The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-23
THE THREATENING CLOUD LIFTED.
Cases that do Not Come Under the
Term Discrimination"

Cases that do Not Come Under the
Term Discrimination"
PoTTsvILLE, PA, Feb. 22-Once more
the threatening cloud has lifted and all
danger of a renewal of the miners strike
is for the present dispelled. The conference
of National Master Workman Lewis and
the joint committee continued until this
evening; the ground of alleged discrimina-
lions against certain of the late
strikers beings thoroughly and care
fully gone over II was developed
that practically all the alleged victims"
consist of two classes, namely, colliery EN-
gneers, who, while remaining on duty and
drawing regular. pay while their colheres
were idle owing to tine strike, refused when
non-union miners were put to work to hoist
coal cut by ''scabs'' and were discharged for
disobedience of orders, and miners whose
places were taken by others during the
strike, and who could not be reinstated upon
resumption without dscharging those who
succeeded them But one or two cases outside
these classes appeared and they were those
of pumping engineers, who. together with
the whole body of such employees, had been
excepted from the order to quit work in or
der to prevent the destruction or damage of
collierles but who upon the collieries being
started with nOn-union miners, had refused
to run the pumps and had been discharged
for disobedience of orders. 1t was decided
that none of these classes of cases come
within the term discrimination as con-
templated by the Corbin-Lewis agreement,
aud the result of the conference was de-
cision not to rescind the order Of resumption
and the adoption of the following resolu-
ton:
WHEREAS, w. T. Lewis, Master Workman of
National District Assembly No. 1873, has seen iii
to issue an order to the employees of the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company to
resume work rs per agreement made Friday,
Feb. II, 1883; and
WHEREAS, We recognize that in w. T. Lewis
is properly vested the power TO issue the said
order, therefore,
Resolved, That the members of the joint COM
mittee representing Divisions IL and IA of the
National D, a; l33 and d. A. g, do now indorse
the action of w. t. Lewis, and request the en-
ployes of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company, who have not yet reported
for duty to do so at once, and we also request
said employees of the Philadelphia and Reading
Coal and Iron Company to hold themselves in
readiness to comply with an order to close
work at any time should the above company re
fuse to comply with the spirit and letter of the
agreement made with W. I. Lewis.
During the session of the Joint committee
Master Workman Lewis had u conference
with General Superintendent Whiting at
his office, as the result of which it was I'M
derstood that the discharged engineers will
not again be given engines, but several col
hery foremen have authority in their dis
erection to employ them in other capacities,
and the understanding is that this will be
done as promptly as convenient, and
that superseded miners will also be
provided for at the earliest opportunity
The wages question was also discussed, but
no definite action was taken.
Arrangements were made for a confer
ence upon the subject with General Super
intendent Whiting on Saturday next,
when 1t is expected some satisfactory un-
derstauding will be reached.