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Show WILL GET TOGETHER Surprising Development in Coal Controversy. RECOGNIZE MINERS' UNION Proposition Is Made and Agreed to That the Opeiators and Operatives Shall Attempt to Settle Their Dlf-feiences Dlf-feiences Among Themselves Tedium of the Proceedings Before tho Commission Brought About the Agreement Difference of Opinion as to the Probability of Success. bcnimon I'll .Nov 31 The mlnc-workeis mlnc-workeis through ihclr lepiisentallvis havo agree.1 with t)r mine owners to attempt to adjust the dllfeiemes existing exist-ing between thrm outride the amlim-rlto amlim-rlto co il strike iimutilsrlon 'Ihe pi op. oslllon was made on u mmpromlso Isisls. und lUMillatlons It Is expeited, will nt once be entered iion with u easniiiible hope of settliuieiit with the Mid of tin nrbltmtois The rough pioiHislllon whl.li is to lorin tlie lusls of negotiations Is u 10 rei lent liumiso In wages n nine-hour iii nnd tiudi Ufticonunts betwiui the miners mid tin lomiuinv b whUh tins mo einplojed llie onl one ot the roil i ill nm mis not tourheil upon Is that ton hlle isnli sides have ixpressed n willingness In null their dirrcieni.s mining tliuiiMlus It Is lot to be ton-structod ton-structod that It carries with It the in ceplnnce of the terms proposed 'lluj are nientloneil onlv as u basis, It Is understood fiom vvlildi u settliminl Is to be effeited It Is osslble thnt the foundation nlrendj laid can bo wreiked lij either p.irt holding out ton strong!) i1(, ist some iiuestlon nnd thin leave, the whole inatlir In the hands of tin commissioners, who In hi meantime will ml as n sou of boird of (ouiillntlon lather than as n board of arbitration l'ltOPOWAI. WAS A SIKMtl.r Tew persons were iiwurc tluil un at tempt would be innde of un oulsble settlement until It wus ructtcull so Intlinated b Judge (Iray, tho chairman of the commission who read a inio-fully inio-fully prepured iinnoiinienicnt from the henih ' 'ihe move one of tho most luiortnnt In the whole hlstnrj of ihe toil strike ireuted u mllil si nsatlon When It became knnnn tlm .urnplmi was nil the greater fiom the fuel Hint numerous persons from the. President of llie I'nlted Stutes down nnd many organisations, from the Notional Civic K deration to the small iloaids of Trade of the small mining towns, had fulled to bring tho two parties In gcther It vvns all luought about by both rides seeing that the proceedings before Ihe commission would bo Inter inlnnble and In tho Intermingling of the laweis for both shies tho outside agreement proposition was brouhed and taken up ni:i limit hidi: spoki: i4mar It cannot b5 nfllililly slnlid which burly miide llie proposition Mrsl Tlie at-tormvs at-tormvs for Imth sides are averse tn tnlk Ing, but those wno were Im lined to sit something differ In their statements An uttornev for one of the railroads suld It fame from the miners' si le. while ono lawyer for Ihe mln-rs said It ismo from the operators" nolhir ri presrnlullvo of the mlmrs s.il.l u was i snontaneom' nropnsillon II Is gem rail) believed that tho operators wiro tlie llrst to malm tho prOTio.lllon, Wujno Mai iiigh who car-rlJ car-rlJ T't"" ,"!,th n brilliant cross-examination of ITesldint Mitchell Is glten ereillt for bringing alio il the piesinl slliiutlou Ho had a coufcremo tonight with certain persons connected with the roal Inilustr). smong them, It Is rumored J -V Morgan ' i.iw?." In tVw ork todav In connection Willi me matter 'Ihe inininlsslouirs were Informed of the new turn of niralrs last night and acquiesced ac-quiesced In l he proiioBid arrangemint Ihn subject ell, I mil illrectly mine un In the public Inuring today nml Hie ml. Journminl proisisltlon was made oslen. slblv to permit both sldis to complete their work of preparing iloiiiimntary evl- IIOW IT AM. CAMi: OUT Clareiiie H Dirrnw of Chicago one of Mr Mitchells utiornej. brought the matter out whin near the close of to. dut's session, ho suggested thut tho miners mi-ners be given u little more time to pre. paro their evldonu Thu miners wnntiil lo present llu ilu bills or wuge stale, merits of thousands of miners running back for several veara and ihev found Unit the task nf gelling Ihem In a proiwr manner was a stupendous one riny nlso warjtid lo carefullj examine the company books, and this, too, would tnko lonsld. eralie time While ir Durrow was sivlng this the commissioners were all attention, and no one outside of them and a few rrpri-sentatlves rrpri-sentatlves of each side of the cuso km w what was coming Judge Orny In reply to Mr Dirrow said that the lominlsslon would bo viry glid lo cn.oiieiato lit lirlmc Ing about the inconii llshnieoi of ihe end b which the miners could have time to exumlnu Iho books of the comnunles Ji'iKii; oitA s miniuM 'Wo have been a are for some time1 tie suld thut while the lesllmouj that has been adlue.il hus been verv lulirest-Ing, lulirest-Ing, und I will not su ihut It hus not wen tif value jet It has not jet burnu dlrectl) on Ihe points at Issmi lutween the parties to Ihli controvers) "Acceding to the sugegstloi, ju,t 1)mj b counsel that un Interval of time bo taken for the pre parailon of the docu-mentarj docu-mentarj evidence nnd for a possible agreement as to certain facts and llgur.s which would forward Ihe work of the commission, thu commission ileslris in expnss the hope that an effort will Iw in ids lij the purlin to eome lo an aitrcu. inent Umn marl) all If not all thu innt lers now lu controversy anil that lhe will adopt iho siiii,estlon lientnfiiro made bl the commission tn counsel on loth sides that we ulil the in In such nil effort by our cunclllutori offices Ii "."msio us thut muny of the conditions nml. plulued nf-und which havo Iscn the h Hi Jen ejf ho iixnlnmllou-nilMil be tmter remedleil b Ihe purtles to the eonlrn. vers apprnsi liliig tho subject In thu proper snlrlt and with the purpose of fairly adjusting ihem Wo hopi . centle. men thit the Intervul of tfmo to ho pruntrd may bo availed of with Ihla (ml In view Of course In the miuullme we shall iroceed with the work before us us we have begun II ' It jvns arned tonight by tho corre. spomlcnt of Ihe Assoclitel Press Ihol ull Uh hirwv iiimpuiilia h lie not jet ns.cnled lo tho proposed outsl le agreement but that In all probability Out will cons.nl and continue to work as u unit, us Ihev did during tho strike ' Ulty PltOSPl.l TS Ol' HOCCI bS There is a wide (lifference or opinion us to whether thu proposal to settle ths dlf ferences among themselves will nun with success As a general proposition Ii l believed b Ihe officers thut it will sue croc, but that some of the controversial points will have to go before tho urhllra tors It has been realized lhat at least two of the four demands of tho inlners-thul inlners-thul of the uniform mn scale anil tho welshing of coalcannot bo satisfactorily settled In the hearing room, but must be llxed at the mines Ihere arc moie than 3)0 collieries und there arc hardly ant two ot them alike OIIJ1.CIIONS TO UNI10IIM SCAMI 11 is argued by the operators that there must be a different seiilo for each one, on account of the varying conditions and that a uniform wago scate which Is one of the miners demands Is Imimsslblc Ite gsrdlng the weighing of coil ihe oper ators sa that h would be Imrosslble to grant the demands as prrseuled by the miners because of tho uon-exlsleiue of machinery or si stem by which a miner can be paid for Ihe 2113 pounds of pre pared eonl It will have to he done they sat, through the present svntem of av- fne proposition Is to have the mine workers make contracts wiili their em ployers onlt. and not as It Is done In thn b luminous States where the operators have State or district organltatlons which M-ognUo the I'nltei Mine Workers ot Atnerlra. Tb proposed -ontraU with r ci.ti im in iliui irn with It recognition or lln union ind on that ground u is n I Uk. it Hi il in two parties will he abb I . s tile wllhout re-ort lo tl e urWinilli.il i immlssloii It Is not doubted that whatever agr. . mem If on. Is rraihe.1 will Ix approved bl the ininmlsslnn Tin iignemrnl bow ever will bin. lo be nm thai will pr.ivldi for a reiisonut H sur permanent settle incut Tin Instructions given to Ihe eoiii mlsslourrs bv 1'r.sUlMil Uooscvill when he hiiiute.1 tin . a. lo llnm tn settle are einlleit In th h, lo.truetlems hi said You will .n.leavor Ii establish the rela lion between the emplmers and the wake wtirk.rs in the oiillir.i. lie n.lds on a Just and iiernuin.nl hart uiul as far as poasl lile to do uwav Willi ant causes tin the leourrenoe of atuh elirflrultles ns those whlth von have been enl 1 In In settle It was agreed tonight bt Ihe miners re reseulstlves nnd Ihe altomets for llie eoal compiinles to ask the commission tn adjourn tomorrow mult Wclnesdiv Ite-eilnlieir Ite-eilnlieir ld It Is llkelt ihe request will be crjnli d |
