Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1900-10-18
COAL STRIKE ENDED.
Striking Anthracite Miners
Gain a Complete Victory.
Operators More Than Meet the De-
mands Of Mine Workers.
zen Per Cent Advance in Force Until Apr. i
Sliding Scale Abolished.

Philadelphia, oct. 1.-THE strike Of
the anthracite United Mine Workers
Of PENNSYLVANIA. which began Sept
i, practically ended, today, when the
PHILADELPHIA & Reading Coal & Iron
Co. and the Lehigh Valley Coal co.
agreed to abolish the sliding scale in
their respective region and to grant
an advance Of wages of 10 per cent.
net at the advance to remain i'm OPP
Grafton until April /. 1901, or there
after. This action meets the demands
Of the Scranton miners convention.
The decision was arrived at after a
conference between the representa- lives
Of the individual coal operators and
the leading carrying companies. The
conference began. yesterday.
Today's action was the elimination
Of the recent meeting of the individ-
ual operators at Scranton following
the Mine Workers convention in the
same city Nearly ali Of the collieries
in the coal region had, previous to the
Mine Workers convention. posted no.
tees granting an advance Of - per
cent. The Mine Workers. in considering
this demanded that the sliding scale
in the Lehigh and SchuylkiII districts
be abolished. the increase to be guar
anteed until April /. 1901 ana all oth-
Fl differences 10 be submitted To ar
bitration. The individual operators
agreed to everything and the appoint
ment Of committee to induce the
Reading and the Lehigh Cos. to abolish
the sliding scale and make the wage
increase permanent. followed. 1t is con
ceded that the result OF today's confer
! ence is a complete victory for the men
All the demands in their convention
are acceded to ana as one Of the indi-
viduaI operators put it after the con
ference. the operators 70 a little fur
Their in agreeing to maintain the wage
advance after April J.
This same operator. who requested
that his name he not used. said in
speaking Of the conference: It's al
mp % the miners now We have agreed
| "a everything and nothing seems now
but for them I'd return AZ work az soor
as the notices are posted by the coIliery
managers These notices will b. prac-
| Jically similar u the Reading cos
| notice. the phraseology only being
changed I look FOR resumption OF
OPERATIONS hg Monday at the latest
The conference was entirely harmless
and every phase " thu strike situation
was gone over
Just how soon the official order n0ti-
flying the men that the strike is ended
ana tn return to work viii ~ issued
by President Mitchell! can only h. c0n-
jecturel II ~ believed here that Nv
order to return viii b. issued unlil =
-. IRA -5r i-7 i-7. .tt- al
| az the Reading and Lehigh COS. is
posted at all the mines.
The Reading cos. notice reads:
lit hereby withdraws the notice .:
| oct. 5. 1900. and TO bring about prac-
tical uniformity in the advance cf
wages in the several coal regions. gives
notice that ID will suspend the opera
ton Of the sliding scale: Will pay i
| per cent advance on September wage
until April /. 1900. and thereafter until
! further notice. and VIII take UP with
| its mine employees any grievances whiC
its mine employees any grievances
| which they may have"
No formal announcement has az yet
| been made by the Leigh Valley Rail
road co. regarding it, intentions. but
after the Reading Co s statement had
been made public Vice President Car
rett Of The Lehigh Valley said:
Concerning our operations in thf
| Schuylkill region. you may say that
| the action II our company will be sim
liar to that Of the Reading Go. II
| other districts. however. certain ccndi.
tons exist. fer instance. the price ot
powder. which must be treated sepa~-
ataly. and We have not decided def
| niteiy with regard to them. These mat
| ters are now in the hands q Superin-
! tenident Lothr0p. whose headquarters
are at Wilkesbarre-" Supt, Lathrop
who attended The conference prepared
a number - official notices. but refus-
ed w make public their import
Calvin Pardee & Co.. extensive i-di-
viduaI operators I'D thu Hazait5n region
| late this afternoon announced that they
wiu posi-. tomorrow. notices al their
operations similar y that issued ny
tha Reading Co- This undoubtedly i'll
dicates what all the individual opera
tors will %.
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