The Topeka state journal., 1906-03-31

mines 20 prevent the destruction Of The
property during the suspension. There
is In the national district ana local
treasures Of the miners s9.5O0 600 Of
which 100000 IS in the national treas
ury-
President Mitchell expects to leave
Sunday for New z York to meet in ioinf
conference with the anthracite o6ers-
tors.
The convention failed to expel Pat
rick Dolan ana Uriah Bellinghaun. F7e
Pittshurg district officials, from file
organization, By vote Of $50 to s52
The controversy was referred hack fo
the Pittsburg district.
Coal Barons Make a Statement.
New York, March 31@The anthra-
cite operators committee Of seven To-
cay authorized the following state
ment:
Some of the bitunninouz uorlrars
who are now active IN directing maj
ters IN the anthracite controversy. have
asserted at times that the wages in
the former industry are higher than
ih. "a Ihe latter Mr.. Mitchell has often
lnlimated this, although he has not
given any facts to support the claim.
1t was claimed before the strike
commission that the earnings of the
antnraclte miners were less than those
in the bituminous fields and similar
assertions since have been made The
commission found that there has been
Lalture OF testimony to support this
proposition. Tt IS established BY the
{ official figures that the earnings of all
classes Of workers are much higher
IN the anthracite than IN the bitumin-
GUS industry. The last report OF the
secretary OF internal affairs OF the
state Of Pennsylvania contains the
racts as to both industries for the
year 1904"
The statement then quotes the fig
ures referred to, of which the totals,
ofn1etlng IN the case Of the anthracite
INDUSTRY the class of employees in the
/ breakers because there is no CORE
I spending class Of employees in the BIZ
/ luminous industry, are as follows:
Anthra- Bitum-
cite, inous:
Ave days worked 81 1873
No. employed ---.--.---- 1876, AS 93.114
Wages ...... .......... .$95 SIS. 291 $40 1S3 604
Ave. yearly earnings. 628.77 43I. %
Ave. daily earnings. 2-1 2.29
The statement then gives the COM
pilation of annual earnings for all
T classes Of labor. showing that the aver
/ age earnings of the anthracite miners
/ exceed those Of the bituminous miners
/ by 63.75 per cent. and the average
earnings of all classes Of anthracite
workers exceed those OF all classes OF
bituminous workers by about 80 per
cent
'Under these circumstances" the
statement concludes, there is no
ground for the anthracite workers to
claim that their compensation is in
adequate.
Took Their Tools Home.
/ shamokin. Pa. March 31=Hun-
dreds Of miners in this field did not
! report at the collieries today. The
men took all their tools from the
( workings last night, which indicated
that the miners expect long strike.
Miners Are Jubilanf.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 31.-Pittsburg
4 delegates to the miners national con-
rer Ind
/ apolfs today were jubilant over the
adoption by the convention yesterda
/ of the Perry resolution which permits
/ the operation Of all mines where the
/ wage scale of 1903 is accepted. While
4 this action practically means the dis
ruption for time at least of the in
/ terstate agreement between the min erS
! and operators of western Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, 1t
/ also means there will be no strike Of
! importance in this field and that "a
Z 600 OF the $4,000 miners in the Pitts
burg district will continue at work,
with possibly a shutdown to work off
| accumulated stock
Settlement in Sight in Iowa
Des Mofnes, Ia March 31.-At a
/ joint session Of Iowa mine workers
and operators today scale committees
were appointed to meet in Des Moines
next Tuesday to agree upon the wage
scale for the next two years. The
/ scale will probably be accepted by the
I operators of Iowa with only the de-
( tails to be arranged.
Steel Company Shuts Down.
East st. Louis, Ill, March 31.-The
Republic Steel company suspended
/ operation today with the announce
ment that the suspension is due to
4 the impending coal strike situation.
/ The plant uses 500 cars of anthracite
coal a month and employs I, 500 men
/ Having no facilities for storing q large
amount of coal to meet the strike
emergency it was decided not to at
tempt to continue operation.
Chicago Is Alarmed.
Chicago. March 31=With the i'm
mediate prospect of a big miners
Z strike and an attending possible coal
famine. the fuel problem is changed
I completely in Chicago. The reports OF
I "sixty-dav supplies Of coal dWindled
to but half that amount when inven-
I tories were taken preparatory to meet
/ ing the serious problem which now
[ confronts street railways and manu-
facturers in the city
With the opening of business houses
there was a scurrying after fuel never
before seen in the history of Chicago
More than 40 600 tons Of coal We're
hauled from railroad yards and coal
yards yesterday The price of the va
rious grades of soft coal rose IS cents
a ton during the day.
win Pay the Advance.
Johnstown, Pa, March 31.-Notices
were posted today at the mines of the
Berwind- White and the Stienan coal
companies that they win pay the 1903
scale to the miners. This announce
nent was received with much satisfac-
tion by those directly interested and
/ by the general public.
VIII BE NO Strike.
Sharon, Pa. March 31-Announce-
/ ment was made today that the opera
tors of the NGercer-Butler coal district
I VIII grant the advance of 5.5 per cent
/ and there will be no strike. About 81
O00 men VIII be affected.
Increase WIN Amount to $4,000.
Pittsburg. March 31.-The miners dis
trict convention resumed its sessions