Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-11-01
THE STRIKE IS Off
Official Settlement Of Trouble
by Union Officials.
FEW OPERATORS FAIL TO COMPLY
Al Such Mines tho strike win Continue
Until tho Employees Ar" Grant
cd Their Demands.

cd Their Demands.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct 2S.-The follow
ing statement was given ont for publ.
cation tonight by President Mitchell,
OF the United Mineworkers:
"Temporary Heaqduarters, United
Mineworkers of America, Hazeton,
Pa, October q, l90o.-'ro the miners
and mineworkers OF the anthracit reg.
ion: Gentlemen-After carefully can.
wasting the entire strike situation, we,
your officers, district and national
have concluded that your victory is SC
nearly complete that no good end can
be served Nv continuing the strike
longer. The contest has been in pr.
gress for 80 days, and the companies
employing you have, with few excep
lions, signitied their willingness to pay
the scale of wages formulated by the
! Scranton convention uf October IL anG
13.
1--WE are aware that some disappoint
ment and dissatisfaction has beeL
caused by the failure OF the operators
in districts and to separate the re.
duction in the price of powder from
the advance in wages, but after careful!
inquiry we are satisfied that each mine.
employee will actually receive an nd.
vance of 10 per cent OIL the wages form.
erly paid. In the Schuylkill and LIE
Ugh regions the largest companies have
agreed that the sliding scale should
be suspended and that wages should
remain stationary at 10 per cent until
April /, 1891, thus removing one OF
the iniquities OF which you have COM
planned for many years.
"While it is true that you have not
secured redress for all your wrongs;
while it is true that the increase III
your earnings will not fully compensate
you for the arduous labor you are COM
PEELED to perform. you have established
perfect organization. which. ii main.
tanned and conducted OH business prin'
ciples, will enable You to regulats
many of your local grievances and make
your employment less hazardous and
more profitable than before the strike
began
"The companies agree in their notices
to take up with their mine employees
all grievances complained OF. We
would, therefore. advise that when
work is resumed committees be select.
ed by the mine employees and that they
wait upon the superintendents OF the
companies and present their griev'
ances in An orderly, business.like man.
ner, and ask that they he corrected.
"Your attention Is respectfully
called to the fact that the Laws OF the
state Of Pennsylvania provide that
miners should be paid semi-monthly
upon demand. We should. therefore,
advise that each mine employe serve
notice on the companies that lie expects
to be paid his wages twice each month,
as provided by law.
"The practical benefits to the miners
which accrue from thorough organiza.
ton have been so clearly demonsira ted
during this strike that it should he
needless for us t" urge upon you the
necessity of maintaining your union in.
tact. We trust, however. that those
who are now members of the union
will be unceasing in their efforts to in.
duce all minewOrkers to ally them.
selves with the United Nineworkers Of
America at once, MS it will lie impOssi.
BILE for you to secure your wages in the
future or even maintain the present
rate OF wages unless you are prepared
to offer united resistance il any at.
tempt is made to reduce your earnings
upon the expiration OF the present
Offer"
The address is signed by the national
and district officers of the United Mine.
workers of America.
Dodson & Co.. operating the Beaver
Brook colliery, posted notice today
complying with the demands of the
Scranton convention. The company
also operates the Morea and William
colleries, in Schuylkill county.
Recruits for Philippines.
New York, Oct. 2S.-Col onel Kim.
BALL, assistant quartermaster of the
United States army, announced today
that 2. 900 recruits will leave for the
Philippines in the next three weeks.
The first 1000 will leave OIL the trans.
port Buford, November 5. The second
transport carrying the other 1000, will
be the Fitzpatrick. which will leave
November 10. The recruits OH the Bu.
ford will be under the command Of
Colonel Jacob Kline. of the Twenty first
infantry, and those on the Fitzpatrick.
under Colonel Tully McCrue.
State Boundary Line Wrong.
Montgomery, Ala, Oct. 28.-Secre.
farv Of Sfata McDavid has AIKEN the