Show LABOR NEWS I I of Settlement Prospects j Chicago Jan 25The coal miners and operators convention drew a step nearer settlement today although the scale committee to which all matters before the meeting were referred back reported an allnight sitting at which it reached no agreement It was stated that Ohio and Pennsylvania operators had practically thrown aside their differences dif-ferences and it now remained for Indiana In-diana and Illinois operators to do the j same II Crokers Brother Made a Mess New York Jan 25Th action of Richard Crokers brother manager of i the Cork and South Coast railway in I arbitrarily dismissing a signal man has provoked a strike which threatens to spread throughout all Irish railways says the Duolin correspondent of the World Hicks Accepted the Verdict I Olympia Wash Jan 25In a card to the public State Printer Hicks announces an-nounces his acceptance of the result of I the arbitration of the trouble between himself and the Typographical union k 4Q > ii < + |