Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1895-08-22
striking Miners Ask for Help.

The miners of Ishpeming and Negau-
nee who are out on "a strike have APP
pointed committee to solicit AID
from outside sources in the way OF
supplies and provisions. The cash
system adopted by the business men
has cut off the the credit of the miners
and many of them are in distress.
Both sides remain firm, and the men,
as well as the mine officials, are very
determined in the stand they have
taken. The next important move to
be made by the miners is the calling
out of engineers in charge OF the
pumping engines.
Il. BREASTED. operator of the Win
throp mine, has submitted proposed
new scale of wages to his men. 1t is
not positively known that the proposed
scale of the other companies Will cor
respond with that submitted by Mr..
Breasted. 1t is generally conceded
that the companies Will never grant
the full scale demanded, and are, In
fact very indifferent as to whether the
men return to work before the close OF
navigation, about November l, as ore
sold for next year will bring 80 cents
more per ton than it does now and the
DELAY will be worth at least a cool hall
million TO the companies
1t Looked Like 1t was Settled, but
The great miners strike at Ishpem-
ing and Negaunee, after lasting hve
weeks, is practically at its end. The
ma ,ority of the men voted for speedy
settlement They concluded to return
to their different working places and
learn the new scale. Many OF the men
applied individually at the mine offices
and some of them were presented with
the new schedule which shows an ad-
vance over former wages from 10 to 20
per cent, about the same as offered by
Il. BREASTED to his men at the winthrop
mine. The threat by the companies
TO pull the pumps and the adoption OF
the cash system by the merchants
thoroughly disheartened the men.
The miners at the Champion mine sent
"A petition to Supt Fitch asking that
thew be allowed TO return to work
The business men and the miners gen.
orally are lubilant over the near APP
proach of the end.
The Companies Schedule Rejected.
There was big meeting of strikers
at Union park where the scale pre-
sented to their men by the mines was
discussed. The leaders and hot heads
fought for continuance of the strike,
and this was the decision finally an
nounced. There was very bitter DIS
cussion of the matter. There are
many miners who claim that the vote
to return to work received a ma ority,
but that the chairman did not decide
it fairly. They claim the leaders be-
lieve the cause to be lost, but are max
ing fight, thinking they may get
something out of it personally. They
think they may not be employed when
the mines resume, and for this reason
are seeking to keep the fight up
Many men left the park in disgust
The union is certainly much less il
evidence than at any time since IT.
organization.
Nine Owners will Stop Pumps.
The news soon reached the loca
headquarters of the mines of the re
lection of the scale and in less than y
minutes preparations were going for
ward to stop the pumps and let thu
mines fill with water. In the case o
the Cleveland, Salisbury and Lake An
geline mines, the furnace fires hav'
been wholly extinguished. and TIN
water blown from the boilers. Tn
owners say the prospects of re-openinl
their property are too remote to tall
of. Their contracts for the presen
season have been broken by the strike
and an ample supply of ore for mex
season S delivery can be mined afte
February, 1896.