Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-02-18
END OF THE BIG STRIKE.
MUTUAL CONCESSION LED TO THE
 HAPPY RESULTS.

Master Workman Lewis Submits Prop osition to MT. Corbin, Which the Lat ter Immediately Accepts-The Miners to Resume Work Monday.
 PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1S.-The following circular letters between MeSSrs. w. T. Lew $ and President Austin Corbin, enbodying the conditions on which the strike shall be de clared off, was handed to a United Press rep resentatve by Reading railroad official last evening:
 WINDSOR HOTEL,
 PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 1G, 1858 Anstin Corbin, Esq, President Philadelphia and
 Reading Railroad Company.
 SIR-Being sdesirous to bring the strike in the mining region of the Reading Coal and Iron com pany to close, in order to get the working people in and about those mines to Work. ana speaking for those wCrklnea. l propose to order a resumption of work at once upon your asSur- ance that I promise the mtn that after they have gone to work and the mining. operations are in regular progress. the subject of wages will be considered in conference between the company and it's employees, or their representatives, and upon the further assurance that no one shall be ds c intimate against by reason of his connec- tion with the strike. Yours etc.,
 w. T. LEWIS.
 THE PHILADELPHIA AND READING
 RAILROAD COMPANY,
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. F, 1858. MT. W. T. Lewis:
 My DEAR SIR-I am in receipt of your favor of this date, have consulted Mir. Kem the president of the Coal and Iron comnany. in relation to it's contents, and am authorized by hun to say that it is substantially in accord with our position, and ,uch action would be satisfactory to us. No one will be discriminated against because of his 2 connection with the strike, so that 1t is not un- derstood as protecting such men as have made, or attempted to make, personal assaults upon the men remaining at work, and provided further that in conference tle miners are not to expect us to pay higher rate of wages for mining Ian those paid by the other coal producing companies in competition with us, namely: The Delaware, LackavIanna and Western, the Delaware and Hudson, the Lehigh Valley the Lehigh Coal and Navigation com- pany, and the Lenigh and Wilkesbarre company ; but with the understanding that we are willing to adopt basis that shall give our miners as much as is paid by either of those companies. It is understood that the wages to be paid on returning to work will be the old $2. 50 basis and wil remain under that basis until change shall be mutually agreed upon.
 Yours truly, AUSTIN CoRBIN. The following was signed at 80 o'cloci, last night, and at once given out to the repre- sentatives of the press:
 POTTsyILLE, Pa, Feb, r. To the Employees of Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company:
 You are hereby notified to resume work Mon day morning, Feb. 2J, as per letter of Austin Corbin, ESq., of 11tb inst, which is accepted as the basis of settlement.
 The above does not include any company but the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron com pany, as they are the only ones to agree to these terms of settlement; hence we would urge upon the miners of the Lehigh region, including the Panther Creek valley the necessity of maintain ing firm stand until the companies are willing to submi the questions involved to Q conference, with the assurance that victimizing will take soIace after starting the mines.
 Workingmen everywhere, appeal to you to brothers Send aid for that region to D. M. Evans, Freeland, Pa, or John Megha, Free land, Pa. w. T. LEWIS, MasteI Workman National District Assembly 135. JOHN H. DAVIS, Chairman Joint Executive Com
 nttee
 RICHARD THOMPSON, Master Workman, District 12 ISAAC REIN, Master Workman Division H.
 WILKESBARRE, Pa, Feb. 1S.-Ihere is gen slvl rejoicing here to-day over the news that the great coal miners stli has been de cared off, and that tile strikers will return to work on Monday pending the arbitration of 1he difficulties between the men and the com pauy. Master " Urkillan LeWls of the Miners Federation, who has charge of the Reading strike, vas cioseted with MT. Powdery nearly all Thursday night General Secretary Hayes, oL the general executive board, joined the conference at midnight After a long discussion it was fully decided to accept Cor bin'S proposition.