Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-19
Striking Miners Said to Have
Modified Their Demands
on Operators
MAY LEAD TO a SETTLEMENT
Mitchell and District Presidents Of the
United Mine Workers Formulate an
Agreement Which Has Boon For
warded to the Railroad Managers
and Operators.

nOunced here today tnat at the CONFER
ence Of Messrs. Mitchell, Gompers, Will
son. Duffy, Nichols and Fahy in Will
kesbarre, this week a proposition was
formulated fol presentation to y. =.
Morgan which embodies terms upon
which settlement of the miners strike
may be arrived at. The proposition IS
now in the hands of Mr.. Morgan or will
be within the next few days.
1t contains nine articles the text OF
which refers to the danlands of the
Shamokin convention. In the new pro-
position some of these demands are
modified and made more acceptable to
the coal operators. What portions nave
been affected, however, is not known.
A clause In the proposition is to the eff
feet that the new terms upon which the
strike may be settled will be available
only until Oct. 20 of the present year.
If Mr.. Morgan does not see fit to accept
them by that date the fight will revert
back to the issues upon which it has
been waged since last May and the min
ers leaders will prolong the struggle
Indefinitely.
This proposition Is the direct result
of Gov. Stones conference with MI.
Mitchell and district presidents Duff
fy, F'ahy and Nichols at Harrisburg last
Saturday. 1t is said Gov. Stone. at this
meeting with the labor leaders, con-
veyed to them an outline of the terms
which Mr.. Morgan could consider as
basis for making concessions to the
striking miners. There are some things
in the demands formulated by the Sha-
mokin convention which Mr.. Morgan
strenuously objects to, and Gov. Stone
made the financier's attitude clear to
the labor leaders,
President Mitchell, it is stated. has
received direct assurances of the Will
ingness of the operators to acceptwhat-
ever decision Mr.. Morgan may see III
to arrive at after he considers the new
est proposition of the United Mine
Workers Union.
Philadelphia, Penn, Sept. l9.-The
work of perfecting the organization OF
the employees of the coal carrying roads
meetings were held in different parts OF
the city for the purpose of enrolling
new members in the various unions
Similar meetings are being heldnightly
The trainmen may be directed by
their unions to refuse to work II re-
quired to take coal in any considerable
quantity from the mines to the mar
kets in this and other cities. Several
organizers are now in this city bending
their energies to increasing the mem
hership of the local unions of the rail-
road employees.
One reason of the apparent willing
ness of leaders of the unions of the
hard coal carrying roads to counter
ance strike is that the railway men
themselves are preparing to make de-
mands for better terms, and may be-
fore long require for themselves the
support of organized labor, just as 1t
is now being accorded to the miners.
The Philadelphia and Reading COM
rany today sent a communication to the
board of educat ton offering to furnish
coal for use in the Philadelphia public
schools at the circular prices that were
in effect for September delivery prior to
the strike. The letter says:
1--WE expect to have some coal, in
GLIDING the different sizes, to distribute
Monday, Sept %, and it would be our
pleasure to furnish the school board
with a portion of the same at the fol-
lowing prices: Stove, 1896; nut, $3.50;
pea. s4.15 per gross ton. We will be in
position to furnish you with 1000 tons
Of each of white ash stove. nut and Dea
coal"
The board Of education accepted the
offer.
Output Of Coal Increases.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 19.-Accord-
ing to reports from the offices OF the
local coal companies the output of coal
at the mines in the Wyoming region is
on the increase. The Lehigh Valley
company stated that today's output at
the four colleries and ...e washery was
2,400 tons 1t is expected to increase
ty-one cars of good coal were hoisted
at the Maltby mine yesterday. 1t is
announced. but not OFFICIALLY, that the
Delaware and Hudson company placed
1000 tons of coal on the cars at their
No. 2 breaker, Plymouth, yesterday. and
last night this coal was shipped to the
headquarters at Hudson, where it was
reshipped today to various points in
the east.
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