The Butler weekly times., 1906-04-05

1 NasN e'eaAr at hhttsouFks Eass-ttoO-
bins Ready to siEn-No Trouble Re
ported from Amy section OF the Coun-
try.
Indianapolis, April 2.-Although
100000 members of the United Mine
Workers OF America, did not resume
work Monday awaiting the granting
OF their wage demands by the coal op-
orators OF the country. there is moth
ing at the national headquarters of
the union that would indicate any
thing unusual has haspened. All Of
the officials are out Of the city and q
corps Of clerks and stsnographers Is
In charge Of the Offices
The feeling at national miners
headquarters concerning the situation
In the bituminous fields is sanguine.
In West Virginia and Iowa the dis
trict Joint conventions between the
operators and miners are In session
at Charleston and Des Moines, re-
spectively, and 1t Is hoped at nation
al headquarters that the operators will
meet the demand for an advance.
The Michigan miners and operators
will meet Tuesday at Saginaw, the
central Pennsylvania meeting will be
held Tuesday at Clearfeld. and the
Kentucky meeting at Louisville Tues
day.
The miners In all the districts have
quit work awaiting the signing of the
scale demanded. II b anticipated
that few operators in the southwest,
ern district composed Of Missouri
Kansas, Arkansas. Texas, Indian ter
ritory and Oklahoma. will grant the
scale for the present and a prolonged
strike may follow. In Ohio, Indiana
and Illinois the same question is an
ticipated.
Wellington O'Connor, president of
the Indiana miners organization an,
nounced Monday that all the opera
tors in Indiana. south sof the Balti-
more & Ohio railroad except two and
several in the central part of the
state had signified their willingness
to sign the scale.
The general opinion among the
miners board members is that prac-
tically all Of the bituminous miners
will be at work within As days and
that the anthracite men will be on a
long strike.
In Illinois.
Springfield, Ill.,, April 3.-Monday
being a holiday among the United
Mine Workers Of Illinois, because Of
the annual celebration of the estab.
lishment of the eight-hour day no
coal mines are being operated Pres
ident H. c. Perry of the United lin
ers of Illinois made the following
statement Monday:
81 have been busy all morning an
swering telephone calls from oper
ators all over the state who are willing
to sign the scale of 1903 as demanded
by the miners. The prospect that a
large number of the mines will be in
operation Tuesday is satisfying. The
Illinois coal operators association will
meet in Chicago Tuesday so | do not
care to give the names Of operators
who are signing the scale as | do not
wish to enlbarras them. | will say,
however, that among the signers are
25 owners of rs or 80 of the smaller
mines In the Danville idistrict.
Williamson county operators are also
among the signers though they have
hitherto been among those who were
strongest in declaring that they would
not pay any increase. In several in
stances where our state or sub-district
officers are unable to sign with the
operators Monday, operators are max
ing preparations to resume work Tues
day, l have been promised that their
miners shall return to work pending
the signing of the SCALE"
In the Pittsburg District.
fltLSDuTS, Fd., ApfN A'-Mouudy uo-
ing the anniversary of the granting
of the eight-hour work day, almost
every mine in the Pittsburg district
was closed. Tuesday, however, 1t is
expected that the miners employed
by the Pittsburg Coal company and by
several other operators will return to
work and that all the miners in dis
trict No. s will be running before the
close Of the week.
The first operator to sign the new
agreement was Lewis Findlay, owner
of the mines at Golfers, w. Va, who
| signed at the miners convention.
orders were at once wired to Colliers
| to resume work. The contract with
the Lewis-Findlay company runs for
two years.
The miners scale Of wages Of 1909
was signed Monday afternoon by the
Pittsburg Coal company officials. The