The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-30
5Bituminous Miners 1I8.
Affected BY Strike
(By Associated Prcss.) II

The anthracite miners seal committee
to-day issued orders for a to tai suspen-
sion OF mining In three &antllracite&d lis
trIcts beginning Monday morning, 81 Aprtl
9. The committee Informed President
Bacr that the miners scale committee WILL
meet he opera tors scale committee 4 In
Now York Ci ty3 on Y r. uesdhy, april s..
At the close Of Il meeting Of the cUiI1-
mttec tonight, PresideIi ta Nritchcll,a 81 of
the United Mine Work ers' OF 4 America
issued tho following statement: M
#"The committee appointed BY the I'll
N Shamokin Convention on Decem bers
F II. met tonight and had under con ,55;;
slderatlon the letter signed ~ Mr.. 3s
Baer, dated March 20, and Wired HIM 4,
the following: is5S$ 55l
#"lf agree able to you, "a meeting Of
3 the Joint sub committees will be held XIX
In New York, Tuesday, April 9, fol
II, the purpose OF further considering III
..the wage scale Stin the antI,raclte
field" , 35s 3f5535 sSsS
8 8Fs"tThe committee having the matter 8S]
s In charge, Instructed the anthracite III
miners, except the men necessary to "a
run the pumps, and preserve the a
day morning, April 2, pending flIr- SS$
ther Instructions from the committee
appointed by the Shamokln Convene
tlon. $ N ]6S
"The entire miners committee Viii s&
F.. meet In New York at 8 O'CLOCK Tues #
day night, to hear the report Of the
Joint sub committee. u
John IN ITCH ELL,
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"Pres ldcnts Districts Il, 2 and g.. 85
The committee which met consisted ot
three executive board members from Tho
anthracite districts the three national
board members from those districts and
President Mitchell. This committee shnd8
been given power to formulate tho de-
mands OF the mine workers, There was
also present tho members OF the snbcoll-55
.mttee to which lod been delegated the!
tail ana present them, This consisted Of
the president and secretary Of each of lhss
three anthracite districts. President
Mitchell was also n member OF the SUBJ
committee. III Il, 81. 81
Adjourn Sine Die.
Without agreement on q wage SCALE
tho joint conference OF btuminous coal
operators and minors OF the Central Com
petltlve District to-day nd dlourned slnGE
die, leaving affairs in such a condition.
that strike OF from $4,000 to- SSH soft
coal miners, besides 10000 anthracite
miners ordered our, seems Inevitable Oh
April LIST. tho present wage scale expiring
on March alst, The mines directly afvs,
fectcd are in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and
western Pennsylvania. 54t
= Miners and operators of the southwest, Il,
ern district composed of Missouri, Kan
Els. Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma and f
Indian Territory. have decidgd to report
a disagreement Tomorrow.
AL -,
ators to suspend work for sixty days.,
Michigan. Nest Virginia and Kentucky
miners. it is said will follow the lead OF
the central district.
lhe disagreement came after ii strug-8
gle lasting ten days. and aisrupts the fn-4
tcrstatc agreement, which has existed
since 1898 between operators and lniners
through which wage scales and other
differences haMr hecn adjusted
Means Strike.
Ihc final vote In tho confersnco Of
tho Central Competitive field, on whish
The other district base their settlements,
was on a motion offered by President
Mitchell, of tho United Mine Workers,
OF 1908, which would have been an in-
crease in wages of sos per cent The
operators OF Illinois. Indiana and Ohid
voted against tho proposition. and de-s
featcd IT,, Tho disruption of tho con,
ference followed, Operators OF Western
and the miners OF the four
Status voted for the pronosal. FOLLOW
ing Adjournment, National Secretary w.
r Wilson. of the Mine Workers, said 4 81 ~
There Is no likelihood Of anything
further being done to Wards settlements.
h This means suspenslan Of work. The s
national convention pf the miners will y
N mr. ar,s,tt,.
clpal business will be 10 dsteF.4!ns A