Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-09


q, coal mining in the United States
-. the production of fuel attained
,,ormOus total, occurred Monday,
-of = complete tie-up in the indus
hos passed and the situation is
sod 70 improve rapidly with each
s.r Reports received last night from
-. unanimous fields show that many
d .-s3i,g coal companies have signed
=. foo2 scale, which gives the men
y, advance of $50 per cent. over the
-.oes they received during the last
.,,o Years. The number of miners
Who received the increase is esti-
mated at nearly 100000.
In the anthracite regions there was
.Iros+ total suspension in mining.
representatives of the operators and
tho miners will meet in New York to-
5av for the discussion of the differ
slCes.
n, disorder of any consequence is
reported from any section of the coal
fields.
Both Sides Are Hopeful.
New York, April 1.-THE eve of
ta second meeting of the committee
presenting the anthracite mine
mrkers and their employers finds the
i 5Uation. so far as the hard coal fields
Il are concerned, unchanged from that
disclosed in communications passed
tween the contending forces and
7hiCh mas been made public. Neither
zHef nor operator last night would
e1rure a prediction as to the out
u ane as neither party is aware what
u next move Of the other will be.
ah sides are hopeful, however, and
/. .Ee is a feeling that some way out
the present difficulty will be found.
President Mitchell arrived here last
light accompanied by other repre-
at2tiyeS of the miners. None of the
y aieTS would be quoted as to the
8 aISiOn as shown by the first days
ne aSensiOn, but they all admitted
!"
e0 7ls in the region, and that rumors
~ IA. thousands of men would not obey
he suspension order have proved
nlldless They report that the only
ebt &.ieTy working full handed is the
the HPeS Coal cOmpany's oxford plant,
de- tie northern field, which is run al.
&C 9a exclusively by nOnUnion men.
on charter of the local union at this
Fere ey was annulled some time ago.
i6g; EaSherieS in operation yesterday
9oyed, the leaders say, only a
4 number of men, and they are
en- veil organized.
Heats nays meeting between the sub
Thlch -altee of the miners and Operat
sc e R expected to be of short duration.
haFs believed that nothing will be
erIna -'eIy agreed upon. The Operar-
route vii probably renew the counter
Heeh .s.llon made to the miners early
TINS @ach that is, the continuation
WhleA -ee years Of the award of the
Joe ~aclte strike commission. The
xpe ~9VIS however, do not expect the
'M ~ say representatives to accept the
fn5e .e'''on, or consider il at the pres
sue out rather expect the union
renew their original de-
this program is followed
adjournment will probably be
'or q or As hours.
,f0 s,. complete Suspension.
IL '15-phia, Pa, April 4.-There
- "npIete suspension Of mining
'E In the anthracite region
-pards s solitary exception of the Ok
~ 5.'s1y, independent. near Scran-
.tso -Ca employs about 500 hands.
- ,~-'sIF was opened as usual,
0lly ones who went to work
t.-s'leers, fremen, pumpmen
40 80 whose presence at the
necessary to preserve them
I'd ..aaee is attached by the
,-e TACT that there is no
-. '.-5lnpt on the part of the
- import nOnunion labor,
NY regard as a favorable
s. @ners' leaders are care
Rosh .,' nat no strike has been
:, 80 "e suspension being mere
+, -.>S necessity as the miners
and -e aA7ement with the opera
x-oeeI .,,,. lug scale is adjusted by
81 ii. The miners officials
~. @-maJed the number of
@.,s who obeyed the order
M 0ytTauons as $4,000.
I've ''S IN Pttsburg District.
. HpQ 81 I'd. April 4.-Tnere will
ded ~ ~ Oh 0ituminous miners in
,iufea es,Is district, and according
ipd .e = Ro0bins, of the Pitts
,a,, oI2any, there will be
. ~puon of work today
,,,be aps bau holiday celebration of
b, - Jay, Robbins officially
.aSt night that he had
'' ess s.ala of 1903, and named
~ hss. 'Ompanies who did like
r. ~, companies represent
= "a OF over three quarters
~'ned in the Pittsburg
" me independent oper-