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Show STRIKE OF MINERS CERTAIN. Men Authorized to Work In Any District Dis-trict Where Scale Is Signed. Indianapolis, Ind. Tho national convention of the United Mlno Workers Work-ers of America adjourned slno dlo on Friday, nftcr authorizing tho national nnd district officers to sign a wago ngrcement with any coal operator who would agree to pay the scale of 1903 or Its equivalent for n period of two years. This Is an ndvanco of 5.55 per cent In wages In Illinois, Indlann, Ohio nnd western Pennsylvania, and nil other districts except tho southwest, south-west, composed of Missouri, Kansas, Toxaa, Arkansas nnd tho Indian Territory, Ter-ritory, where an ndvnnco of 3 cents per ton Is demanded, ns tho 1903 scalo is practically in forco In that district. The convention declined nn offer mndo by tho operators ot Illinois, Indiana In-diana and Ohio to submit tho wage differences to arbitration. When n coal operator owns mines In different districts tho scnlo must bo signed for nil tho properties at tho same tlmo beforo any will bo allowed to run. |