Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-30
NO SETTLEMENT
OF MINERS STRIKE.
Some of the Troops at Shenan-
doah Will be Withdrawn.
CONSUMERS WILL SUFFER.
1t is Conceded That the Price of Coal WIN
Never Settle Down to the Same Level as
Before the strike---RalIroad Presidents
Submit Terms of settlement---Aco Confer
ence Between General Goblin, sheriff
Toolo and Representatives of Mine opc-
rators at Shenandoah.
(By Telegraph to virginian-Pilot,

Wy ASieSidpH 10 v lTSlnlan-E llOt.)
New York. Sept 29.-The Evening
Post says to-day:
while no final announcement of the
coal strike settlement is yet forth
coming. there was to-day reliable au-
thority for the statement that the mat
ters still under discussion are OF detail
merely, and that satisfactory con-
ciusion will be reached in short time
1T is conceded everywhere in the
coal trade that the price of coal after
the strike will never settle down to the
same level as before. More than 10 per
cent. increase in wages is generally be-
ieved to be the concession the miners
Will demand. and this will mean, ac-
cordlng TO reliable estimates, an in
crease of fully % cents in the cost of
every ton mined This will make the
cost at the collieries about 275 a ton.
The consumer, of course. Will pay this
difference"
RAILROAD PRESIDENTS ACT.
according to the Evening Post. q
coal operator said to-day that the rail-
road presidents have submitted the
terms Tor settlement to the mine
superintendents to learn whether the
mines could be operated profitably
under them The Posts informant
thinks President Mitchell will get
around the difficulty caused by the
non-recognition OF the union in this
way: The proposition, the 10 per cent.
increase in wages, or whatever it may
be. VIII be submitted separately to
each chapter of the Mine Workers
Union When chapter votes to accent
III and notifies President Mitchell of its
action he will endorse it on the ground
mat the conditions in that particular
place warrant the suspension of deal
FlnE Min The main union direct,
tSsiTuATION AT SHENANDOAH.
Shenandoah Pa, Sept 2a-The only
incident of any Importance here TO-DAY
was the conference between General
Goblin, Sheriff Toole and representa-
ives OF mine operators relative to tho
withdrawal of the troops. The meet
General Goblin, who said he did not be-
ileVe the presence of the troops neces-
Sary, since there is absolutely no indi-
cation of violence on the strikers
part; with the additional fact that this
district is completely tied up.
ONE REGIMENT TO GO.
The operators were undecided as to
whether the troops should be ordered
home or kept here several days longer.
They finally agreed that Sheriff Toole
was the proper person 10 decide that
question. The Sheriff was unwilling
TO assume the responsibility. and told
the Associated Press correspondent
that the matter was in the hands of
General Goblin. The General said that
there was no necessity for keeping
such a large body of troops here, and
that he had decided to send one regi-
mcnt away on Monday. He said to-
night that the Twelfth Regiment would
probably be the first to depart, though
he could not say positively before to-
morrow.
IN CHAOTIC CnNnIT4oM.-
Philadelphia. Sept. 29.-Late develop
ments tonight show that the efforts
to bring about q hurried settlement of
the big coal miners strike are still in
chaotic condition. While there is
every surface evidence of honest in
tention on the part of the mine owners
and operators to grant the more i'm
portant demands OF the mine workers
the difficulties in detail, in reaching the
basis OF a settlement grow more con-
fusinS. conference tonight at
Wilkesbarre, an important residential
point of mining railroad superintend-
ents and big individual mine operators
mine foremen were called in to take
part in the discussion. The foremen
were questioned relative to the charge
for powder. dockage. ETC.. Indicating
that the owners We're endeavoring to
reach n common ground where Justice
would be found for each side. So far
as can be learned no definite conclusion
was reached.
1t has now apparently settled itself
down to common sense discussion of
the differences.
AT HAZLETON.
Hazleton, Pa. Sept. 29-All negotin-
lions between G. B. Markle and Com
pany and It's employees are off, and ar
bitration has received its first serious
blow in the present struggle between
the miners and mine owners. To- night
the committee of employees, which
presented grievances to the firm. sent
the following communication TO John
Markle, the managing partner of the
firm
I'VE. the undersigned committee of
employees of d. 3. Markle and Com
pany, appointed to arrange for arbi-
tration under the agreement between
the firm and men, do report that the
agreement is broken by the employees"
MIR. BRYAN'S VIEWS.
Crookston. Mimi, Sept. 29.-In re-
Spouse to question in regard to the
advisability of arbitration as the means
OF settling the strike in the anthracite
coal region, Mr.. Bryan said to-day:
Arbitration is the only justifiable
means of adjusting difficulties between
corporate employees and their employ
ers. While arbitration is usually asked
by the employees. 1t ought to be ac-
ceptable to the' employers. If they be-
lieve they are treating the miners
fairly, and it ought to be demanded by
the public generally because every
great strike affects the public at large
even more than it does either the en-
ployers or the employees. Those who
are not prepared to submit their argu-
ments to an impartial tribunal"
PRESIDENT MITCHELL RETICENT
Hazletcp, Pa, Sent. 29.--.We are