The evening world., 1912-05-04
hDbn Leaders Seek Instruc-
Nm but Keep Way to Fur
ma Negotiations Open.
% NOT p STRIKE
Miners WIN Meet on May IA to
Act Upon the Compro-
mise Offered.

~aaha before the convention. decided
uDsa yesterday by the Miners' General
Conference Committee. IL held and the
Conference Committee has returned to
New York to reopen negotiations with
the operators. according to Senator
William b. Green. acting for Prea-
dent John p. White.
The committee VIII 60 to wilkes
Barre 10 receive instructions" said M.
0resn last night before leaving for the
s6tkracite fedds. That convention
way instruct US to accept the COM
pg0miss agreement recommended by the
Joint SUBJ committees. but refused by
ne general committee Of tho miners.
Again. Il may instruct US to ask FOR
certain further concessions. such a.
the siidins scale. further recognition OF
the union OF . shorter term contract, or
all three.
I'VE Asvs not broken Of negotiations.
= fAol " adjourDed the Joint confer.
sucs last Thursday aSsrnoon subject
to . cali for another meessNx; This be-
ine the case, the most the >nvention
can do will be to instruct the general
committee TO demand certain things.
ana failing to get them to issue an uiti.
matum 10 the operators and declare q
strike.
'-The convention Is goins to do nothing
10 abrupt and d.scourtcous as to declare
\ strike before every effort has been
made to get the operators to see Things
our way.
WAY FOR NEGOTIATION STILL
KEPT OPEN.
A 4 matter Of fact. the operators
have not said they would moi make FUR
ther CONCESSIONS. They have simply said
they had nothing TO suggest. Their at
titvds in the matter been such tha'
~ could not declare a strike without
at least n more conference with mem
without forfeitins public sympathy.
':Ths convention canont assume ina
the operators would not grant furthe'
concessions rather than have the mineri
strike until they have replied to ar
ufimatum from u. stating that We vii
strYke unless We get them"
Voyow!ns q meetis OF the Miners
Conference Committee together will
the Tri-dlstrlct Executive Board at thu
Darlington Hotel yesterday afternoon
At (Which II was decided to put tn
whole question up to q convention to b
held May "a at Wllkes-Barre for instruc'
lions. acting President Green made tn
following formal statement:
There seems to be o wrong impress
zion prevailing with respect to the worl
and authority Of the Joint sub-commit
toe OF four operators and four miners
They were appointed by the full com
mittee OF twenty. with power to MAX
recommendations only. Tho Statement
by Mr.. Baer at the meeting at Phila
uolph,a, suggesting the subcommittee
makes this perfectly plain. Our genera
committee has not approved the SUB
committees recommendation. Now "
will hold a convention OF the Anthracite
Mine Workers at Wllkes-Barre on Ma!
II. at which time the entiro matter WI!
90 submitted 10 them. Our future cours
will DO decided then. We have no
broken off negotiations with the opera
tors. but expect TO meet gan ana mop
to reach an agreement
The operators also issued a statcInen
IN which they repeated much OF wha
they said on Thursday and intimate'
hal they expected the committee t
persuade tho convention to accept tn
compromise agreement.
,rhe operators refrained carefully from
c,osing negotiations, however. and ar
st,ll open to q suggestion from tn
miners and another conference to dis
euss Il.
CONVENTION WILL pEciDI
COURSE OF ACTION.
Tho convention at Wilkes Barre wi
Ia attended by one or moro delegate
from Zach local In the anthracite fel
md will 30 participated in by 800 :
100 delegates.
While II Il admitted that there II
,adAcaa element among the miners whic
MIN rant trouble, the Conference Con
mittee believes the convention VIII b
dominated by the cooler heads and tn
worst that can como or 1t VIII De IL
structions to the committee to secur
certain things or Issue a strike UT
matum.
The thr &c things which 1t is be
ilevsd viii be demanded will be the
mar fat increase. offered wit
INA addition of the sliding scale Q
mar cent. increase on the maner
earnings for every five-cent advan
in the price at tidewater above $+,t
n ton for coal. and at least a modifie
;cru Of the "check-out system b
which the operators will hold out {
WAGES the union dues OF the worker
thus forcing about 10000 men benef
BY the agreement to support the unio'
whsther they want to or not.
some of the conference committ'
beIieye the convention Will instru'
the committee TO accept the compr'
mise agreement. 1,
All of the miners ofncials asdt q
city last night Tor the ahthra.i
asids. where they will start a canva
Smon~ tho men to find out beforehan
r. possible, just what they are to ia.
and Just what the chances are that u
convention will make demands u
operators will not accept.
wsutuc.y's Youngest Mother.