Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-02-02
Convention AdjOurns.- mo
Effort at Compromise
Between Parties.
EACH CHARGES THE OTHER
With Being Cause of Rupture
Though Operators Seem
Most Defiant.
ONE MINER PROVES RECREANT

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 2.-The coal
operators and miners of the central
competitive and southwest districts
met in a joint conference today to
finally settle the quest ion as to wheth-
er an agreement was possible. Pres
ident Mitchell announced that the
miners had refused TO accept contln-
uance of the present scale. +. l.. Rob-
bins, of Pittsburg, moved that the
present scale be affirmed with the
same process and conditions for the
year beginning April l. Taylor, an
Illinois operator, moved as an amend
ment the same proposition that had
been previously offered and rejected.
! The amendment was lost, the oper-
ators and miners voting solidly. Rob-
bins then took the floor. He said he
wanted to go on record as it seemed
the future of the interstate move
ment was in peril.
Mitchell Replies to Robbins.
Mitchell answered Robbins and in
closing said: we have come to the
parting of the ways, and it seems TO
me that the only thing left to do is to
go home and there try to overcome
these seemingly insurmountable OBJ
stacles We deeply regret the necessity
for such step, but we feel that the
time has come when you can give us
an advance in wages without damag-
ing your property interests to any
considerable extent"
E. II. Penna, an Indiana operator,
said: 1T looks as though a split is
! inevitable and that the joint confer
: ence movement has failed. If this in
| stitution has to break up" he contin-
ued, "and it has come to the point
that one party must control the mines
of this country, that party will be the
party which owns the property. There
Will be hardships, but the owners OF
! the property must control it."
Vice President T. l.. Lewis, of the
Mine Workers, said that the miners
realized that while the movement had
been beneficial, they were opposed tc
any compromise which would deny a
rightful wage scale, and If that Is
denied u.s. said he, 'the responsible
/ ity for an industrial war must rest
where 1t belongs"
! Judas in the Camp.
! There was considerable excitement
when Dolan voted yes" and his vote
was challenged. Dolan arose and
said: 81 have authority to cast the
vote for the Pennsylvania miners and
until that right is taken from me
vote yes" There were cries of mo,
and throw him out"
Mitchell said that the convention OF
miners had decided TO refuse the pro-
position just presented and so he
voted mo" Robinson said that the
miners had a right TO vote by states
until the president of the miners as
eumed the position of dictator. Mitch
ell said he assumed mo such position
There was further dispute as to Do
lan's right to vote, and the chair sus-
tanned the right, but the motion was
declared lost. The conference ad-
iourned in some confusion.
National Convention Called Again.
The Joint conference OF coal miners
and operators adjourned sine die at
1I:40 today, after the chair had de-
I clared as lost the motion by F. L.
Robbins, Pittsburg operator, that
the present wage scale be continued
Patrick Dolan, president of the Penn
sylvania miners, voted for the miners
of that district in favor of the mo-
ton, which did not carry it, as
unanimous vote was required. Presi-
dent Mitchell, of the miners, at once
/ called the national convention TO meet
at p. m.