Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-02-24
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THE ORDER rs SUSTAINED.
LEWIS HAD AUTHORITY TO SEND
THE MINERS TO WORK,

And Has Authority to Cali Them qus
Again IL the RcadIng psopIe Refuse
to Keep raith-Whitins Says tiie Com
pany Will Al Fairly.
PorTsvlLIE, Pal, Feb. 70 After a
day,s session ot heated discussion of the
Lewis settlement, and a thorough inyes-
tigation Of facts as presented before them,
Of the grievances consequent upon the
attempt OF the miners tc fulfill The Of
tlciaI order to resume, issued last Friday,
the miners joint executive committee a
nonnced the following ultimatum:
trNWhereas, ". T.. Lewis, muster work
man OF National District Assembly, No.
135, has seen fit to issue an order to the
employees Of the philadelphia e. Reading
Coal and Iron company to resume work
as per agreement made on Friday, Feb.
~, 1888; and
Whereas, We recognize hat in w.
e. Lewis is properly vested the power to
isaue said order; therefore
Resolved, That the members of the
joint committee representing Divisions
- and IA, Of the National District As
sembly No. 185 and District Assembly 81,
- pAtiCA SLOph Aid.l/tul&u ulfl6lUu, Sl-
dorse the action of Nv. 4. Lewis, and re-
quest the employees OF the Philadelphia
a. Reading Coal and Iron who
have not reported for duty to- dc SO at
once, and, VIZ also request the said en-
ployes OF the Philadelphia 81 Reading
Coal and Iron company to hold them.
selves IN readiness to comply with an
order to cease work at any time, should
the above company refuse to comply
with the spirit and letter Of the agree
ment made with W. 4. Lewis
The above order, when voted on first,
failed to pass, but Lewis insisted and
finally 1t was passed, objectors remaining
Silent The full board of seventeen mem
bsrs were. present. The greater part of
Tho session was spent In hearing the
grieyances,Awhich were officially presented
from Tower City, Girardville, Locust
Gap, Shamokin, Heckscherville, Mt.
Carmel, Shenandoah, and a dozen other
places, where men Of all occupations had
been told their services ware not needed.
Mr.. LOWS was sent as a committee OF
one to Supt. Whiting, and reported to
the meeting that Whiting said Mr.. Cor
bins agreement with him (Lewis) was to
be carried into full effect as intended,
and that all differences would be AMIGA.
billy adjusted, and that the men will
gradually be taken back. In CONVERSE
ton with the United Press reporter, Mr..
Lewis afterward said:
SIT will take some time to get all mat
ters adjusted, as difficulties can't help
arising fromta six weeks strike OF co.
300 men. The collteries are all to ba
started. I'll stay here a fortnight Till all
trouble Is settled, hum up all grievances,
and hold q regular court Of inquiry Joint
iy between the company aud the men.
Mr.. Whiting said positively that there
were only from twelve to fifteen persons
who, because of personal violence, would
never be taken back. 1t would take very
HtIie effort to get up q strike far more
than @tAazaae4 ne ass trim s@ts
7uiti NM Il inc company don't act fairly,
they will get IL. The conditions on which
The Reading strike is being settle are
open to all other companies.s
please Also sIate,'' interjectod Chair
mar Davis, THAT we are ready to settle
the wage question on the public-press
promises Of Mr.. Corbin. who SAYS he
Will pay as high as the highest, and Sup
erintendent Harris, of the Lehi&h NarigR-
ton company, who ays his miners, good,
bad or Indifferent, have averaged sig. 10 d
day. With the 8 per cent. advance we
get only SO. 1B. =
superintendent Whiting has arranged
to meet the sub. committee on SATURDAY..
to arrange a new basis. Chairman Davis
appointed a committee with power to
act Nothing viii now interfere with
the starting Of every colliery In the re-
gfon, and IL Is not likely that any further
trouble will OCCUR, the great miners
strike OF the Sohuyikiil being ended.