Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-09-16
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There was no arbitration in the settle
ment. The miners demanded 60 cents n
ton. The mine owners offered them 65
cents a ton pending arbitration. If the
arbitrators should decide on GO cents they
would make that up in back pay to the
miners. IL the arbitrators awarded less
than 60 cents the miners shonld work at
a rebate until the excess should be re-
funded.
The miners agreed to accept 60 cents
ton fat without waiting for the action of
the arbitrator rather than accept the
floating scale offered by the operators
with chance of lower rate being
awarded. In this they were probably
wise, as the rate is said to afford living
wages. Their losses and sufferings have
been great during the strike.
The coal operators in the Pittsburg dis
trict say they are glad the strike is over,
but they have whole lot of grievances.
They claim that the ten-day clause was
inserted ut the instance of Illinois and
Ohio operators, who profted greatly by
every days idleness in this district. The
Pittsturg operators will pay no attention
to the ten-day provision, but will start
their mines ut once. The operators are
discussing the ACCESSIBILITY of offering
their men inducements to withdraw from
the national association and form an or
ganization of the Pittsburg district alone.
The operators say they could satisfy their
men IL they were not handicapped by in
reference from the outside, much of 1t
prompted, they say, by competing opera
tors. The Pittsburg operators say they
could then prevent strikes in their district.
The miners OF the Pittsburg district
propose to continue the fight against the
New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Com
pany, of which De Armit Is president,
and to wage 1t more iercely than ever.
The working miners will be assessed to
pay De Armits strikers full wages as
long as they are ont Of employment, and
the camps and pckets 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 rs to
what will be done in the Indiana mining
field as a result of the Columbus settle
ment. The Indiana operators have not
been consulted Mt any time and have said
they will be guided by the result in ILL
nois. Some Of them say they will start
their mines at the 56-cent price, which is
differcntial OH the Go for the Pittsburg
district, but they also say that they nre
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 the 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 IL the Illinois operators again
begin mining coal under the Indiana price,
Indiana miners will have to accept re-
duction, rs they did last May.
The mine workers of Ishpeming and
Negauree, Mich. promised ct mass
meeting to raise $4,000 for the coal min
ers of Illinois. All the men agreed to give
one days pay to the cause.
The most melancholy episode of the
strike period was the wanton massacre OF
many workingmen in Pennsylvania. War
rants on an accusation Of murder have
been served on Sheriff Martin and Nun
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