Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-30
NEW DEAL FOR
COAL MINERS
Conference VIII Be Held in
Philadelphia April 10
at Noon
AN ADJUSTMENT IS ASSURED
Workers VIII Draft New Set of
Demands Agreeable to
Operators.

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Shamokin, Pa, March 30.-Not wait
ing for the United Mine Workers
leaders suspension order to go into
effect next Monday, many miners quit
work today, While large numbers en-.
tered the mines and took their tools
home, Since the suspension order was
issued the strike sentiment has
grown much stronger.
Suspension Will Be Short.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, March 3O.-The
action of President Baer of the Read
ing Company in consenting to another
conference with the miners has Great
ed much better feeling in mining and
business circles. The general impress
sion now is that at the next meeting,
an agreement will be reached satisfac-
tory to both sides and that the sus-
pension ordered by President White of
the miners union will be of short du-
atiOn
Conference April 10.
Philadelphia, Pa, March 30.-As a
result of kilograms exchanged today
between George F. Baer, representing
the operators and John P White and
other officials of the mine workers
union, a conference will be held here
April 10 to discuss demands for high
er wages and better working condi-
tions.
The following is the text of a tele-
gram received by Mr.. Baer:
Message received. Conference
agreeable to lis. Wire time and place.
! Satisfactory to us to convene same as
any at any time during week commenc-
ing April s."
The message was signed by John P.
White, John Dempsey, Thomas Kenne-
dy and John Fahy.
The message in reply read: Wed
nesday, April 10, at II O'Clock noon,
reading terminal Philadelphia, will
suit us for meeting if convenient to
You"
The fact that another meeting OF
the anthracite operators and the COM
mittee of miners is to be held has
given rise to hopes that settlement
| of wage and 0tfer questions will be
amicably reached and that the suspen
sion of work in the hard coal regions
that commences on April /, will be OF
short duration.
An adjustment of difficulties in the
hard coal region was indicated in a
statement by representative of a
! leading railroad operator who gave
| the information that the operators
were willing to grant small increase
in wages. This declaration in New
York was soon followed by the dis
patch of a telegram to President Baer
of the Reading Company at Philade!'
phia from Cleveland signed by the
three anthracite district presidents re-
garding another conference. Presi-
! dent Baer replied that the operators
were agreeable to a further confer
ence. Operators here today were un
able to say whether the miners would
submit new proposition or not. 1t
was suggested that the first confer
ence might take the form of a general
discussion of conditions in the anthra
| cite region and that as result OF that
discussion the miners would draft a
new set of demands.
The settlement of the difficulties in
the bituminous region, it was sald
will strengthen the position OF the
hard coal miners in case of strike
as they would receive financial sup
| port from the soft coal men who would
be at work.
Cleveland, Ohio, March 3O.-Practi-
cally the whole coal situation, dis
tlrbed by the anthracite and bitumin-
Gus miners wage disputes, today was
out on a basis whereby it is thought
all differences will be settled AMIGA
bly, with only short suspension OF
work.
The announcement from Philadel-
phia April 10, to procure terms OF a
new wage agreement, re-opening their
negotiations broken off in New York
on March IS, was followed by the
signing on the part of bituminous op-
orators and miners of an agreement
whose chief provision is for an in.
crease in pay of five cents ton. AS
it is. less than the miners asked, it
will have to be submitted to a refer
endum vote of the union before it may
| become effective. This, the miners
say, will entail a short suspension.
A Ten Per Cent Basis.
New York, March 30.-No forma
meeting of the operators was held
to-day and none is regarded as likely
until prior to the date set for the Phil
adelphia meeting A leading coal op
orator said the miners must surren.
der their demand for recognition OF
the union or the conference would re
salt in nothing.
The only basis for further negotia
ton, he said, would be the demand
for increased pay He added that II
the miners were. willing to reduce
their demand to ten per cent increase
instead of twenty per cent some q
i the operators probably would enter
tain it. This, he thought would be
the maximum to be granted in any
event. He thought the leading oper