Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1900-10-18
UP TO THE IIINERS
Coal Operators Grant ALI
Concessions Demanded
BY Strikers.
A VICTORY FOR THE MEN
Greatest Strike of the Age Praeti.
caliy Ended BY the Action of
the Philadelphia d Reading.
Ali That Remains Now Is For the
Official Order To Return
to Work.

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strike OF the anthracite mine workers
at Pennsylvania. which began Sep
tember Il, has practically ended by
the Philadelphia x Reading Coal and
| Iron company and the Iehigh Valley
Coal company agreeing to abolish the
sliding scale in their respective regions
and To grant an advance in wages OF
10 per cent. net, the advance to re-
main in operation until April /. 1901.
or thereafter. This action meets the
demands of the Scranton miners con
vention. The decision was arrived at
after Il conference between represen-
tatives of the individual coal operators
and the large coal carrying companies
This action was the elimination OF
the recent meeting of the individual
operators at Scranton following the
mine workers convention in the same
city Nearly all of the collieries in
the coal region had previous to the
mine workers convention posted no
tices granting an advance of 10 per
cent The mine workers In considering
this. demanded that the sliding scale
in the Lehigh and Schuylkill dis
tricts be abolished. the increase To ae
other differences be submitted to ar
bitration. The individual operators
agreed to everything, and the appoint
ment of a committee to Induce the
Reading and the Lehigh companies 10
abolish the sliding scale and make the
wage Increase permanent followed 1t
is conceded that the result of this
conference IS complete victory eor
the men. All the demands of their
convention are acceded To and as one
Of the individual operators put it after
the conference. the operators go lit
tie further in agreeing to maintain the
wage advance after April /
This same operator. who requested
that his name be not used. said in
speaking of the conference: ITS al
up TO the miners now. We have agreed
to everything. and nothin. remain
now but for lem to return to w01.'
as soon as the notices are passed i
the colliery managers. These nntic.
Will be practically similar TO the Rea,
- ,s,.s< ss.ss@ssssSa asssssssa
for resumption OF Operations y
Monday at the latest The eonfegenc
was entirely harmonious aud ever,
phase Of the strike situation was gone
over"
lust how soon the official order noti
flying the men that the strike is ended
and to return to work will be issued
by President Mitchell. can only be
conjectured. IT Is believed here that
no order 10 return will be issued until
a notice similar TO or In line with
that Of the Reading and Lehigh com
panieS IS posted at all the mines.
The Reading company's notice reads:
This conlnanv hereby withdraws the no
tice posted Oct. .. 1900 and. to bring about
practical uniformity in the advance of
wages in the several coal regions. gives no
tice that ii wiz suspend the operation of
the sliding scale. will pay 10 per cent ad
vance in wages till April 10. 1901 and
thereafter until further notice. and will
take up with its mine employees any griev
anoes which they uEay have.
The LehiGh Valley company, in
whose region the sliding scale is also
is also i'll operation. will issue sim
liar notice. as will also the individual
operators who We're represented at the
meeting.
This meets all the demands Of the
strikers. and means the immediate end
ing of the strike.