The workingman's advocate., 1869-05-22
The Suspension .

The action Of the miners Of Hyde Park
in agreeing to suspend operations, along
With the other miners in Pennsylvania, .cau3
ed the pTomulgahon Of the following no
tice:
10 he Coal Operators Of Lusene County
GENTLFNEN You are hereby informed OF
notified that all the Miners and I.aborer:
will suspend cutting or loading coal afte'
Saturday, the eighth day of May, 1869, an
I'll they may receive their notices 70 again
resume work that is, all miners, etc, thai
viii comply with the resolutions passed al
the Counsel snd Executive Board meetings
and which have since been approved per die.
tricts separately).
Bus th1 following work may be done with
out clashing with the above instructions
AZ new slopes, shafts, tunnels, and repair
ing, inside and outside, Fay 60 On as usual
anything and everything except the pro-
ducing Of coAl-pone 10 be cat for stock,
inside or outside.
Each district has been instructed to give
this notice first to the operators or theii
agents on the first Of May then to the pub
lie at large and this is now sent to the
press for fear that some Of the parties NAV,
through Misunderstanding or delinquency,
fail to comply.
By order of the Miners and Laborers'
General Council Of the Anthracite Coal Re
gIon Of Pennsylyania.
i. M. WILLIAMS, Sec'y.
The operators and coal companies in the
other counties we're also all notified, and
preparations we're made for the suspension.
On Wednesday evening, May 9th, the
HYDE Park miners beld another meeting, at
which several speeches we're made, and the
follOwing report from a committee appointed
% wait On Mr.. Storrs, a superintendent
James Oliver, from that committee, re-
ported that the committee met according to
promise, all but one. Four Of us we're there,
and We found Mr.. Storrs. We told him we
cam there on behalf Of the miGers Mr.
Storrs said be bad received the basis. The
committee thought he had not. No matter
what the basis was, 1t would not be accepted
by him. He vas instructed, on behalf OF
the Company, that no basic would exist be-
tween US. We tcld him we would ike to
have him make q statement for the meeting
tonight He said he mad nothing to say,
but be would like to have US keep on work
ing. The committee told him they under
stood there was to be an advance Of wages
lie said here was 10 be no advance. There
was nothing 10 call for an advance at pres
ent. Produce had not advanced IN prices to
call for advance in wages. He said that be
told Nesss. NJ and II. that II we wanted
anything in the shape of an advance, we
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then We could have voice iu the matter as
vel as the balance Of the Company.
After the report Of the committee, great
anxiety was displayed on all sides TO be al
lowed to speak against suspension. Each
and every one appeared 10 desire the honor(9 J
OF making the motion to Indefinitely post
pone the date Of suspension. WheE the mo-
tion was made, il vas carried unanimously.
Then the following resolution was offered,
and also adopted
Resolved, That we pledge ourselves to make
every effort TO have the organization Of the An
thraeite coal regions made complete.
The Miners Journal, 10 commenting on
the above, says
They first destroy union, and then pass
a resolution in favor Of union what a
farce. These men are either completely IN
der the eontrol Of the company, or they are
those in whom their fellow-workmen can
place no confidence whatever. After con-
senting to general suspension, and then
backing down, they have taken the most 5f-
fectual method that could be taken to des-
troy the organization"
No reasons were advanced for this ac ION,
except " the storekeepers won't trust !" and
:" Mr.. Storrs would ike US 10 keep on work
ing"
Comment Is useless. ..s