The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1915-03-08
COAL STRIKE THOUGHT TO
BE ON THE LAST STRETCH
MINERS VOTED ON QUESTION OF
ARBITRATION YES
TERDAI
Believed That They viii consen, 20
Arbitrator Otter Rather Than
Hoid Out FOR Original Demand

After . two DAY meeting. attended
oy fully LOCO striking miners and Of
neisls Of "a" Eastern Ohio section
held a. che market auditorium. the
sessions resulted in the following res
oiuuon being adopted That a vote
o. taken by the rank and hle % tho
miners today a. 90 whether they shall
continue The strike In holding out Tor
- cents. machine cutting and loading
run OF mine. their original demand. or
shall they submit the proposition tor
settle ment 90 the federal arbitration
conciliators. consisting OF Secretary ~
Labor Wilson. Hon. HyweI Davies and
Hon. Daniel =. O'kscfe
The miners voted upon the propo-
sition yesterday In their respective
districts. and IN" decision will b. read
M meeting 10 b. held in the mar
kei auditorium this afternoon az =
O'Clock This decision shall De maj
or tho strik" situation. declare the
officials. II is the coucensus OF opin-
ion, according 10 information that
could D. cleaned from the various
Eastern Ohio districts late last night.
that IN" majority Of the miners are
10 favor Of having the controversy
sDftl,d by IRE federal conciliators.
which f. Is unonicially reported. VIII
mean that they are To receive 446I
cents Tor the machine cutting and nun
OF mine, reduction OF 2.39 cents less
man the miners demand. causing
them 10 strik" nearly year ago and
Tor which they have held out
Direct 20 Washington.
ne result ot the miners vote taken
yesterday viii be Immediately dis.
patched TO the miners officials. They
will not be present az the meeting
here to-day, but will 20 at once 10
WASHINGTON 10 submit the decision OF
the men 10 Secretary OF Labor VII
son and Federal Couciliators Davies
and O'kesfc. The miners officials "a
90 10 the capital will be State Presi
dent John Moore. State Secretary.
Treasurer G.. ". Savage. OF Columbus
o.. and International Secretary-T Treas.
urer William Green. OF indianapolis
The trio attended the two DAYS meet
inc here.
saturday meeting was very busy
one. MANY matters of vital import
ance To the strike situation were
taken up. among which was the fact
Tat IN" strike fund was well-nigh ex
haust"d. that no funds could longer
be had from any other source than the
miners union whose Golfers had
about been cmptied. 10 was shown by
q report read by Secretary Green thai
during the prolonged STRIFE Of nearly
year over 100000 had been given
the l',JOo striking miners of Eastern
Ohio and their families every month
since the strike was declared, nearly
az Of which came through the inter
national ORGANIZATION President Al
basin said that he believed that even
though the small amount had been
taken from the wives and children
during the past two weeks that pro
vision could be made 10 provide every
striking miner with s. a week. as
sisting him in keeping his family
from dire want.
\ resolution was adopted at the
meeting Saturday afternoon. con
d"mning the Bellaire Commercial
club for endorsing the Gallagher bill
\ motion was made 10 have a nun
Der Of the officials salaries reduced
On" speaker declared that there wcr,
several men pulling down biz salaries
who did little OF nothing but sit about
their offices whiF the other official,
did all the work
A. stated. the final decision will b,
known today whether the strike shall
be settled or shall be- continued Thi,
rests with the decision Of the vot,
! cast Yesterday by the miners "
Eastern OHIO and which will be Off
c'allN announced before tonight