Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-03-26
!. COMING EVENTS.
IA III
Coal Strike. |. Question Is
Nearing Settlement. !
Disagreement on. Wage Scale
Expected at Meeting Today.
Congress VIII Keep oal With Railroad
Rates and Appropriations.

1t would seem that this week should
decide the question of coal strike. The
JOINT scale committee will meet this
morning, when n motion to report a
disagreement will be offered, with the
probability that 1t will be carried. A
JOINT conference will be held this af-
tefnoOn to receive this report. The
point which the operators are anxious
10 settle is, vii! President Mitchell and
the officers Of the United Mine Workers
permit meh TO go 10 work in districts
where an advance is allowed, while 9TH
er miners are on strike. So far their
efforts to Settle this point have been in
vain. 1t is expected that President
Mitchell will come 10 New York the
Ialt'r part of this week to confer again
with the anthracite operators commit
tee Of seven.
The first championship billiard match
since 1901 Will DE held in New York
March -. Willie Hoppe. who recently
won the little from Maurice Vignaud in
Paris, viii play George S. Slosson a ZOO
point game 1S-inch balk line. one shot
in balk.
The railroad rate bill will continue
TINS week to absorb the attention of the
United states Senate. There are several
senators who still expect to deliver ure-
pared speeches on the bill, but none of
them have indicated their readiness to
proceed Monday, so that it. is impossi-
Die to give the names of prospective or
ators. Senator Tillman admits that
there Is L tendency in the debate to lag.
but attributes it to the necessity for
much preparation in discussing the
question.
Should there be an agreement upon
the consular reorganization bill Sena-
tor Lodge will probably call up the
conference report during the week and
some debate on it is probable. The IN
dian appropriation bill will be reported
Tuesday or Wednesday and Senator
CIapD will take it up if there should be
Iull IN the debate on rates. A confer
ence report on the bill for the settle
ment of the affairs of the five civilized
tribes is pending in the Senate and may
be debated at some length if there is
All opportunity.
Appropriating money will be the
chief occupation of the House Of Rem
rescntativeS this week. The legislative
Dill. which had a rocky road with the
rules of the House as obstruction last
week. is not finished by half. Mr.. Lit
tauer, VINO is in charge of the bill, es-
Inmates that it will require Tuesday,
Wednesday and possibly Thursday to
complete the measure. Monday, under
the rules. is District of Columbia day.
of the features of the legislative bill
which will cause comment, it is pre-
dlctei that criticism of the bureau of
correspondence will be the chief one, i'm
view of the recent difficulty in Chicago,
which some regard as a curtailment of
the usefulness of this bureau.
War claims have the right Of way
Fri'tay by special agreement. OF inter-
est outside of the floor proceedings.
will be the meeting Of the statehood
conference. Efforts are being made to
bring the ship subsidy bill within the
horizon of legislative action.
The session of the Algeciras confer
ence on Moroccan affairs, which will
take place today will mark the begin
ning of the 10th week of the delbera-
tions. The committee on revision has
drawn up project for police without
mentioning the division of the rorts
and this will form a basis for discuss
sion in tOGays session.