Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-31
OPERATORS AND AND.
MINERS DISAGREED
.,,day Over Half a Million Men
win Quit the
Mines.
IRRITATION WAS REJECTED.
Have s2,5O0,OOo I'm Treasury
with which to Make a
Fight.

-,rons Ind, March So.-The ma
,,,,I convention of the United a., NINE me
naa, Of America adjourned sine die
va, s"r' after authorizing the national '
~. ~ district officers to sign a wage
,.rsut with any coal operators WHO
ss's agree to pay the scale of 1908 or
!. .o,Iyalent for a period of two years
w. W.. an advance of 500 per cent IN
wv ,n Illinois. Indiana. Ohio and
s pennsylvania and all other dis
w.. went the southwest, composed
Wv v,.,ourl. Kansas, Texas, Arkansas
~, indian Territory where an adj
w. ~ A cents per ton is demanded.
'A ~, ,sos scale is practically In force
N that district. ~
M convention declined an offer
~ no the operators Of Illinois, In
w.. and Ohio TO submit the wage
....,oss 10 arbitration. When a coal
w.. owns mines In different ils-
.s.,. me scale must be signed for Gil
q. properties at the same time before
nv will be allowed to run
r,s action Of the convention VIII
49,. ant Of the mines Of the country
KIN "a men in the anthracite and DIT"
sn,rous fields. These VIII remain on
u .,rks until ssglemrnts have peen
go nv districts or with individuai
h .s,,,s The only miners at work on
sc will be $4,000 men In the New
~ pocahontas, Fairmont and ccn-
y, s.Iss az West Virginia. where an
.,ment was made several days ago
s,n,y the men 10 continue at work
s.,n the district convention now in
s s al Charleston has reached a
r.,Srssn,ent with the operators.
!. anticipated that the scale VIII
9 s,ensA In a few days by employers
5000 miners. The Pittsburg Coal
N-pany and +. L, Robbins of western
s.nr.ylyania, who also owns mines IN
nn Illinois and West Virginia, VIII,
M expected, sign at once, together
.ss a number OF independent opera
~, The miners expect to get the ad-
az. soon in all the Indiana mines
,.rtb ot Baltimore & Ohio railway, IN
,,..haf OF the Illinois mines, and IN
hrs percentage OF the mines IN
b.
yrsIdent Mitchell said today, he be-
Ayl one-hslf OF the tonnage or IL
rro, Indiana. Ohio and western
Ssurlyanla would sign very soon,
M large number of independents
avlg an annual output OF 100000
p,s Who protested here against the
aiysrce. but who would pay the adj
hrs demanded and their men would
kgre work The miners expect very
lev operators in the southwest will
tE Il once
Tht Joint conference of this district
libuned today after disagreeing and
iAr the miners had unanimously de-
ahed to submit the differences TO a
commission to be appointed by Presi-
t.n Roosevelt.
The national executive board will
rsst tomorrow morning to take the
lslalls Of managing the strike. II was
empowered to decide as to what em-
,0es would be allowed to continue
work al the mines to prevent the de-
FRICTION o. the property during the
ascension There is In the national,
district and local treasures OF the min
n n50o0OO, OF which s400, 900 is
b The national treasury.
President Mitchell expects 20 leave
snrtay for New York TO meet In Joint
Nniefence with the anthracite oper-
Tors.
Tie convention today failed to ex-
y Patrick Doland and Uriah Belling-
hn, the Pittsburg district officials,
non The organization, by vote OF a5O