The indicator., 1897-03-13
THE STRIKE is OFF.
WILL HAVE PEACE,
The Miners Union. by Big Major De-
cid-s to Make the Hest of the Situation
Funds Were Running Low.

Denver, March 1O-A special from
Leadville to the Republican last night
said:
Shortly before II o'clock tonight
fully 800 miners sounded the death
knell of the great labor struggle which
WAS inaugurated in this camp on June
10, 1895. II lacks but ten days of
being nine months since the strike was
called.
AS was to be expected, but little in
formation could be secured from the
of1icinls of the Miners Onion. When
Secretary Dewnr wns asked at IL
o'clock tonight If II was true that the
strike was declared off, he answered.
Yes, sir, 1t Is" When he was qurs
toned further he said that he had ne
statement 10 make and that the union
had nothing to say, He admitted, how
ever, that the strike was declared OFF
unconditionally.
Early this morning notices were sent
out to the Miners Union members no
tifying them of n special Meeting to
be held at city hall tonight. The
members responded in large numbers.
and though the officers refuse to give
out nny definite Information, IT is
learned from members who were pres
ent at the meeting that g discussion
was very hot one from beginning to
end. 1t Is stated by members who
We're present that among those who
addressed the aSscmblage was Eugene
V. Debs, and while they do not admit
that Debs advised them TO declare off
the strike, they acknowledge that his
talk was along that line. and that he
advised them TO do whatever they
thought right. After a lengthy discus.
sion it was suggested that the question
be put to Il vote. This suggestion was
followed by the greatest excitement
and it was finally decided to vote on
the matter
In conversation tonight with differ
ent members of the union it was inpos
sible to learn just how the vote stood
on the question. but from the best in.
| formation obtHinable the average esti.
mate shows that from 800 to $50 voted
TO declare off the strike. and that from
| 100 to 100 voted against declaring II
OF
1t did not take long for the news to
spread about the city that the striko
! had been declared off uncondltionnlly
by the union. While 1t is true that for
the past few months this strike has cut
bur little figure as far as working the
mines was concerned, still there was a
feeling Of rejoicing among the business
people tonight when 1t was learned
what action had been taken No mnt-
ter how many men We're at work here.
the thought that there was a strike on
in the community had tendency TO
deprcsS business
As has been repeatedly stated during
the past few weeks. the Miners Union
has been running behind in Its funds,
and WIS very hard up. There was n
great deal of dissatisfaction, and al
though the men who We're at the head
of the strike declare that they had all
the money that was needed to carry II
on and that the strike would not be de
clared OFF, 1t was known by those who
We're on the inside that they were not
speaking the truth, and that members
were daily leaving their organization
The men knew that as far as the mines
were concerned they We're shipping n
great deal Of ore. and that more work
was being carried on every day.
The men who were leaving the union
almost daily We're getting employment
As the union claimed 1900 members
when the strike began and the vote
was l, 100 tonight It will be seen that
30 per cent. of the original members
vile.
1t Is believed that the calling of OF
this strike without further delay will
assist in healing the wounds which
had been made and that Lendville will
soon again be the biggest and happlest
mining camp on earth.