Show SCALE GRANTED I ANY MINER MINE Work in the Soft Coal Fields of Pennsylvania Will Not Be BeM M 7 Suspended Suspender r t I OTHERS WILL FIGHT IT OUT LATEST NEWS FROM ALL POINTS INVOLVED Pittsburg April 1 Dispatches from rom the tho soft coal fields tonight indicate al almost almost almost most a general announcement from the operators of western Pennsylvania to pay the miners the advance of cents per ton called for in the restora restoration restoration restoration tion of the scale of 1903 With notices posted at the majority of the mines an announcing announcing flouncing the granting of the scale the strike in the soft coal fields has lost the threatening aspect that has sur surrounded surrounded surrounded rounded it since last January Despite these notices it was an announced announced announced r from Johnstown that a l thou thousand thousand thousand sand or more union miners would make a demonstration at Lt the mines of the Berwind White Coal company at Windber tomorrow in an effort to get the nonunion miners to come into the union Voted to Remain Out to At tb ls which is in district No 2 all ien met today and voted to re remain remain main maJ out with the exception of pump men engineers and firemen until after the district convent n which begins Tuesday Of the miners in West Vest Virginia inia but aie ale affiliated with the Mine lIine Workers 1500 are in inthe inthe inthe the section and these have ceased Sea work Announcement was vas made from Greensburg that the scale had been granted by the operators of fifteen fi teen mines in Westmoreland county In the Pittsburg district there has been heen little change in the past twenty 1 four hours While the scale cale agreement expired last night at midnight there had befell bo be ii no steps taken that would indicate a general suspension of work Today a Holiday is a holiday being beins Mitchell day the tho Anniversary of the granting of the lour day to the miners and andall andall andall all mines will be closed On Tuesday however the district conventions scale t ommittee will have in readiness the new scale and then it is expected that of Oi operators will sign It Is expected that among amon the first firstI I if If f the signers signals will be Francis Brands L Rob Robbins RobI I 1 bins chairman of the Coal Co V who has been the th t leader or ot orT o T the operators in granting the advance X suspensions may follow on ont 1 t part of the independent ind pendent operators in the district it is said that not over of the miners in the district will go out The operators opposed to the advance wilt will hold bold a meeting Tues rues eo sue ue in th matter atter day to confer on what course ourse to pur Miners officials official are confident that Hobbins competitors will yield after the t h meeting RUSHING RUSH NG THE TH E COAL EAST Busy Sunday on the Reading Rading Road in Schuylkill kill Regions Reading TIe ding Pa Ps April 1 This was an unusually busy Sunday on the main line of If the Reading railway Yesterdays products of the Schuylkill region amounting to 1600 carloads was sent through and amI this will have reached its destination by tomorrow Many empty cars have ha va been rushed to the kill regions and these will willbe be 11 distributed to the collieries early in inthe inthe 1 the he morning in the belief that some of the mines will be in operation oration though thought tho t th h officials have no positive assurance n this thie point pOlUt Anthracite shipments to the thc west which have recently been heavy have h ye been stopped and the com coni company company pany has concentrated its output en entirely ent firely t in tho the east If the miners fall fail to report r port for work in the morning it is expected that In hours the themen men in the trade will be laid off and this will be followed by of work at the shops all along the main line Une Many foreign mi ml miners miners ners have passed through this city and there Is a regular exodus from the an anthracite anthracite region PARADE OF UNION MEN Effort Will Be Made to Organize the Miners Miner at Johnstown Pa April 1 In spite of notices posted by b the Berwind foal Coal oal Mining company at Windber that the bituminous miners employed there thre win will be granted the 1903 scale 1000 or more union miners from Lloyd dl 11 Beaverdale Dunlo and South Fork U will march to Windber tomorrow and parade the streets United mine work workers ers rs officials have for several weeks been wen endeavoring to get the Berwind Continued on Page 2 SCALE SCALE GR GRANTED I IN MANY MAMY MINES Continued from White miners into the union but they have met with determined opposition from th tb company which declares they will close the mines min es before they will employ a union man The parade is de designed designed designed signed to encourage the men at Wind Vind bet bei to come into the union |