Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-04-03
MANY OPERATORS
signing TIE Scale
Resumption of Work, However,
Was Not General In
Mines Today
ANTHRACITE CONFERENCE HELD
Operators and Miners Hold Meeting
il New York, But the Result of Their
Deliberations is Not Vet Fully
known-statement is Promised
Number Of Indiana Operators Sign.

New York, April 3.-Mitchell and
cther members of the anthracite min
ers' committee entered the conference
room in the Jersey. Central building,
where they are to meet the operators,
about noon.
The sub committee of the operators
entered the conference room few
minutes after the labor leaders. The
request of the newspaper men for ad-
mission to the conference was refused,
but a statement to ibe issued at the
close Of the meeting was promised
According to an official statement
given out by the operators Mitchell and
other representatives of the miners,
occupied most of the time in the con-
ference with speeches detailing why,
in their judgment. the original de-
m,ands of the miners ought to be
granted AS far as could be learned
there was no disposition on either side
to accept any modification of the Or
iginal demands.
The coal conference adjourned at
s:45 o'clock to meet again Thursday
afternoon.
New York, April 3.-Altho nothing
has occurred to change the situation,
there was general expectation today
that the conference between the sub
committees of the anthracite operators
and miners. which will be held late to-
day, will bear fruit. There was Il
strong optimistic feeling among rep
re,sentatives of the miners that some-
thing will happen to relieve the situ-
alton. President Mitchell, during the
forenoon, said that there was no
change in the situation so far as the
miners are concerned! The men still
stand firm for what they have asked
and he felt confident the operators
would not continue to maintain the at
tftude they have assumed up to the
present time. 1t was the original in
tention to hold conference of oper-
sltors and miners In the forenoon, but
by agreement the meeting was delayed
until afternoon, in order to give the
operators, an opportunity to confer with
one another.
Mitchell denied all rumors that con-
eiessions would be made by him today.
All reports of that character, he said,
s,umored that the miners would not
press all the demands they made, but
would, If the mine owners showed u
disposition to meet them half way, drop
some of the propositions they have
made. Notwithstanding Mitchelfs
firm stand, 1t is considered quite likely
that the Shamokin scale committee
would rather make concessions than to
declare a strike at this time. The sub
committee of miners, which is made up
of District Presidents Nicolls, Dettrey
and Easy, and District Secretaries
Dempsey, Gallagher and Hartley, with
President Mitchell as chairman, held a
brief meeting prior to the conference
with the operators. What took place
lis not made public, but it is UNDER
stood the committee reviewed the de-
velopments in connection with the sus-
pension Of mining which took place
lthruout the hard coal fields yesterday.
The members all expressed themselves
as satisfied with the situation, and
said they felt confident that there will
be no break in the ranks of the mine
workers. Mitchell received another
large number of kilograms today from
various bituminous districts. He in
formed the Associated Press that af-
fairs In the soft coal sections were
working themselves out just as he had
expected they would. All his informa
ton was of favorable character, and
thousands of men have returned to
the mines at an increased
pay and he expected during the day
that many more soft coal companies
have agreed to the 1908 scale. Presi-
dent Baer, of the Reading Company.
arrived here from Philadelphia shortly
after 10 this and Immediately went in
to conference with the officials of the
other coal carrying roads.
THE STRIKE FAIRLY ON.