The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1900-10-16
TERNSOF THE Miners
Accept Increase and Are Willing to
Arbitrate Other Differences.
It Is Reported That the Presidents
of Large Collaborating Rail-
rOnds VIII Hold a Confer
ence in New York.

IN New AOEAs
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 15.-The anthra-
cite coal miners, now on strike, after
two days convention, late Saturday
afternoon decided to accept the 10
per cent. increase in wages offered by
the mine-Owners, providing they will
continue the payment of the advance
lntil next April, and viii abolish the
sliding scale. If the operators con-
slider the proposition unacceptable,
The miners are willing to arbitrate the
1aestiOns at issue. They also decided
to continue the strike until the opera
tors agree to the conventions propo-
Sition.
onamokin, Pa, Oct. 15.-The terms
Of the Scranton convention are not
acceptable to operators and represent
tatives of coal carrying companies in
this place and about Mt. Carmel. The
Reading officials do not think the
sliding scale will be abolished by the
company, while operators are averse
to signing a contract binding them
to pay 10 per cent. increase until
April.
| No orders have been received as
yet from headquarters of any com
pany's instructing superintendent to
resume work. Miners say they will
not work until officially notified by
President Mitchell.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 15.-The indi-
vidual coal operators who could be
seen here Sunday declined to discuss
the action taken by the anthracite
miners convention at Scranton Sat-
urday. Neither could they say what
steps the employers would probably
take.
1t is evident from their reticence
that the individual mine owners are
waiting to see what the large coal
carrying railroads that mine coal will
do.
1t was reported in the coal region
Sunday night that the presidents of
these roads will hold conference in
New York Monday for discussion of
the action of the convention.
There was a story afoat Sunday
that the operators will accept the
conventions decision, but nothing
has come to the surface in this re-
gion on which to base the report.
The United Mine Workers officials
say they are now again waiting on
the operators and that they will con-
tinue to close up the collieries that
have been in operation since the
strike began four weeks ago. There
are many reports in circulation that
if the strike continues much longer a
break in the ranks of the idle men
will occur.
President Mitchell and his assist
ant officials, however, reassert their
confidence that the men, both union
and nonunion, will remain away from
the mines until after the strike is de-
clared off. There is a fear prevalent
in this region that if some of the
men do return to work trouble would
probably arise through efforts of the
strikers to persuade the men to re-
main on strike.
All the cOllieries that are working
still remain heavily guarded.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 15.-A can
vass of the operators of the Wyoming
valley Sunday shows that there is
considerable opposition to granting
the miners any more concessions than
those outlined in the original offer,
namely, 10 per cent. increase without
any conditions. The individual Oper-
ators especially, are opposed to tieing
themselves up to any agreement. One
operator said the only way the strike
can be settled is for the strikers to
accept the 10 per cent. without any
provisions.
Superintendent Chase, of the Lee
high Coal Co., said:
Not much dependence can be p!ac-
ed on the men when it comes to arbi-
tration. This was shown in the case
of Mr.. Markle. He favored arbitra-
ton but at the behest of Mr.. Mitch
ell his miners repudiated the agree
ment made with their employer The
demand of the strikers that the OPP
orators should agree to pay the in
creased wages for fixed period is too
arbitrary and the operators will hard
! ly agree to it,
Despite the views of the operators,
the impression here is that the strike
will be ended this week.
OId-FashiOned Watch Meeting.
Jackson, Miss, Oct. 15.-Bishop