Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-02
pTuMIN0US MEN SANGUINE.
IN Charleston, W. Va, and Des
Moines, District Conventions in
Session Trying to- Agree.
r. ,he Anthracite Fields Order To Sus-
mend Work obcycd Almost TO u
Man-Outlook Rather Dark.


h,,f million members of the United
Nine Workers OF America did not re-
slime work today, awaiting the grant
,rs Of their wage demands by the coal
operators Of the country there IL moth
ine at the national headquarters OF
,be Union that would Indicate anything
unusual has happened All of the Off
Gals are out Of the city, and q corps
of clerks and stenographers is in charge
Of the Offices
President John Mitchell is in New
York TO meet the anthracite operators
,omorrow In final attempt to arrive at
an agreement IN the anthracite region,
vice President Lewis is in Ohio. III
rectlng the strike In that state and
secy. Treas. Wilson Is at Cleariield,
Pa attending the Joint conference OF
tha Central Pennsylvania district.
Samuel NJ. Sexton. editor of the
Mine workers Journal, the official or
ran OF the union, is the only official in
ne city. Reports are coming IN from
different states. but they are being for
varded 10 President Mitchell or held
awaiting his return.
The feeling at national miners head
quarters concerning the situation In the
bItuminous fields Is sanguine, In West
Virginia and Iowa, the district joint
conventions between operators and
miners, are In session at Charleston
snd Des Molnes, respectively, and 1t
Il hoped at national headquarters that
the operators will meet the demand for
an advance. The Michigan miners and
operators will meet tomorrow at Sagi-
raw, the central Pennsylvania meeting
vii BIZ held tomorrow mt Clearileld. and
The Kentucky at Louisville tomorrow.
In the Central competitive district.
composed OF Illinois. Indiana Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania, the miners are
celebrating today the anniversary of
Inc eight-hour day. The miners ~ all
The districts have quit work. awaiting
the signing of the scale demanded. 1t
Is anticipated that few operators In the
Southwestern district, composed Of Mis-
souri,, Kansas, Arkansas. Texas, Indian
Territory aud Oklahoma will grant the
scale for the present. and prolonged
strike may follow In Ohio. Indiana
and Illinois the same question ia an
tlclpated.
Wellington O'Connor president Of the
the Indiana miners organization an
nounced today that all the operators
In indiana, south Of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad except two. and several
IN the central part of the state, had
slgnhed their willingness to sign tbs
scale
Chairman Kolsen of the Indiana oper-
ators, said that not over two per cent
OF the tonnage in Indiana will sign the
scale All the mines IN Indiana are
closed today, except one or two very
small wagon mines that supply local
trade. There has been no trouble.
IN nun,
'' AhH AN ifiN3'oiih fiELDS'
Philadelphia, April 2.-Reports re-
ceiyed today from the anthracite coal
fields state that the order of the miners
scale committee directing thar mining
he suspended until nm agree ment coulI
be reached with the operators. Is being
ooeyed almost to the man. In all three
districts preparations were made by
t1e operators for a resumntlon of wort
,sa S noInihg' whistles We're blown at
S,l ' iSess I lor tne men to go to work
Gs and the day look on boilds,
aspect
f1remen. engineers and pumpmen
VINO are not affected by the SUSPENSION
order reported as usual but IL was an
parent that the scores of empty coal
ears which had been hurried tn mo
eolieries would NOT he needed upless
an agreement was reached hofwcc,,
President Mitchell ana the coal nree,,
DENTS IN their conference tn he held In
New York tomorrow.
That a great many miners balleve
there will be a bitter struooia hatu,ao,,
lhe workmen and their emniovers was
.saenced by the departure Yesterday
sna today Of scores OF miners from tht
scnuylkill region. majority NJ ,heso
,neh are foreigners who viii 20 to thojr
MONIES IN Europe and there await ~
outcome OF the pending strike
Al many Of the collIeries in Tho Ia
zm.Wyomlng dlstrtct ~ Ia tne lIu-
that ma e w. we mines, thus, indicating
or, oS,e 70 resume resume mining.
trcts. " '"foushout the dis
co,,n, 49,
'"rLEIE SHUTDOWN.
Kansas City AprIl o.Tbara ,,a
complete shutdown tndav a., 81 ~
nnnous coal fields included in thn son, tn
, ,sSr,,ol kas,, western Arkansas and tho
non.unIop mon rev e.,, mines operated by
disorder was renortad ,'eo az usual No
n almost every distric, ho a,,,,.,,