Show SOFT COAL MEN GO BACK TO WORK Conditions in Western Westeri Pennsylvania Hourly Improving Strike Has HasLitt Little Litt Effect a INDEPENDENT INDE IDLE BITTER FIGHT BEING WAGED ON DOLAN I l April 3 With tho the exception ex p lion tion of ot one ono or to bo points outside of tho the district the tho strained sit situation situation situation between and end miners In n the tho oft Doft coal of at western Penn Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania sylvania Is s hourly growing more pa pacific Following the tho signing of ot the yesterday demanded by tho tha min minors miners mm ors ers rs tho tim minas of ot the tIle operators who signed tho tim scale resumed resume their opera operations operations operations today toda although In many in instances Instances n stances with reduced forces In tho Pittsburg district there thero were miners working and 1200 were Idle Nearly all of ot ol the tho mined mInce of at the Pittsburg Coal company were in op operation operation and It Wh w expected that those men flen who are aro out would return within a n day da or so It was wan explained that following holidays It was wa generally several days daS before all alt the men re tc returned returned turned to their labor faa Tho cause com o of at atthe the idleness of tho the men today how however however however ever was WM said to bo be duo to their fail fall failure failure ure tire to receive word Ord of ot tho the signing of the Independent Mines M Idle The Tho independent operators met to tonight tonight night and decided not to sign tho the scale and not to work worle their mines The Tho independent operators employ between and men and they are all an idle The entire nonunion field of o the Al Allegheny Allegheny 4 valley vaHey will continuo continue work with without without without out Interruption This is in what is known at the Freeport ein eln cm Interest In the labor situation in inthe Inthe Inthe the Pittsburgh Pittsburg district today was ws dl di diverted to the district convention In Inthis Inthis Inthis this city and the attempt att of or Patrick Dolan Doan to regain control of uC the tho conven convention convention tion lion The Tho convention mot mat to hear the thero report rort ro rt of ot the tellers the reading of which consumed the tho entire day Tho The result was not announced tonight be because because because cause of a dispute over some somo voting en on envelopes envelopes elopes Dolan Dotan Got Out During the session of the convention Dolan appeared In the tle hall hail and at attempted attempted attempted tempted to preside over the convention announcing that he was the only legal chairman of the meeting The conven convention convention convention tion was In a turmoil when Dolans counsel appeared and an attempt was made to eject him from the hall hail He Ho notified the convention that they hey had no legal right to remo e Dolan and then left the hall hail A few moments later lat r disorder broke out again and the delegates demanded that Dolan be for forcibly forcIbly thrown out of the hall hail A com corn committee committee was appointed to carry out a ar resolution r to this effect and as the com committee committee committee approached Dolan he be quietly left t tha th hall hail ha 11 It His Is expected that Dolan will appeal to the court tomorrow to the delegates ir contempt of curt court i From other cine districts it is announced it tot few tew mines are operating with full fun forces the same rame conditions prevailing as 88 in the burg district Strikers Ugly At Irwin the works boon been pick picketed 4 eted and the th strikers are In an ugly mood over the be appearance of armed deputies In the Johnstown district di work Is la practically at a standstill No Xo trou troim trouble trouble ble has occurred at the works although a II number of armed guards are on duty No attempt was made to Interfere with the strikers It ItIs Itis Itis Is reported that the company is 18 bring bringing bringIng bringing ing in nonunion men and evicting union men from company houses |