The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-04

exception OF one or two points outside
of the rlttsb,irg District the strained
situation between operators and miners
In tho soft coul fields OF West Pennsyli-t
vanin, is3:hourly growing more Anclflc.
Following tho Signing Of tho scale yes
ter1ay dei1lhndod by tho minors, the,
,ninos Of the operators who signed tho.
SCALE rcs,,med their Operations to-day,
although II, many. intAnces, with reduced
forces. Z, j "a
In the, Pittsburg district there were
$4,000 miners working, and 10000 were
Idle. Nearly all OF tho mines OF tho
Pittsb,lrg Cohl Company were In opera
ton, and It was expected that those
member who arc out would return with
in a day or so.8 The cause Of the
dleness of the men, to-day was ex-
planned to bc duo to-, their failure to re-
ceive word Of the signing Of the scale.
The Independent operators employed be-
tween 1900 and 1900 men, and they
were all ldlo to-day, and will be SO until
either the scale Is signed or some agree
ment Is reached between the operators
and the employees.
DolanE Appears Again.
Unrest in u tha labor situation IN the
Pittsbilrg district was diverted to-day to
the district convention In this city and
control of tho convention.
During tho session Of tho convention
Dolan appeared III the hall and attempt
cd to preside over tho convention, an
nounclng that he was the only legal
chairman OF the meeting. a few minutes
ufterward riot and disorder broke out
again, and. the delegates clamored thaS
5Dolan be forcihly thrown from the hall.
A committeeiF Of ten was appointed to
rs Ia nfFp nd
as the committee approached Dolnn he
quietly left the hall.
1t lis expected that Dolan will appeal
to the court tomorrow to adjudge the
delegates ln3contemptt Of court
In Other Districts.
From other districts it Is announced
that few mines are operating with fun
forces. At Irwin, however. the nearest to
an actual strikesprevails. fireworks have
been picketed in the meantime, and the
strikers arc lin an ugly mood over the
appearance OF armed deputies.
At Cenrfleld, where the annual con-
vention OF the district Is being held the
operators Y announced to-day that they
could not meet the scale committee UNI
til Tomorrow.
t#In the Johnstown district work Is prac
tically at aSstandstll. 1tEis reported to-
night that the company IS bringing In
non-union and evicting union miners from
company houAes ,sAsbig 51nass7me citing was
held at South F0rk to-day and It was
resolved Ito Il feffa3 nas.tron1 returning to
work until aiter@the} sCfearfteld conven-
ton takes action. Ss.:Si$
independents Firm.
AFTER a meeting Of the independent
operators tonight the following state
lnent was given out:
ss".At a . meeting Of thef,independent
operators held tonight, the position
taken at the previous meeting was
reaffrined and no actlonstwas taken
toward the acceptance Of the 1903
scale. The probable outcome OF these
meetings will be the formation Of an
independent eoal operators association
OF Western Pennsylvania District.
Those present were absolutely unani-
nous against signing the 1903 scale"
IT was announced, that the indepcndents
would no twork their mines non-un'on,
which means an entire suspension Of their
operatlOns.