Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-02-15
SAID THAT RESOLUTION ADOPT
ED BY MINERS WILL NOT PRE-
VENT AN ADJUSTMENT
SECRECY MAINTAINED
Special Scale Committee Completes
Work-President Roosevelt Deeply
Interested and If Occasion Demands
May Repeat Act of Intervention Be
tween Miners and Operators.

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scale committee of the union anthra-
cite mine workers to which has been
entrusted the duty of present
ing to the operators the demands Of
the men has completed its work and
everything is now practically in readi-
ness for tomorrow's conference.
The same secrecy which surrounded
the work of the scale committee at
Wilkesbarre and in this city still OBJ
tains with not the slightest intimation
of the exact nature of the demands to
be made having leaked out. It is learn
ed from an authoritative source how
ever, that the resolution adopted by
the miners to the effect that no dis
trict should sign the agreement until
the grievances in all the districts
have been adjusted will not be per-
mitted to stand in the way of an agree
ment. If occasion arises it can easily
be rescinded
Says Statement Is a Lie.
Pittsburg, Feb. 14.-An adjourned
session of the Pittsburg District Min
ers' convention reasembled today with
President Patrick Dolan presiding.
1SoIlOudl plCG>IISSluGjlt Lewis IGdu
a letter from President Mitchell to the
delegates in the course of which Mr..
Mitchell said: 1t is not my inten-
ton at this time to make reply to
the statement issued, although not
written by Dolan, which appeared in
various papers, more than to say that
his allegation that I said to him dur
ing the Pittsburg convention of the
American Federation of Labor that I
should be well assisted with a renew
al of the present agreement, is a de
liberate, malicious, premeditated,
3 President Is Interested.
Washington d c., Feb. IA. - Presi.
dent Roosevelt is keeping himself In.
formed to the smallest detail concern
ing the dangerous situation in the coal
mining fields # the threatened trou-
BILE develops and suffering comes to
the people and disaster to business in.
terests as result Of miners strike
IT, is believed certain in Washington
that the President will repeat what the
world considers the boldest stroke Of
his administration direct intervention
between the operators and the miners
and restore peace.
For some time to come the operat.
ors and the miners, however, must at.
tempt to work their own way to the
ends of peace. There is no chance that
until the men vitality interested have
exhausted every means to reach an
agreement the President, either by
word or deed, will attempt to pave the
way for a settlement of the diff
5culties.
IT, Mr.. Roosevelt concludes to use
his high position for the purpose OF
securing arbitration he will so use II
only when in his belief no other meth,
cd Of averting disaster to the country
lis possible.
Robbins Says Strike Is Inevitable,
Pittsburg, Pa, Feb. a. - F. L. Rob,
bins, president Of the Pittsburg Coal
company, discussing the possibilities
Of "a coal strike In the bituminous
fields said that unless John Mitchell
reconvened the miners and resolu
ton, he regarded the suspension Of
production March 81 Inevitable. The
operations, Robbins said, had made
their ultimatum In the joint conven
tion and speaking as an officer Of the
National Civic Federation that body
would make no overtures for peace be
tween contending interests.