The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-17
NEW SCALE REJECTED
And State President Dunkerly
Forced Out Of Office.
Indiana Miners in State Convention
Yesterday Resolved to Continue the
Long and Costly Strike.
OLD SCHEDULE DEMANDED
A Daviess County Radical Chosen
as Dunkerly's Successor.
OLD SCHEDULE DEMANDED
Meetings in Ohio and Pennsylvania at
Which 1t Was Decided to Accept the
Columbus Scale and Go to Work.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
TERRE ELAUTE, Ind, June 16-Every
one Of the forty-six miners in the State
convention to-day was individually opposed
to thu Columbus settle nent, but three or
of prolonging the strike until the old scale
Of 70 cents is secured and calling for the
resignation of State President Dunkerly,
who signed the compromise scale for 60
cents. The committee appointed to fur
nish information to the press called par
ticular attention to the fact that bunker
ly's resignation was not asked until after
he had been given a full hearing. The
resolutions were proposed by delegates
from Dugger, Sullivan county. The where
as was to the effect that the convention
believed that the officials had violated
their trust and by their action had crippled
the chances of success 'n the greatest
and only true fight of our lives" 1t is
declared that the Indiana miners were as
firm at the time of the Columbus action
as at any period of the strike, and that
"our State president had no right what
ever to sign the scale without consulting
his constituents"
The forty-six delegates cast ninety-five
votes, some representing two and three
local assemblies. 1t was the largest rep
resentative convention ever held in the
State, representing 5000 or $500 men. The
block coal field was represented by about
twenty votes. The block miners had not
taken part In United Mine Workers
convention before since the long strike five
years ago. The vote on the resolution
stood sixty-eight for adoption and twenty
seven against. The bituminous miners say
that the alleged mass meeting at Brazil yes
terday, which accepted the Columbus agree
ment, did not represent the block miners.
A delegation from Cardovia, where there
are four hundred block miners said no
one there knew of the mass meeting until
after it had been held. Under the Colum-
bus scale the rate for mining block coal
is fixed at 20 cents the year round, but
the action to-day binds the United Mine
Workers in that field to remain out until
last years. scale of Is for summer and
so cents for winter is granted by the
operators.
The question of means or support of the
strikers was discussed and considerable
reinsurance was obtained from the reports
OF the men that their gardens are now
beginning to afford food that was not to
be had when the strike began two months
ago. National Vice President Penna, who
was present, was refused permission to
address the convention. He is powerful
speaker, and in times past has talked con-
ventions into doing the opposite of what
they had met to do.
The convention reassembled this evening
to receive President Dunkerly's resigna-
ton, but it did not come He had promised
it, and claims to have sent it, but the con-
vention got tired and declared the Office
vacant, electing in Dunkerlys place George
Purcell, of Dayiess county, who was vice
president, and who is counted as a radical
among the strikers. Miller, of Brazil a
block-coal man, was elected vice president
The twenty-seven delegates who voted
against the resolutions adopted in the after
noon pledged their support of the strike.
The particular significance in this is that
most of these votes were cast by block
coal delegates. They will stand by the
State organization to the end. Dunkerly
and Penna both make statements for the
pllblic i'm yindication of their course