Show OLD OD ME TO BE DE E CONTINUED COAL MUTE MINE OPERATORS IN TN THE THES S EAST POST NOTICE Move ove to Avoid Meeting With the Mine Workers at Hazelton Next Tuesday Hazleton Pa March larch 9 The LehIgh Valley Coal company announced today that the 10 per cent advance in wages I and other concessions 8 made in Novem November November November ber 1300 1900 will wUl be continued to April 1 1902 at the collieries in the i Hazleton region In view of this t state statement statement statement ment it Is not believed that this com corn company compan pan pany will be at the joint conference to be ald If ld here next week as notice pes out all differ differences differences with its employees i I Pa March 9 The Le Lehigh Lehigh high Valley Coal company and the Le Leo Lehigh Lehigh o high Coal company to today toI today I day posted notices at all aU of their mines announcing that the present scale of 1 I wages would be continued for another year yea This movement upon the part of those companies is In answer to the In Invitation Invitation extended to them by the Unit United United ed fine Workers to meet in Joint con conference coni conference i ference ferEnee at Hazleton next l I The present scale of wages is satis saUs satisfactory satisfactory factory to the miners but there are a number of other things which still sUll re remain remain reS S main unsettled such as pay pa for dead work timbering etc The miners say these grievances can only be settled by bya byn a n Joint conference j I Scranton Pa March 9 The Dela Delaware DelaI Delaware I ware Hudson Coal company today ordered the posting of or a notice at all Ithe the mines In the Lacka Lackawanna I anna wanna and Wyoming valleys to toI i effect that the present rate of wages 1 to all mine employees will con continue continue In force until April 1 1902 At Atthe Atthe AtS S the office of General Superintendent SuperIntendentS S o Loomis of the Delaware Lackawanna i Western Vestern company com pan it was stated that thata a similar notice will vill be Issued today toda find and Captain May general superintend superintendent ent out of the Hillside Coal Iron com corn company pany pazy the th Erie railroads mining Inter interests interests ests eats said that his company will fol follow follow follow low the action taken by the others The Pennsylvania Coal company com pan and the Ontario Western Railroad com corn company company pany will also post notices early next week All MI this is taken as an indication that the big coal producing companies will not be represented at the Hazleton conference next week and that they ar ur in favor of letting the present con conditions conditions conditions remain thus averting the pos possibility possibility of a clash with the miners over the wage question Shamokin Pa March 9 Notices wore were posted by the thC Mineral Railroad Mining company at its collieries in this region today loda o that the th advance In wages and antI other concessions granted Oct 17 1900 will vili be continued to April 1 I 1902 1008 The Reading Coal Iron company also posted notices here her today to the same effect The Mineral Minerai employees are not satisfied ottsville Pa March 9 The Phila Philadelphia Philadelphia delphia Reading Coal Iron com corn company company pany today posted at its collieries the following notice The advance in wages and other concessions can cessions offered by this company as per pr p r notice posted Oct 17 Ii WOO will be continued until April 1 1902 The local differences between our empl employees will be adjusted at the th re rc respective respective collieries as heretofore |