Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-04
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giving further details of the meeting,
but none of them cared TO say anything
beyond what was contained in the
statement. President Baer. who is
chairman Of the operators sub-commit-
tee said:
I'VE simply had 4 long talk which
was in the nature of glittering gener-
aItias. Practically nothing was ac-
pllshed."
The members of the miners commit
tee, including President Mitchell. abso-
lutely refused to talk of the conference.
Today's meeting was held in the rooms
of the Trunk Line Association in the
Jersey Central building. There was a
full attendance of the members of the
subcommittee which are made up as
follows:
Operators. George F. Baer. president
of the Reading Co, chairman; w. H.
Trucsdale- president of the Delaware,
Lacllawanna & Western Railroad; Z.
F.. Thomas. president of the Lchigh
Valley Railroad; Morris Williams,
president Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Mining Co.; David Wilcox. president
Of the Delaware & Hudson Co.: j. p.
Kerr. vice president and general coun-
sci Of the New York, Ontario & West
ern Railroad. and J. l.. Clarke. repre-
senting the individual operators.
Miners-John Mitchell, chairman:
7. d. Nichols. president, and J. =.
dempsey secretary of District No. /
of the Miners Union; w. II. Dettrey
president and j. p. Gala CHER. secre-
tary OF tn" District M. I, and John
fahy. president, and George Hartlein,
secretary Of District No. ..
Newspaper men had made a request
that they be permitted to attend the
conference, but it WAS refused MIR.
Baer saying that it would be better
not to ler1rt from the rule adopted.
Mr. Mitch"lls argument. II was learn
Cd, was along practically the same
lines as that contained in his letter
10 Mr.. Bacr sometime ago. in which
he gave reasons in . general way. He
said the men felt they were entitled
to more pay and the betterment OF
certain conditions and he himself be-
lieved they were justified in asking
that their situation be improved. The
operators did not make a formal re-
ply to Mr. Mitchelpa remarks, but fire.
qCently piled the miners leader and
Mr.. Nichols with questions. What
prompted IN adjournment for As hours
was not learned.
The Shanlokin scale committee,
which numbers Sc men. and which was
appointed last December, held a ses-
sion tonight at the Ashland House.
The scale committee was in session
less than an hour. Tha sub committee.
whicn mas been III conference with the
operators madc It's report after which
President Mitchell read the following
letter from Governor Pennypacker Of
Pennsylvania:
The commonwealth of Pennsylvani;,
expects that every reasonable effort will!
he made BY the parties Interested to ac-
commodate the differences between coal
operators and coal miners and to avert
the strike which Is now threatened"
Mr.. Mitchell stated to the committee.
that he had acknowledged receipt of tn.
letter and notified Governor Pennypack
er that he would communicate its CON
tents to the Shamokin scale committee.
The scale committee will meet again tc.
morrow. After the conferences n rlJnos
was current that the question of "rbtrat-
4i- INK bl'ItI'ItCtS ll'ttl DtPn ti.St lSSt'tt.
but when President Baer was approac achcI
on the matter he said that Grbitration had
not been suggested ut the session.
Reports received from the anthracite
fields during the day, according to the
labor leaders, were satisfactory to them.
There Were no breaks reported il III"
ranks of the mine workers and none il,
expected.
in the bituminOus fields said Il" I'D re-
ccived a large number Of kilograms dur.
ing the day from tho soft coal fields.
which satisfied him THAT affairs in those
regfons are working themselves out just
as he had anticipated. Thousands ~
men. he said. returned to work today
under the scale of 1907 which gives them
an increase of 90 cents over the wages
received during the last two years.