Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-02
HALT A MILLION
MINERS ARE DLE
In Many of the Districts, How
ever, the Cessation Will
Only Be Temporary
MITCHELL NOW IN THE EAST
Will Meet Committee Of the Anthra-
cite Operators When an Effort Will
Be Made to Reach an Adjustment of
] The Wage Schedule for Anthracite
Fields-The Situation i. Quiet.

million members Of the United Mine
! Workers Of America have ceased tc
work today, awaiting the granting OF
their wage demands by the coal opera
tors there is nothing at the national
4 Headquarters of the union that would
indicate anything unusual has happen
ed. Nearly all the officials are out of
the city and corps of clerks and stem
ographers is in charge Of the offices
President John Mitchell is in New York
i to meet the anthracite operators tomor-
row. Vice President Lewis is in Ohio
directing the strike in that state. Sec
retary- Treasurer w. B. Wilson is at
Clearfeld, Pa, attending the joint con-
ference OF the central Pennsylvania dis
trict. Samuel N. Sexton, editor of the
Mine Workers Journal, is the only of
flcial In the city.
The feeling at headquarters concern
ing the situation in the bituminous
fields is sanguine. It is known that in
the western Pennsylvania district F. L.
Robbins, president of the Pittsburg
I Coal Company, will at once sign scale
not only for the company's mines, but
for his own as well. 1t is expected the
independent operators who will meet
tomorrow will agree to sign the scale
to protect their markets In West Vtr-
ginia land Iowa Joint conventions be-
tween the operators and miners are in
session at Charleston and Des Moines,
and 1T is hoped at national
headquarters that the operators
viii meet the demand for an advance.
Michigan miners and operators will
meet tomorrow at Saginaw, the central
Pennsylvania meeting will be held to-
morrow at Clearfield, and the Ken
lucky meeting at Louisville tomorrow.
IN the central competitive district
composed of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and
western Pennsylvania, the miners are
celebrating today as the anniversary Of
+ the eight-hour day.
The miners In all the districts have
quit work awaiting signing Of the
scale demanded. 1t is anticipated that
few operators in the southwestern
district, composed of Missouri, Kansas,
ARKANSAS, Texas, Indian Territory and
Oklahoma, will grant the scale for the
present, and prolonged strike may
follow. In Ohio, Indiana and Illinois
the same action is anticipated. Well
ington O'Conner, president of the Indf-
ana miners organization, announced
today that all operators in Indiana
south OF the Baltimore & Ohio railroad
except, two, and several in the central
part OF the state, had signifed their
willingness to sign the scale.
Before leaving for New York last
night President Mitchell said: "The
aathracits miners will stay out until
we have an understanding with the
operators. Tomorrow the eight hour
day will he celebrated Strike condi-
ations will prevail Tuesday over practi-
cally all Ohio, central Pennsylvania.
Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan,
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas, Indian
u
fields. The mines in West Virginia
will be operated a few days, pending
/ the result of the district joint confer
ence In Charleston F. l. Robbins and
the western Pennsylvania Independents
will re-adopt the 1903 scale Monday
by signing a contract. Western Ken
lucky operators have signed.
Iowa operators have accepted
terms, and many Independent operators
in Indiana and Illinois have notified
our district officers they are ready to
sign. The advance has been posted in
the Irwin field in western Pennsylva-
MIA, and the big Berwind- White COM
pany in central Pennsylvania has post
ed an advance Fifty per cent of the
tonnage is ready to sign up
Mitchell will arrive in New York this
evening. His conference with the op-
orators has been set for tomorrow
morning.
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