THE SUNDAY; . OREGON I AX, PORTLAND, MAY 6, 1906.
AVERTS A STRIKE
President Mitchell's Advice Is
Taken by Convention.
OLD SCALE READOPTED
Award of Anthracite Commission to
Be Continued In Force If All Old
Men Are Reinstated Three- '
Year Contract probable.
8CRANTON. Pa., May 5. On ' the ad
vice of President Mitchell, representing
the subscale committee, the miners' con
vention today unanimously voted to adopt
the first proposition of the operators, a
continuation of the award of the Anthra
cite Coal Commission, with the modifica
tion that the term for which It is to con
tinue shall be mutually agreed upon. The
operators' suggestion was that it should
be at least three years.
The action of the convention, together
with a request for conference on Mon
day, was telegraphed by Mr. Mitchell to
Chairman George F. Baer, of the op
erators' committee, and an answer was
received agreeing to a conference at 2
o'clock Monday afternoon. The only mat
ters to be discussed at the conference are
the length of time the award shall con
tinue and the provision that there shall
be no discrimination against the men who
obeyed the United MIneworkers' suspen
sion order.
It Is practically certain that the opera
tors will not accede to any suggestion for
a two-year agreement, as that would
throw the next conference into a Presi
dential year, and, as the miners will-not
want a long tarm, the chances are that a
three-year agreement- will be eventually
entered upon.
Discrimination Is Xot Likely.
An Intimation has reached here from
President Baer that the operators will
not discriminate against the miners now
on suspension, and the local representa
tives of the coal companies say the same
thing. It looks, therefore, as if a strike
had been averted and the miners will
return to work probably on Monday,
May 14.
At the close of the convention President
Mitchell made the following statement:
"For several months we have been
endeavoring: to negotiate a wage scale
and adjustment of conditions of em
ployment with the representatives of
the anthracite coal mining; companies.
During these negotiations we made a
number of propositions, each of which
materially modified our original de
mands. "We did this not because we were
convinced that our original proposi
tions were unfair or wrong, but purely
for the purpose of finding a common
ground upn which we could reach an
agreement that would secure and
maintain peace in the anthracite coal
Industry.
Still Believe It Fair.
"We still believe that our first prop
osition was reasonably fair, notwithstanding-
the modifications we have
made since . In the Interest of peace,
and now we are face to face with the
alternative of continuing at work un
der our former conditions or declaring
a strike.
"In this crisis your committee ; rec
ommends the following policy: ,
"First, that we agree to work on the
basis of the award of the anthracite
coal strike commission for such period
of time as may be agreed upon mu
tually between the representatives of
the anthracite coal mining companies
and our scale committee, provided that
all men -who suspended work on April
1. or since that time, or who have been
dismissed because they stated they
would refuse to work if a strike was
deriured, are reinstated in their former
positions and working places.
"Second, thst the scale committee
proceed at once to meet the represen
tatives of the coal companies, with a
view to securing an agreement upon
this basis.
In Session Until Thursday.
"Third, that the convention remain
in session until Tuesday, and the scale
committee shall report to the conven
tion at that time.
"Fourth, that the suspension of work
shall continue until an agreement has
been made and Its terms approved by
the. convention.
This recommendation was signed by the
full scale committee, adopted unanimous
ly by the convention, and a telegram was
sent to Mr.- Baer, proposing a conference
on Monday.
The news that the convention had dei
cided against a strike was received with
great Joy throughout the region. To the
miners the news is very satisfactory.
They were willing to strike if John Mitch
ell thought they ought to, but they are
glsd that he decided otherwise.
This evening It is announced that Pres
ident Ker has agreed to meet President
Mitchell and the miners' scale commit
tee at t o'clock Monday, In New York!
. It Is believed here that the miners will
return to work Monday. May 14.
WILL PAUALYZK ALL BUILDING
Strike of the Chicago Ironworkers
Threatens to Arfect 80,000 Men.
CHICAGO. May K.-(Special.)-"Within
two weeks 30.000 workmen in all branches
of the building Industry in Chicago will
be thrown out of work by suspension of
construction work on skyscrapers and fac
tories affected by the strike of structural
ironworkers. Tt may not develop Into a
lockout, but there will necessarily be a
shutdown If the strike continues."
This was the statement made by one of
the foremost building contractors of the
city, and a member of the Building Con
tractors' Council, prior to a meeting of
that organization this afternoon. William
O'Brien, president of tne council, would
not commit himself as to whether a gen
eral lockout Is contemplated. From other
reliable sources, however, It was gathered
that the plan of the Contractors' Council
Is to await- the result of action by the
American Bridge Company, which is plan
ning to import nonunion ironworkers from
the East.
Such a move, should It come next week,
as is threatened, may precipitate a gen
eral strike by the unions. The Associate
Trades, which is a delegate body, whose
constitution provides for . sympathetic
strikes, held a meeting last night, at
which It was voted to extend to the strik
er "whatever support Is necessary In the
interest of trades-unionism."
ELEVATOR MEN "MAY STRIKE
Supreme Test of Strength on Great
Lakes Coming.
BUFFALO. N.'y.. May 5. The monthly
men in 21 of the local elevators were to
day ordered to strike on Monday if an
attempt Is made to unload grain with
nonunion men. The efforts of the lake
earrlers to break the strike are centered
en the docks. With the docks In opera
tion, enough nonunion men can be secured
to move part of their fleet.
The effort to start the grain elevators
Monday, it is expected, will be a supreme
test of strength between the union and
the lake carriers.
The strike of the orehandlers at the
docks of. the Buffalo Furnace Company
was effectively broken today by the em
ployment of nonunion men.' ' No attempt
was made by the strikers to molest the i
men at work there. I
WILL -OPERATE ALL DOCKS
Great Lake Shippers Claim They .
.Have Men Enough. . :
CLEVELAND, O., May 6. Vessel-owners
here state they will put all docks tn
operation Monday morning, with what--ever
union men are available and will '
Will the places of the others witK nonunion-'
men. At the Mater Union headquarters
but a few members could be found, the
others, the union men claim, having de-:,
parted for their homes- In surrounding
towns, where they can better fight the -long
fight which they believe Inevitable, i
Members of the union stated today that
they have added to their ranks within
the past few days many mates who.-not
being members of the union, were anx
ious to enlist themselves In the cause. -
PLAGUE VISITED ON ZION
DOWIEITES SEE GOD'S HAND IN
SMALLPOX OUTBREAK.
Call llpoa Followers of False Prophet
Vollva t Repeat City Will
Be Quarantined.
ZION CITY, 111., May B. (Special.)
Great alarm has been - caused by the
claim of Dowie's supporters that a
plague has fallen on Zion because the
people rejected their prophet and first
apostle. They are calling on the child
ren of Zion to forsake'the false prophet
Vollva,' and repent at once, predicting
that the plague of smallpox, which has
broken out in. violent form; will be
followed by even more dreadful "visi
tations of divine vengeance."
"The days of the restoration are at
hand. Pestilence, wars and rumors of
wars, earthquakes and famine are oc
curring or will soon occur in various
parts of the world and here also in
Zion we are fulfilling the scriptures,"
say the Dowleltes." "The day Is at hand
when the mlllenlum shall come, and
with the first apostle, chosen of God,
shall triumph over all his enemies."
Three cases of smallpox are isolated
in a little building on the lake shore.
No medical aid Is being given them, as
such would be contrary to the tenets of
Dowie, which are that all disease can
be cured by prayer and laying on of
hands. Where this fails. It Is looked
upon as a sign that God does not wish
the afflicted person to recover. Neither
do the Dowleltes countenance vaccina
tion and there ts a disposition to resist
compulsory vaccination, which, is be
ing demanded by nurroundlng towns.
There Is great danger of a spread
of the disease throughout Zion City,
because the faithful' flock to the pest
liouse to pray for the recovery of the
afflicted and from there "scatter
throughout the town to attend to -the
various duties. - - -
The matter will be -laid before the
State Board of Health-with the result
that Zion City will be isolated from the
rest of the world by quarantine.
DECLARE DOWIE XOT INSANE
Three Doctors Furnlsli Answer to
Vollva's Principal Charge.
CHICAGO, May 5. John Alexander
Dowie, when he goes Into court in an
attempt to regain control of ZtonCity,
will be strengthened, be says, by the
testimony of. three insanity experts,
who today declared him .perfectly sane.
The Vollva faction's answer to the
Dowie bill alleges that Dowie is men
tally unsound and It is said this con
tention forms the keynote of the Vo
llva defense. .
Dowie recently secured the services
of three physicians whom he instructed
to tell him frankly if the slightest
trace of Insanity were found. Today the
physicians made public their verdict as
follows:
"After a thorough examination of
John Alexander Dowie, we find him
perfectly rational, of good memory and
In full possession of his reason and un
derstanding." Auto Industry Thriving.
WASHINGTON. May 5. The automo
bile Industry, according to a preliminary
bulletin Issued by the Census Bureau to
day, shows a very large Increase for the
calendar year 1904, as compared with 1900,
the year of taking the 12th census. In
the former year 21,386 passenger and
pleasure machines were produced, as
against 3316 in 1900 and 1441 vehicles of
other styles In 1904. as against 407 in 1900.
In 100 the amount of ca-pltrfl Invested
was $20,555,247. as against 15,768,857, or an
Increase of 286 per cent. The value of
products Increased 461 per cent, the
amounts being stated at $,645,464 in
1904 as aeatnat J4.74S.011 In 1900.
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