The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1900-10-18
b., Accept the Increase Offered
and Are Willing to Arbitrate
tbe Other Differences
3 OPERATORS ARE htSlTAIlsG.
r,r Official, DO Not Think the
st,,~ Scale VIII BE Abolished
By mat Company.
=. u,,.rtrd That the Presidents
|, Large C"aI-tnrrSinE Rail-
..d. VIII Hold "a Confer
rorc In Nrw York.

Scrnion. "a. oct. ij.-I'hc anthra
!. eosl ....i.t. DOW ON strike, aftc,
H., DAYS ,niiOn. late Saiurda,
i moon Nc."ri 10 accept the II
re,. increase ia wages offered bN
mucoum.. providing they will
spuue 'ac payment Of the ad,anc,
nc,f Ap.L and viii abolish tn,
ar s,a.r 70 the operators con
l. ,hc proposition unacceptable,
mlacr, arc wiling 10 arbitratc the
noas O., ...nr They also decided
ton,uuc The strike until the opera
! sgice 20 The conventions prOpo.
o
ar,oau. iI. Oct 15.--Thc terms
h., Scranton convention are not
. .p,4b.c O. operators and rcprcSen-
r, u coal carrying companies in
place aal about Nj. Carmel. The
.'rr oHr.a'. do not think the
.rg scale "iI' hc abolished by the
pans va'. operators arc avcrsc
.gr.a, 3D. contract binding them
..s 80 pea cent. increase until
order, have been received as
from h.Ilulrtcrs Of any com
m,'ru'ug supcrintcndcnts to
Pc work. Miners say they will
work until officially notified by |
DEN. MITCHELL
r'on. PJ, OCT 1.-The indi- |
3 coal operators who could be-
here Sunday declined 10 discuss |
.'ion tJhcu by the anthracite
., convention at Scranton Sat
Neither could they say what
'hc employers would probably
: evident from their rcticence
Dee individual mine owners are
e 60 see what the large coal
ng railroads that mine coal will
rs reported i'm the coal regiOm
night that the presidents of
roads viii hold 4 conference in
fork Monday for discussion of
ION Of the convention.
e was q story ailoat Sunday
be operators viii accept the
nou's decision, but nothing
me 30 thc surface in this re-
d which 20 base the report.
United Nine Workers. officials 7
ry arc noW again waiting on {
traitors and that they will con- /
70 close up The coilicricS that
been m operation since the r
began four weeks ago. There {
hy reports in circulation that p
.ir..e continues much longer a S
I'D 'ar ranks of the idle men ]
Ur
.rn, Mitchell and his assist d
..ie a1"c'cr, rcaSscrt their II
''r 'h4' 'hc men. both union 81
'.'N. N.l remain away from ii
'> W'. after the strike is de- VI
'H. There is a fear prevalent f
region THAT if some of the Il
return 20 work trouble would pt
't afsc through efforts of the
10 persuade The men to re-
nHric
' 'o...rr, that are working ]"
"'''n heavily Guarded.
f'4rrc ia. oct. IA can
"' operator, Of the Wyoming
'.ia} shows that there is
"''' opposition to granting III
"N! more concessions than ="
.""cl in Tie original offer. DC
.' pen cent. increase without uc
@D'VAS lAc individual oDer- fe.
'''''''l "ir opposed TO tieing iie
A Ap 70 amy agreement. One uel
'..' '"r only way the strike INK
''u is 'or The strikers To ii'c
" rrr cent. without any I'M
''> ma
.l "''N' Chase, OF the Le- ie'
%" TO. said. act
dependence can be plac- cal
~ "".n il comes 10 arbi- i'ai
,,'., -'> Wa hovn in the case OF
A'c' Ac favored arbitra- ing
MI. 'ae ''ao.t Of Mr.. Mitch Gus
.I's Populated the agree u
O., w., '." ,Aer employer. The con
,so,,, 1s strikers that the OPP rho'
r@' ~'' agree 10 pay the in
, .,', .' ''r fixed period is too "
10 it" VIII naru- ~ ;
e lar ,.,.. bloc
rs.on a... "i'''''oIS' blaC
'-',a ,..>,,.l inc S'riNe poir
H.. a q'