Show DEADLOCK FOR MINERS Apparently a deadlock b has s been reached in the negotiations for a settle settlement mont ment of the demands of the anthracite cool coal miners The operators have re refused refused fused to concede any of the demands and stand as pat as tariff Republicans on every evory proposition submitted The main questions at Issue are An day instead of nine hours recognition of the unions a new plan for arbitration boards to replace the theone theone one now in existence an Increase of 10 per cent for ct miners payment for coal mined by weight instead ot of by cars cars and a sliding scale for tor mining based on fluctuations in the New York prIce of coal These and uniformity of the scale conditions in aU all the anthracite cite elte districts are the maIn points of contention In rejecting the 1 proposals the opera operators tore tors represented by that Baer of the Reading Beading road who thought himself delegated as a trustee ot of the Almighty In the former strike declare them themselves themselves selves unalterably opposed to anything but the open shop adhere to the nine hour day refuse to consider uniform conditions in aU all the districts and close with an expression ot of regret that the miners are to continue the old arbitration arrangement On this last point the miners aver the present ar arbitration board has cases In hand which have been pendIng for two years wIthout a decision and 1 point the fact that decIsions In aU all cases have re required at least three months before any decisIon could be secured At thIs distance it Is not easy to jUdge the situation because conditions in the anthracite r regIon gion are peculiar but bul the miners have a strong argument for their claIm for higher wages in the enormous increase of business done by bythe bythe the co road and the conse consequent consequent quent advance in the price of their se securities April 1 is set as the date for or a gen general eral strike unless an agreement ement is s reAched before then The whole na ima nation tion will wUl watch the progress ss of the ne he with tense Interest because of the groot groat number ot of men Involved the large Interests affected and the effect any Industrial disturbance of such magnitude would have on the welfare of the country |