Omaha daily bee., 1906-04-09
AHA, MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 9, 1901
oUIET In THE CoAL REeIoN
Most of Miners IN PittsburE district
Expected TO Return TO work
To-day.

PITTSBURG, April s.-rhere were no de-
velopments that disturbed the peace Of the
bituminous coal fields reported here TODAY
while In the Pittsburg district II is
expected that ninety per cent Of the miners
who have not been working will return
to work tomorrow. The storm cente-s
which have been in other fields are grow
ing is more settled and there is every evil
dence that the men at these points will re-
turn to work before many days.
There was no disorder among the strikers
AZ Windber today and no meetings were
held. The crisis however. will be reached
Tuesday, when the coal companies will be
gin the eviction from tho company houses
Of those miners who refuse 10 return 10
work. In the Irwin field it is reported that
men are returning to work gradually and
the strike will not spreaf beyond the three
mines. The production Il coal has been in
creasing daily except % the Pennsylvania
station mines. The strike of the miners
at the Edna plants Of the Pittsburg &
Baltimore company, at Greensburg. II is
believed tonight. will be broken tomorrow.
a canvass of the men revealed a desire on
the part OF a large number to return to
work.
The funeral OF the striking miner John
VESSEL. who was shot Friday night, was
held today. Miners from the surrounding
districts attended IN great numbers. At
the services the priest pleaded with the
miners TO refrain from violence.
Francis L. Robbins. chairman Of the
board OF directors of the Pittsburg Coal
company, is confined to his home in this
city as a result OF the mental and physical
strain he has undergone In the labor con-
troversy with the miners during the past
three weeks.
Reliable information from several sources
in the Scranton region Is to the effect that
the operators will tomorrow reject the
miners arbitration proposition and ofrer no
counter proposition, simply reafirming their
former declaration that all the matters at
issue have been arbitrsred by the strike
commission and that there is no good rea
son advanced why the award should be
disturbed
1t is also asserted that they will declare
that under no consideration would they
consent to the recognition and check-off
questions. because they are unalterably OPP
posed to the closed shop in the first case.
and because the check-Off demand could
not legally be granted. even though they
were satisfied to grant Il. which they are
not
ApIH o.-lne SITUATION
remained unchanged in the anthracite coal
region today. The various mine locals
held meetings, but only routine business
was transacted Miners and all other
classes are anxlously awaiting the answer
OF the operators at New York tomorrow
and II Is the general hope that a strike
will be avoided.
NEW YORK. April s.--some OF the mem
bers of the shamokin scale committee of
thirty-six. to which has been entrusted
the work Of conferring with the anthracite
coal operators in the matter of difficulties
that exist between mine workers and their
employers, returned 20 this city today and
tonight they informally discussed plans FOR
tomorrow. The subcommittee will meet the
operators tomorrow setcynoon 10 receive
the answer or the miIie operators to the
arbitration proposition made by the men
last week