The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-10-26


be lost forever. One sales agent writes;
One @ my largest customers tells
me that consumers are getting to like
bituminous coal, and that they think
they will keep on using it," It is such
reminders as. these that makes the
operators just as anxious to settle.
the strike as the miners But the
strikers must make the biggest con-
cession,. and there is every reason to
believe that they will do it before the
week is over. 55S ss -
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 90. When Presi-
dent Mitchell. Of the United Mine
Workers, was asked Sunday night
what he had to say in,regard to a set
Element Of the anthracite coal min
ers' strike, he said: PIKE II,
AS there appears to be some disposition
on the part Of the public to place the re-
sponsibility for. the prolongation: of the
ers. speaking for them, want to say that
when the Scranton convention accepted the
ten per cent. advance in wages, providing
the operators abolished the sliding scale
and guaranteed the payment OF the adj
vance until April !. the miners had met
had shown ,conciliatory spirit. and I know
Of no good reason why the proposition
should not have been accepted by the op-
orators. r 4.;s...,. N LIZ ssE-<45 :,N,s .
'As a consequence. the responsibility for
the continuation Of the strike rests solely
upon the failure of the operators to treat
the proposition of theirempioyess consider
ately. The public should understand that,
unsatisfactory as is the proposition of the
operators, who make the reduction in the
price of powder a part of the advance Of
ten per cent. that even this proposition
has not been offered by very large num-
Der of the coal-producing companies in the
anthracite region. and until all companies
guarantee the payment of the ten per cent.
advance above the rate of wages paid in
September until April l. according to the
decision of the Scranton convention, the
miners are powerless to act. want to re-
peat4again that there can be no partial Sec
tional settlement of this strike
The large companies in the Lehigh re.
gion that have refused to move at ali since
the Scranton convention was held are Coke
Bros. Il Co.. the largest coal producers in
the Lehigh region: g. 3. Markle & Co.. the
high Coal & Navigation company and a
large number of smaller companies. There
are also considerable number OF coal COM
panies in the Lackawanna and Wyoming
regions that have not guaranteed the pay
ment OF the ten per cent. advance until
April l. The only district that has accepted
is No. 9, better known as the schuylkill dis
strict. Companies which produce about 65
per cent. of the total production Of the an
thracite coal fields have guaranteed the
payment OF the ten per cent advance 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 posted notices
then l will have something to say r.
Z When it was suggested to him that
there might be q break in the ranks
of the strikers If the contest was to
continue much longer, he said that
not one man will 60 back to the mines
until they are officially notified to re-
turn. e.. -
+ Wilkesbarre. Pa. Oct. 22.-Presi-
dent Mitchell and the executive board
have virtually decided to call another
convention of strikers in order to
consider this last offer of the opera
tors. When this convention will be
called has not yet been determined.
The decision rests with President
Mitchell, and he will probably decide
next Wednesday or Thursday. Scran-
ton will doubtless be again selected
as the place OF meeting, and the ar
rangements will be as before. ,.-
%Shamokin, Pa, Oct. 2.-Committees
of United Mine Workers canvassed the
Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron
company strikers Of. this place. Mount
Carmel and Locust Gap Sunday to
learn whether any of the men intend
ed to go to work to-day. The strike
leaders state that no one will re-
spond TO- the blowing, of the whistles
excepting engineers and fire bosses.
A prominent local official of the Union
Coal company says the company pos
itively refuses to concede to any Of
the demands made by the Scranton
convention. The company claims that
their busy season has peen ruined
by the strike and they don't care
when the strike 10 settled, feeling pos
tive that they can hold out much
longer than the striking miners. The
company controls four large collieries
in the Shamokin region. =.3. \
:: The Spanish Cabinet Resigns. b
q Madrid, Oct. 22.-The appointment
of Weyler as captain general Of Madrid
has caused the resignation of the cab
A. n I.