Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-04-10
MINE TALK USELESS;
new session Called.
CONFERENCE OF OPERATORS
AND ToILERs ADJoURNs AFT.
Err TWo-HouR MEETING.
ANOTHER EFFORT TO
BE MADE AT TOLEDO
Illinois Differences May Be Adjusted
at Springfield, While Indiana Col
Iieries Are Now in Operation, Pend
ing an Agreement.

ing an A9TcSnSht.
Indianapolis, Ind, Apr. 8.-The con-
ference of coal operators of western
Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana and
representatives of the miners OF these |
three districts and Illinois adjourned
Tuesday after being in session Tor
two hours. No resumption of work in
the mines of the states represented
was ordered. The next meeting will
be at Toledo Tuesday, April Ia, when
an effort will be made to revive the
interstate agreement between the OPP
orators and miners of the central COM
petitive field consisting of these four
districts The Illinois miners left at
once for Springfield to resume their
joint district conference with the Hi.
nois operators. President Lewis left
at noon for Kansas City to take part
in the joint conference of the south.
| west field.
Indiana Mines in Operation.
The Indiana mines are in operation
and under resolution adopted Tues.
day will continue to operate. Western
Pennsylvania and Ohio mines will re
main idle until the Toledo meeting.
Their resumption will be the first
question considered.
Illinois differences, it is said, will
be adjusted at the Springfield con.
ference now in session. 1t is prob
able that the Toledo meeting will
order resumption in western Pennsyl.
vania and Ohio about April 16. 1t Is
not expected that Illinois operators
will attend the meeting. National Sec.
rotary w. D. Ryan, leader of the ILL
ors of his state had made 1t clear that
they would not participate in an in
terstate agreement this year. There
is a possibility also that the Indiana
operators may stay away from
Toledo but this is not probable and it
is believed an interstate agreement
for the three districts will be estab
lished and the miners ordered to re
sumo work.
Present Scale Is Basis.
The present scale will in all prob
ability be the basis of agreement or
wages. The result of the meeting Tues
day is expected to hasten an agree
ment in Illinois. President Lewis will
, stop at Springfield on his way
to Kansas City. The Toledo john
. wage conference will be composed OF
about 300 miners and 100 operators
The formal call for the convention
was issued Tuesday before the confer
i ence adjourned. The motion for the
joint conference was presented by w
L. Chapman, spokesman of the Ohio
and western Pennsylvania operators
and it was favorably voted on by the
miners and operators of those states
and also of Indiana, who, consistent
with their stand from the first con
ference last October, favor re-estab
lishment of interstate relations.
Kansas City Session Fruitess.
Kansas City, Apr. s.-Prospects O
, | an early settlement of the strike o
the $4,000 southwestern coal miner!
was put off Tuesday when the opera
tors made certain demands which tn,
miners Immediately rejected TIL,
) conference of the operators and min
, ers was not ended, however, and it il
hoped that with the arrival of Presi
!. dent Lewis from Indianapolis, the twt
]. sides may be brought closer together
Submarines Going to Manila.
2 New York, Apr S.-The Shark ant
{ Porpoise, submarines, which have
l been ordered to Manila, were hoiste6
4 aboard the collier Caesar at the New
York navy yard Monday. 1t took two
hours for big derrick, assisted by
two tugs, to stow the vessels, each Of
3 which weighs 100 tons, into the cradles
in which they will rest until they are