Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-24
ALL WAITING
FOR THE WORD
President Mitchell Ready
to End Strike.
Operators, With a Few Ex-
ceptions in This Region.
Have Submitted to the
Miners Demands.

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Within the next twentyfour hours,
possibly before this evening, the strike
will be officially declared off, and a
date, probably Monday next, will be set
for general resumption of work
throughout the anthracite coal fields.
All the operators of the Lackawanna,
Wyoming and Schuylkil regions have
posted new notices, as demanded by the
miners convention at Scranton, or have
signified their intention to do so today.
In the Lehigh region the United Mine
Workers demands have been complied
with by all except G. b. Markle & Co.,
of Jeddo, and Coke Bros. & Co., of
Drifton.
What action will be taken by the
union in reference to the position of the
above employers is not yet known, but
it is said the strike will be continued
against them until they submit and
agree to treat their employees as fairly
as other operators have promised
NEW NOTICES GO UP TODAY.
Yesterday representatives of all the
large companies of the Wyoming and
Lackawanna regions held meeting at
Scranton. 1t was behind closed doors
and continued for over two hours. At
its conclusion the following statement
which was posted at all the mines today,
was given out:
''ln order to avoid the complications
that would rise from figuring the
amounts due each miner on the notices
that have been posted, the companies
have concluded, after a careful compila-
tion of statistics for the past year, to
adopt general average and sell to
their miners powder at $1.5O per keg,
and add the balance, ga per cent, to
the price of the car or ton.
This, it is considered, is not only a
fair but a liberal basis, as shown by
statistics, and it puts the miner in a
position to know exactly what he is
going to get, and also in position to
enable him to figure out just how much
is due his laborer, and avoids the COM
plications that would arise by handling
the matter on a per cent basis, which
would have to be explained in detail to
the miner and laborer each month"
While this statement explains practi-
cally what the 10 per cent offer, with
the reduction in powder figured out of
it, would be, it is virtually a new offer.
How the men will accept its conditions
is not known, but it is believed that it
will be welcomed, as it will mean an
increased car price and cheaper powder.
PARADE AT PoTTsvILLE.
At the big labor demonstration held
In Pottsville yesterday, President Nit
chell reaf1irmed in a more direct and
positive terms than he has hitherto used,
that the settlement of the great strike
in the anthracite coal fields is a matter
of few days only. Il believe, =" said he,
addressing the big crowd OF mine work
ers, who patiently stood in the driving
rain, that it is only few days until
the operators in the Lehigh, Lackawan-
ma and Wyoming districts will post the
notices of the 10 per cent advance.
believe il you stand together for the
rest of the week that on Monday next
you can return to work, with everything
you struck for granted"
The crowd was the most enthusiastic
that has yet greeted the head of the
mine workers. organization. The trend
of most Of the speeches was pleading
that all the miners remain out as a
body until the demands of all have been
granted. President Mitchell reiteratea
his pronunciamento that there will be
no partial settlement, no returning to
work on the part of one section to the
detrment of the other The list of
speakers included President Mitchell,
Mother Jones, National Executive Board
Members Farley, Dilcher and Purcell,
and w. d. Mahon, of the street railway
employees organization.
CHASED UPPER END WORKERS.
The first serious outbreak in the
wyoming region occurred on Monday at
the works of the Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Company, in the eastern part of
Wilkesbarre. A gang of men were
going to work to screen coal on the
bank of the Empire mine, when. they
were attacked by men, women and
boys. John j. O'Hara, foreman of the
gang, was knocked down with a stone
and his nose fractured. Several other
workmen were slightly injured.
During the melee seYeral shots ware