The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-04-04
Anthracite Conferences If 8 I !! (
Adjourns Until
Thursday. .
TIE -JJPjlNs FIELDS
is NOW COMPLETE:
Governor Pcnnypackcr Sends
Message 10 Bacr and Mitchell
Dolan Causes Trouble at
Convcntion-W Work Par
tally Resumed il Il. Btu Btu
minous Section.

NV Associntcd Prcss.)

(By Associated Prcss)
NEW YORK, April 3.-Thc SUD-
co,nnlttees representing tie anthracite
opcrators and the mine workers OF East East
ern Pennsylvania held their first Joint
4 meeting here to-day, and atfer heatts ~!
n thrcc.hours' session, adjourned uhti g. =
NJ. Thursdny without coming 70 IN
81 agreement Each side to the controversy
his refused 10 make the slightest conces'
sion. and the whole question apparently
IL as far from solution rs y was pts -"
4 fore to.day's conference bcgan.,. IN M Mths
meantime The lie-up OF the anthracite ~ ~
d,;s,ry remains as complete as y "ae
Yesterday. without Indication that re-
.s,nnntion Of mining will occur very soon
notwithstanding the fruit'css session
.and the apparently hopeless dcilhloch X
v wrcn. yorkmcn and their employers Gu,
,,orl ,,rc still current that way VIII
L hc found that will cnuNc the operalo's
AMI miners to stand on common srou''d
4 ana scttIc their differences.
Statement 1ssuedA
5Arto, the conference, the following
x tive or tile operators:
35 .t.lhc conference began ar noon,
s viii, President L. 3. Thomas. ot t!ie ~; 1
Lchigh Valley Company. in the chhli.a3Et
Alr. Mitchell made q long sneccn, &c
y g$tniIipp Why. In his judgment, tnc h&
original demands Of tho miners onsh.
555s5, Z ba granted Tie wns followed pS
Mr Nichols, president OF the Lack
y aw.;nna- " Nyonlng district of the 81
mi,,ers union, who supported MT. 4
Mitchell,s arguments There we're RI
other speeches by. the lctreprescntatiycs .c
y OF the miners. IN fact, that side dld
nearly all the talking mi
a s..,Thcre was no disposition on either 3ss
side to rcfedr from It's original posi-
tion or 10 accept any modification o. y. Z
thu, original demands. MT. Mitchelfs
4 altitude indicated that the counter
proposition submitted by the opera
tors for a renewal OF the "orhlns
agreement draft by the anthracite
strike Commission,' was not accePl-F
able 10 the miners.
## .,On motion or Mr.. Mitchell the
conference adjourned until Thursday-
..,rbe entire situation remains the
samcns before the meeting. The sus-
pension Of work In The anthracite
mines viii continue, pending the heso
PSI ;iations.'
None Of the operators would say any
thing beyond what was In the stNttrtent.
President Truesdale, Of tho Della ware,
Ialcknwanna and Western Railroad, SAID
the situation was unchanged, inc meih-
bcrs OF tic miners committee. Including
President Mitchell. absolutely refused 70
talk OF the conference. There was fuli
I uttc,,l;uce at the meeting OF the sub
committees.
Message From Governor.
The sllaniokin Scale Committee. which
,eI,. lt,
appointed last December. held u session
tonight at the Ashland House, as
planned in indianapolis last week.
4 The Scale Committee was IN session
loss than an hour, Tho subcommittee.
which had been in conference With the
operators, made It's report, after which
President Mitchell road the following, lot
Ter from Governor pcnnypackcr, OF Penn
,ylvania:
Executive Mansion, Harrisburg, Pa,
"March 81, 1905.
"Dcar SIr,-Thc Commonwealth Of
Pennsylvania expects that every rea.
sonabe effort VIII be made by the
parties Interested to accommodate
the differences between coal operators
and coal miners and to avert the
strike which Is now threatened.
(Slgned)
"sAMUEL w. PENNYPACkER.
"To George F. Bear, Reading Termi.
nal, Philadelphia.
"John Mitchell, Indianapolis"
Mr.. Mitchell stated to the committee that
he had acknowledged receipt OF the letter
and had notified Governor Pennypacker
t hat he would communicate its contents
TO the Shamokln scale committee,
Returning to Work.
reports received from the anthracite,
fields during the day. according to the
labor leaders, were satisfactory to them,