The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1900-10-27
Coal Strike Really Settled
This Time.
and WORK WILL START
~ \li. COLLIERIES EXCEPT At
MARKLE'S.
Mine WOrkera' Officials Consider
That Men Have Won Great Moral
VictOry az Well a. Getting Crying
Wrongs RedresSed-WiIi Continue
Strike at Markle'S Work." nec"""e
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UAZLETON, Pa, Oct. 25.-The fol-
lowing statement was given out lo'
publication tonight by President Much
ell, OF the United Mine Workers.:
"Temporary headquarters United
Mine Workers Of America, Hazlcton'
Pa, Oct. 25, 1900:
no tho miners and workers Of the An
1hracitc region:
Centlcmen-After carefully canvass
ing the entire strike situation, we, your
Officers, district and national, nave
concluded that your victory is so nearly
complete that no good end can De
served by continuing the strike longer.
The contest has been in progress Tor
80 days and the companies employing
you have, with few exceptions, s'ehi-
fled their willingness to pay the scale
of wages formulated by the Scranton
convention OF Oct II and IL.
Advance /. Satisfactory.
We are aware that some disappoint-
mcnt and dissatisfaction has been
caused by the failure of the operators
in districts No. 1 and Z to separate the
reduction in the price of powder from
the advance in wages, but after careful
employe will actually receive an ao-
vance Of 10 per cent on the wages 1or-
merly paid. In the Schuylkill and Le-
high regions the largest companies
have agreed that the sliding scale
should be suspended, and that wages
should remain stationary at ~ per
cent until April I, 1901; thus removing
one Of the iniquities Of which you nave
complained for many years.
All Wrongs Not RedrcHsed.
while it is true that you have not
secured redress for all your wrongs;
while it is true that the increase IN
YOUR earnings will not fully compensate
YOU for the arduous labor you are COM
nelled to perform in the mines, you
have established q powerful organiza-
ton, which. if maintained and conduct
ed on business principles will enable
you to regulate many OF your local
grievances and make your employment
less hazardous and more profitable: than
before the strike began. :. :
1.-The companies agree, in their nos
tees, to take up with their mine sH;esn-
1ployes all grievances complained of.
We would therefore advise that when
work is resumed, committees be select
ed by the mine employees and that they
wait upon the superintendent OF the
companies and present their grievan-
ces, in an orderly business like man.
ner, and ask that they be corrected.
Must Ask for Pay.
Your attention is respectfully
called to the fact that the laws of the
state of Pennsylvania provide that
miners should be paid semi-monthly
Upon Demand; we should therefore
advise that each mine employe serve
notice on the companies that he ex-
poets to be paid his wages twice each
month, as provided by law.
.The Practical Benefits
to the miners which accrue from thor
ough organization have been so clear
~ demonstrated during this strike that
it should be needless for us to urge
upon you the necessity OF maintaining
your union intact. We trust, however,
that those who are now members of the
union will be unceasing in their efforts
to induce all other mine workers to ally
themselves with the United Mine
Workers Of America at once, as it will
he impossible for you to secure higher
wages in the future, or even to main
tain the present rate Of wages unless
you arc prepared to offer a united
resistance if any attempt is made to re-
duce your earnings upon the expira-
ton Of the present offer.
Must Remain on Strike.
las there are some few companies
who have neither posted, notified nol
significd, in any manner, their will
ingncss to pay the ten per cent advance
in wages and suspend the sliding scale
we would advise that unless the men
employed by such companies receive
notice before Monday that the advance
will be paid, they remain away from
the mines and continue on strike until
the companies employing them agree to
the conditions offered by the other COM
panies; and the employees of the COM
panies who have offered the advance
ing scale are hereby authorized to re-
sumo work Monday morning, Oct. 20
and to be prepared, if called on, to con.
tribute reasonable amount Of their
earnings for the maintenance of those
who may be compelled to continue or
strike.
Signed John Mitchell, president: w
r. Wilson, secretary.
Fred Dilcher G.. w. Purcell. w. r
Farley, Benjamin James, national OK
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