Show MINERS TO MODIFY SOME OF HI DEMANDS They Will Wi Stick to Request For Flat Wage Scale i However I IJOHN JOHN MITCHELL TO SPEAK I President to ti Address Operators at mit lt time the 1 i Joint Meeting TuI To Tu- S I morrow 0 I 10 W. W S S i New Ness cw York April 2 On On the eve oC or S I Ithe the mom momentous r meeting between coal operators an and miners tomorrow tom row It Jt Is f I I cr very generally conceded that the time mm- mm I era erst committee will vIli modify lis us wi de do- J mands and amid the only point upon which S t the time members will stand solid fa Is the v r request quest for a flat Oat Increase in wages I ir 1 It I Iwa was wa learned lerned tonight that prior to to o leaving Indianapolis the committee S had completed Its It answer to lo the request re- re I 1 quest of or the anthracite operators that thol S the present arrangement in the hard S coal field Held bo continued for tor another I I term of pC years cars On the thc question of S recognition of tho time union It Is understood understood under under- I stood the miners will vIlt wl Insist for tor or 0 a Un time I but tire are proposed cr to accede t to the tho pros pros- u pres-u a I I S cut cat status being continued 1 The They arc are aro willing to withdraw thu tho tho J i demands for a reformed board hoar of con- con I and permit tho the old arrange arrange- 1 1 ments on this line to continue I Mitchell to bo he Spokesman Ii S Mr rr Mitchell will Of ot cour course e be lie spokesman at Tuc Tuesdays Tuesday's daYH c S 4 and he 1 has statistics with S which he ho intends to combat tho th claim claim- made by the the operators that t their c t P prop l are ume now earning only a com coin comparatively COI- COI small return tho ho smal on amount of nC If mone money Invested The Tha The of ot the operators at the tho present ent tIme Ume 1 Is Isa isa a n distinctively passive c one As ono one member put pul it late tonight In discuss discus ing the tho outlook outlook- We Ve aro amo aO going to listen tomorrow and amul let the the miners r t do tho the talking Without un any ammy right ov or m reason they ordered their men mOn not nol to return to work vork this morning bl because as is they timey assert their working mout had ud expired tui l they not mot willing wining to to- continue until immitti u. u l new V on hod had been signed signed- The Tho ra Tact t that the tho employers m might hl lose was waa not taken Into at al ill all ni Thc They will viii wil have o to give Ive u. u 1 t omo very velY good reasons before wo o L will yIH r u F to lo nuke make uny any t r h. ye vem i.- i. i S l thour n l c tUt t t T n I In h 1 I award j oC f e time the strike corn com S i ml Non appointed a ted by President t Hoo- Hoo C i velt va n san con confirmed I 1 hope that thit time tho I miners vill wil sea seo their wa way cleat clear to lu I I I adopt our 01 NU suggestIon tutu that time the pl soft scale scIe be b continued for 01 nm two or om i j S ear pars more but bul It If they thoy do lot not I am nor t afraid we wo will wJ bo be compelled to run our properties to suit stilt HUI of uC Scale Sc-Jilo Committee Committee- I Owing to tho time fact net that two tao or ci three of or t the lie members of the tho 1 thi milen minors minors' committee have o nut not yet reached the ef city tIme tho to mooting mooting- of the thc full tul sate ITe which to to have liat been held tonight t with Pro I. I Mitchell at al the Ashland hou house e in JI timI this S cl city was way deferred until fl 3 o'clock to tomorrow to- to morrow morning Plc Mitchell stated tonight that ho lie had been bern In S communication with the leading oper- oper wih and amid that the tho scale committee J wi will hold huh Its L meeting w with th the the 9 coma com 1 I of or the operators in me tHI ItO jersey ersoy S I at ut atS i Central building on Liberty street treet b noon Tuesday I S Asked what attitude the miners would I adopt Mr Mm II Mitchell wild Irl You Von Youcan lo tho ho I can ean readily understand that at present time wo can cannot nul do dC any talkIng talk talk- Ing In Wo Yo of or course COUlse ha have t formulated il r recent nt our reply to the tho operators operators' communication to our out or organization but bul naturally that must be he guarded t I absolutely until It has been presented i ito to the mon men who aro amo directly concerned concern- concern S I 1 ed In Imi it I. I O I Pica rd With Situation lou I I f Asked about the situation In the lie bituminous fields Mr I Mitchell I f fund and und said ald I am highly plea pleat pleased od with tho the developments In iii II the us I Held The unanimity with Ith ii h our ouI ou I people obeyed the orders to remain remaIl away uway from flom work promptly demonstrated demon demun f to the operators the tho fact that thit work their properties S I Sin they could not in of the un union Inn and a as a a S resul result by time the end of of this week I am alit at S S convinced that 10 more than lift tC fifty per lC percent cent ot of the tho operators In tho time entire bituminous Holds HeMs will have signed I ne the tho ous bluml new scale cale scle agreement wl for ci a term of or S two It Is a great victor victory an anI and I t h am ama I ero eio 0 lon long al nil all of or the tho recalcitrant operators will wil see sc their mi mistake tal c and come back Into line hue r Mitchell i Sho us Sho Strain Mr Mitchell Mitchel shows how th the strain he lie has been laboring during t p 4 past couple of or months very cry much and has aged perceptibly In appearance i since his als visit to Now New York He ne retired re- re retIred 10 tired to tu his room after aftem aCol making tho I I foregoing and loft po J ant circumstances orders that under no Ce 1 Ing was wa-s he ho to be disturbed 1 until m ILLINOIS TO FORM PLAN r Operators of or If Sll Sucker State Stale Will Wi Wit Adopt t Strike for Chicago April Members of or tho tim association will Illinois Coal Operators wi I hotel botch tomorrow tomor meet at tho Au Auditorium row mois at al 10 o'clock to d decide UI up lii In thU tho I policy to bo lie pursued during the present pros pros- J out ont miners miners' strike Th The Tho o operators operator 1016 to Il attending at at- tending this meeting control about a 97 07 per ocr cent of nr the coal output in iii il Illinois F F. W. W local loel manager ot of oC tho 1 Illinois Colliery company stated staled ll that hl his company's mines would not open S tomorrow that the they had been clo closed t S Samid and amid tho time mules brought to tho time sunned I an and amid would not miot bo he reopened until art art- un agreement had reached between I the miners and amid operators There are only two or UI three mimics In the state that remain open nimon it I Is hi believed They S Sarc I Inre are arc at Springfield and tho the operators operator S do not mInt belong to tho lie association S J. J C. C C Colsen a u member of or the In Indiana 11 diana Operators Operators' association was WR lu lit 1 Chicago tonight and amid emphatically I do- do O i rd Cl that not a mino would bo be open open- I ed cd in Indiana tomorrow and that orun- orun n t. t S San an 1 operator would sign tho the minors l' l Continued ld on UI l Pu H e o. T t MINERS TO MODIFY SOME OF DEMANDS Continued from front Page c One scale scle J. J H. H manager er o otho or of orthe the tho Indiana Block lock Canal company compan said Stil sid that all nil the mines of ot hl his company would likely I be bo clo closed and that hi his company compan certaIn certainly would not sign the miners' miners scale J TATI TATE I RUN KUN MINKS s. s Governor Go Fold Will i Insure 3 1 il bo L 11 l JI Institutions Institutions' Supply of Coal Coa Kansas City Mo April Apri 2 Advices 2 Advices from Cram Waverly averl Missouri where the state institutions have been ae securing tho their II coal supply say that the miners refused to go to work today Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Folk has secured In behalf ol ot of the state a a lease on ono one of the Waverly Way Way- Va crl erly mines and in case the strikers do not resume work inside of a few days das he will wi begin taking out coal with wih union non-union men If It I necessary the miners who enter the employ of the state will ihl wi be guarded by mita militia At Trenton Missouri the Trenton Mining company has ha built bui about Its Is plant plan a high wire fence all al the metal parts palts of which arc are charged charged with elec clec- Within tho enclosure nonunion nonunion nonunion non non- union miners are working Notices have boon been posted warning strangers against the deadly electrical current and forbidding trespassing Five thousand miners miner In Arkansas and In Indian Territory refused to resume work today There was no violence there W. W f. f C C. Perry Perno president of th the Southwestern Southwestern South South- o western Coal Operators' Operators association which employs miners said ld to today today today to- to day that lint thieve there has been no move on the part of the associations association's members to accede to the miners' miners demands for fora a resumption of the 1903 scale We Ve have done all al we can said ld Mr 11 Perry Perr and will wi abide b by the Indianapolis Indianapolis Indian Indian- apolis conference decision The h association association association as as- remains firm against the proposition to advance wages wages We Ye are arc getting miners as a fast as possible and while there will naturally result an Interruption for fO a short time we will soon have the mines In operation Tho The miners are now living on money we vie collected cd for them We e have havo helped them to raise mise I the he fund now used to keep up UI uJ tho the strike strike FIRST SHOT oi OF STRIKE Miner Shoots Shoot Inspector at nt Consolidated Consoli dated Company's Ts Plant Scranton Pa la A April 2 The Tho first shooting of or the strike occurred at t the Consolidated mine of the Erie EriE corn com lany pany at Moosic this evening A young youn striker Randall In- In saw George an standing at the gate of the stockade and cursed him Randall cuffed him and striker drew drea a rc- rc olver volver volel and ane shot hot at him The rhe bullet wounded William llam Shepherd slightly ii in inthe inthe the thigh The striker escaped At Atthe Atthe Atthe the same coler colliery this evening l Ernest rnest Caryl CarI division superintendent of the tho Erie was ambushed In a lonely lonel spot b by two Poles and ane severely thrashed There Is an Impression prevailing among the operators of oC this city and vicinity this evening that a a. settlement of the thc strike now on will wi be effected at nt the meeting between the operators and miners at the session to be he held ii in New York tomorrow It I I Is the tho opinion here based aced on rumors all al of which have come core from men of prominence prominence prom prom- as well as na n. n a statement made b by lre President Nichols a plant is IN on un foot for fOI a t settlement and that u a great effort effort ef of- fort will wi be made to reach It i at ut the New ew Yoi York k conference Before baying leaving bay leav In ing for or Now o York President Nichols Ichols said ld ild that It I was his Impre impression slon that thata would be ber a satisfactory settlement n r reached ach d |