The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-04-01

NO TROUBLE EXPECTED
Miners VIII Get Ten Percent Increase
In Wages After the Con-
ference on April
Tenth.

wILKESBARRB, Pa, April 1.-The
most complete tie-up in history OF
anthracite mining Is in force here to-
day. Not a wheel turned and not a
mine employe except those permitted
by the suspension order to work, ap
preached the mines. The operators
will make no attempt to operate their
mines before the adjournment of the
Joint conference between the men and
the company officials in Philadelphia
April 10.
sullenness has been dispelled by the
arrangement of another meeting with
the owners. 1t Is generally believed
that ten per cent increase will be the
ultimate settlement.
John MITCHELL former president of
the union, spoke in this city yesterday
afternoon. He paid glowing tribute
to the ability and integrity of the
men now at the head of the miners
! organization.
! April | is annually observed as
eight hour day" although the an
thracite men do not enjoy this con
cession on the part of the operators.
Mass meetings were held through
out the region, organizers addressing
the men and the ranks of the union
are being rehabilitated.
4 Bitunninous Miners,
\ CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 1.-Act
ion in the bituminous coal miners
wage controversy shifted today from
4 the seat of long conferences with the
operators here to the district head
quarters and mining colonies where
more than four hundred thousand sof
coal miners refused to work this
morning. In remaining idle, the min
4 ers obeyed an order from John P
White, president of the United Mine
Workers, to suspend operations pend
ing referendum vote on the scale
committees compromise effected il
Cleveland
President White left here last nigh
for the mine workers 1nternationa
headquarters in Indianapolis. Befor
reopening negotiations with the an
thracite operators in Philadelphia b
: will visit his mother at her home il
Oskaloosa, Iowa, where she is i'll.
That the anthracite miners durin,
their temporary suspension, whic
| became effective also today, may b
j asked to vote on wage scale con
] promise in addition to the strik
!, question, was the belief of Presiden
: White before leaving here. Both side
r are determined to avert strike
. possible, and White expressed col
tidence that the example of the b
luminous workers in agreeing to
compromise probably will have IL
fuence with the hard coal mine owl
r ers.
:. Illinois Mines Idle.
/ SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, April 1.--Se'
8 enty thousand miners in Illinois al
today idle pending referendum vot
t On the wage scale compromise, accor
v ing to estimates given out from til
headquarters of the United Mir
d Workers of Illinois. Every mine
y the state, total of eight hundred ar
forty-fve, is closed and preparation
are being made in many of them |
bring the mules to the surface
r. Officials here expect the refere
y dunn vote to be taken about April
y and predict there will be little wol
y at the mines during the month
n April
Many business houses here, that
y former strikes have carried the mi
ers on their books, are refusing to
n SO again and their action will
y doubt hasten confirmation of Il
g compromise.
!, Closed Only Three Days.
PITTSBURGH, Pa April 1.--Int
g cations today were that the suspense,
of the bituminous miners in Pit
\ burgh district No. may last for c
ly three days, the men returning
r. work Thursday, following the recc
" vening of the district conventi
ly Wednesday, when the delegates W
- decide whether or not work shall
resumed pending the referendum VIC
Is on the acceptance of the wage agr,
ment.
President Feehan of the local
ttrict, today said: II feel safe in s;
ing that the workers in the Pit
hurgh district favor going to work i
!. mediately."