Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-10-30

WiIl6esbarre, Pa, Oct. 25-There
were twenty-five more mines in oper-
alton in the anthracite region yester-
day than Thursday and the output
will be close to 100000 tons. 1t is es-
timated that $1,000 persons were at
work yesterday. Non-union men, de-
spite what may be said to the con
trary, are slowly being displaced at
many mines and old employees are TAX
ing their places. The trouble with in
dividual operators in the Lehigh re-
gion is expected to blow over in a day
or two and it is said on good author
ity that all collieries in the Lehigh
and Schuylkill regions that are in con-
dition to mine will resume Monday and
that all union miners will be Te-em-
ployed. Mitchell continues reucent
and refuses to be quoted on any move
made by the operators, either regard
ing the treatment of old employees or
the advanced price of coal. The evil
dence which he will present to the ar
bitration commission is now being ar
ranged in systematic form. Mitchell
has received a call to Washington and
will leave here Sunday afternoon.
Judge Gray Chairman.
Washington, Oct 25-President
Roosevelts strike arbitration board
met at the temporary white house at
10 o'clock yesterday for the purpose
. of settling the greatest dispute that
has ever arisen between capital and
labor in this country. The anthracite
coal officers and the miners have un-
reseryedly agreed to abide by the de
cision of the board of arbtrators.
They went into executive session at
II o'clock, and Judge Gray was forth
with elected president.
In his written instructions to the
arbitration commission President
Roosevelt says:
You will endeavOr to establish the
relations between the employers and
the wage workers in the anthracite
fields on just and permanent basis,
and as far as possible to do away with
any causes for the recurrence Of such
difficulties as those which you have
been called to settle"
The President appointed Edward Q.
A. Moseley and Charles O'Neill as as
sistants to the recorder of the com
mission. The commission will hold
its future sessions in Wilkesbarre,
New York and Philadelphia.
The testimony of the miners will be
heard first through the medium of
President Mitchell and his associates.
Mr.. Mitchell will set forth the griev-
ance of the miners and their demands.
In general terms these demands are:
l. An increase in wages for men en-
ployed on piece work
.. Ae reduction in the hours of labor
for men employed by the day.
8. Payment for a legal ton of coal.
l. That the coal shall be honestly
weighed and correctly recorded.
s. I'VE favor Incorporating in an
agreement the wages that shall be paid
and the conditions of employment
that shall obtain for a specified per.
iod."
oU,UUU OnS OF GOAL SnIppeu'
Shamokin, Pa. Oct. 25.-Thirty
thousand tons of coal were shipped
from the local collieries yesterday to
Philadelphia and New York and 5000
additional men went to work here
yesterday.
Imports" Minus Quantity.
Scranton, Pa. oct. 25.-All the min
ing companies in this region reported
yesterday that large additions have
been made to their working forces,
and that by Monday a start will be
made in all the collieries, except those
at which extensive repairs are being
made.
The imported workman was decid,
eddy minus quantity yesterday. The
superintendent said very few would
remain. After today they will be put
to the well-nigh impossible task Of Sc
curing boarding houses in the mining
towns in which they work, as the coal
companies will cut off the work trains
Monday. This it is thought, will be
effective in driving away imports"
The companies are not dismssing
non-union men. but a most careful in.
quiry fails to disclose a single instance
of strenuous effort on the part of any
company to force an import to re-
main in the companys employ.