Akron daily Democrat. [volume] (Akron, Ohio) 1892-1902, 1900-01-25
ROW At COALPOWWOW
Miners and Operators in Fear
full Tangle.
BoGLE CALLED RYAN A LIAR.
tIiners Determined to Not Give Up Their
Fight to Get West virginia and Iowa
Into the Conferenoe--O Operators OPP
posed Iowa in Meeting.

INDIANAPoLIs, Jan. 25.--At the min
ers' convention IT was announced that
A. l.. Lewis, Of Ohi,. had been elected
TO the vice presidency On the second bal
lot. Ho was the Pennsylvania Ohio
choice and had great measure of sup.
port from Illinois and Indiana. Lewis
had IL majority VI seveu over the other
two candidates. John L. Reese, OF Iowa,
aud W. ID. Vanhorn. Of Indiana. The
point has been raised that another bal.
lot should be taken as the total vote of
the convention was not OUT, / 1t this
Will hardly stand, us the constitution OF
the organization requires the successful
candidate TO have nlerelya majority OF
the votes cast.
There WAS two.hours' session of the
joint conference between the delegates
from the United Mine Workers Of
America and those from the Interstate
Operators Association, and 80 much
bad feeling was engenderod that IL was
deemed advisable 10 adjourn until TO.
duy to allow the feeling to subside.
Immediately upon calling the session
tn order, Chairman Boyle usked for tho
reporJ OF the committee OH credentials
anu Chairman Diloher reported II had
pCch AtClutAA tilul biJ bkNbSO VI Ahuihihb
Ohio, Pennsylvania and illinois were
entitled " representation IN the JOINT
conference. " hen iG came to consider
ing the admission of the state OF Iowa.
there was II division, the members from
the operators opposing and those from
tho miners tavoring 1t. The roilcall res
suited IN " tie. o.
The chairman then announced that
, he was entitled to cast the deciding
vote, aud voted no, thus debarring the
iLnte.
In speaking on the motion to admit
| ne state, Mr.. II. IL. Robbins accused
one miners Of not organizing West Vir-
siniu, us thoy agreed two years ago,
aud President Van Horn, OF tho Indiana
.niners, asserted that the miners had
tried to organize them,
The report OF the committee on rules
ana order Of business was read and
adopted amid great confusion. A mum.
Der of minors, having taken umbrugo NJ
,he ruling OF the CHAR, began to leave
enc hall, and, before the hour ot nd.
Journnient had arrived, halt OF them
nitd taken their departure. The delega'
lions from the varions states were next
asked TO appoint scale committee ot
Tour members, with four ailernates,
each from the miners aud operators.
Names were handed III tor ONO aud
Pennsylvania as follows. Ohio niuers
w. II. Hnslrins, u. ii. Sullivan, ,nios.
l.. Lewis and W. l.. Morgan. Alternates
IS. ii. Black, Chris Evans, Alex. Smith
aud George Hopkins. ONO operators
IL. l.. Chapman, Thomas johnson, j. s.
Morton and W., II. Woodlord. Alter
nates-~W. >. Courtwrignt, Walter J..
Mullins, I. j, Morgan and Captain s.
Al. Drake.
Pennsylvania miners. William Dodds,
Walter Calvery, Pat uolnn and William
Wilson. Alternntes-- William Smitn,
William Tuttle and sam GasSell. teun.
sylvania operators-F. l.. Ropbius, n.
Al. Osporne. w. B, Rogers aud IL. w.
Robinson. Alternutes--G, w. Schluder.
borg, U. =, Blackburn aud II. j. Lau.
renee.
After these committees had been
named u motion was made to allow the
delegates nob seated 10 have u seat in
the conference withuuta u voice, This
started tho trouble. On the rollcall the
motion was lost, tho miners voting
against 1t, giving Us their reason that
the delegates ought 10 pe admitted 10
tho full privilege Or not Ut all. During
tno ulsouSSiou, oScTotury Wluulu ~.
Ryan accused bogle OF being two-iaced
and voting against every proposition
the miners advanced.
Bogle SAID he dio not want tho chair.
mansnlp and called Ryan liar.
Mitchell coupseled peace, aud further
sand:
I'VE made no effort to get the chair.
manshlp OF this convention, though en-.
utied of rignt OF greater numbers 10 do
so, make the point that you nave no
right to deciding vote tor the simple
reason that your vote is cast by the
chairman OF the Indiana operators,' -
A tumultuuus discuss,on OF parlia.
montary rules followed, aud ths motion
was with difficulty gotten before the
house.
Much feeling Is shown on both sides.
The operators clearly outgeneraled the
miners III their efforts to get Iowa and
West Virginia admitted. ana tho miners
have determined not TO give up the
fight. IL Will, II Is announced, be con.
nnued, Miners in authority said: "The
row might AS well come now us at any
time. tor " Is now settled that IL has tc
COME