Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-03-29
100000 miners affected
UNLESS \ NINTH HOUR AGREE
MENT Is REACHED, WORK
CEASES SUNDAY NIGHT
both Sides Stand PAT
Miners Deny They win Offer Any
Compromise and the Operators
Say They VIII Stand Firm.

CLEVELAND, O., March 2S.-LAt-
tie prospect of settling the bituminous
coal miners wage dispute to prevent
a suspension next Monday and the
shutting down Of practicaDy all the
mines operated by union men, was
seen by the operators and onion Of
ficials today after they had conferred
for several hours and had failed to
agree.
Lack of any steps toward an imme-
diate settlement and the fact that
only three more days intervene be-
fore both the anthracite and bitumi-
nous wage scales expire We're said to
make 1t almost certain that a wide-
spread stoppage of coal production
will begin next week for an uEcer-
tain period and a strike involving
about 100000 men may ensue.
The situation tonight was:
The miners In the anthracite fields
of Pennsylvania will quit Sunday mid
night because the agreements with the
new agreement, even if 1t were being
considered. could be put into effect
i'm time TO prevent the suspension.
Union officials say the suspension vir-
tualy will be a strike.
The contracts of the miners in the
bitwninous regions also expire Sun
day night and they probably will sus.
pend because they have no new agree.
ment upon which to continue.
Lose S1,OOO,OO0 Il Day.
Officials of the union assert that il
strike in both classes Of miners is
called it will entail loss in pay to
the men of approximately $1,000, 900
day
A conference held in the hope that
strike or even suspension in the BIZ
luminous mines might still be averted
was without result up to tonight and
was adjourned until O'Clock tomor-
row morning.
To bring the situation to a crisis,
John Walker, president of the Illinois
miners asked the miners to drop all
demands and make new demands for
a five cents ton for all coal mines.
He explained his proposal did not
come Jointly from the miners but he
made ii upon his own responsibility.
The operators then called for an
adjournment which gave rise to re-
ports among the miners that the mi
ners were going to propose compro-
mise on the basis OF five cents a ton
increase over the present wage scale.
The operators, after meeting alone,
stated they had decided to offer no
compromise.
Anthracite Strike Called.
81 look for a breaking off Of all
negotiations tomorrow" said II. NJ.
TAYLOR president of the Illinois op-
orators. 1T would have come today
had it not been that we did not want
to appear to be in haste In bringing
about a strike. We will offer no fur
ther compromise"
President John P. White of the
United Mine Workers Of America,
said he had no comment to make on
today's developments other than If a
strike was called among the bituml-
nous as well as the anthracite miners
it would not be because the union had
failed to exert every effort to avoid
it. He added, so far as the ANTHRACITE
miners were concerned, the strike al
ready had been called to take effect
Sunday night.
The policy committee Of the union
is waiting here to take such action
as may be necessary in case all ne
goiiatlons are broken, OFF, In that
event the members says, their work
simply will be to devise ways and
means in connection with the conduct
Of the strike.
Commissioner of Labor Charles p.
Neill who has been here getting data
concerning the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers on the Railways
employees situation had no confer
ence with Mr.. White or any official OF
the miners, but he thought that the
was willing to advise government Of
ficials clearly as to the condition of
the miners but he though that the
present stage of the wage dispute did
not call for any assistance from the
government II Is known, however.
that the government has been kept
informed on the progress Of the me-
gotiations.