The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-10-24
TO RESUME WORK MONDAY
PRES. MITCHELL NAMES THIS DAY
rs THE LATEST.
Makes the Announcement MT Mass
Meettng'of 5000 Miners at Pottsvilie-
Operators Make Another Concession
and Decide to Post Additional Notices
of Wage Increase.

| Pottsville, Pa, Oct. ga great mass
| place here this afternoon. The crowd
at the meeting numbered nearly 5000
and was addressed by President
Mitchell of the United Mine Workers
of America. He spoke encouragingly
ON the outcome of the strike and made
the following important announcement:
Il believe it will be but a few days
longer until the operators In the Halle
ton Lackawanna and Wyoming val
ing to pay the 10 per cent. increase In
wages until April /. I believe that If
you stand together the rest of this
week. by Monday at the latest you can
return to work with everything won
you struck for
He said reports had gone out that
the men of the Schuylkill region Will
not stand by the men of the other re-
gions, but he knew that the reports
were wrong and added that he felt sure
low workmen. He hoped that all would
stand together until an official notice
is sent out declaring the strike at an
end. President Mitchell then made
plea that all the miners remain loyal
to the organization after the contest Is
over just as they are doing now
Nazleton, Pa, Oct. 23.-President
Mitchells statement In his speech at
Pottsville to-day that he believed the
strike would be ended by next Monday
if all the operators posted notices guar
anteeing the 10 per cent, advance until
April /, was received here tonight
with much pleasure by the mine work
ers and the mine officials. 1t Is be-
lieved that nothing will now intervene
to delay the ending of the contest.
which has run more than five weeks,
President Mitchell was asked on his
arrival here from Pottsville tonight
on what he based his belief that the
strike would end with this week, but he
declined to saying anything other than
the proposition of the miners was SO |
fair that he could see no valid reason
why the operators should not accept, !
He also expressed satisfaction that the /
Forest Mining company, whose men I
have been on strike since January, had I
acceded to the demands President /
Mitchell declined to say what course
would be pursued IL one or more COM
panies refused to guarantee the pay
ment until April /.
A meeting of the national executive
board of the United Mine Workers of
America and the officers of the three
departments viii be held
here tomorrow for the purpose, Mr.
Mitchell says, of thoroughly canvassing +
the situation. He would not say
the conference would take any +
positive action looking towards the
calling off Of the strike If any action
will be taken, he said, 1t would depend
entirely upon what the canvass would
show. In answer to another question,
the labor leader said he would not take
the responsibility upon himself of call
Ing off the strike, but would rather
have the national board vote upon the
question.
Scranton, Pa, Oct, 23.A meeting of
representing most of
The largest companies of the Lacka-
wanna, Wyoming Valley region, was
1eld here to-day in the offices of the
Temple Iron company and an agree |
nent was made to post the following :
notice: I
In order to avoid the complications /
hat would result from figuring the {
mounts due each miner on the notices Z
hat have been posted, the companies Z
rave concluded after a careful compila- I
ion of statistics for the past year. to +
'dopt general average and sell to +
heir miners powder at s150 per keg and /
i'd the balance, 12 per cent. to the ;
,rice of the car or tom"