The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-09-04
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Other for 65c Rate.
THE LATTER is RECOMMENDED
Dy the National Executive HOARD
AMI the District Prcsidcnts
Who Sign the Call.

Columbus Ohio, September 3.--The fol-
lowing circular was issued tonight by the
National executive board
To the Mine Workers Who Have Sus-
pended Work in Their Different States:
You are hereby notified that convene
ton will be held at Columbus, Ohio. az
10 a. M. Wednesday, September s, 1897. n
Greeting. At conference held at Col,S
umbus, Ohio. on September 2 and bel
tween the National executive board ancs
distrlct presidents of the United Mime
Workers of America and representative
committee OF the Pittsburg district opcrat.
ors. whom we consented to meet only after
It became apparent that National con-
be convened the following proposItions}
were submitted by the representatives Oh
the Pittsburg operators TO tho execudvea
! board and district presidents as the basita
| OF settlement to terminate the present.
| strike:
| l. The resumption OF work at a Ga cent?
| rate of mining. The submitting OF thtl
question TO board OF arbitration to del
termino what the price shall be. the maxi
mum 10 he go cents and the minimum tc3
be 60 cents a ton, the price to be effect-b
i've from date OF rcsuming work.
| .. A straight price of IS cents ton I'd
| continue In force until the end OF the yeal'
with the additional mutual understanding
that a joint meeting of operators and.
miners shall be held In December. 1897
for tho purpose OF determining what the;
rate OF mining shall be thereafter,
Your executive board and district presi]
dents, after much deliboration and a thor5
ough consideration OF the two propositionsl
do recommend the latter as IN their j,fdg-;
ment the best that can be secured because
OF circumstances that are apparent to all
who study markoh conditions since the
inauguration of the strike
You, however, are the court OF final de-
cIson and must decide for yourselves what
your actions shall be and when work
shall be resumed. Additional reasons Will
be given and a full report made Of the
general situation at the convention We
viii further advise that delegates come
untrammeled by resolutions and unin !
structed other than to act In your best
interest At this time II is deemed advis-
able for the reason that provisions are
made In tho uniformity agreement now
pending in the Pittsburg district and
which II is expected VIII be operative In
that district on and after January /, 1898,
to arbitrate the question OF relative dit
fercntials between pick and machine min
towards furnishing us with more reliable
data on that question than we possess at
present. and to that extent will BIO bene-
fetal to us In settling questions as be-
| tween machine and pick mining.
Signed by the members OF the National
executive board and district presidents.
Fred Dilcher.
h. l.. Davis,
j. II, Kennedy,
Henry Stephenson.
Patrick Dolan.
Members National Executive Board.
e. w. Frams,
W. G.. knight.
Patrick Dolan,
District Presidents.
NJ. D. Ratchford.
President National Executive Board.
w. c. Pearce,
Secretary National Executive BOARD
The president leaves for Canton tomor-
row morning.
The letter warning the mayor against
a plot to assassinate the president because
"he appointed Powderly." is regarded by
the mayor and director OF public safety
as hoax. They both state that It was
never considered seriously. General Alger
tonight declared the publication OF the
letter was an outrage.