| Show OPERATORS FIGHT AMONG THEMSELVES I I Failure to Meet Miners' Miners Demands De De- mands May Cause Organizations Organization's Organizations Organization's Organizations Organization's Organ Organ- Disruption ROBBINS IN DEFIANT MOOD Declares Ho He I Ic Will Vill Operate Ills HI I il Prop Prop- s I In III ii Spite Suite of If it t it tub of Oilier Owners O Indianapolis March 23 Tho Thio The miners miners min min- ers have ha the tho operators lighting ng among amonI themselves es anti and tonight after the tho operators op orators held heM a hours four secret ses ses- slon sion after having asked ed the time miners to withdraw It looks asIf ur as Ir If the they will cr ci sign the 1903 scale which the miners miners min mm- ers demand or OJ th operators operators' organization organ organ- will break up In fact Frank Franl L. L Ho tol told the Joint scale committee today that h he- he I he-I would woul operate his mines whether the Ohio Illinois anti and Indiana operators worked their mines or 01 not This was throwing down t tl I gauntlet and the theother theother other operators could do nothing but hurl urI bitter personalities at HobbIns Robbins made his announcement nt lurIng during the afternoon session and when the he operators of had ha l recovered from rom the shock the he miners were wele asked to withdraw with with- draw dra for Cor one olle hour At 4 o'clock the miners entered the room and were old told the operators could not meet them until 0 tu o'clock Saturday morning Unlit Until Un Un- lit til II C G o'clock the operators Cou fought ht but hut Robbins Hobbins stood Irm as a rock Tackles Stand Pat Pal tt Cnn l. Though the threat of or a great sus sus- pension of oC operations still hangs over the meetings Robbins Bobbins broke the tho back backof of the tho stand pat of the operators In his own the own the western Pennsylvania Pennsylva a nia ilia district Ho lie plainly asked George G Olgo A. A Magoon l leader of oC the Independent operators of western Pennsylvania anla If the thc Pittsburg Coal company pays lays this advance once an anti and operates its mines will tho the Independent coal operators pay the advance avance and wIll wIil they Mi-k Mi t tc J Mr is quoted as replying Yes Ye If the Pittsburg Coal company runs rum its mines on an ad ance the In Independent iii- iii dependent coal operators will be forced forced forced forc forc- ed to pa pay the same advance and the they will work Then turning to tn Pr President Mitchell Illch ell t said ald The Thie wilt will not lIot endure a a. general strike the conditions con con- 1 I offer I Wo 0 agree to pay the tho advance ad demanded by b you In tile tho mines of th the he Pittsburg P Coal company an anO and th the O l ji ie 1 mys If in I you OU b c 80 to allow the the thc scab dem dor do- do deI I 1 i Ol s m JU r Q ll j i trW if nt H f Y 41 4 4 opposition of hi his 1111 I 1 Q op HI wall vail now v novline own district to the has line the task t sl of ot forcing tho the Indiana Ohio and Illinois operators to recede from rom their theil stand There seems to beno be bo bono beno no doubt now that John Mitchell will advise the miners to lo sign sigh a n. contract to operate the western Pennsylvania hanla Ia mines Whether hether or not the Indiana Ohio and anel Illinois op operators will bo bp able to maintain their stan stand against making maln be b seen an any concessions remains I to 0 This hope is not exe exceedingly I bright Just now on account of the determination lion tion of or the western operators to oppose op- op pose poso Robbins They The openly n assert asSelt elt that he has bus been a dictator self Iel Impo imposed imposed im Im- po posed ed on them thom and that ho he ha has compromised com corn promised their thelL stand in this great light fight and positively agreed d to deliver ell the operators over ovel to the hue miners without consulting them The rite K n nn I Hc The operators made mode an today to got get front from President Mitchell a u positive tive tivo statement on the status of or the tho theRyan theRyan Ryan Itan resolution but in this they the tailed failed There are arc strong Indications tonight that lint though the tue inevitable Ine rule rulo of or the miners miners' union has he been en to refuse tn 81 sign n a contract with a fractional pau patt of a a competitive district John MUch course O to the ell It will advocate ocate this miners miners' tR national tin I lonni convention still RUIl Some Som of oC tho the ate are clinging to lo the hUllt I thai hat the time miners minors wilt will be tIt from their thir demand forthe forth for th the tho 1 1003 scale They reckoned with hopes hopeK rather rathel than conditions Tho Time miners arc are going to lo havn ha haal al an Increase I 01 or nut not go o to work an and their position ho has been bet n strengthened by h Robbins aSlet agreeing to tu pay par H H. H He lie Is in ill tho ho district this dis Ulet whore where tho the competitive conditions conditions condi condi- lions arc are tho worst vorst for the till union operators and the miners say Bay if lecan be le becan can afford to pay vay Ia it the others certainly certainly certainly can |
