Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-10-20
NINE STRIKERS ACT
ON OPERATORS OFFER
Wiling to Accept Proposed Advance
if 1t Is Guaranteed for
Six Months.
ONE OTHER CONDITION LAID DOWl
Miners Dem,nd that The Sliding
Scale BE AboIisbed---Bcli-ved
Operators w IL Not Ac- 4
ccde TO Terms

Schanton, Pa, Oct. 16.-The miners
convention adopted the following reso-
buttons and adjourned sine die.
1--WE would recommend that this con-
sention accept the 10 per cent. advance,
providing the operators will continue its
payment until April /, 1901, and will
abolish the sliding scale in the Lehigh
and S~chuylkill regions. The scale OF
wages in the two last named districts
to remain stationary at 10 per cent.
above the present basis price and that
the companies agree to adjust other
grievances complained Of with commit
tees of their own employees. Should this
proposition be unacceptable TO The op-
orators, we recommend that the con-
vention propose that all questions at
issue be submitted to a fair and I'M
partial board OF arbitration.
I'VE would further recommend that
under nc circumstances whatever
should there be a resumption of work
al any of the collieries until the opera
tors signify their acceptance OF this
proposition and you are notified Off
cially hat the strike is ended. and all
ANNtih ~ "a ~ - po1S ~
day"
Judging by the unanimity of the min
ers and the stand taken by the opera
tors, it is believed a long contest be-
tween the strikers n the mine owners
is not unlikely. There was great en-
thusiasm in the convention when the
counter proposition to the operators
was carried, and three cheers were
given for President Mitchell. The reso-
It,tfas,n 80 If, ftn1 h "A nnn1nliIfaa nf
thirteen, Of which the national chair
nan vas president.
VIZ w, al President Mitchell.
Mr.. Mitchell in an interview with a
representative Of the Associated Press
on the outcome of the convention said:
The action of the delegates in ac-
cepting an advance of 10 per cent, pro-
viding they receive assurances that II
will continue in force until April l next,
demonstrates the fact that the miners
are considerable of the public interest
and are disposed to be conciliatory,
and yet the mine operators refuse 10
join hands with the miners In bringing
the strike to-a close. The responsible
ity for the suffering that will entail on
the poor in the large eastern cities will
rest entirely with the operators. The
operators now have an opportunity TO
prove that the proposition made by
them was made in good faith. If they
are willing to pay 10 per cent advance
they certainly ought to continue to pay
ii for six months. The mine workers
will all remain on strike until they are
officially notified by the officers OF the
union that the strike is declared at an
end.
Il cannot see any good excuse why
the operators Will not accept this. OF
course / hope there will be a speedy
termination of this contest, and / be-
lieve thai in the future the operators
will be disposed to treat with more
consideration their employees than they
have in the past. / am entirely salts
fed with the action taken by the
miners. They did not decide the ques-
ton with a view of pleasing me, but
took the step because 1t satisfied them.
1t was in their hands and they showed
an extraordinary spirit of fairness"
When Mr.. Mitchell was asked In
what mi the officers would be no
titled, in view of the fac that they do
not recognize the United Mine Work.
ers, he said the employers would prob
ably find it out in the newspapers. I'VE
gathered most of u H.. ormation as
10 what the operators are doing" he
said, from the newspapers, n 1 sup
pose they are doing the same thing"
Both Of the sessions were again held
in secret.
The following telegram was sent to
the mine workers of the anthracite re-
gion:
Reports are being circulated in
some sections that the strike is settled
and that the men are expected to re-
turn to work. You are hereby notified
that no settlement has been made and
no attention should be paid to reports
of that kind. When a settlement is eff
fected O VIII be notified by a cir
cular under the seal of our organiza-
ton and signed by the national and
district officers. John Mitchell.
President United Mine Workers Of
America"