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Show REDUCTION IS ASKED Operators Claim Wa?es of Miners In Ccntr j District Arc. Too High. ! . . ; . I INDIANAPOLIS. March t-At the conference of miners and operators of the central competitive district an Ohio delegate moved that the scale now in effect be re ad op ted. The operators voted against the readoption. while the miners favored it. President Mitchell then presented a series of resolutions, which," he said. . "represent the demands of the miners." F. L. Bobbins, leader of the operators. argued that the condition of the times and the necessity of meeting competl-. tlon require a reduction of 15 per cent from the present scale of wages. ' President Mitchell replied to Mr. . Robbins. He confined bis remarks to the argument for a reduction made by Mr. Bobbins and then said emphatlcai-' ly: "It may be the parting of the ways, as Mr. Robbins says, but for my part. . I know what I am going to do." This statement was . Interpreted by . the convention to mean that the demands de-mands of the mine operators would not - . be acceded to. ' The question was called on the adoption adop-tion of Mr. Robblns's. resolution for . a reduction of la per cent in wages. ' While the vote wss being taken Mr. -Robbins moved the entire question be referred to the scale committee, to- - ' gether with the entire question of fixing a scale, and that the scale committee , be not instructed except that it . take Into consideration, in trying to arrange' a scale, present conditions as they exist. . . President Mitchell explained to the miners that he did not think it made any difference whether the instructions clsuse carried or not. The motion prevailed pre-vailed and the convention adjourned until Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. |