The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-02
Strike In Bituminous.
Fields Has Lost Threa
ening Aspect.
DEMONSTRATION BY 4
JO')'H.NSTOWN J',.)'l ]. V MINERS Y II E, IS
Preparing to Have Big Parade.
But No Trouble Expected.
Matters Reach Climax To-
morrow Situation Nj
at Various 5553l s5s: a
#lS Points. 81
8(By Associated Press,) s

y EW YORK, April = - ohm 4 M Itch:
{ft ell, president OF the 81 United ri Mine a5SSSS;
83 Workers OF America, telegraphed a to
# friends In thlsS city to-day that he 4
e would arrive Z. In n ew d ork late to- S
N orroW. Z. He will 80 at once to the
of the Scale Committee Will meet him 58sss3 3Ss3
8 Tuesday morning at i o O'clock the co n -8fS l
ference OF the Joint committee Of the Ssfils
ri anthracite miners and oper erators WI NJ s$
beg Z. 4, 9s} .,s I'm,
{ r. I'ITrsBuRG, IA, April u II dispatches
from the soft coal fields Tonight indie
cate almost n general announcement from v
the operators Of Western Pennsylvania
to pay tho miners the advance Of 5.55s Il
per ton called for In the res toratloI OF ~
the scale OF 190s With. notices posted
;lt majority OF the mines announcing tho
granting Of tho scale tho strike In the VI
soft coal folds has lost the threateningS ii
aspect that has surrounded 1t since last
January. 355f.' 4 III 5 Vi I5s MN 559
$s Despite these notices. It was unno,lncedSss
from Johnstown that N thousand or more
union miners would make n demons tra-$5
ton at the mines Of tho lBcrwind White
Coal Company at Windbcr to-tnorrow III Is
al: effort to get the non-union miners III
to come into the organization. Tic de-5S
monstration will consist OF Il parade, but n
no trouble is expected. h s,5. #
Dubois Men to Stay Out,
At Dubois, which is In district No, 2,g.
all tho men met to-day and voted I'd
remain out. with the exception OF punpl \
men, engineers and firemen. until after II
the district convention, which beginss
Tuesday. The miners of the Fairlmount.sS
W.aNn., coal section are taking no nter.a
est In thu situation and have not entered 4.
into tho present controversy. & or tho AO,-sS
900 miners in West Virginia, but 5000 arc z
affiliated with tho United Mine Workers.
about 800 are in the pan-handlc section,
Dnd these have ceased work. a38afii
Announcement was made from Green's K
burg Tonight TINT the scale had been
granted ly the operators Of fifteen mines
in Wcstmoreland county.
Climax Tomorrow.
In tho Pittsburg district there has BEEN
little or no change in tho past twenty
-four hours. While the scale agreement
expired last night at midnight, there
have boon no steps taken tllat would
indicate a general suspension of work.
To-morrow Is u holiday, being Mitchell t
Day, tho anniversary of tho srantln.
~ NV N't'h t-HouE NiS 10 VIC llllneFS, ana III
all mines Will bo closed. On Tuesday. S
however, matters are expected to reach
Z. climax,
The district convention scale committee
will have in readiness the now scale,
ana thon II Is expected that most az
the operators viii sign, This. Will 5be
more of 4 formal srantlns or the ad-s
vance, 5 5Baa
1t Is expected that among the first of
the slsners will be Francis r., Robbins. "a
chairman of the PIttslairs Coal Company,
who has been the leader of tho operators N
N srantlns The advance, Whatever sus,
PENSIONS may follow on the part os the
Independent operators in the district, 4it =
Is said that not over 1000 OF tho eS,OD1 8
miners in the district viii so out. ,rhc ~
operators opposed to the advance VIII
hold Il meeting Tuesday to confer onie
what course to pursue in the matter. ',5
George \. Magoon, vlcc-presidnnt$o az
the Pittsburg and Westmoreland CoaI
Company and leader nf the independents8 NJ
who will call the meeting. declared 10 day
that he could not predict what position #
they would assume, Miners officials ara
confident Robons's competitors Will Weld
after the meeting, "a