Willmar tribune., 1900-10-17
CONVENTION CALLED.
tion to the Mine WOrkers-
May End the Strike.

HAZletOn, Pa, Oct. g.-President
Mitchell at 1O:05 a. m. issued call for
a convention of mine workers of the
three districts comprising the anthra-
cite field, to met in Scranton, Pa, on
Friday next.
The text of the convention cali is as
follows:
Temporary Headquarters United Mine
Workers, Hazleton, Pa, Oct. s.-To all
miners and mine employees of the anthra-
cite region:
brothers: In view Of the fact that the
mine operators have posted notices Offering
an advance In wages formerly paid and
believing it to be our plain duty to consult
your wishes as to our future action, We
deem 1t advisable to ask you to select dele
gates to represent you in convention.
"You are therefore notified that a con-
vention will be held at Scranton, Pa, be-
ginning Friday, October II, at ten q. m. :
1.-The basis of representation will be one
vote for each 100 persons on strike. or If de-
sired one delegate may represent as many
as 500 mine-workers, but no delegate will
De allowed to cast more than five votes.
Each delegate should have credentials
signed by the chairman and secretary Of
the meeting at which he is elected; and
whenever possible credentials should bear
| the seal of the local union.
| (Signed)
JOHN MITCHELL, President United
Mine Workers of America.
IT. D. NICHOLS, President District
No. L.
THOMAS DUFFY, President District
| No. 7.
JOHN FAHY, President District No. g.
| IN. B.-Delegates will be notified of the
! hall in which the convention will be held
! upon their arrival in Scranton"
Shamokin, Pa, Oct. 1O.-The labor
demonstration here on Tuesday was
one of the greatest that has ever oc-
| CURED in this region. Thousands
marched in the procession A mass
meeting followed the parade.
President Mitchell was erthusias.
tically received when he arose to ad-
dress the assemblage. He spoke OF
the enthusiasm displayed by the men
| throughout the anthracite strike re.
gion and went into the situation as
it now stands. In referring to the
prospective ending of the strike, he
said:
Every other strike that has taken place
! in the anthracite region has been declared
off by your officers. Heretofore when men
| went on strike they remained out for time
and then the chief executive or the execu-
! tive board declared the strike off without
consulting the wishes of the strikers. I
want to say, as have said before, that this
| strike will never end until the miners,
through delegates in convention, end it for
themselves. We have called convention,
and you men are invited to send delegates
there. You are invited to pass judgment on
the operators proposition. If you believe
that they act in good faith; If you believe
fn ho oh. hQ1
that they will pay the ten per cent for a
year, then you must decide whether to re-
turn to work. On the other hand, If you re-
1ect the offer and continue on strike, John
Mitchell will be there to help you do it. I
do not expect that this one strike will erad-
tcate all the wrongs from which you suf-
fer. do not believe that the accumulation
| of 40 years of injustice can be wiped out at
once. but do believe that you have estab-
lished an organization here that with each
succeeding year will give you improved con-
ditions of employment"