Evening star., 1900-10-13
Miners Union Officers Working for
Acceptance Of Offer.
RADICALS LOSING THEIR INFLUENCE
Prospect Now is for Speedy Set
tIement of Trouble.
DECISIONPROBABLY TONIGHT
Special From a Staff Correspondent.

Special From Stan Correspondent.
SCRANTON, Pa, October 13.-The efforts
of the conservative leaders in the strikers
convention today are tending steadily to-
ward a settlement on the basis of accept
ing the 10 per cent advance offered by the
operators. The element In the convention
which has stood out for non-acceptance has
been jockeyed along and permitted to talk
at length, but all the time the leaders are
quietly increasing the pressure for an
agreement. The operators have remained
firm and have given the men to under
stand that not only will they not yield to
all the demands. but that they may with
draw the offer of 10 per cent next week
and fight the strike to finish.
With this prospect before them with win
ter near at hand and necessity staring
many in the face. the men are appealed to
by the conservatives to take the 10 per
cent, strengthen the union organization and
urge their further claims hereafter. Upon
this line the fight is now being made. 1t is
thought that a decision Will be reached by
tonight If the men decide to accept. they
will probably couple 1t with some requests
which the operators could in reason grant
During the early afternoon the committee
appointed by the convention to draft plan
of settlement was in session. The plan
which the committee seemed inclined to
favor was in the nature Of counter prop
osition to the operators offer. 1t began
with acceptance of the 10 per cent and
took in few minor concessions, which 1t
was thought the operators would consider.
The idea is to urge the convention to agree
to the report and then appoint committees
from each cOlliery to lay the counter prop
osition before the operators.
This would mean a continuance OF tho
strike meanwhile. which some OF the lead
ers want to avoid, when the report of
the committee comes up in convention this
evening, and the miners grievances have
dwindled down to the small number in
cluded in the report a motion will prob
ably be made to end the whole matter by
outright acceptance of the 10 per cent. 1t
Is impossible TO foretell the action upon that
line at this time. N. y. NJ.
All Quiet In HazIeton Region.
HAZLETON, Pa, October 13-Quiet pre-
walls throughout the Hazleton coal region
today. The LehIgh Valley Coal Company
and Coke Brothers & Co. paid their men
today for work done in September. The
employees of the other companies will re-
ceive their wages next week. The majority
of the companies will by that time have
paid out all wages due the striking miners
in the HazletOn district
Miners BEING Paid on.
SHAMOKIN, Pa, October 13.-Today is
pay day between here and Mount Carmel.
and although thousands of strikers are
gathered about the offices Of the mineral
railroad and mining company and the office
pf the Union Coal Company, there has been
10 disorder so far AS soon as the miners
receive their pay they go to stores and
purchase provisions, after which they Ie-
turn 10 their homes, but not before inquir
ing for news from Scranton. Liquor stores
and saloons are scarcely visited. Few
strikers believe the convention will SCI tie
the strike, although everybody heartily
wishes bic ARRANGEMENTS entered
into by the delegates and coal-carrying
companies.