Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-09-16
THE STRIKE ENDS.
The Convention at Columbus Ac-
cepts the Compromise.
Miners VIII Receive Sfxty-Five Cents
Per Ton - Resolutions Adopted
Will Resume Work in
Ten Days.

Columbus, o., Sept. 13.-The great
miners strike, which was declared 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
| of the interstate convention of miners,
| which has been in session here since
Wednesday.
After day of voting and wrangling
the convention adopted resolution ac-
| cepting the proposition Of the Pitts
burgh operators. The vote was 495 for
and 317 against accepting the terms of
settlement, II votes not being cast. The
| delegates from Illinois, who had $50
votes, were unanimously against a 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:
Resolved, That we, the miners of Penn
sylvania. West Virginia, Ohio. Indiana and
Illinois, in convention assembled, do here
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 relative price can be obtained,
to resume work and contribute literally
to the miners who do not receive the ad-
vance, where the fight must be continued
to a bitter finish.
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-
vided, 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 work, it is probable
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 recommending settlement on the
terms proposed.
The Illinois miners will be called in
convention at Springfield September 10
to determine what shall be done in that
state. Some of the Illinois delegates
the action of the convention, since 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:
at is as complete a national settlement
of the miners wage question as we have
ever had We will have to fight De Armit
in Pennsylvania, of course. will have the
northern operators to whip into line and
we will have some fighting to do in West
Virginia. The Indiana operators, however,
have already offered to pay the scale. 1t
has been several years since there was a
| well-defned wage scale for West Virginia.
Since then the mining conditions have
changed there so much that we will prob
ably have to call conference of miners
and operators to fix a new scale.
THE best thing about 1t Is that 1T is an
agreement. Nobody has been whipped
There is to be a conference in December
to fix the wages for 1888, and the present
wages are to be paid the rest of the year.
II don't recall when there was 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
ers' officials in regard to the 65-cent
rate. When they agreed to pay it they
did not figure on a ten days delay, but
supposed the miners would go to work
at once. They claim treachery on the
part of the miners officials, and it is
| now a matter of surmise whether the
mines will resume at the price agreed
| on. #....