The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1897-09-16
HE ST TX E ENDS.
The Convention at Columbus Ac-
cepts the Compro
Miners WIN Receive sixty-Five Gents
Per TOns- Revolutions Adopted IA
WIN Resume Work In
Ten Days. ass

#NOlunDuS, ", sept. l5.-4ne grea1
miners strike, which was declared on
July 4, was brought to an end Saturday
evening. 50 far at least as Western
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Wes1
Virginia are concerned, by the action
OF the interstate convention of miners
Wednesday.
After a day of voting and wrangline
the convention adopted resolution &C
cepting the proposition of the Pitts
burgh operators. The vote was 495 fol
and BIT against accepting the terms Of
settlement, II votes not being cast. The
delegates from Illinois, who had csc
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 areas 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. 65s 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 bitter finish. - .I'fE=. -
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-
vtded, 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 II
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 a 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
are very bitter in their denunciation OF
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:
1T is as complete 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
we will have some fighting to do in West
Virginia. The Indiana operators, however,
have already offered to pay the scale. It
has been several years since there was q
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 q conference of miners
and operators to fix anew scale.
THE best thing about 1t Is that it Is an
agreement. Nobody has been whipped
There is to be conference in Decem Der
to fix the wages for 1898, and the present
wages are to be paid the rest. Of the'year. )
- don't recall when%there: was a better
prospect for undisturbed wage conditions
in the mining industry than now" S
3" 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
ut 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.