Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-06
OFFER FROM MINERS
Continued from First Pagcj


strike commission. made the appointments.
Doring the first two years he selected Car
roll d. Wright, former United States COM
missioner OF labor. as the umpire, but dur
ing the last year Charles p NELL. the pres
ent labor commissioner. acted as the
arbitsr
1t was stated at the miners headauar-
ters that IL the operators agree to arbi-
trate a call will be sent out at once for
convention of miners, at which instruc-
tions would be amended IL they ratify the
arbitration plan for the idle miners TO re-
turn to work Immediately.
PittsburE Miners at work.
| P1TTsBURG, April 5.-Grsdusliy the situ-
alton in the soft coal mining fields is assum-
! ing normal aspect, especially i'm the Pitts
| burg district. Forty three OF the mines
| OF the Pittsburg Coal company were re-
ported in operation today and with the
| adiourning of the district convention here
today it is expected that II will be but n
few days more when all mines in this dis
| trict will be in operation. This tonight
was said to apply as we'll to the independ-
ept operators, who have heretofore fought
the granting of the advance demanded by
] the miners. as to those operators who have
already signed the scale.
/ The independent operators Of this district.
who on Tuesday night formed an organiza-
ton to carry on their fight against the
granting of the scale. will hold another
meeting tomorrow night and it is expected
that in view Of the increase of mines in
operation the independents will decide 70
sign the scale Seven OF the independent
companies which refused to Join the action
of the others Tuesday night, signed the
scale today.
The district convention, which has been
In tumultuous session for several weeks,
! adjourned today
! 1t is now expected that as soon as the
| delegates arrive at their respective mines
and explain the situation a,l .Ae miners
will return to work 1t was reported by
one of the delegates that four mines Of the
Pittsburg Coal company and two OF the
Jones & LAughlin compeny, employing over
1900 miners, signed the scale and resumed
work today.
secretary-Treasurer Dodds also an.
nounced today that the following additional
companies had signed: Thompson Run
Railroad Coal company, Pittsburg and Erie
Coal company and the Wilson Coal COM
psny. Up to the present time twenty-five
coal companies in this district have signed
the scale.
Elsewhere about the bituminous field tho
situation remains unchanged. A. Roscoe
! Penn, $500 miners returned to work. while
Irwin, Somerset and Johnstown still remain
threatening storm centers At Somerset
where 5000 miners are out, there was a
small clash between the union and non.
union men today, in which several miners
were injured by thrown stones. All the
mines of the Somerset Coal company are
being run as usual. More men returned
TO work at Johnstown and several OF The
mines We're reported in operation. the in.
junction prayed for by the coal companies
having had a pacific effect.
A notable feature throughout the entire
bituminous field is that all the disturbances
reported have been confined to the foreign
element. Where these disturbances have
occurred the mining properties are ssiI
guarded-and the authorities have the situa.
ton wellsih control. t..i D.
Deadlock In Iowa.
DIES MONIES, April 5-The joint seal,
committee representing the Iowa operator.
and miners spent the whole day In an ef
fort TO reach an agreement but adjourned
this evening without coming nearer NJ
agreement than when the conference frs
opened. The miners are insisting on a Sd
per cent increase over the present scale
which the operators refuse to yield. TIL,
operators also demand absolute protection
against local strikes and suspensions.
Arkansas Mines Idle.
, FORT SMITH, Ark. April S.-None of tn,
coal companies Of this district signed tn,
scale today, as was expected. Representa-
, tives of four or Eve of the smaller com
panies were I'm the city and visited tn
miners headquarters and spent the tim
quibbling over technicalities, but departe,
: without getting down to business. Their
seems to be no doubt in the minds OF tn
miners officials that all the operators n
the district will sign within the next few
days, as there has been general expires
sion Of intention to sign.
Indiana Operators Expelled.
I TERRE HAUTE, Ind, April 5.-The In
diana Bituminous Operate tors associa ton a
. a special meeting tonigh, adopted a resolu
ton to stand by the sgt!on of it's repre-
sentatives I'm the Indianapolis conference
The Parke County Cosi company an,
Cayuga Brick and Coal company wer
eNDaiied frOrn the association FOR sggnip,