Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1906-04-02

insisted on by the united mine work
ers of America, such commission to
report to the president of the Unit
ed States it's findings of facts, to-
gether with it's recommendations
Resolved: That such commits
sion have power to administer oaths
and compel the attendance of wit
nesses.'
The resolutions in full were tele-
graphed to President Roosevelt last
night
Same in Southwest District.
The joint scale committee of the
southwestern district decided to re-
port a disagreement to the joint con
ference of that district today. 1t is
expected that this conference will at
once adjourn sine die without agree
ment
The action of the two conferences
will directly cause the suspension
from work after Saturday of $4,000
miners unless something unforeseen,
like the submission of the differences
to arbitration, should intervene and
indirectly will affect 206,500 more
miners, not including its effect on the
100000 miners in the anthracite field,
who were last night ordered to sus-
pend work Monday.
The wage scale of all miners, both
anthracite and bituminous, will expire
Saturday except those in Tennessee
and Alabama, where the scale expires
in September. A national official of
the miners said last night:
All Will Cease Work.
1T is a foregone conclusion that all
the miners whose scales expire Sat
urday will cease work until officially
notified by the national and district
officers that contract arrangements
have been made governing their
scales"
The miners affected by the disrup-
ton of the conferences number 1884,
500. as follows:
Pennsylvania 10000.
Maryland 5000.
West Virginia $4,000.
Virginia $4,000.
Ohio, 1000.
Indiana $4,000,
Illinois $1,000.
Iowa $4,000.
Michigan $500.
Kentucky 1000.
Southwestern states 100000
Of these, 10000 are unorganized.
All districts have in the past based
their settlements on the result in the
central fields. The situation in other
districts is:
Iowa district has always waited
action of the central field before sign
ing.
Michigan district is usually gov
erned by the central fields action
and has awaited the result of this
meeting.
West Virginia state convention is
in session awaiting the outcome of
This conference.
Kentucky operators association has
representatives endeavoring to get
MitchelPs consent to hold their joint
convention with a view to negotiate
a settlement without any reference as
to a basis. Consent had not been
given last evening.
Central Pennsylvania is governed
largely by the central district and or
ders have been given to cease work
Saturday night pending settlement
Southwest district has heretofore
followed the central district as it did
Yesterday in failing to, agree upon
scale.
Disagreement in the West.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 30.-The joint
conference of the bituminous opera
tors and miners adjourned sine die
Yesterday after failure to agree upon
a wage scale to go into effect at the
expiration of the present scale tomor-
row. The disagreement came after
struggle lasting ten days and not only
disrupts the interstate agreement
which has existed since 1898 between
the operators and the miners through
which the scales and other differences
have been adjusted, but it affects 054'
500 bituminous coal miners, who Will
suspend work after tomorrow unless
something unforeseen and unanuclpat-
ed intervenes in the interest OF peace.
The final vote was upon the mo-
ton offered by President Mitchell, TO
adopt the wage scale of 1908, when
would have been an increase in wages
of $50 per cent. The operators OF
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio voted
against the proposition which defeat
ed it and the disruption of the con-
ference followed. The operators OF
western PENNSYLVANIA and the miners
of the four states voted for it,
Means Suspension of Work.
Following the adjournment. Nation