Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-11-05

dents met here today to devise means
if possible to settle the hosting en-
gineers' strike.
Miners Take Engineers Places.
Chicago, ILL.,, Nov. 8. = Word
reached Chicago today that $500 mine
workers have returned to work in the
mines at Spring Valley, Minoke Rut-
land and Marquette, engineers having
been secured to take the places OF
those on strike. The engineers are
said to have been recruited from the
ranks of the union mine workers.
Clash Between Unions.
The hostility of the United Mine.
workers to the Hosting Engineers
union apparently has had the effect OF
reducing the seriousness of the strike.
A call for the meeting of the eXecu
tive board of the United Mineworkers
of America, to be at Springfield today,
lends credence to the belief that the
time has come when the brotherhood
of hosting engineers either must af1ili-
ate with the United Mineworkers or be
wiped out of existence. The United
Mineworkers have long wanted to alb
sorb the union of engineers, and now
that the latter is on strike it is in
a position where it must look to the
miners for assistance.
The latter can break the strike by
furnishing the operators with engi.
neers from their own ranks or agree
ing to work with men who are not
members of the brotherhood. if they
are so minded. The declaration is
u oh o;
neers among the united miners to sup
plant a majority of the engineers.
Miners Divided in Sentiment.
The officials refuse to make a state
ment regarding the attitude of the
union or the probable outcome of the
meeting. simply saying that it is
called for the purpose of discussing
the present situation. Strict instruc-
lions against expressions, either in
sympathy with the engineers or in cen.
domination of their course have been
given all minor officials. The men are
divided, some supporting the engineers
and others condemning them for hav.
ing declined arbitration.
Looks Like Peace at Pekin.
Pekin, ILL.,, Nov. 8. - The strike of
the hosting engineers appears to be
all but ended. All the mine owners
in this township and several in the
county have signed the scale and the
miners have returned to work.
The cause of the change in the atti.
tude Of the mine owners was the run.
ming of small mines and slope mines,
which were not affected by the strike
and were thus given monopoly of
the trade The forces at these mines
were at once doubled and were in
shape to supply the market to total
loss to the large shaft owners. BY to-
night it is thought that every mine
owner in the district will be ready to
sign the scale and all men will be
back in the mines by Friday morn
ing.
Miners Work as Engineers.
Peoria. ILL.,, Nov g. Three mines
at Gilchrist, Mercer county. resumed
operations this morning. State in
spectors issued permits for this pur
pose and the mine operators say it is
only beginning Richard Newsan
of the State Mine Operators associa
ton says further that the miners dc
not approve of the engineers strike
because the engineers refused to ar
bitrate. He says many miners have en-
gineers' licenses and they will per
form engineering service. The strike
he thinks, will be over in seven days
Engineers Tell of Victory
ST Louis. Mo, Nov. 8. An officia
statement has been issued by the
Hosting Engineers union to the eff
feet that eighteen out of the eighty
two coal mines which on Tuesday
were tied up by strike had signed
the scale of wages demanded by the
engineers and had resumed opera
tons.
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