The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-04-06
STATE OF LABOR TROUBLES
Among the Miners, Metal Work ers
and street Car EmplOYes

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! the executive board of the United Mine
! Workers Of the Pittsburg district viii be
! held here tomorrow for the purpose OF
| devising means to bring about termina-
/ ton of the present strike and a general
| resumption of work. President Dolan
/ issued the call for a conference today. a
/ general convention, he says, is not nee
essary at this time, as the QUESTION TO be
! considered is merely one of inducing the
men to return to work, the scale being
| made and there being nothing to negoti-
ate with the coal companies. 1.-The min
ers,' he said, ARE acting foolishly and
will see it that way themselves soon.
The trouble is largely not with the min
ers themselves, but with the drivers and
outside day hands" Dolan has been out
among the Panhandle miners unraveling
| the scale tangle and as a result the men
! have returned to work at a number Of
pits. and they are again in full operation.
| Today President Dolan was at.endiug
| meetings Of the river miners in the
| Fourth pool and explaining the Indianap-
oils agreement. The situation is more
serious in the river district, as the only
pits working are a couple of independent
mines. In the Irwin district. the Huff
and Export mines are running full and
the strikers are going back slowly at the
Larimer, Madison and Clarbdge mines.
The strike at the Pittsbnrg reduction
works has been settled by the employers
granting an advance of u per cent. rec
ognizing the Aluminium Workers union
of the Federation of Labor and reducing
the days work from twelve to ten hours.
Work was resumed today in all depart
ments.
The 1900 men of the Glenwood shops Of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad have
submitted a demand for an advance in
wages ranging from to 20 per cent. The
officials are understood to have sent a
favorable reply on the wage proposition
but differences remain in relation to the
hours.
st. Louis. No, April 5.-After a confer
ence between President Charles H. TlIr
ner, Superintendent Jenkins and the
grievance committee Of the emploves Of
the st. Louis and Suburban Railway
company, the status Of the existing trou-
ble has been made known by telegraph
to President Mahon, of the International
Amalgamated Association of Street Car
Employees at Detroit. asking his pernis-
sion TO order a strike. The refusal of
the management of the road to submit
the differences to arbitration was received
late last night. The St Louis and Sub
urban Railway company operates three
divisions in the city limits, one connect
ing with a line running through the
county, touching Florissant. Kinloch.
Norm andU Mills NnryoonI,,
Lawn. and another the Meremac division
running through Glendale, Tuxedo. Old
Orchard, Kirkwood, Webster Grove and
Meremac Highlands. The road employs
ahc'-t 375 mOtormen and conductors. be
sides fifty more extra men. The men de-
mand a readjustment Of runs and short
ening Of their hours. One of their griev-
ances is that the company is discharging
men belonging to their order.
Indianapolis, Ind. April 5.-The union
carpenters quit work today, causing a
suspension Of work on buildings where
union carpenters are employed Some Of
the contractors have been paying the
scale. but the men declare that they will
not work until the contractors all come
to the terms asked by the union. A COM
mittee was appointed today to arrange
for conference with the contractors.
About 400 men are out
Joliet Ill, April 5.-Nearly 800 coal min
ers refused 10 enter the shaft at the
Diamond workings in Braidwood today
The men assert that the new scale. which
calls for an eicht-hOur day. and an ad-
vance from s175 10 500, has not been
put into effect