New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-05-03
Conference Committee Rejects
Compromises Made by Sub
Committee with Coal
Operators.
WILL MEET AGAIN TODAY
Want Practically All That Was
Originally Demanded IN Night
Meeting Following Joint Con-
ference Deadlocked on
Next Step to Take.

Next Step to rake.
The conference committee Of the ans
thracite nnine workers Of America 70.
jected the tentative agreement reached
by its sub committee with representa-.
tves of the operators organization,
which was a compromise on the demands
Of the mon for moro pay, and decided
at a meeting last night to confer again
to day on the next step for thenn to take.
Tho Brotherhood Of Locomotive Fire.
men and Engineren added its de.
rards for increases in pay and changes
in working conditions to those OF the
enoineers with which the railroads OF
the East have been graphing these sew
eral weeks.
Ono Of these demands alone-requir-
ina an extra fireman on coal burning
Iocor olives in freight service-wou'd
entail an increase Of $1sy0oo,o0o in the
combined operating expense account OF
the roads that would be affected.
Daniel Willard, president Of the Bsiti'
| more G Ohio Railroad, was selected 70
represent tho railroads as a member o.
| the commission which will arbisrate tho
demands of the engineers.
REPRESENTATIVES of the United Mine
Workers OF America were unable TO de-
| eide at a meeting in the Hotel Darlington
last night on the next step to take lol-
lowing the rejection by the conference
committee OF their organization during
the day of the tentative or compromise
agreement which a subcommittee had
| reached with a similar body OF the
operators.
Former state Senator William Green.
| of Ohio, who acted as chairman IN the
absence Of President White, announced
that an adjournment had been taken
| until this morning, when another meet
ing would be held in the same place 10
decide upon two propositions that were
| particularly discussed last night. The
points at issue, he said were whether
convention should be called to approve
or disapprove the action in rejecting the
compromise report of the subcommittee
or whether the representatives OF the
limited Mine Workers should ask the
operators for another conference for the
purpose of endeavoring to reach set
| tlement.
Tbs conference committee of the an
thracite mine workers rejected the ten
tative agreement reached by the SUD-
committees Of the anthracite operators
and mine workers at a conference ia'e
yastsrday afternoon between the fuli
conference committees of the mine work
ers and the operators called TO ratify TINS
agreement.
Operators tor Agreement.
While the agreement was not accepted
bv the mine workers. however. 1t was
announced that 1t was accepted on ne-
half of the operators.
The conference was held In the ofnces
of the Trunk Line Association. No. li3
Liberty street. and occupied about an
hour and half.
Both the committees had held separate
meetings before the conference OF yester-
day. The mine workers now want prac-
tically all they originally demanded, IN
cluding higher increases in wages than
the 10 per cent allowed in the tentative
agreement, the check-off system, th9
eight hour workday and an agreement
signed by the union. BY the check-oh
system the operators would have TO
withhold the union dues from the pay
envelopes Of the mine workers.
The mine workers also want shorter
workday than provided in the proposed
agreement, and they are not satisfied
with the indirect recognition Of the union
as provided in the proposed agreement
in the appointment of grievance COM
mittees for each mine by the union.
Former State Senator William Green,
of Ohio. statistician Of the union, was
spokesman for the mine workers COM
mittee yesterday instead of John p
White, president of the United Mine
Workers, who is sick in Des Moines,
Iowa.
Operators Seem Disappointed.
When the conferrees came out the
operators were disappointed apparently.
Neither the operators nor the mine work.
ers were willing to talk. Mr.. Baer said
all he could say was that the operators
committee was willing to carry out .
previous offer TO refer the matters in
dispute to the surviving members Of the
anthracite strike commission, General ].
NJ Wilson, United States army (retired);
E. r. Clark. Of the Interstate Commerce
Commission; T. Watkins, Judge Gray. OF
Delaware, and Bishop Spalding. Of Pc
oria. The meeting adjourned, to be 80
convened IL the mine workers so wish.
In a statement issued on behalf Of the
operators IL was said that Mr.. Baer-who
was the spokesman of the operators. Mr..
Green being the spokesman OF the mine
workers at the meeting-said that there
was a moral obligation on the part OF
the mine workers sub committee. as well
az the subcommittee of the operators,
to use all efforts possible to get full ac-
ceptance Of the agreement they were
appointed to arrange by the full confer
ence committee.
In an extract from stenographic min
utes OF the meeting 1t was shown that
on behalf Of the operators Mr.. Thomas
stated that 1t was impossible to con-
slider an increase which was proposed
of IA per cent, when the miners had gone
to work and made an agreement with
the bituminous operators for a per
cent agreement.
MoraIIv Bound. Saws Baer.