Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1889-04-12
ADDRESS TO MINERS.
President John Mcbride Favora
Acceptance Of q Reduction.
PLEADS FOB PEACE AND HARMONY.

Coal Operators insist Upon slight Ee.
duction. ana the President og the Ma
tional Miners Union recommends Con.
eessIon Rather Than a Bittcr and Costls
Fight.
MAssnI.ox, O., April 12.-The follow
ing address issued to the miners speaks
for itself
TO the Miners and Mine Laborers Of the
United States:
1.-The operators of Ohio and the Pitts.
burg district have submitted the follow.
ing proposition upon the price Of mining
for the next yea: Hooking Valley. 02l
cents for the first six months and 07a
cents for the last six months, Pittsburr
district, II ! and 76A cents for the first
and last half Of the year.
At the late joint convention the min
ers representatives offered as prices for
the year: Hooking Valley, 65 cents, and
Pittsburg district, "a cents. The operators
refused to accept the proposition, and
now that they offer us settlement upon
a straight u cents per ton reduction he.
low the rates which have prevailed for
the past two years, and their proposition
being almost, if not altogether, the
equivalent Of the one made by us.
would urge upon our miners that the
operators offer be accepted. urge the
acceptance of the operators proposition,
not because believe any direct benefit
will accrue to operators as miners by
reason Of such reduction, but because Il
guarantees, even with a continuation oi
dull trade such as we are now having.
peaceful and harmonious relations be.
tween miners and mine operators; pre-
vents an indiscriminate fight for adj
vantage. and insures an adiustment Of
all disputes during the coming year by
methods of arbitration and Cancellation.
1T win also re-establish the joint
movement of miners and operators, and
this. together with the absence of strife
and bitterness which must come to many
parts of the competitive district without
an agreement, is well worth our sacrific.
ing a cents per ton.
'sIf no agreement is effected between
this and May /, strikes i'm many parts of
the districts are inevitable and these ne
cessitate the contribution of large sums
of money for working miners to aid
those who are contending for price and
who suffer not only from loss OF wages,
but too often from hunger's gnawine
pains.
THE vote of miners at the different
mines in the competitive district upon
the circular issued by us Immediately
after the adjournment of the joint con-
vention indicates a very general desire
to maintain scale rates, but in nearly
every case we are urged to use all hon.
orable means in our power to avoid
strike. The position Of the miners dele
gates at the joint convention was heart.
lily indorsed, and il is owing to this, the
general stagnation in trade and to the
inability Of miners to carry a strike tc
a successful termination at this time and
under existing conditions that / ask you
now to be governed by my advice and
accept this reduction Of "a cents per ton
below last years rates. NY honest iudg
ment is that if you make this concession
now in the interest of peace and har.
mony the future will demonstrate the
wisdom of your action.
Respectfully yours.
John MCBRIDE.
President National Progressive Union
Miners and Mine Laborers. =