Daily Kennebec journal., 1906-04-06
ARBITRATION PROPOSITION.
Pennsylvania Operators Of Opinion
That II VIII Not Be Accepted.


That II Will Not Be Accepted.
Philadelphia. April J.--nI the anth-
racite region the arbitration PROPOSE
tion made by the miners representa-
tiveS to the operators during the con-
ference in New York today is regard
ed in varying lights by the different
| interests involved. Those of the OPP
| orators in the region who could he in
duccd to venture an opinion expressed
| the belief that it will not be accepted.
| Various reasons for it's rejection are
advanced. among them the disinClina-
| tIOn of the operators to leave the Solu-
| tion of technical mining problems to
an umpire who might prove incom-
! petent. Judge Gray may be all right,
but someone else may he all wrong"
was the way one operator expressed
| it.
Judge Gray was asked tonight at his
home i'll Wilmington, Del, if he would
be willing to act as umpire in tie
event of the operators accepting Prcsi-
dent Mitchell's proposition. He dc
clined to discuss the subject. giving
as his reason that he had not been Of
| tici;tlly requested To serve in that cd
pdcity.
The fact that President Mitchrrs
proposition was not presented before
he ordered u suspension of mining, il
| is declared, is likely to initiate against
| it.
An Official of the Mine Workers
Union at Scranton said tonight: The
| operators have been flooding the
papers and magazines with facts and
figures to prove what an excellent in
stitution The board of cancellation is.
Now Mitchell has put it up to them to
accept his proposition or admit that
| they did not mean AL tie nice things
! they said about the board of concilia-
tion. Mitchell has them up Il tree and
| thCN nave got To come To his terms =
! W. l.. ConnclI Of Scranton, chair
nan of tho board of conciiation. stat
td that if ;he matter was submitted tn
the board, h" was willing to accept
the task Of dealing With ii ana pre-
Sl'mcd tie other members were Of tic
same nind.
The situation in the coal fields re-
mains unchanged. Occasional distur-
Dances are reported from various see
tCnS but they are regarded of little
| consequence. AS result of the at
tackS made on the breaker Of the
ttEnWnnd colllcry, the Eric 90. which
owns the Land occupied by the mine
! workers has ordered them To yacato
| IN" property. Tho miners are siiI tc
lave shot out nearly every window in
the breaker
y number of union men proceeded
I" ". J.. Comncll's Enterprise colliery
at Shamukin today because of a re-
port that the minc WAS working. ON
Bong Informed that a waShcry only
was ~ operation. supplying fuel for
Inc boiler room Of the collicry, thcy
| dispersed.
y G2tali of state police today arrest :
cd seven Italian lahnlcrS at Mocan3-
qua near WiIkcGharro who ycsterdA !
prevented nnn-uuiou men from opcrat-
ing tn" West End waSheIv. They
We're sent to Jail.
AS 4 result Of the Suspension ~
lAinlnS operations an of the railroad
companies which handle hard coal
| hay" reduced either their forces or
IN" working hours. -Four thousands
lahorcrS on the PcnnsyIvania RailroaJ
ar" now Working on half time. More
t'ah 700 of these are employed in the
gar and repair shops in this ctv
Many lrtlght crews on the Lchigh
valley and the Reading Railroads hay,
aISp been temporarily suspended