Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-02-22
Result of Illinois Conference Favor

AtSulI vi lllluOlS OUultTbuC6 EdVUI.
able to Miners Sons of Revo-
luton Meet.
| Des M9ines, Feb q. Time adds to
the prospects Of q serious rupture be-
Tween the Mine Workers and the iowa
Generators Association q the joint con
ference 70 be held in Des Moines nex
week to fix d scale for mining III 1900.
! Tbs miners insist that The scale com
mites has NOT Determined upon the,
character - the demands Is b made
| but me operators say thar he lnsot
4 nation reseived from persons Who were
1 IN tils meetings in his city last Week
and VITO they dignity bS the term
spies. IS tot he effect that the CONVEX
! ton practically instructed the scait
COMMITTEES 10 make a demand for 60
cent nine run scale. an advance If 10
ieents oyer the scale last Sear. 'rheirs
i CORRESPONDENCE since this time indicates
! that tsiis IS the conceisiis ~ opinion in
| the state and that everywhere it is
Il evident The miners are preparing toi
4 make this demand. Since the ADJOURN
l.ment Of ilieminers' meeting IN this city
the Illinois JOINT coniersnce has beeni
/ held, ~ which the miners We're Sue
l.cessful " securing a 9-eent advance on
the niina-rtia basis and his has
strsngsfAnel tins determination Of the
tIowa miners to try 70 force similar
sI5adyanee They say that tfe Iowa oler-
L atcrs forced p9stponaneny Of thai
4 joint conference because Of 4 desire tol
4 avail rho action Of the Illinois confer
q encs, and bsiieve they ought now TO be
bound Largely by that actn. They
s chafge tila the operators when they
. asked fer u P9strorarneat d the con-
y ference practically promised that the
iadvanee ii the Iowa scale would corre-
spond With ,Bsls In the Illinois field.
j The operators, despite the action in
Z Illinois. are still as hostile AZ ever to-
!, the proposition 70 place the business on
il mine-run basis. \ srsa deal Of cor
Il rssponaence mas been indtlged IL in the.
4 pas few days rsiatve 10 the matter
Land il is claimed rs local operators that
a,ssry company am! Every operator III
T4Wa is plaGgea ~ do all in his power
Is defeat a nine run basis. The OBJ
2 ELECTIONS urged arc the same as have
heretofore been published that the adj
vance ffenl y to 90 cents would gbe q
20 per cent advance on its face and that
the loss Of marketable Goa as a result
OF abandoning screens would be enough
70 bring the total of the advance. to ops
orators UP o 81 per cent. ON the other
hand. the operators say that their cor
7. trespendsnts, with put lew aSesp-
tloas IN the Nai'ash ana missouri,
g fields, indicate a willngness to concede
IA
: an advanee q from ,.lo y GEMS g. soii
on '. seIss'i pssiss niiilsti's siis i'iies
~ ss.t9l'itis iitiiiss - sei 9 W,
I iot " ses.' aii5s " ioeas iiliii' s. -
: cents 9 'ef
Z illaieatlS'ils 'a'3Ss ai'e .iia. 'Ns's So,
/ northern Missouri Will be epresentsd
9 in the meeting e be held here February
26-2i, by both operators and nlen, and
that the confsgence Will be one Of he
I largest ia the history Of tbs western
= local trade. 1t Is evidently the present
: plan OF tho coal men TO refer matters
t very largely 10 committees. but 70 re-
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