Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1897-09-16
THE STRIKE EN[D l ]
The Convention 81 ,oolumb bus, Ac-'
II. eepts TYP compromise. D
Miners Will Receive Sixty-Five Cents
Per Ton - Revolutions Adopted
-Wiu Resume Work in
Ten Days.

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Columbus, O., Sept. 13.-The great
miners strike, which was declared Oh on
July 4, was brought to an end Saturday
evening, so far at least as Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and West
Virginia are concerned, by the action
ST the interstate CONVENTION of miners,
which has been insssssion here since
Wednesday.& %ssss (. &sss:.
%ss@A After a day ofsvoting and wrangling
the convention adopted resolution ac-
cepting tbs. proposition of the Pitts
burgh opera tors. The vote was 495 for
and 81 against accepting the terms of
settlement, Myotes not being cast. The
delegates from Illinois, who had $50
votes, were unanimously against set
Element. Indiana and West virginia
voted solidly to accept the operators
proposition, but there were scattering
votes among the, Ohio and Pittsburgh
delegates against it.. The resolutions
adopted are as follows:
4 '':Resolved, That we. the miners Of Penn
sylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and
by agree to accept the proposition recon-
mended by our national executive COM
mittee, viz, 65 cents in the Pittsburgh dis
trict, all places in above-named states
where a relative price can be obtained,
to resume work and contribute literally
to the miners who do not receive the ad-
4, vance, where the, fight must be continued
i to q bitter finish. W. H. : = ? w Z
Resolved, That the national officers ex-
ecutive board and district presidents act
as, an advisory board for the "purpose. of
providing ways and means for the carry
: ing on OF the strike where necessary, pro-
..Yided. however, that no district resume
work for ten days. for the purpose Of CIV
Ing miners In other districts time to confer
with their operators and get the price If
possible"
While ten days is provided for the
miners to resume awork,ait issprobable
many of the Ohio and Pittsburgh mines
will be reopened at once. The conven-
ton adopted resolutions indorsing the
action Of the national executive board
in frecomme nding settlement on the
terms proposed. 81 H S1@szh 4 IA 5
The Illinois miners will be called in
convention at Springfield September 10
to determine what shall be done in that
state. Some ofsthe Illinois delegates
aresFery bitter inStheir denuncia tionssof
sthetactionsof5th the con ventionysin &c they
claim their interests have not been
given due consideration.
, A resolution was adopted denouncing
the action of the deputies in firing into
the crowd of striking miners at Halle
ton. Pa.
President Ratchford said that he was
well pleased with the result of the con-
vention and continued:
1T is as complete a national settlement
of the miners wage question as we have
ever had. We willshave to fight De sArmit
in Pennsylvania, of course, will have the
northern operators to whip into line and
we will havessome zfighting=to doyinaWest
Virginia. The Indiana opera tors, however,
have already offered to pay@the scale. It
has been several years since there was
well-defined wage scale for West Virginia.
Since then the mining conditions have
= changed there so much that we will prob
ably have to call a conference of miners
and operators to fix new scale.
best thing about It Is st that It Is an
az agreement. Nobody y has been IN Whipped:
to fix the wages for 1898, and the present
wages are to be paid the rest of the year.
Il don't recall when there was a better
prospect for undisturbed wage conditions
in the mining industry than now"
Pittsburgh, Pa, Sept. 13.-The opera
tors of the Pittsburgh district may re-
pudiate their: agreement with the min
J ers' &oficialszin regard to the ,}65-cent
rate. When they agreed to pay it they
did not figure on ten days delay, but
supposed til esminers would go to work
at once. They claim treachery on the
part of the miners officials, and it is
now matter of surmise whether the
mines will resume at the price agreed
on.
WAR ON SPIRITS.