Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-09-16

There was no arbitration in the settle
lneut. The miners demanded 60 cents a
ton. Til" mine owners offered them 80
cents q ION pending arbitration. If the
arbitra:ors should decide Oh 60 cents they
would make that up iii back pay to the
miners. II the arbitrator awarded less
than g. cents the miners shonld work at
4 rebate until the excess should be re-
funded
The miners agreed to accept 60 cents
ton Hat without. waiting for the action OF
;hc a":s;tratoYs rather than accept the
floating scale offered By the operators
with Il chance OF q lover rate being
awarded. In this they we're probably
wise. as the rate il said TO afford living
wages. Their losses and sufferlngs have
been grca: during the strike.
The Goa! operators ii tho Pittshurg dis
trict say they arc glad the strike is over,
but they have IL whole lot Of grievances.
They claim that the ;en-day clause was
Inserted at the instance If Illinois and
Ohio operators. who proH:ed greatly by
ever days dlencss IN this district. he
PittSfa-y operators will pay no attention
t. the :er day provision, bat vii! start
:hcir mines ut once. The operators are
discussing thc ACCESSIBILITY Of offering
their men inducements to withdraw from
the national association and form an or
ganizaton of the Pittsburg district alone.
The operators say they could satisfy their
men if they were not handicapped by in
,erfcrcncl from the outside, much of it
prompted. they say, by competing opera
tors. The rittsburg operators say they
cx.uld then prevent strikes in their district.
The miner. Of the Pittsburg district
propose to continue the fight against the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pony. Of which De Armit is president.
and to wage it more ticrcely than ever.
The working miners will be assessed to
pay De Armits strikers full wages as
long AZ they arc out Of employment, and
| the camps and pickets will be maintained
all winter if necessary. The miners blame
De Armit for most of their troubles, and
are determined to defeat him at any cost.
A convention will be held to arrange the
| details.
There is considerable confusion as to
what will be done in the Indiana mining
| field as Il result Of the Columbus settle
| ment. The Indiana operators have not
been consulted at any time and have said
| ,lcy will be guided by the result in Hi
nois. Some Of them say they will start
their mines at the 5';-ccnt price. which Is
diffcrcntial on the Go for the Pittsbhrg
district, but they also say that they are
willing to pay this price at present be-
cause the market price Of coal will war
rant them in doing so. They also believe
that tie Illinois miners will make a
strong fight to bring their operators to
terms and that at least while this effort
is being made Indiana can pay the price.
but that if the Illinois operators again
begin mining coal under the Indiana price,
Indiana miners will have to accept re-
duction. as they did last May.
The mine workers of 1shpeming and
Negauree, Mich. promised at mass
meeting to raise 5000 for the coal min
ers OF Illinois. All the men agreed to give
one days pay to the cause. Two repre-
sentatives of Illinois miners are here.
The most melancholy episode OF the
strike period was the wantOn massacre OF
many workingmen in Pennsylvania. War
rants on ar accusation of murder have
been served on Sheriff Martin and NUM-
Der of his deputies. He declares that he
did not give the order to fire. But he had
lost his head and his descriptions Of the
horrible scene differ entirely from those
of cooler men.
The Fire and Police Board Of Dcnve!