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Show direct Order to flnilirccite Miners to j Lay Down Tools; Effort to Drino About Settlement in Bituminous Rc-r Gions Smbhfl District Organizations. ' . The ituation In regard to th strike of the coal miners, scheduled for Uonday, Is somewhat complicated today. The anthracite scale committee lntessicn at Indianapolis last night,, ordered the men in the anthradtet. mines to cease work next Monday and proposed a Joint conferenoe . to be ( lir "Inllew York next Tuesday between the operators and miners. ? fLut night a motion of President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers j store the scale of 1003 in the central competitive region of . the bltu- mmous mines was voted down by the operators of Illinois, Ohio and Indi- 'ana, while the operators of other regions voted in favor of it. A part of the x operators subsequently held. 'a meeting and appealed to President Boose- j ' velt to take action looking to an investigation and settlement. 1 It is denied i that these operators represented 50 per cent of the tonnage of the districts ' involved. ' ' ' . - -.' I Today the miners are again in session at Indianapolis, but . there ap- 1 ' pears little likelihood of averting a strike on Monday. , . -' ... President Roosevelt has as yet taken no action on the appeal made to him.- .. ... , t ' . . .". - ' - ' ' Should the strike become general, 178,000 men in the anthracite mines' and 384,500 men in the bituminous mines will be directly affected. . , r , . , INDIANAPOLIS, March 30 President Presi-dent Mitchell, in calling the national ' convention of the United. Mine Wort, era of America to order today said: " "Gentlemen, the purpose in asking for a separate convention of the miners 'fa to determine the policy that we shall now pursue. The secretary has a copy . of a cummunLeaUorv. Addressed to the Prudent of the United States by a part of the operators 'of these 'districts, and I think it, well .that It nowtbeeubmit-. nowtbeeubmit-. ted for, yoar information."; Secretary Wilson read the resolutions adopted last night by operators of Illi-nc:, Illi-nc:, Indiana, Ohio .and western. Pennsylvania, Penn-sylvania, asking the President of the . United States to appoint a commission Ho investigate mining conditions. Not Half Bjepresented. ! i-Delegate Williams of Illinois asked m hat assurance the miners had that the operators represented 80 per cent of the tonnage. President. Mitchell replied that after reading the resolutions of the operators he had sent a telegram to the President, telling him that 60 per cent of the tonnage In the States mentioned In the resolution were willing to pay the advance asked. " " ' W. D. Ryan of Illinois moved that 1 "the communication be received and ' placed on file among other memoirs for our future reference." ' This was adopted unanimously. - Wants District Settlements. , President H. C. Perry ot the Illinois miners offered the following resolution: "AA'hereas, The operators of the cen- I tral (competitive coal district have, as a warfare, but I ..believe it Is the best, thing to do. , i "I realize this will not be popular In Illinois, but we can take, care of ourselves, our-selves, and you miners of Illinois will not be put In a position where you will have to arbitrate anything. I don't be- lieve In arbitrating anything unless- I know; I am going to win. My adytce to you, miners of Illinois, Is to adopt the resolution and let uo home and fight. It out--.rx will ay Illinois -will not eost the national organisation one cent." (Applause.) v , ;'..'. .'' Favored by MrtchelJ. ' ; President Mitchell, in a fervent speech, uryed the adoption of the Perry resolution. resolu-tion. -In closing he said: . "Let me make this declaration so plain that there can be no possible misunder-standing- Just so soon as I fall to have the confidence and sincere respect of the miners, not only as to my personal in-t in-t grity, but also as to my Judgment as to what Is best for them, then I auk you men to relieve me of my responsibility. Let m FO home. Let me live as ou live, with your-wives and your babies. "Gentlemen, my Judgment is that this reeolutlon is the best the very best--that we can or will adopt.". v No Agreetient in Southwest. . The loint conference of operators and miners of the Southwestern district adjourned ad-journed sin? lie today without reaching an agreement. President Mitchell's proposition to reaffirm re-affirm the agreement , of 19US amended to give a 3-cent advance, was defeated by ihe operator. President Perry of the operators sug-pebted sug-pebted arbitration a the only solution of Ihe problem. The miners voted solidly against the motion. The operators voted for it. . The motion wts dttlared test, and the joint conference adjourned sine die without with-out an agreement. j v.) h. refused to grant our demands, ;errTiVstore the'1803 mining and day : war Ncale; and. 1 "Yireas Many individual operators i have expressed their willingness and de- fcire " to grant the restoration of the above scale; therefore, be it "Resolved. That this convention now i assembled do authorize that national and district ofnclais do make agree-, agree-, t-ments with any and all parties engaged i In the operation of coal mines, the same 'to provide, for the restoration of the ! scale paid in 1903 for mining day labor ' and dead work for a period of two years i beginning April 1. 1906. In the central competitive district, and equivalent of I the above demands to be the basis In I all other bituminous districts; and be it J further : , ' - ! "Resolved. - That where such agree-i agree-i ments are secured the miners and mine j laborers shdll abide thereby and work i in accordance with the same." - . 1 Purport Is Explained. , :. ... ; , , Delegate Mooney wanted to know if -. the officials could authorize a scale ' without Consulting the miners. . 1 Mr. Perry replied. that the Intention 1 of the resolution ., is that all scales signed, at any place where an agreement agree-ment should be secured must. be. signed by the district officials or the national officials or both together. He said it wns not the intention that a district - r rfMcIal or any other, official could make r ,ny scale with an operator except so Jlw as has been provided for by the con-T con-T ventlon. He said local condltlons'shouid - be settled by all the parties Interested. It was explained that where the same company owned mines In two districts the scale must be signed by the company com-pany for all of . Its property before the f, ii could be signed at home. Yr. Perry said the resolution was not intf-nded to settle . conditions, but a 5-sn Favors Policy. . Iirreply to a question! Mr. Mitchell ssVd the . Rran resolution had never bei-n formally rescinded, but the report of (the scale, committee had virtually nullified it. ? . W. D. Ryan, author of the resolution, said h did not think It necessary to resrk.d formally. "It has done Its v.ork." said he, "and has made them j ut up the price. We have the - best , hnm e now that we ever had to right tr-:t v.Ton.sr existing In western Penn-C':vcn!.". Penn-C':vcn!.". I telleve that can bt be e hy i-lyntrs the scale where it is !. I know it will be a guerrilla ' |