Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1900-01-25
ROW ATCOAL POW WOW
Miners and Operators in Fear
full Tangle.
BOGLE CALLED RYAN A LIAR.
Miners Determined to Not Give Up Their
Fight to Get West Virginia aud Iowa
Into the Conference Operators OPP
posed Iowa in Meeting.

posed Iowa in Meeting.
INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 25.-At the min
ers' convention it was announced that
A. l.. Lewis, OF Ohio, had been elected
to the vice presidency on the second bal.
lot. He was the Pennsylvania ONO
choice and mad a great measure OF sup
port from Illinois and Indiana. Lewis
had majority of seven over the other
TWO candidates, John L. Reese, of Iowa
and w. ID. Vanhorn, of Indiana. Inc
point has been raised that another BAT.
lot should be taken as tae total vote Of
the convention was not out, ut this
Will hardly stand, as the consultation OF
the organization requires the successful
candidate to have merely a majority OF
the votes cast.
There was two-hours' session OF the
joint conference between the delegates
from the United Mine Workers OF
America and those from the Interstate
Operators Association, and SO mneh
bad feeling was engendered that 1t was
deemed advisable to adjourn until TO-
day to allow the feeling to suDside.
Immediately upon calling the session
to order, Chairman Boyle asked for the
and Chairman Dilcher reported 1t had
been decided that the states OF indiana,
Ohio, Pennsylvania and Illinois were
entitled to representation III the joint
conference " hen it came to consider.
ing the admission of the state OF Iowa
there was q division, the members from
the operators opposing and those from
the miners tayorng 1t. The rollcall re-
suited IN a tie.
The chairman then announced that
he was entitled to cast the deciding
vote, aud voted no, thus declaring the
state.
IN Speaking on the motion to admir-
the state, MIR. Il. l.. Robbins accused
the miners Of not organizing West Nlf-
ginia, as they agreed two years ago,
and President Van Horn, OF the Indiana
miners, asserted that the miners had
tried to organize them.
The report OF the committee on rules
and order OF business was read and
adopted amid great confusion. 4 mum.
Der OF miners, having taken umbrage at
the ruling of the chair, began to leave
the hall, and, before the nour OF adj
journment had arrived, half OF them
had taken their departure. The delega-
tions from the varIons states were next
asked TO appoint a scale committee of
four members, with four alternates,
each lrom the miners and operators.
Names We're handed III for ONO and
PENNSYLVANIA as follows: Ohio miners
w. II. Hasklns, ID. III. Sullivan, Thos.
l.. Lewis and w. l.. Morgan. Alternates
5. H. Black, Chris Evans, Alex. Smith
and George Hopkins. ONO operators
Ii. l.. Chapman, Thomas johnson. j. ;.
Morton and w. IL. Woodford. Alter
mates w. >. Cartwright, Walter }.
MuIuns, I. }. Morgan and Captain 5.
Nj. Drake.
Pennsy Ivania miners William Dodds,
Walter Calyery, Pat Dolan and William
Wilson Alternately William Smith,
Nlliltn futile and Sam Gaskell. Penn
syIvanla operators-F. l.. Robbins, Il.
NJ. Osuorne W. b. Rogers and Il. W.
Robinson Alternates-G. w. Schluder-
borg, .. ., Blackburn and II, j. Lau-
renee
Alter these committees had been
named motion was made to allow the
delegates mot seated to have seat i'll
the conference without voice. This
started the trouble. On the rollcall the
mouon was lost, the miners voting
against 1t, giving as their reason that
the delegates ought TO be admitted to
the iuA prIvllege-or not at all. During
the discussion, Secretary William ID
Ryan accused Boyle OF being two-taced
and Young against every proposition
the miners advanced.
Boyle sad he did not want the chair
mansnlp and called Ryan liar.
Mitchell counseled peace, and further
sand,
we made no effort to get the chair
manshlp Oh this convention. though en-
titled by rgnt of greater numbers to do
so / make the point that you have no
right to a deciding vote for the simple
reason that your vote is cast by the
chairman OIL the Indiana operators.
A tumultuous discussion OF parlIa.
mentary rules followed, and the motion
was with difficulty gotten before the
house.
Much feeling is shown on both sides.
The operators clearly outgeneraled the
miners III their efforts to get Iowa aud
West Virginia admitted, and the miners
have determined not to give up the
fight. 1T Will, 1t is announced, be con-
tlnued Miners III authority said: 1.-THE
row might as well come now as at any
time, for it is now settled that 1t has TO
come