Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-10-25
DECISIVE ACTION SOON
On the Question of How Much
Longer the Strike Shall
Continue.
MITCHELL AND ADVISERS CONFER.
Idea ''In the Air. That Work Will Be
Resumed Very Soon at the
Idle Mines. ...s-...,s.

Hazelton, Oct. 25.-The conference
of united mine workers which be-
gan yesterday resumed today. In
dications are it will be late tonight
before labor officials can come to 8
definite conclusion as to the manner
OF ending the strike.
Shamokin, Pa. Oct. 25.-Fifty
deputies, with revolvers in their hip
pockets, are shoveling "Buckwheat'
coal from the Cameron colliery and
Culm bank into separators today,
while 20 coal and iron policemen pa
troll the grounds encircling the separ-
ators to keep the strikers at dis
tance. Thus far the strikers have
attempt no violence.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 25.-Presiden.
Mitchell last night announced that he
would today-prObably late in the aft
ernoon or eyening-issue q statement
defining the position of the United
Mine Workers in the present situation
of the strike. He also said that his
statement would in all likelihood fndi-
cate whether the strike would be i'm
would be continued. This anonunce-
ment was made as a result of yester-
days conference between the national
and district officers of the United Mine
Workers. The impression around
headquarters last night was that the
statement will contain practically
declaration that the contest is ended.
Coal companies controlling about 10
per cent. of the anthracite coal prod
uct, it IS learned, have posted notices,
but President Mitchell will not say thar
all of them comply with the terms OF
the Scranton convention.
Leaders Are Summing Up the Situation.
The big companies in this district
that have not posted the notices are
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation COM
pany, q. B. Markle " Co., and Coke
Bros. x Co. The Markles have grant
ed no increase of wages of any kind
Yesterdays conference was in session
three hours and was adjourned until
this morning. President Mitchell at it's
conclusion announced that the situation
was partly canvaSSed, and that the re-
view would be completed today. The
conference discussed plans as to what
should be done in the event of one or
more of the coal companies declining
TO grant the demand of the miners as
set IOrIn Ill Ilc TpSDlullOu duOplcu III
the Scranton convention. No definite
conclusion was, however, arrived at.
Question Mitchell Declined to Answer.
Mitchell declined to say whether the
statement of the United Mine Work
ers that no man will be permitted to
return to work unless they all go IN
together still holds good. The notice
posted by several of the larger COM
panies In. the Lackawanna and Wyo-
ming reSfbnS yesterday which an
nounced that the mine workers will be
given 212 cents on every car or ton in
order to make up 10 per cent. came in
for much consideration at the confer
ence. When the conference adjourned
last evening this matter was still un-
der discussion.
Coal Carriers and Producers.
Scranton. Pa, Oct. 25.-In eXpecta-
ton of the strike being settled today
representatives of the coal carrying
companies and the independent coal
operators are to confer in Philadelphia
today to arrive at some understand
ing in the matter of freight rates. L.
II. Watkins, Reese G. Brooks and +. g.
Fuller, of'this city, representing the
operators. left last night for Phlladel-
phia. The independent operators for
years have been demanding 90 per
cent of the tide water price for their
product, instead of 60 per cent, as al
lowed them. Now when the action of
the bio cOmDanipS forces them to in