The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-14

| cite coal miners now on strike after a
| two days convention, late this afternoon
| decided to accept the 10 per cent net In
crease in wages offered by the mine
! owners, providing they will continue the
payment of the advance until next April
and will abolish the sliding scale If
the operators consider the proposition un-
| acceptable the miners are willing to ar
bitrate the questions at issue They
also decided to continue the strike until
the operators agree to the convention's
| proposition. The resolution is as fol-
lows:
MINERS PROPOSITION.
I'VE, your committee. respectfully SUBJ
NIT the following. preamble and resolu-
tons o97S;, for your consideration:
'Wher cas-, the ant thracite coal opera
| tors have posted notices Offering an adj
| vance of 10 per cent over wages former
| ly paid and have ssignified their willing
ness, to adjust other grievances with their
employees.
| Whereas, the anthracite coal opera
| the length of time this advance would
remain in force and have also failed
| to abolish the sliding scale method of
| determining wages, we recommend:
This convention accept an advance of
~ per cent, providing the operators will
| continue its payment until April l. 1861.
| and will abolish the sliding scale in ~the
! Lehigh and Schuylkii 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 COM
| pan1es will agree to- adjust other griev-
| ances complained of with committees Of
| their own employees. Should these
we recommend that all questions at issue
be submitted to a fair and impartial
board of arbitration.
/ we would also recommend that under
no circumstances whatever should there
be resumption of work at any eollieries
until the operators submit to this prop
4SSltlon tSl n and and you are notified officially
that the strike is ended and all return
to- work in a body on the same day. .
Judging by the unshinlity of the miners
In accepting the above resolution and bv
the determined stand taken BY the oper-
ators it is general leVed that a long
contest between t.es strikers and the
mine owners is no. unlikely There was
great enthusiasm - the convention
! when the counter T. opposition to the op-s
orators was carried, and three cheers
were given for President Mitchell. The
resolutions were sdrafted by a committee
of thirteen appointed at the morning ses.
sion, of which the national president was
chairman.
Mr. Mitchell; In an interview with a
representative of the Associated Press on
the outcome of the convention, said
STATEMENT BY MITCHELL.
The action of the delegates In CON
COoe1S III accepting an ADVANCE
Of 10 per cent, providing they receive as
Surances that the advance will continue
IN force until April next year, demon-
straies 50 mat the miners are considerate
or the public interest involved and are
disposed to be conciiatory, and yet the
mlne owners refuse to join hands with
the miners IN bringing the strike to
close. The responsibility for the suffer-
ing that viii entail on the poor in the
large Eastern cities will rest entire1v
with the operators. The operate have
now an opportunity to prove that the
proposition offered by them was made in
good faith. If they are willing to nav
~ ~ per cent advance they certainly ought
,.3.o ~ commune to pay it fer six months. The
Ie9 Inlne workers will all remain on strike
1s unul they are officially notified by the
1lllcefs OF the union that the strike has
,e neen declared at an end There will be
no exception to the rule.
L cannot understand any good reason
Wny the operators should not accept the
ttonoltl4ns tt named in the miners resolu-
he Faol, l, OF course, hope that there will
oe speedy termination of this contest
| and believe thatsif1. the future the oner
alors VIII be disposed to treat with more
Ions bbo1siueratlon , their employees than they
am entirely. satisfied with the action
;5 eahen ny the miners They did not de-
GIoe the question with q view of pleas
ing me, but took the step because II sat.
1sf1ed them. It was In their hands ard
fairness Split VI
OP TO THE OPERATORS.
When Mr.. Mitchell was asked in what
manner the operators would be recog-
ilizeo In view of the fact that thew do
NOT recognize the United Mine workers.
ne said they would probably find it out
through the newspapers. 1--WE gather
most OF our information as to what the
operators are doing,Y ne said, from the
newspapers, and l suppose they are do
ing the same"
boln OF today's sessions were held in
secret. At the morning session the en-
tire wage scale was discussed in all its
phases and In order that something tan
glole could be brought before the conven-
tion a committee of thirteen was appoint
ed Tor the purpose of drafting into a
resolution the suggestions made by the
celegates. This committee consisted of
resident Mitchell the presidents of dis
trlcts No. 1 and No 8, the secretary of
olstrlct No. y and three delegates from
each Of the three districts, thirteen in
aH Before the convention. took it's noon
recess w. D. Ryan, secretary and treas
urer of the United Mine workers. of
IIilnois, and Mother Mary Jones, Of
Chlcago, made addresses.
Mr Ryan Informed the delegates that
the bitumineus miners of Illinois were
IN thorough sympathy with their Eastern
orothers, and that if financial aid was
needed, he felt sure the Illinois miners
would send it in any quantities.