Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-02
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JOINT CONFERENCE INplcA.
TIoN FOR GOOD.
BOTH SIDES MAKE
NEW PROPOSITIONS

4NG w l. 1OOL OO1 llO1NC
Meeting of Joint Executive Board
Held Last Evening Operators
Make An Official Statement to the
Public Outlining the Situation.
From Fridays Daily.
Hopes are entertained today that the
suspension of work in the coal mines
throughout Iowa may be concluded in
side of thirty days and that the men
will go to work again on the terms pro-
posed by the operators. That this is
practically the only solution left open
for The miners of this district now is
clear since the miners of northern IL
linois last night decided to accept the
terms of the operators there and con-
tinue at work for the next two years.
The points at issue in northern Illinois
and in the Iowa district are nearly par
allel, it is stated, and now that the
miners of the former field have given
up their fight the Iowa men cannot ex-
pect much support from their fellow
craftsmen in their efforts to secure
what the Illinois men cannot get.
Des Moines, April 1-(Special.) y
After making arrangements whereby
for two weeks the men necessary to
keep the mines from damage by water
will be furnished, the various operat-
ors by the miners union, the joint con-
ference of the executive boards of the
miners and operators adjourned and
miners and operators left for their
homes. The number in either body
that expect a strike is very much in
the minority and the leaders among
both operators and miners declare that
they are confident work will be COM
menced in the Iowa mines before the
end of the present month.
Officials Make Statements.
Meanwhile the task of reaching an
an1icable settlement Is in the hands of
the executive boards of the two organi-
cations After the adjournment last
night G. H. Morris, president of the
operators association, and Edwin Per-
ry, secretary of the miners district
union, made statements of the positions
of their respective organizations, as
follows:
G. H. Morris-"The adjournment
is satisfactory to the operators. We
have given everything that we
think IS right, and will make no
further offers. I would hardly
call it strike or lockout. 1t is
more like truce for two weeks.
At the end of that time it is prob
able that the difficulty will be solv-
ed"
Edwin Perry-"There is still
hope of a settlem ent The calling
of the conference together has
been left in the hands of the presi.
dents of the two bodies. The min
ers have left the settlement of the
question in the hands of the exec
utive board. I believe that the
miners have gone farthest to reach
settlement"
The Final Propositions.
At the meeting last night the final
propositions of both the miners and
the operators were presented by their
respective spokesmen. Nothing was
done by either with the others propo-
sition but action is anxiously awaited
by both. The propositions are as fol-
lows
Operators Proposition.
That the following question be sub
mitted to arbitration, each party to
appoint one person and these two to
select a third who shall be the ar
bitrator and shall be disinterested
person, and his decision shall be final
and binding on both the miners and
operators: Question-In following the
indianapolis settlement, what reduc-
ton should the drivers receive in the
first and fourth sub-districts of Iowa?
Miners Proposition.
Resolved, That board of arbitra-
ton, consisting of three members be
selected as follows: The miners and
operators to select one member each,
respectively, and the two members so
appointed shall have power to select
a third member of said board, who
shall be disinterested party.
Said board not to meet later than
April 5, in the city of Oskaloosa,
and shall hear the evidence and ar
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as possible, and it's award shall be
final and binding on both parties and
same made part of the agreement,
and effective from April 1, and con-
tinuing during the life of our agree
ment.
Questions to be determined by said
boapA:
First: What shall be the rate of
wages of drivers, cagers and trip
drivers in sub-districts one and four
of District Is, U. M. w. of A.?
Second: What shall be the rate of
wages to be paid outside day labor in
District 13?
Third: What shall be the price of
powder sold to the miners of District
1,3, during the life of our agreement?
Fourth: What shall be the hours
per day for engineers and the number