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Show fflifiritKi - flllH OPERATORS Mitchell and Associates Will Meet the Employers as Roosevelt Suggested. INDIANAPOLIS. March 19. The convention con-vention or the United Mine-Workers of America today heard the finished report of the credentials committee and lestencd to an address by Mrs. Langdon of Denver, Den-ver, on the Colorado strike situation. A recess was taken In order that the delegates might meet by districts nnd select se-lect members of the scale committee to serve for-the Joint conference with the operators. The operators' meeting represented the competitive field consisting of Illinois. Indiana. In-diana. Ohio and Western Pennsylvania. Chairman Bobbins Retires. Mr. rtobblns called tho meeting to order nnd announced that while ho had been misunderstood and misrepresented he still believed It best that he retire as chairman chair-man of the operators and ho asked to be riOnXOmollon or Frank S. Peabody of Chicago. J II. Winder was elected chairman chair-man and will be the leader or the operators op-erators In the Joint coherence. Operators "Will Meet Miners. Tho operators heard the report or the committee on lules. after recess, ami APre?JuUon was adopted setting rorlh that out or respect ror the expressed wish or President Roosevelt, the operators opera-tors would meet the miners ln Joint con-ferenc.'. con-ferenc.'. and the chairman was authorized author-ized to make arrangements ror such con- ftChairman Winder later arranged with President Mitchell or tho minora to have the Joint conrcrenco begin tomorrow at 10 o'clock. |