Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-30
FIGHT Is OVER
PERRY Resolution
Mitchell Would Permit Miners
to Continue Work Where
Scale Is Paid
he OPPOSES PERRY RESOLUTION
No Signature From National Office to
Any Contract if Perry Resolution Is
Adopted Without Providing for un-
lon Men, the Scale Of 1908 and Run
Of Mine.

yention of the United Mine Workers of
America to order today, had read the
resolutions adopted last night by the
bituminous operators, asking President
Roosevelt to appoint a commission to
Investigate mining conditions. Mr..
Mitchell said after reading the resolu-
tions that he had sent telegram to
the pre.sident telling him that so per
cent of the tonnage in the states mem
toned in the resolution is willing to
pay the advance asked. The communi-
cation was placed on file for future ref
erence.
President Perry, Of the Illinois min
ers. offered the following resolution:
Whereas, the operators Of the CEN
tral competitive district have as a
Whole refused to grant our demands to
restore the 1903 mining and day wage
scale, and many Individual operators
have expressed their willingness and
desire to grant the restoration Of the
above scale:
Resolv,sd, That this convention, now
assembled, do authorize the national
and district officials to make agree
inents with any and all parties engaged
IN the operation of coal mines, the
same to provide for the restoration Of
the scale paid in 1908, for mining day
labor and for dead work, for a period
OF two years, beginning April /, 1906,
Ia the central competitive field, and the
equivalent of the above demandstto be
the basis in all other bituninous dis
stricts. That where such agreements
are secured, the miners and mine la
b0rers shall abide thereby and work in
accordance with the same"
Replying to questions, Perry said the
intention Of the resolution is that all
scales Sigred at any place where an
Agreement should be secured, must be
signed by the district officials or ma
tional officials, or both together. He
said that II was not the intention that
district cfticial or any other official
could make any scale with an operator
except so far as had been provided for
by the convention He said that local
conditions should be settled by ali
parties interested. Where the sama
company owned mines in two districts
the scale must be signed by the COM
pany at all of its property before the
scale could be signed by any one.
Perry said the resolution was not in
tended to settle conditions but the
scale. Any operator who signed would
be compelled to pay the scale. The
resolution referred to union mines on
~. and not to non-union mines, and
conformed to the condition OF unions
as they heretofore existed. In reply to a
question, Mitchell said the Ryan res
olution had never been formally re-
scinded, but the report Of the scale
committee had virtually nullihed 1t.
President Mitchell said: 'T believe
be conserved by signing the scale
wherever It Is paid. know how
popular 1t is to talk strike but also
know that difference there is when
passion has cooled. I know there have
been large operators who have oppos-
ed the adWan,e who will not wait ten
days before signing the scale. 1t Is
for us to decide what will be best for
the interests we represent and what is
our duty to the country. My best
Judgment Is pye should make settle
ments with those operators who will
pay our scale and employ union men.
Il shall not be. a party to and there
shall be no signature from the national
office attached to any contract if the
Perry resolution Is adopted and does
not carry with it the employment Of
union men, the scale OF 1903, and
In the southwest an advance of three
cents per ton at basing points, run of
mine and full enjoyment of every
privilege heretofore enjoyed. 1
have no doubt one half of the tonnage
In the central district will pay the adj
vance, one third Of the tonnage spoke
here yesterday and expressed willing
ness to sign. know Of millions of tom
mage that will sign the advance in ad-
idition to that which has already open
ly favored the advance. and some Of
this tonnage thru its representatives
voted against paying the advance"
Resolution Has Done Work.
w. d. Ryan, author of the resolution,
said he did not think it NECESSARY to
rescind it formally. 'It has done it's
work" said he, "and has made them
out up the price. We have the best
chance now we ever had to right some
wrongs existing in western Pennsyl-
vania. believe that can best be done
by signing the scale where it is offered.
/ know 1t will be guerrilla warfare,
but believe it is the best thing to do.
My advice to you, miners of Illinois, is,
to adopt the resolution. Let us go
home and fight 1t out 1 will say that
Illinois will not cost the national or
ganization one cent
Delegate Savage opposed the division
Of the miners forces, that would fol-
low the adoption of the resolution. He
wanted to see every miner drop his
tick Saturday night and not take it up
again until every miner in the coun-
try had secured his rights.
wellington o. 'COnnor, of Indiana. ia
vored the Perry resolution. Perry said
lhe miners would have q poor argu-