The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1900-10-18
MINERS REASONABLE
Evidence Their Desire to Bring
HOStiIities to a Close.
WILL ACCEPT ADVANCE OFFERED
If 1t is Granted to Hold Till April Next,
and if Sliding Scale Is Abolished
Now.

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Scranton, Pa, Special.-The anthra-
cite coal miners now on strike. after q
two days convention, late Saturday al.
ternoon decided to accept the 10 De,
cent. net increase in wages offered By
the mine owners, providing they will
continue the payment of advance unit.
next April and will abolish the sliding
scale. If the operators consider thu
proposition unacceptable, the miners
are willing to arbitrate the question az
issue. They also decided to continue
the conventions proposition. The res.
olutions are as follows:
I'VE, your committee, respectfully
submit the following preamable an
resolutions for your consideration:
Whereas, the anthricite coal opera.
tors have posted notices offering al
advance of 10 per cent. over wages for.
merly paid, and have signified rheil
willingness to adjust ether grievances
with their own employees; and
Whereas, they have failed to specify
the length of time this advance would
remain in force, and have also failed
to abolish the sliding scale method Of
determining wages; We would recon-.
mend
That this convention accept an ad-
vance of 10 per cent. providing the ops
orators will continue its payment until
April 1st., 1901; and will abolish the
sliding scale in the Lehigh and Schuyl-
kill regions; the scale OF wages in the
two last named districts to remain sta
tionary at 10 per cent. above the pres
ent basis price; and that the compa-
nies will agree to adjust other griev-
ances complained OF with committees
OF their own employees.
Should the proposition be unaccep>
table to the operators we recommend
that the convention propose that all
questions at issue be submitted to
fair and impartial board OF arbitration.
I'VE would further recommend that
under no circumstances whatever
should there be a resumption Of work
at any OF the colleries until the opera
tors signify their acceptance Of this
proposition, and you are notified off,
cially that the strike Is ended, and all
return to work in a body on the same
day."
Judging by the unanimity OF the
miners in passing the above resolution
and the determined stand taken by the
operators, it Is generally believed that
long contest between the strikers and
the mine operators is not unlikely
There was great enthusiasm in the
convention when the counter PROPOSE
ton to the operators was carried, and
three cheers were given for President
Mitchell. The resolutions were drafted
by a committee Of thirteen, appointed
at the morning session, OF which the
national president was chairman.
Mr. Mitchell, in All interview with a
representative of the Associated Press
on the outcome OF the convention,
said:
THE action of the delegates in con-
vention in accepting an advance of 10
per cent. providing they are given as.
surances the advance will continue in
force until April 1st, next year, de-
monstrates that the miners are con-
siderate of the public interest inTolved
and are disposed to be conciliatory.
Il cannot understand any good rea-
son why the operators would not ac-
cept the conditions named in the reso-
lutions. l, of course, hope that there
will be a speedy termination OF this
contest, andl | believe that in the fu-
ture the operators will be disposed to
treat with more consideration their
employees than they have in the past. y
The statement by the press commits
tee as to the proceedings Of the con-
vention says:
While the motion was pending Pres
ident Mitchell addressed the conven-
tion and took occasion to deny, posi-
lively, the statements made by some
of the metropolitan papers charging
that political influence were DONNA
ting the convention, and the represen-
tatives of New York political papers
bod haep in conference with him