Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-01
OPERATORS ORDER aalNeo cloa.
Ed PENDING NEW WAGE
AGREEMENT.
OFFER TO CONTINUE woR1e
REJECTED ~ oWNERs
Operations TO Continue In Indiana. u.
Iinois and Iowa Pending Nsaet etiasieos
-Passass Of Now Law In ohis
Complieatss Situation-Many Penn.
sy'vania Mines May es clossd,

Chicago. April 1.-Nearly $4,000
Ohio bituminous coal miners were
forced into indefnate idleness today
and $4,000 Pennsylvania miners may bS
thrown out OF employment Friday boz
cause OF the failure OF the recent
Chicago conference between the oper-
ators and officials OF the United Mine
Workers OF America to reach . new
wage agreement to take the place or
the one witch expired last mtduiEht,
Pending negotiations for q usyv
agreement thousands Of union coal
miners In Indiana Illinois and lows
Will continue 1t work.
MOST OF the mines In the Ohio dis.
trict suspended operations last mid
night. IN accordance with orders is-
sued Monday by the operators. The
Operators IN the central PennsylvaniA
district announced last night that un-
less the old agreement Is renewed be.
iore Friday al the mines in that dis
trtct Will be closed and work sus.
pended indefinitely.
Wage increase Resussd.
Tho agreement which expired yestsr-
DAY was made at . Joint conference Of
operators and miners at Cleveland IN
1912. Several weeks ago another 1oint
conference was held In Philadelphia 70
make new agreement, to take effect
today. Tho operators refused to grant
a wage increase and other concas-
sions demanded by the miners and the
conference adjourned to Chicago. Tho
miners modified their demands, 1T the
Chicago conference. but tn. negotiA.
tiona were concluded whom an axrso.
ment could not be reached.
The. policy committee Of the Unitsl
Mine Workers Of America then decided
tho men should remain at work undot
the old agreement and that new
agreements should be adjusted by local
district conferences, the plan 70 -
ratified by referendum voto. OF the
miners in the affected districts. ss III
h.. Work IN Three o&atsa,
indiana Illinois ana OWAsaSpsVa1osD
decided not to close their mines %
negotiations have been begun with ne
state district unions for the forms tion
Of new agreements
The situation in Ohio. however, 10
aggravated by a mine run law. passed
by the last Ohio legislature which will
go into effect May Is. Enactment Of
the law was strongly opposed by the
operators. NeSOtlattOnS Yor q n0W
agreement have been In progress be-
tween the miners and operators In the
central Pennsylvania district since
March 3. The Pennsylvania miners
have abandoned all their demands ex-
cept one. providing FOR a change In
the system Of pushing cars in and out
of the mines.
Northern Colorado Mines Operated.
Denver. Colo. April 1-Contracts be.
tween the United Mine Workers OF
America and unionized coal mines Of
northern Colorado. employing aproxi-
! ,nately $50 men. expired last night.
Pending negotiations for renewals tho
miners remained at work. No increas.
! ed pay on the tonnage basis is asked
but an increase Of from 10 to 80 cents in
the day wage rate Is demanded.
| 1t is the plan OF the mine workers
to sign contracts with the northern
| unionized mine operators to expire
next September. when u general con-
ference between the union and all op-
orators OF unionized mines in Colorado
| Is planned, TO agree upon uniform
contracts for all tho unionized mines
| in the state.