The sun., 1903-03-22
COAL MINERS DISAPPOINTED.
OFFICIALS AND MEN SAY THEY
d, DON'T LIKE THE AWARD. b.

DON'T LIKE THE AWARD. B,
wanted Mining - he Paid fer BY weaghA
|, Cared Moro fer Inat Tnan fer Any
Other Demand-Swpsise In Pettsvtlls
over the Cosdemnatien se tAs Csaa
and Irsu Peiiee-Ssme Minees Thanla
n Means That They Have Gained
ths WHIP Hand Over the Operstses.
SnANroN, Pa, March 7i.-1hs minseS
are not pleased With the findings a ths
anthracite strilcs commission, and t.
operators are. That appears TO Be tbs
situation In the Scranton district. At noon
to-ciay q synopsis Of the report OF the cou.-
mission was shown to District PressdenS
Nichols at headQ,artsrs IN this city. ~.
Nlehols was disappointed, and showed IL
fact plainly. He said: ..--....
Il feel vory much disappointed. and
know our people are Of the sams frams 81
mind, in not having Q decision nom tn ooal
striks commission providing for the vdSAs
inx OF coal. Il was the main Qnsotioo
With the men Of this district. and bad beaA
bone Of contention for many ysars. ThA4
district includes ons-haN Of the minGs o.
the whole region
Later In the day. after reading . roet@
extsnsive synopsis Of the report, Mr., NSohQse
refused to discuss Il. Hs said thdk b vcu}0
walt until he rot chance 10 rad tbs docvS
mont in ts entirety. ...-.
John ]. Murphy, one Of the lawyers vhd
represented the miners bsfors the coeeS
mission, said that the miners OF D4s6ss4
No. arc dissatisfied beoanss the oom-
mission did not recommend that paymen4
be made by weight In this district. 9hi4
was ono Of their original dsmands and thq
most import ant that they nnade. Mr.
Murphy said that he was favorably tms
pressed with the Conciliation Boerd featuf4
and thought that It would prove bsnsdda1
TO all concerned. He was alse In hsssI
accord with the plan 70 have tho hborsfo
paid BY the companiss direct.
A practical miner who. for obvioVe
reasons, objected to tho use Of his name
said that the report Of the commission
was all right 90 far a. 1t went, but 1t did
not 70 far enough. 1t was no victory for
the niners, that much was clear. II any
thing, II fsvors the operators. He was
disappointed because the miners In this
district were not allowed pay BY weight
and he had not much faith In the aiding
scale. The fact that a great many OF the
men about the mines are to have nine
hour day meant that in the future the
miners will get less cars than they do at
preeent. and that will mean that their 10
per cent sdvanoe in wages viii realize
them nothing.
Col. r. A. Phillips. general euperintsnd-
ent Of the Lackawanna company, esld that
he was very we'll satisfied with the nnding
and that 1t quite came up to his e1pscta-
tons. II dealt Mberally with the ets1m
men, he said. He was thoroughly IA 90
card With the eonpihation board Pan.
and thought that itmeant industrial peeee
In tRss future. Mr.. Phillips pointed out
that the commission In direct terms refused
70 reooenixe the United Nine WcfeefS
and he was much pleased over 0IAs -
IN. Burns, counsei for the iI11
operators. gave out . long fnetSte1 -
afternoon, In which Ae 80 49, - ~
moro than favorsbv k5toa1d wi1A ths
plan for a oonoilaaoa bSqr6. ~ eao y
meant industrial psasa Tor st lsoUe 0eoe
years and would eivs the 14D
men confidence and insptroe3L -.
Burns was also tinkled ever ths fs6e oes
the commission pa1H4 lnrt of tSsf Awes
the fact that In u tklf> The uA1ea -
must in no manAs lsa the sos-sAss
workmen.
Wuxr-BARsx, Pa, March a.-IAA
mine workers. for the last few weeks hope
full of q is to 10 per can't. incfeoao n Wneeo
and paymsnt by weisht OF coal. are ma,rh
cast down tonight. Ths news this aftsr-
noon OF the strike comnialaou's award vas
a bitter disAppointment to them. They
had been led by the talk Of the Issders 10
believs that the commission would favor
than in almost every detail Of their grew
spors. and the 10 per cent award. with . few
minor CONCESSIONS. was . bitter pill They
expected m0re from the anticipated change
h The systsm Of pay than anything sAss,
and vhsn this was not made they were
fsrs In szpsussins themselves 40 bslisvjng
that the IoaS strike wss practically uas-
ies. Tfsey know that the operators. even
II thsy had besisn the miners In the striks,
would hsvs granted an increase equivsiene
,o 10 per orni
Dlss rict President Nichols. Substitute Dtss
tros Presid~ni Car~ Nalionsl bnsrd hcms
t~r Fallon, Distr,cd bosrd hssnhes wats
kins and other Of,cials oil admit ted tirts
oisappoiniinent and sAid they hrlsvcd
that tho miners also shared " They de-
clared, however. tllsi tho Mine Workers.
stp sens,a ,h. award and live up "a ~
pfoytsions
TIE otsIAlofs a.. y-fy seil sstisAcd
S.sd. ~Li~ nat sllorlns tssasssslsas IA ts
Qvsssd tissy sss thai tho Nins Nosksss
sos - tksi tl.ss had Do l,l<i asAsS fos
sirks snd sssAss the hsd no lzusa
ios ,l.sls lsss-s th-, .ould so' hsss ssas
an slaks
No could hass sissh ii..n 10 l-s a~ss
lss Alsgl sald as.s oln,fslaf ~ o. aos11