Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-28
D IGNORE MITCHELL |
Railroads and Coal 0pers stors Seek.
Ing TO Settle Strike without
Rscogniztng 4 'Uaion.
A Increase Of Wsgss and Adjust
mont Of Other Grievances
offered 70 Mem
President Mitchell Denies Any
KnoWlege Of Negotiations
The Miners still Idle

SUU100ut MAIVu0A4 00ul0S any L
Kn0Wlege Of Negotiations
The Miners still Idle.
Hasleton, Sept. 2s. President Mitchell |
IT noon today emphatically denied that
The strike Is ended. He has not been
pfficially notified by anybody representy
Ing the operators Of q reported offer of
10 per cent increase in wages and says
he Is not in negotiation with any one.)
When asked it q 10 per cent Increase
would be satisfactory, he declared it
would not.
Conf Companies Confer.
wilkesbarre. Sept. %. Representa-
lives Of the big coal companies in the
and Wyoming districts are
In conference in the offices of the Lee
high Valley Coal Company, Chairman
Lathrop, of the Lehigh Valley Com
pany, presiding. and It Is understood
that President Truesdale, OF the Lacka-
wanna Company, has referred to the
the plan Of settlement
Of the miners' strike as proposed by the
presidents of the coal-carrying rail-
roads. 1t is said that some of the rep
OF the companies here.
while they will not oppose granting an
Increase OF wages or reduction in the
price OF. powder. will advise against rec
sgnizing the miners union.
After much discussion the views OF
those attending the conference were
to their superiors in New
York and the meeting adjourned.
Loomis ts Hopeful.
scranton, Sept. 49, General superin-
ltendent Loomis, OF the Delaware, Lack
slwanna & Western mining department,
.oday in conference with an individu-
il OF the coal operators association
here. as chairman of the .superintend-
ents' association. embracing the mining
heads of all the big coal-carrying roads.
said he had been delegated to bring be-
lore the Individual operators basis
apon which the strike may be settled
before going to the meeting. He ad-
smitted that 1t was proposed to give 10
per cent Increase on all the wage DE-
fnands. The meeting vas secret and
40 positive Information was obtainable
Hnzleton District Idle.
Hazleton. Pa, Sept 2S.-one hundred
strikers marched from Freeland to
Hazleton this morning and succeeded
In persuading the miners working at
the colliery of Wentz & Co. from going
to work. Operations are practically
suspended. There is no disorder. All is
quiet thruout this region.
AT shcnundoah.
Shenandoah, Pa. Sept. q. The em-
ployes at Potts colliery Rt Locastdale
failed 10 report this morning. Opera
tions are suspended. II is the last Of
three workings in the Ashland district
10 shut down Three thousand workers
! are idle in this section.
Shamokin, Pa, Sept. &C Contrary TO
expectations OF the strike leaders mos @
Of the employees OF North Franklin coli
liery, operated by the Reading COM
pany. reported for work this morning
under protection Of a big force os dep
uties and police. There Is no sign of
clash between the strikers and the OF
ficers. Except this colliery not another
In this section is working today.
SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
ndications That tue Coal strike VIII
lsc brought 90 nn Ena soon.
,,,t1 4,
( announced that Cardinal Gibbons ha.
received a request to act as arbitration
IN the coal strike and that he has con
sented TO serve provided both parties
are satisfied. The cardinal declines u
state thru whom the request came, bu
acknowledges that he has consented t
act. There was q report that John Wan
amaker suggested the cardinal. but thi
could not be substantiated.
New York, Sept. 2s. Negotiations 70
settlement OF the great coal strike ar
Quoted secretly, but this much 1
( known--the operators have decided I,
make concessions to the miners.
There Is good reason to believe tina
the terms offered to the strikers are al
with the condition that they waive thei
claim for recognition OF the union b
the operators. The mediator is believe
70 be Archbishop Ryan, OF Philadelphia
IT is thought he will be able to persuad
President Mitchell. the strike leader, I
forego the recognition Of his union i
consideration of the substantial benefl
which will accrue TO Its members frol
X the increaee In wages and In view OF tn
practical recognition which his unio
will receive all over the land as havin
q achieved decided victory for organ
ICED labor.
President Truesdale, Of the DelawaI
81 Lackawanna and Western Railway
authority for the glad news that effor,
are being made to bring the strike to
a ! speedy close. His admission that mi
gotiations have been opened with II
81 strikers isfa direct confirmation OF II
81 accuracy Of the prediction. made. whic
was founded upon the conference of co
railroad presidents in ]. Pierpont Mo
gan's Office.
So confident did Wall street feel that
# settlement OF the strike war practical
assured by the action of the operates
that al the ''coalers showed gre,
strength In the stock market. The
Il was oxtensive covering by ehorfe. 3
veil . considerable buying for the lot
account. !
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