The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-04-12
WAGES OF COAL MINERS.
President M~Bride Urges the Men to Acce
the Operators Terms.


the Operators Terms.
MAssILLoN, o., April 1.-The following
address, issued to the miners, speaks for
itself:
To the Miners and Mine Laborers OF the United
States
To-day the operators of Ohio and the Pittsburg
district have submitted the following PROPOSE
ton upon the price OF mining for the next year:
months and 81 L cents for the last six months:
Pittsburg district, II Z and 762 for the first and
last half of the year. At the late joint conven-
ton the miners representatives offered as prices
for the year. Hooking Valley. 65 cents, and
fused to accept the proposition, and now that
they offer us settlement upon a straight 2i2
cents cents per ton reduction below the rates which
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 L urge the
acceptance of the operators proposition not
because believe any direct benefit will accrue
TO operators or miners by reason Of such reduc-
tiOn. but because it guarantees, even with
continuation of dull trade such as We are now
having, peaceful and harmonious relations
indiscriminate fight for advantage and insures
an adjustment of all disputes during the coming
year by methods of arbitration and Cancellation:
1t will also re-establish the joint movement OF
miners and operators. and this. together with the
absence of strife and bitterness which mustcome
to many parts of the competitive district with
out an agreement, is well worth our sacrificing
two and One-half cents perton If no agreement is
effected between this and May l, strikes in many
will necessitate the contribution of large sums OF
money from working miners to aid those who
are contending for price and who suffer not only
from loss of wages, but too often from hungers
gnawing pains The vote of miners at the differ
ent mines in the competitive district upon the
circular issued by us Immediately after the ad-
iournment of the joint convention, indicates
very general desire to maintain scale rates, but
in nearly every, case we are urged to
Sse o al avoid 0n'raOe srfe The our POSITION
of the miners delegates at the Joint convention
heartily Endorsed, and ii is owing to this. to
the general stagnatiOn in trade, and to the ina
bility of miners 10 carry strike TO successful
termination at this time and under existing con-
aa1es a S be Ss
ton below last years rates. My estjudgment
is that IL you make this concession now, in the
demonstrate the wisdom of your action.
JOHN MCBRIDE,
President National Progressive Union Miners
and Mine Laborers.
Street-Car Strike at Minneapolis.
MINNEAPoLIs. April 11.-Last midnight
President Thomas Lowery, of the Minneap-
oils & st. Paul Street-car Company, issued
an order reducing the wages of all employees.
The order goes into effect Monday on all
the horse, cable and motor lines
The company claims it is losing
money, and that it must retrench IN order
to float bonds with which to build new
cable lines. The motor-line crews struck
at noon. and were followed in rapid success
sion by the conductors and drivers on the
FOurth-avenue, Cedar-avenue, Lyndale-
avenue and Western-avenue lines, the
cars of which are hauled by horses.
The strike will involve about 600 employees.
Tonight there are no cars running Quiet
nervousness reigns in the vicinity of the
car-barns. The strikers met and united in
agreeing to submit the case to an arbitra-
tion committee. They also appointed a COM
mittee to meet the representatives of the
company should the proposition be- ac-
cepted. Thomas Lowry, president of the
street-railway company, was seen tonight
relative to the proposition of his striking
employees to arbitrate. DE said that he had
termined to reduce salaries, and if the men
will not accept the reduction they may
quit work. The prospects are good for a
long, hard fight.
Hinting at Another Railroad Strike.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE Herald this
morning says: "a strike on all the West
ern roads centering in Chicago is one of the
possibilities of the near future.
secret meetings of the brotherhoods
of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen.
The impression prevails among the men
that the Western roads have determined
upon general and sweeping reduction in
wages. During the last week several
things have transpired which tend to
ngth that impression. For several days
an advertisement has been printed asking
non-union engineers to call at an Office on
Dearborn street Many of the late Bur-
lington engineers who are still mem
bers of the Brotherhood respond
ed to this advertisement for
the purpose of ascertaining its import.
Their statement is that they were ex-
amined as to their ability, and their names
and addresses taken. and were told that
they would be sent for. They were not in
formed on what road they were likely to
be needed
The St Louis Carpenters.