Salt Lake Herald | 1901-02-20 | Page 1 | Election over, Coal Trust Plans to Restore Old Conditions in Mines

I ELECTION one OAl TRUST flANS TO TOR R STORE OlD CONDITIONS IN MINES I New York Feb IS aThe The Herald says Officials of the roal onI ra ral 1 roads expressed fery Vry concern yesterday over theu issued by President President President dent Mitchell of the tha tb United U Mirte Work Workers ers era association as JL 1 ice e be bethe the union to be hem e early to determine the tha wage seals seal for the year gInning beginning April 1 I when the pres pree present present ent schedule expires It is an open secret among the coal colli roads that the 10 per cent advance ex exacted exacted exacted acted by President Mitchell from the coal companies was s granted as a mat miLt ter tnt of political expediency during the heat neat of the national campaign and tit th the disposition is general to ignore the call can for tor the conference at the present time and thus titus carry out what the operators said Sid at the time of the strike settle settlement settlement settlement ment last butt t fall that they had not Pre ident Mitchell or Hie D organization By so doing the anthracite rail railroad railroad railroad road men and mine operators hope to restore the conditions to the position I existing before the strike when or organized organized labor tabor in the mining district had no recognized status The railroad men think it not un unlikely Unlikely likely that a strike will follow their determination to ignore President if that counse be de dela oa la and amount to 1 Ie 10 per cent Increase over even the present scale of wages for both inside and outside labor and the gi granting granting of such euch an ai an advance is ismore ismore ismore more than they can stand standA A representative of a financial institution institution closely identified with the an anthracite anthracite coal trade said yesterday If a strike should ensue it would be bethe bethe bethe the best thing for tor us The question whether we should manage our own property or have hae the management dic die dictated dictated by sonic seme one else should be de determined determined now and determined finally nd for all time The railroads have bave b been en mining freely and have good stocks on hand It would be cheaper for them there to light fight the matter out now than to delay or temporize I