The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-03-30


general policy. TIE question especial
" 10 be considered Is whether tho
Organization Will permit miners 70
work In districts and mines where the
81 advance demanded is offered
Will Pay Advance.
r. l.. Robbns, and other operators rep
resenting about one-thrd OF the coal
production a OF Western n Pennsylv mia,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, offered to pay
the advance and urged the miners 10
accept this advance and continue work
& II, their mines, even thought The other
mines In the four States Should be Idle.
The convention OF miners to-tnorrow VIII
decide whether TO permit this or to de-
mand that all miners suspend otls yesfl-
til ali have been paid the advance.
President Mitchell and Mr. Wlndor to-
day explained to the conference that the
union miners OF West Virginia had been
Informed that they might work pending
the result of the conference. me slolIl
Stntc convention Of operators and miners
E will he held at Charleston, w. Va, on
Monday. Mr.. Mitchell explained, now
,ver. that his advice to the men to
continue work, did not contemplate any
extended period. II 5si
Mitchell and Parker Clash.
During the discussion to-day. Mr..
Mitchell asked Mr.. Parker If he was
not president OF the Madison Coal CONF
Vi pany, and purchasing agent of the ILL
nois Central Railroad Company. Mr..
Parker sad while he held both positions,
there WINS no relation between them. turn
Ing to Mr.. Mitchell. he said: ,
'There was a time when you We're glad
was nm officer of tho railroad" F5
'tWhat do you mean Ivy that state
ment?" demanded Mr. Mitchell. 81
q have issued free transportation on
your account" replied Mr.. Parker.
Mr.. Mitchell strenuously denied TINS
charge and demanded that the statement
he withdrawn Mr.. Mitchell said 1t was
untrue and defied him to prove II, say
ing he had never been under o'ii ssi i.'I
to any railroad.
MIR, Parker said so for as he knew, Mr..
Mitchell had never been granted any
nersonal favor. William D. Ryan ex-
planned that young woman who lived
with Mrs. Mitchell, at Spring valley, III,
had been given transportation, and tnat
Mr.. Mitchell knew nothing of It, Mr..
Parker then Withdrew the remark
Profits Made.
Mr.. Mitchell referred to Mr.. Winder's
statement made yesterday that the Mad
ison Coal Company was owned by the
Hooking Valley Railroad Company and
charged that this made 1t possible for q
loss to be shown on the books OF the
coal company. when IN reality prolils
had been absorbed by the owning ra'1-
road.
D. G.. Thomas, an independent operator,
appealed to the operators to pay the
81 advance.
Those Affected.
+ ,n4h az,
+hracite and bituminous, will expire on
saturday, except those in Tennessee and
Alabama, where the scale will expire In
II Sentember A national official Of the
United Mine Workers tonight said:
III Is q foregone conclusion that all the
& mfiiers whose scales expire on Saturday
viii cease work until officially notified
by the national district officers thaty con-
tract arrangements have been mace mace GOV
erning their scales.
The bituminous miners affected directly
ana Indirectly by the disruption OF the
+ conference number Of SS4,500, distributed
ms follows: Pennsylvania, 10000 Mary
q land, 5000: West Virginia, 5000; Virginia.
liz oOn. Ohio. 10000; Indiana, 5000; Illinois,
6S,o0o; Iowa. 14,0o0; Michigan, $500: Ken
lucky. 1900; the southwestern States,
10000. OF these, 10000 are unorganiHed. a
Call on President.
The coal operators Of Illinois, Indiana
and Ohio and those of western sPentnsyl-
ya11In, Who have opposed the payment OF
lnnv increase of wages to the bituminous;
miners, tonight adopted resolutions call
!. ing upon President Roosevelt to appoint
a commission ito investigate al matters
which. in the Judgment of the commission,
nave any bearing on or relative to the
scale OF wnges Of labor in and about the
coal mines OF the territory involved. anu
other conditions now imposed and IN
sisted upon by the United Mine Workers
OF America"
4 copy of the resolution was sent by
telegraph to the President
Il Preparing For Strike.
By Associated Press)