Arizona republican., 1906-04-06
MINERS FOR
 ARBITRATION
A Proposition for the An-
 thrdCite Owners.
IL is Believed at the Present Time That It Will Not Be Accepted by the Operators.

New York. April 5.-HaVing failed to come to an agreement among them selves, the hard coal miners of Penn. sylvania, through their representatives today proposed to the operators that all matters in dispute be referred to 2. board of arbitration for settlement tn. tribunal to be composed of board of conciliation. which was created by the award of the anthracite strike commits sion in 1903. with Judge George Cray of Delaware, or any person he may ap- point, as chairman and umpire. If the operators accept the proposi- tion and Q convention of mine workers approve the plan. the 16O.OOO men now idle in the anthracite fields will return to work -t once While it had been reported Tor several days that the min CTS might ask that the differences be arbitrated. the proposition made to the mine owners today came to them a 2, great surprise. as they did not believe the union leaders were ready to leave the controversy to a third party at this time.
 That the operators will accept the miners proposition as submitted is nos generally believed: in fact it is inti .. mated that they may flatly refuse the offer on the ground that existing con-
 
 The employers have decided to cons\>-r the miners latest proposition and make an answer Monday.
 The operators at their meeting de cided that before they would frame a reply to the mixers they would first consult all interests in order to get tho sentiment of the heads of all the coal carrying roads as well as that of the independent operators.
 The anthracite board of conciliation consists of six members. three repre- senting the operators and three the miners. The members are Wm. L. Cornell. of Scranton. an independent operator who is chairman of the board: Samuel D. Warriner, of Wilkesbarre general manager of the Lehigh Valley Coal company: w. J. Richards second vice president of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron company, and general manager of it's mining inter- ests: Wm. H. Dettrey. of Hazeiton, president of district No. 71 of the min- CTS union. who is secretary of the board: T. D.. NichoIIs of Scranton. president of district No 1. and John Fahy. of Shamokin. president of dis trict No. g. These men. with the eX- ceDtion of MT. Richards. who took the place of R. C. Luther. of the Reading company, have held frequent sessions during the last three years, settling To- cal disputes in the anthracite regions.
 The award of the strike commission provided that when they could not agree. federal judge in the third judi cial district should appoint an umpire. who should make the decision. Judge George Gray, president of the strike commission. made the appointments.
 During the first two years he select ed Carroll D. Wright. former United States commissioner of labor. as um-' pire. but during the last year Chas. P. Neill. the present labor commissioner. acted as the arbitrator.
 IL was stated at the miners head quarters that if the operators agree to arbitrate a call will be sent out at once for a convention of miners. at which instructions will be adopted if they rat ify the arbitration plan, for the idle miners to return to work immediately Reports from various sections of the soft coal regions show that conditions in those fields are improving. There was more coal mined in that territory than on any other day since the strike was inaugurated. The production of coal. however, is not as large as was expected.
 Patrick Dolan, former president of the Pittsburg district of the miners union, has been expelled from the organization for voting against in StructiOnS