Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-03-11
OPERATORS DRAFT REPLY
Rumor that Answer Of Hard Coal
Wen Has Been sent to
MIR. Mitchell.

NEW YORK. March iO-President John
Mitchell OF the United Mine Workers Of
America did not leave for indianapolis to-
night as It had been announced he would.
Instead he hastily called together the
other members of the miners subcommit-
tee of seven having IN charge the negotia-
tions with the anthracite operators. Only
District Presidents Fahey and Dettery and
Secretary Hartlein are In the city, the
others having gone to their homes in an
ticipation that no action would he taken
with reference to the hard coal situation
until after the convention Of the United
Mine Workers in Indianapolis. March Is.
when the btumnous situation will he
dealt with
After hastily summoning Messrs. Fahey.
DETER and HartleIn, Mr.. Mitchell an
rounced a postponemcnt of the meeting
until tomorrow morning. The miners pres
ident hopes to start for indianapolis to-
morrow afternoon.
Answer from Operators.
The unusual activity around the miners
headquarters at the Ashland house to-
night. the hastily called meeting OF the
subcommittee and Mr. Mitchell's post
poned departure for the west combined TO
give rise to a rumor that the miners had
their demands or propositions" submitted
the latter part of February. 1t also svas
rumored that the reply was unfavorable.
although no confirmation on this point
could be obtained tonight either from the
miners or operators.
1t is surmised the negotiations between
the anthracite workers and the operators
! have reached the crucial stage. The re-
| thence of all persons connected with the
| negotiations is construed by those watch
! ing the situation as a distinctly unfavor-
| able sign.
The price Of hard coal will not be raised
| in New York City at least, even IL there
| is a strike according to statement is
! sued today by the newly created publicity
! bureau of the anthracite operators. This
bureau was started yesterday by the COM
mittee of seven operators which is now
considering the miners demands The
J statement is as follows:
The anthracite coal operators now have
| stored in and about this city 100000 tons
| of coal ready for consumers. 1t has baeu
decided that whether there is a strike
or not the price OF coal T. o. b. will not be
! raised.
Operators Draft Reply.
! Concerning the coal dispute, one of the
members of the committee Of seven, Da-
vid Wilcox of the Delaware & Hudson
| railroad said today:
| The subcommittee appointed last Tues.
1 day to consider the propositions of the
4 anthracite miners appointed to the gen
! eral committee of seven yesterday and the
| fun committee decided upon a reply tC
| the miners, which will be delivered to Mr.
| Mitchell just as soon as 1t can be printed
! Both the demands of the miners and tn,
| answer to them will be made public tn,
| day after they are delivered to the miners
| committee. Further than this / can So!
nothing, for at the meeting of the oper
| ators yesterday we decided that in view
| of the fact that the matter under con
| sideration is important there should b,
| one spokesman for all the operators. W.
4 created a bureau of publicity.