The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-03-22

NEW YORK, March 2o.-lBulletin..
President Baer of the anthracite own
crs' committee of seven tins afternoon
sent to President Mitchell of the miners
union an acceptance Of the proposition tc
meet in Il second wages conference.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 20
The btumlnous operators late Monday
agreed to meet the miners once more III
a final effort to avert IL strike. There
was little in the move that promises
peace. Strike sentiment continued TO
grow.
Honor Presidents Request.
The decision to go into a joint confer
ence with the miners and reopen the sub
ject of the disputed wage scale meant
simply the honoring of the request OF
President Roosevelt.
The new conference began at ~
O'Clock this afternoon.
As usual the operators were given the
privilege of choosing the chairman ol
the joint conference. w. Il, W llsoh
secretary of the miners. was selected ~
principal secretary of the conference.
Mitchell and Lewis Battle.
There has been a new lining up of the
Mitchell and Lewis factions III the MN
crs' fight among themselves. Inns mas re
suited in Lewis gaining control OF louI
of the miners sixteen votes to be cast IL
Joint conferences and joint scale sessions
and there are strong indications that NJ
can get four more-the Pittsburg dlstrici
yotc-should he wish to carry out any
policies different from those advocate
by President Mitchell. 1t has also re
suited in W. IL. Haskins rendering hl'
resignation as president of the ohi1
miners TO take effect Thursday:
II,g1-ip5 - plasn fpinuI pI Mr.. Mitch
ell. and when the Ohio delegation elcctet
Vice President T. l.. Lewis spokesman
of the Ohio scale committeeman, placlhs
in his hands the Ohio miners four votes
to be cast as a unit. Haskins regarded
rs an intrusion of his rights, II beng Gus
tomary for the district president 10 cas-
the vote
Work of New Gathering.
According to custom all of the op"r-
ators' and miners delegates first organ
lied. Scale committees to represent eith-
er side were announced, ana then re
tired to take up the wage question and
frame a report to the joint convention.
Under the rules of the interstate con
ference it is necessary for both oper-
ators and miners To ratfy any agree
ment by a unanimous vote.
The unit rule prevails with the oper'
ators. This was decided upon ut Mon
day meeting. From eacll OF the lout
states involved four men were chosen rs
conference representatives. This makes
sixteen in the operators committee. The
miners have like number of representa-,
tives.
Southwest Stands Out.
Southwestern operators i'll separate
convention voted to oppose an increase
iii wages to miners.
President Mitchell announced last
night he had not yet received response
TO his letter addressed to Mr. Baer re
lgarding the anthracite question.
Town Contiscates Railway Coal
BUSHNELL, Ill. March 2O.-Res
dents of Bushnell, headed by Mayor j
+. Harris took carload of coal thal
was standing on sdetrack of the Bur
lington railroad in this city and, dividing
it, took it to their homes. For the las
two weeks impossible roads have pre-
vented the delivery of coal in the city
from the country coal banks. Fear of
strike has caused the railroad company
to confiscate coal intended for local deal
ers and the result is that many person:
here are out of fuel and are unable Il