Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1906-03-30
COAL MEN SURE
THEY CAM AGREE.
Indianapolis Scale Committee Plans to
Report That Negotiations Have
Failed.

President Mitchell denied report that
the miners had asked President Roose-
welt to use his efforts towards securing
peace. The report of the committee set
ting forth it's disagreement was received
and made a part of the record. Follow
ing the adoption of the report there was
silence in the hall for ten minutes, each
side apparently waiting for the other to
make the first move.
MAHANOY CITY, Pa, March o.
United Mine Workers local No. 1888,
one OF the largest i'll point Of member
ship in the Ninth district, last night
voted against the continuance OF work
after next Saturday.
Operators to Report Disagreement
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 81
The joint scale committee of the bitumi-
nous coal operators and miners Of the
central competitive district after being
IN session one week decided today to
report Il disagreement to a session of Il
joint conference of miners and operators
to he held at , o'clock.
The committee was in session but
short time today. II met at $50
o'clock and after n half hour spent III
general talk that bore no relation to the
question at issue, a motion was made
and unanimously adopted that 4 dis
agreement be reported.
The national officers of the miners
committee yesterday had strongly reter-
ated their former declaration that under
no circumstances would they sign Il scale
at anything less than an advance III
wages OF 300 per cent, and President
Perry of the Illinois miners had assured
the operators that no Illinois union or
district would be allowed TO sign unless
the advance was given to every union
mine in the state.
This ultimatum was received by the
operators i'll silence and an adjournment
was at once taken until this morning,
when the motion to report a disagree
ment was at once offered by President
Mitchell of the miners and carried unan-
imously.
Mitchell Refuses to Talk.
President John Mitchell Of the United
Mine workers declined to make Il state
ment Asked if he would permit the
scale to be signed where an advance
was offered even if all the mines should
not work, he refused to reply.
II shall make my statement in the
open session of the joint conference this
afternoon said he.
Mr.. Mitchell said it would he deter
mined by the action of the conference
when he would go east to take up con
sideratiOn of the anthracite situation. a
meeting of the miners national convcu-
ton will be held Immediately following
the adjournment of the conferences.
Views on the Situation.
Frank McKenna, one of the pennsyl-
Vanla district members, said:
The men will go to work in the Pitts
burg district. As soon as Robbins or any
one else meets our demands we will all
work The state constabulary cannot keep
the men from going to work.
MI. Robbins said:
! shall go before the miners and again
offer them the 1909 scale. / shall demand
that they operate my mines. ] have met
their demands. They Will not dare 10
neglect because some of The mines out IN
Indiana, Illinois aud the west say No
No Violence BY Men.
President Dennis Sullivan Of tie Ohio
miners said:
We shall have little trouble n our state
1t I'll not be necessary for the operators
to post guards. The miners will protect
their property. We have been friends for
long time and though we differ on this
proposition. we will still seek to deserve
the good will of our interests. We are
very much IN earnest, but our mon will be
unit against violence That spirit also
will be found in Indiana, Ilnnois and the
other states.