Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1894-04-26

-rh@ Entire UaIss 20 Act n. init
tnfti . ke@diastmert Of Wages to .
Living Ha<is TIA. Hcea BrsaSht About
= Blx Fight H.Eua with an siuls-t
Empty Treasury. Bat with Coandeaee
OF Ntctorv.
CoLUNBUs q. April sa-with the
successful inauguration of the great
miners strike. comes probably the
chief difficulty hat will bcsct the
managers in carrying /, to a success
full issue President Mcbride received
yesterday many requests from local
assemblies to b. released from the or
der to strike because the employing
operators had agreed to pay the wages
demanded by the convention. and
others asking what to do in case the
local operators accede to the terms of
the strikers. The following answer
has been prepared by President Me-
Bride and is sent in answer to all such
inquiries.
DEAR SIR The fght FOR living wages Il a
general esht. and no local settlements will
b authorized or recognized UntiI a general
settlement has been declared. the foliowln<
rule must lie observed By all miners and all 10
/ caliifes-
As ordered by the natsoasi Convention. coal
2 49, - - 1ttN-A - any price or Tor any
purpose. but where companies want engines
rur- vater haul~i. timber OF suy osher klai %
/ repair work done. u will 70 per-itt@I rro-
vtded wages are aee0riiaZ to scale iemardei
~ the convention
The questions reach the point in the
tactics of this strike upon the miners
side. upon which the leaders base their
hone of succeSS-that is the working of
the whole union As n unit. In former
strikes. they have found hat permit
ting the miners Of a district tn re-
sumo operations as soon a. the local
operators agreed to pay the scale.
helped TO supply the coal demand ard
injured the chances Of their brother
miners in other districts To win their
fight The result of this strike proba-
bly, depends upon the ability Of the
managers Of il to enforce this order
and prevent the miners going TO work
where there Is no dispute as to wages
In Pennsylvania a number Of operators
are already Offering tO pay the scale
President Mcbride did not receive
special adviees from many parts Of the
coal fields yesterday as to how the
strike order was obeye-l He mad only
arranged to get teIegr4phie reports
from the doubtful points A. % those
districts IN which the miners in mass
meeting had decided to strike he had
NJ doubt about what was done vester-
day Reports from them will come in
to him by mail kilograms from PENN
sylvania. West Virginia. Illinois. Indf-
ana and Tennessee showed that all
were expected 10 go out and most had
laid down their picks at noon
Summarizing the special reports he
had received, and the dispatches in the
evening newspapers. President Ne
Bride said to the United Press repre-
sentative last evening that si.0a9 nen
had gone out. about Whose action ne
was somewhat in doubt Friday night.
He was perfectly satisfied with the
situation Il am entirely confident.
said he. -of the ultimate success Of the
undertaking
IL II claimed that there i now mined
n full months supply Of coal ahead,
and that the funds of the miners or
g~anization do not exceed 5000. which
will be exhausted very soon.
Not much, II any. financial aid Is
looked for from other labor organiza-
tons, according to President Mcbride;
and d~isinterested persons. pointing
out the fact that the demand for coal
Is not large now. express some fear as
to the success of the strike
To this President Mcbride says tina,
some of the biggest battles ever won
by the miners in this country were
fought without money. and this strug.
gle will be of that class Every miner
Is well acquainted with the condition
of the national treasury Of the union,
and knows that no strike benefits will
be paid Every miner will be thrown
upon his own to earn a live
lihood. pending the settlement of the
strike. and all are fully informed ou
that point A full and complete un-
Outstanding Of the situation, together
!. with 4 determination Of the men To 90
into the strike at whatever cost ts
themselves. i evidence to Mr.. Mcbride
that the miners are prepared to hold
out for months IL need be.
As showing the feeling of other Iabo,
organizations towards the strike. Pres
dent Mcbride gave cut the foIlowiua
telegram from the president Of ths
American Federation of Labor
NEW YoEK sprI Il
Executive CcuselL Ausrieza Federation o
). Labor in session send fraterzaI greetings an
express sincere sympathy vita movem~ut /,
secure fztr coutitioas znd so-ae aezre~ O
iu>tses for miae-S n IN any Wy nc can co
operate . Eake EFFORT sscc--sful we ara a
y0ar service
; H&fz-Au .-4r $500.