The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-06-26
THE MINER.

AFTER a suspension ST six weeks IN min
i'm operations Che order hos been issued
that Wsrk can be resumed again-Hith some
hopes of che miner receiving at least living
wages. iu spite VI the Efforts ot a trucking
PRESS, 90 bring oiium % the miners, for this
suspension 0f WORK, they have been true 10
their associations, and can now resume
work with The proud consciousness. that
through their own unalded Efforts. they bave
solved thr problem OF securing t0 themselves,
what 40 honest man would ever bad denied
them, ia fair DAVIS wage, f0- 4 fair iay 1
work AT least we are lead rs suppose 10
is a "fair days wages" from The fact that
they Will ra"eive All rhrv have asked for-
Below Wi be found the basis uDln which
they resume work.
Taking into consideration Cha s,avish lar
boz. The DANCE ,5 hie, which their oc,Jpa-
ton calls for, we can scarcely reconcile
ourselves t0 the flct that ~ per lay l. a
fair days wages
The most remarkable thinr in connection
With the suspension the almost perfect
unanimltv thar existed throughout their 9TH
ganizaJi0n. There has been many extensive
strikes, and l0ck1uts dlrinr the past ten
years throughout the United Stats 11t not
within orr knowledge was their ever SO ez-
teus7e q st0ppa-e IF work as tbe lats sus-
pension ID the mining region. 1000 min
ers ami and la5lrers with 8ne accord Qm,
work, that they zht receive wages tc some
extent COumeusurate with the labor rer-
formed, AMI up TO the day th- order was is-
sued for a resumption 0f work uJt One col-
jery was started
The miners may well he proud 0f their or
Hhasa-
Acknowledged -and we are pleased Cd note
that although their power ID the natter was
almost absolute YET they 70 make their as
sertions good-tbat thev never intended To
run coal up % an exhorbitant price, bu,
simply wanted wages sufficient to live upon
They vii. resume work Jnder the following
basis-hEed by the committee appointed fJT
the pupCse
WHfR All Ne YOUR Committee appointed ~
fix basis 81 wages to be worked, 5g iu ScAuyi-
k.ll County, have considered wages pal hy thr
different districts iu siid county. &-
WHEREA-. Some districts ,u tda County
were, al tle time tae suspension was agreed
upon, pail more than what We ssk az a basi-
and some pail Che garv figure W aaE, srt Others
a tridc under We naw. for ths purpose 81
e0uaiiziug che wages. Oh.r t..e following as the
result 0f our deliberations t0 vice
Resolved. That We demand tGr outside labor
sll GU, platform men Sll ll inside atlr \ Y
20, and miners li aar week. Rha1 working on
wages all inside A11l IVY y. ci.l. v. aI eA-
penses also that ali contract work oe raised
in accordance Herewith, this te be asked Hhen
coal il worth s. % At Port Carbon.
Resolved That He receive oae atJh 1u ali
advances thereafter. aul ai reductions u
be taken oif in accordance r1 the above advAl-
C5s-
Resolved That tie advances and reductions
above mentioned, be -asen frlm the grades oi
coal, viz Lump, Steamboat Broken, Egg,
stove and Chestnut
J0H, SiND. President
GEORGE CoBBErT, Secretary.
The paper, Il the interest NJ tht operators
and against the miners and consumers. have
been continually harplug that tne operators
desired resumption -the unjust demands Of
the miners alone preventing the c0nsuma-
ton OF their most ardent wi>t =. We are
sorry 70 spoil this very pretty subteriuge
but Justice to the miners ana 70 The public
compeis Us 10 publish the two following
dispatches, when viii, without further com
ment from as, explain themselves We Will
simply note here that the Judge Ryon, Is
whom they are addressed. : the same Judge
whom ve, in our editorial columns, accased
q being 4 deeply interested party In a trial
lately heiJ before him ald from the tenor
o. these dispatches our readers can infer
whether oui structures 0n linn are Just.
Phiiada, June 4th, 1869
JCDGE Rl1N:
II work desire resumption, grant priv
ilege only % condition On April terms and
wages. Shipping market dull. We write
l.. AUBENREID q %.