: James Cantwell. Samuel Bosklll.
T. f. Newcomb. T.. Discon.
Illinois: J. NJ. Hunter. William Het-
ty. Joseph Manuels. james Boston: al
ternatcs: Samuel Pascoc. C. r. Church,
Edward Cahill, David Huggins.
Ohio: Thomas L. Lewis. W. II. Craw-,
ford. W. II. Haskins. NJ. D. Ratchford.
nlternates: i. a. sullivan. Michael
Collins, H. a. Lannlng, E. S. McCul-
lough. a; 'zs
Pennsylvania: Patrick Dolan. VIII
lam Warner, Edward Soppett, Thomas
Cavanaugh: alternates: Henry Wal
ker. William Dodds, Joseph McGill. G..
c. HickmaH.
An objection was raised to NJ. D.
'Ratcifford serving on the committee.
and J. J. Mossott was substituted. The
convention then adjourned.
: The scale committee went into ses-
sion Immediately after adjournment Mt
the Monongahela House. Operator Wal
ter S. Bogic, OF Indiana, was elected
Chairman, and Thomas L. Lewis, OF
Ohio, secretary. The operators asked
for proposition from the miners and
the miners asked for one from the oper-
ators Neither was forthcoming. and
the committee adjourned until o'clock
tomorrow morning.