Willmar tribune., 1900-10-31
ORDERED. Z o RESUME.
Miners to Go Back toWork at Collier
les Where the Operators Have
Granted Demands OF scran-
I ton Convention. -, =.

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| Granted Demands OF Scran-.
ton Convention. s.
Hazleton, Pa, Oct. 26.-The mine
workers strike has been declared off
against all companies which have COM
piled with the strikers demands, and
the strike will be continued against
those companies which have not grant
ed the Scranton conventions demand
The strikers will return to work Mon
day at the places where the tie-up is
ended. ,5tE#a:-# zs.=:.
The following statement was given
out for publication Thursday night by
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
Workers. It is signed by President
Mitchell and Secretary Wilson, of the
United Mine Workers of America, and
the presidents and secretaries of the
various districts:
ITO the Miners and Mine Workers Of
the Anthracite Region-Gentlemen: After
carefully canvassing the entire strike sit
ttonal, have concluded that your victory
is SO nearly complete that no good can
be served by continuing the strike longer.
me contest has been in progress for 80
days and the companies employing you
have. with few executions, signiied their
willingness to pay the scale of wages
formulated by the Scranton convention Of
October II and 49,.
I'VE are aware that some disappoint-
ment and dissatisfaction has been caused
by the failure of the operators in districts
l and to separate the reduction in the
price of powder from the advance in
wages. but after careful inquiry we are
00f n{v7a will a r.
tually receive an advance of ten per
cent. on the wages formerly paid. In
the Schuylkfll and Lehigh regions the
largest companies have agreed that the
sliding scale should be suspended and
that wages should remain stationary at
ten per cent. until April /, 1901, thus
removing one of the iniquities of which
you have complained for many years.
While It is true that you have. not
secured redress for all your wrongs;
while 1t is true that the increase in your
earnings will not fully compensate you
for the arduous labor you are compelled
to perform In the mines, you have estab-
Nshed a powerful organization. which, If
maintained and conducted 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 be-
gan.
to take uD with their mine employees all
grievances complained of. We would
therefore advise that when work is re-
sumed committees be selected by the mine
employees and that they wait upon the su-
perintendents of the companies and pre-
sent their grievances in an orderly, busi-
neSsl1ke manner and ask that they be cor
rected.
"Your attention is respectfully called
to the fact that the laws of the state of
Pennsylvania provide that miners should
be paid semimonthly, upon demand; we
should therefore advise that each mine
employe serve notice on the companies
that he expects to be paid his wages twice
each month, as provided by law.
THE practical benefits to the miners
which accrue from thorough organization
have been so clearly demonstrated dur
ing 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 men,
bers 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 1t will be impossible for you to Sc
cure higher wages in the future, or even
to maintain the present rate of wages,
unless you are prepared to offer united
resistance If any. attempt is made to re-
duce your earnings upon the expiration
of the present offer.
LAS there are some few companies who
have neither posted, notified nor signifed
in any other manner their willingness
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 Mon
day that the advance will be paid, they
tinue on strike until the companies en-
ploying them agree to the conditions Of
fered by the other companies; and the
employes OF the companies who nave Of
abolished the sliding scale are hereby au-
thoriZed to resume work Monday morn
ing, October 2s. and 41,,,o+ to be prepared, If
amount of your earnings for the main
tenance of those who may be compelled
to continue on strike
There was much rejoicing here when
the announcement was made that the
coal strike was at an end in so far as
was concerned the collieries where the
conditions demanded by the miners
had BEEN complied with. The news
spread quickly and soon kilograms be-
gan to arrive at headquarters. Most of
them were from local union officials
congratulating President Mitchell on
the successful ending of the contest,
Everywhere in the region local unions
had been awaiting the news, and in a
moment after the press representative
was handed the decision of the confer
ence the three district Presidents began
telephoning synopsis of the state
ment to every mining town within tele-
phone reach in the coal fields. By this
means the whole region heard the news
in very short time
The United Mine Workers headquar-
ters will probably be closed next week.
President Mitchell will be in Scranton
on Saturday to participate in a break
er boys demonstration, after which he
will make tour of the entire anthra-
cite region. Plans have already been
mapped out for jollification meetings
in various parts Of the coal fields to
celebrate the ending of the strike. La
ter on President Mitchell will go
to New York to attend cigarmakers'
union meeting, after which he will re-
turn to national headquarters at In
dianapolis. '&s' e.. s.. +. :.'s'> :
Fined for Contempt.
Lansing, Mich, Oct. 26. Judge John
J.. Speed, of Detroit, and Judge Horace
A. Pope, of Allegan, Mich, were fined
$3.50 and 5000, respectively, by Judge
West, of the circuit court, 4 for con
tempt Of court, in refusing to proceed
with the trial Of Gen.. Marsh in the
military frauds, after q continuance
had been denied. s ID.