Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-25
THE STRIKE SITUATION
President Mitchell Tells the
Strikers Side.
NOT TREATED CONSIDERABLY
U.,, IN MT waut the Powder COnces-
Sion Counted as Part "f tue ~
Per Cent Advance.

Hazleton, Pa. Oct. 23..-When Pres
ideut Mitchell. Of the United Mice
workers., was asked what he had to say
i'm regard to a settlement Of the minors
strike, he said:
LAS there appears to he some dispo-
sition OH the part Of the public to place
the responsibility OF the prolonsatlon
oi the strike on the shoulders OF the
mineworkels, speaking ior them want
to say that when tho Scranton cCnveh'
ton accepted the 10 per cent increase
in wages providing the operators aboi
ished the sliding scale and guarantee
the payment OF the adavnce in wag.
until April |, the miners had met the
operators more than half way. They
had shown conciliatory spirit, and 1
know OF no good reason why the propo
sition should not have been accepted
by the operators. As consequence,
the responsibility for the continuance
oi tho strike rests solely upon the fall
IRE of the operators to treat the propo'
sition OF their employees considerably.
The public should understand that I'm.
satisfactory ~ is the proposition OF the
operators, who make the reduction III
the price OF powder apart OF tho adj
vance of 10 per cent, that even this
proposition has not been offered by
very large number of the coal.produc'
ing companies in the anthracite region.
and until all companies guarantee the
payment Of tho 10 per cent advance
above the rate Of wages paid i'll Septem.
her until April I, according to decis'
ion OF the Scranton convention, the
miners are powerless to act.
II want to repeat again that there
can he no partial sectional settlement
Of this strike. The large companies il
the Lehigh region that have refused Il
move at all since She Scranton conven.
ton was held are Coke Bros. q Co.,
the largest coal producers in the Lehigh
region; G. B. Markle 8 Co. the Lehigh
& Wilkesba,re Company, the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company and a
large number o! smaller companies.
There is also considerable number of
coal companies in tho Lackawauna and
Wyoming regions that have not guaran.
teed the payment Of the 10 per cent
advance until April l.. The only dis.
trict thar has accepted the terms Of the
SCRANTON convention IN full ia No. Q.
better known as tho Schuylkill district.
"Companios which produce about IS
per cent OF total production OF the
anthracite coal folds have guaranteed
tho payment 0i the 10 per cent ad.
vance and have abolished the sliding
SCALE"
When Mr.. Mitchell was asked what
he would do If all the companies were
to post notices. he said:
"When all the companies have post.
ed notices then ! will have something
to say"
When 1t was suggested to him that
there might be break in the IA nks Of
the strikers If the contest was to con.
tinue much longer. lie said that not one
man would 70 back to the mines until
they are officially notified to return.
Two Hundred Indians STRIVING.
Vancouver. B. c.. Oct. GA spe.
cial from Agassiz, B. c., tonight says
that 200 Indians ARC starving at Penn.
berton Meadows. $50 miles north oil
Agassiz. An Indian rider brought
news today that 80 Indian families
are dying ard that 1t is doubtful II sup.
plies can he sent to them quickly
enough to save their lives. They have
caught no salmon this season, their
potato crop has failed and their stock
has been drowned by floods. Recent
heavy rains have caused the Harrison
river to overflow its banks and the
whole country is said to 10 flooded.
Conditions arc said to be worse now
than during the disastrous floods OF
1894. when the district was under six
feet of water. Supplies are being
rushed from Vancouver to tho starving