Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-04-05
ESOFTHESTRTKE
Miners Are Out but Many VIII
Soon Return.
FIGHT TOBE IN ANTHRACITE REGION.
Large Portion Of Bituminous Oper-
tors Expected to Soon sign Scale
--AlI Out in Southwest
ern District.

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| the miners will be permitted to return
| to work in properties where the In
crease demand is allowed, but where
| the demands are not granted there Will
be strikes.l The anthracite mine oper-
ators committee will meet the miners
committee in New York on Tuesday
and further conference on the wage
scale will be held. Pending the out
come Of this meeting the anthracite
miners have been called out and will
not return to work until an adjustment
of their demands has been brought
about. At the collieries the operators
have adopted a conciliatory tone and
will do nothing to irritate the miners,
80 that disturbances are not anticipat-
ed.
Will Attempt to Rum Mines.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, April 2.-Most Of
the miners and laborers were busy
Saturday night and Sunday removing
their tools and supplies from the col
lieries and breakers. The miners and
laborers throughout THIS district VIII
generally refrain from working until
such time as they are ordered BACK Dy
the union. Sunday and Sunday might
the railroad companies were busy fill
ing sidlngs leadlng 70 sone VI tne
large breakers with empty coal cars
preparatory 70 making an attempt "
continue WORK MONDAY No!ices ale
posted az some OF tne DreaAers an-
nounclng tnat tnere Will Oe worA Aof
all VINO Apply
w 'O" " ~ I,.
DuDois' fa'' Aprll No D' .,-
GUS miners ehpioSeu a. a." 'no 49, 80.
lngs Oh tnis vicinity n0.u q moes
mere SUNDAY aIternoon anu mete un
nous IN tneir acceptance VI en9 oiue.
issued Dy FreSioen' LasrtIA unuay -
DlstrAcs w. 'na. WIZ nv UH $3.50"
=, puinpneu' sne.As ~ -. - ~ ~
al ompiOyeS "Dous '-e -, Co.
SiD'il0t SnOu.u w n1 - $50. 80 - 49,.
SATURDAY nisns uni 'uo io'uoP ~ ~
district JOINT cOnsent,on " 10 ne'u -
Ciearnelu Oesinn uosu"y u
tled. Inc mines Oh tne Erie Duu1io
ana Susquenanna ana rams OreeA Gull
panles were represented AZ inc neee'
ing.
Lost Its Threatening Aspect.
Pittsburg, April 2.-Dispatches from
the soft coal field Sunday night indi-
Gated almost a general announcement
from the operators of Western Penn
sylvania to pay the miners the advance
Of 5.55 per cent called for in the restor-
alton Of the scale 0 1903. With mo-
tees posted at the majority Of the
mines announcing the granting of the
scale the strike in nthe soft coal field
has lost the threatening aspect that
has surrounded 1t since last January.
Few VIII Cult in West virginia.
Wheeling, W. Va, April 2.--Of The
10000 bituminous miners in West Vir-
gtnia not over 5000 are affiliated with
the United Mine Workers. OF this
5000 about 1900 are in the Panhan-
die district and have gone out. In the
Norfolk & Western fields the miners
are almost entirely outside the organ
ization and the bulk. of the men are
continulns at WORK win nsre ana
.neFe sliiaii sIriAeS cAuSeu W INC iocal
uisasreenents'
/ So"A Aitsne" "oes Nc" .oA
new 10TH. Aprn s'7Sonn MiVcnell'
president Oh tne onl.eu MINE wo,AeIs
OF America telegrapneo 70 lrienuS IN
tnis Guy SUNDAY tnat ne wouiu a
rive IN new fork late MONDAY He
wlil go az once 70 the Ashland mousse
where tne members OF tne scaie com-
mittee VIII meet MN. Tuesday morn
Ing at 10 o'clock the conference OF
the joint committee OF the anthracite
miners and the operators VIII begin.
Waiting in Southwestern District.
Kansas City, April 2.-Up to a late
hour Sunday night there had not, as
Tar as could be learned, been any de-
velopments Of interest in the south
western district, composed OF Missouri,
Kansas, Arkansas. the territories ana
Texas, where the union miners quit
work late Saturday. Everywhere quiet
prevailed, with no signs Of trouble, the