The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-10-26
BIC STRIKE
ENDS AT LAST
~s=ee4~~eas
MITCHELL'S ADDRESS TO THE
MINE WORKERS.
ACCEPTS THE SITUATION
Victory for Strikers at Most Of the
Mines A Strong Organiz-
alton Established.

Hazelton, oct 2b~~1'be following
statement waE given ont for pibIiea.
zion tonight by Presi9ept Mitchell,
of The United Mine Workers;
"JiazletOu, Pa,, Oct, 2b, 1900
"TO the Miners and Mime Workers
Of the Arithmetic region;
"GoDtlemeDi After carefully can
yassing the entire strike situation, we,
yonr officers, district and DatiOnnl,
hayo concluded that Your victory is
so noarly complete that no good end
cpD be served by continuing the
strike longer, The contest has been
IA progress for thtrly,DiDo days md
ibe companies employing You bayo,
with few exceptions, sigDi1ed their
Willingness 10 pay the scale of wages
Formulated ny lbo scranton coDyeD,
ttpp of October IN aud lB,
owe nrG aware that sODe djslp-
poinlmept nild dissatisfaGti0D llns been
caused by the failure 0f the operators
IN districts Mo- | and No, \, 10 soper-
aio the reduction IN price of powder
from The advance IN wages, but after
cnrglNl inquiry wo aro satisfied thDt
oDclI mine employe viii aetDlly per
ceiyed The advance NJ ten pnr cent Dp
wages formerly paid,
''hl the Schpylkill and Lehigh
region the largest companies have
agreed that Tho sliding scale should be
spspendedj Apd that wages should 10,
main stationary Dt ton per cent until
April !, 1900, thus removing one NJ
tbe inigpittos of which yon hnye com
pllined for many years,
"Wbile " ~ truo tint yop have not
secured redress for oil yopy wrongs
while " is frue tbat tIlp ipereaso IN
yppr eprllipgs VIII pot fplly compop-
saio yop for the prdnOps lnbor y0u lro
compelled W perform IN the mines,
yon have established u powerful organ
i2ntiop, which, VI maintained and con-
dpcled On business principles VIII on
nblo y0p ~ regulate many " yonr
lOcpl grioypucos and mako your nm-
plOymont less hazardous and moro
profitable thap before lhe strike
began
pTho companies agree, IN their
notices, w tpkO WI WITH their mino
9mplayes VII gflAynleoA complained
nj, w would therefore advise that
when work " resumed, e0lpmitloDn bD
solnctod by Tho mine ompl0yes npl
tlnt They walt upon thu spperinlop'
dents ~ companies md present their
HriOynnGps, tn IN Ordprly bnslnrBH liko
lpanaor, \, Apd sk 'hAs they be eog'
NYoHr attention " respectfully
enlIod w The fact thpt tho laws " tho
stpto NJ Pennsylvania pr0ylle thNt
minors shall ho pHid somi'Inonthly
Hpoa dOmNpdj WI sh0pld therefore
n1viso that 0aeh Wipp empl0yG Sprye
ll0tico op Goinpenlos illNt NJ expects W |
be pnid his wages twice oNeh month,
~ proyldod by hw,
Ntrhe prpntieal bonohts M tho nip0Is
which aeernp from y thorough organ
ixetiOn hAyo hOeIl NJ oloNrly leW0n'
sfrNted during this strlke fhst "
should hp noodlpss tor w N Arge Np0R
ron tho n0Ggssity ri maintaining
yaHr HptoHs iRtHet We trnst, how
Nyer, that th0sp who Rre now membegA
~ Mo Hptop Will M pRooeasip. M
Wp|F NWHSW w WHHpA AtF HNVNF WfNb
workers N ally ihoMs0lypA with thp
UHitad Minp WQpk0rs M AnOFieA nv
0pae, Nv " VIII hp impossible fnr ypn
w nopHT0 higher WRKen in thp fntnrp,
nv even ~ lpatntAln tho present FAte ~
WAgns unless gnn nrn prnlNFnd NJ 0npr
npitod resitanpo " my attompt w
lpHdp NJ FedHee y0nr pApnlnHs NpaR
tllp expiration M tho prnHenf 0ffnr,
Y Az thorn nEG some few companies
WIN hlvn nnihfeF ppsled nnlians nov
sIHntnpd IN my AfhfF nlRHner, fhnlF
WlllinRnoHs M ppy fnn ppF GEM AdynlRp
IN Wages md snsppld lhe slidipg
spalo, we wnRld edylsp fhaf unless the
mon nInplOypd hy such RQnliAplas ffF |
nNive HGflgn hef0Fe MandRy thAf adr
vance VIII he paid, tleg relnAln away
fr0M fhH nllaH RnA agnflnHA qn lllR
kfpike lHfil fllf communion HllplnglnA
fllenl ARFee M flf conditions nftRrfd
NY flo nfheF a0lnpalleHi Rnd employees
M mo a0llIahlfs Wna hAVn ,ltAFea, w!
pdHnpfn M lfI 1lfT feHt nnn Ahallkllel
flle alldlnK RHAlh aFh llApHlF hHllNFlaAa
vi resnnln WORK MQndW lnArllngt
Nalnlpr WI And NJ wv lFftAFNdl WI
aaIlad on, IN contribute Il Fhaknnablf
amount M xonp aAlplHHH nv illl hialnV
lelallGe M fllnAa Eflll M lllH AfglkHfH
VtlerH Wns much FHiAlalnH mere l0T
nlHllt NhHil tlln ANNOUNCEMENT Win
made fIlat thf aaHl alFlkf Mas NJ gn
AHd M w INV nA NHA R6IlgHFnHn tlte
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