The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-03
STAND BY THEIR Union
MINE STRIKERS INSIST ON RECOG-
NTTION AS AN oRGANIZA-
TION
TEN PZR CENT OFFER REFUSED
NO IMMEDIATE SETTLEMENT OF
THE COAL TIE-UP Is In
SIGHT
BIG PARADE At WILKEsBARRE
Fifteen Thousand Men and Breaker
Boys Make a Holiday of Their
Idleness by Marching
In Line.

WILKESBARRE, Pa, Oct. 2.-The pa
rade and mass meeting of the striking
miners in this city today was the great
est labor demonstration ever held in
Northeastern Pennsylvania. The weather
was favorable for a large turnout The
sun shone brightly all day and it was
more like day in June than October.
Early in the morning the steam and
electric roads began hauling the people
into the city and many thousands came
by foot from the nearby towns The
buildings along the route of the parade
were decorated with flags and bunting
and the city presented holiday appear
ance.
President Mitchell and party arrived
from Hazleton shortly after 1 o'clock and
were met at the depot by large and en-
thusiastic crowd. The visitors were
given a cheer and were then driven to
their hotel. The parade, headed bv
President Mitchell and the officers of the
national executive board, started q LITTLE
after o'clock and it required an hour
and twenty minutes to pass a given
point. 1t is estimated that there were
tuliy 15,e0O men and breaker boys in line.
Many banners and transparencies were
carried by the men. Among the rnos+
noticeable We're these:
We are fighting a cause that is lust
and right"
Our Our union must be recognized"
z,240 pounds for a ton."
The parade passed over the principal
streets of the city and thousands of peo-
pie lined the sidewalks. Here and there
an enthusiastic admirer of President
Mitchell would break through the lines
ana insist on shaking hands with him.
TEN PER CENT NOTICES IGNORED
The coal operators of the Wyoming
valley, who posted notices at their col
Her1es last night notifying their employees
OF 10 per cent increase in wages. had
no information from their men todav
as to whether the offer would be accent
ell or not. The operators are in no hurry
ana VIII await the pleasure of the miners
The miners, however, have about made
UP their minds that they will not con
slider the offer The increase, they say.
is a mere trif1e and not worthy of at
tenuon The apparent studied attempt
Oh the operators to ignore the miners
unions is what aggravated the men.
They say it is impossible to talk Of set
tlenent until the presidents of the big
companies make UP their minds to
President MitchelPs address to the mi
ners as far as outlining any future move
on the part of the labor leaders is con-
cerned was a disappointment. He init
mated strongly last night that he would
define the position of the union today
on the annual per cent concession. His
failure to do so has caused the impress
sion to go out that he is stin undecided
what should be done, and that he is
probably waiting for local unions to take
some kind of action first
On the other hand there are some peo-
Pie who are in close touch with the stu
alton who believe that Mr.. Mitchell
knows exactly what he is doing They
argue that his telling the men that they
can settle the 10 per cent. increase ques-
ton by holding a convention was a broad
hint to the local leaders to carry out the
suggestion. Mr.. Mitchell had no news
touching upon negotiations for settle
ment to give out tonight. He said there
was absolutely no change in the situa-
ton.