The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-10
NOTHING
FURTHER
TO OFFER
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| in the increase In wages will offset the
| increase to some miners.
| That's another hugaboo," said the
operator ",The offer says that the
mine employees are to receive a ten per
| cent. net increase In wages, and that's
what the offer means-nothing more,
| nothing less. When a miner gets his
money from the pay car he will have
| ten per cent. In cash more than he
| would have had under the old scale.
| The powder question only enters into
| it as n matter Of bookkeeping. Every
| man employed in or about the mines
| in the whole anthracite region Will
| make ten per cent. more under the
new scale than IL he was working under
| the old scale The price of powder Is
| a fiction and has always been a fiction.
| 1t Is simply for the looks of the thing
that the proviso about reducing the
| price of powder was inserted in the Of
| fer Practically 1t makes no difference
! in the long rum except that the opera
| tor must do some figuring to find out
in each mans case what percentage
of the cost Of mining the cost of his
powder amounts to- Let no one do any
worrying about the terms of the Offer.
If the offer is accepted the men will
find that every one Of them will take
home next pay day $1.10 for every dol
lars worth Of work he formerly did"
At Headquarters.
This explanation of the ten rer cent.
offer was. in substance. laid before
group of strikers at District head
quarters yesterday afternoon, and,
Judging from their expressions, every
4 1nt~
the delusion that either the miner or
laborer, or may be both, were not to
get full ten per cent. increase, and
they seemed much relieved to learn
that no matter how the figuring was
done. they were assured of a ten cent
raise on the dollar.
One of them, the president of a local
| union said:
Il don't think the men understand
this thing, or they would be talking
different to what they are. They seem
to think there is some kind of a game
| in that thing about the powder that
is going to keep them from making the
ten per cent. For my part, am satis-
fled to stay out till we get better
offer, but there's a good many of us
that are not prepared to make a long
fight, and on their account I am will
ing to content myself with what we
| can get now. Ten per cent, anyhow,
isn't so bad"
There wasn't man In the room but
what seconded these sentiments with
some expression or other.
How far such sentiments extend is
the question on which the conventions
| action hinges. Will the men be con-
| tent to take a ten per cent. increase
in wages and the guarantee of having
their other grievances taken up for
adjustment, or will they vote to con-
tinue the strike. believing the opera
tors having made one concession, can
pe forced 10 make more?
Will Arrive Today.
Mr.. Mitchell and his staff will arrive
this morning from Hazleton. In his
party will be his secretary, Miss Eliza
beth Morrison, Mother" Jones. w. r.
Farley, of Alabama George Purcell
of Indiana, and Benjamin James, OF
Evansville, members Of the national ex-
ecutive committees; Organizer Robert
N. Courtright President Thomas Duffy,
of District No. T. and President John
Fahy. Of District No. 9. National Sec
)
secretary of Springfield, ILL.,, secretary
of District No. IL. of the Illinois United
Mine Workers, will come tomorrow to
attend the convention. A special car
load of newspaper correspondents and
artists will also come this morning and
remain over till after the convention.
Organizer Fred Dilcher arrived yester-
day.
Tho Gnn - t1,N ~
in charge of the demonstration was
held yesterday at district headquar-
ters. 1t was presided over by Organ
izer Nicholas Burke, and w. ]. Thom-
as. OF Local 6S7, acted as secretary.
1t was arranged to have four car
| liases in the parade. The first will be
occupied by President Mitchell Miss
Morrison. Mother" Jones and Mayor
James Moir. In the second will be Or
ganiZer Fred Dilcher, District Presi-
dent II. d. Nichols. District Secretary
John y. Dempsey and National COM
mitteeman George Purcell. District
Vice President Adam Roscavwych, Ma
tional Committeeman Benjamin James
and w. r. Farley and Organizer Rob-
ert n. Courtrlght will be in the third
carriage. The fourth will contain Dis
Thomas Llewellyn, John p. Kearney
and Nicholas Burke.
Led by Band.
The procession will be led by Law
rences band, which is engaged by
Clarke Bros. for the mine workers.
ThssPine Brook locals will have Bauer's
band. The Nay Aug Drum corps has
contributed its services free to lead the
boys in the Second division. Nearly
every local in the city has either a
band or drum corps engaged. and the
out-of-toWn locals are expected to
bring along all tho bands and drum
corps up and down the valley The
procession will start as soon after |.
o'clock as possible. The signal for the
start will be two long blasts of the
blast furnace gong.
Organizer Fred Dlcher is to preside
at the meeting on the Ash street
grounds. Addresses will be delivered
by President Mitchell. Mother" Jones,
District President Nichols and several
others, not yet selected.
Many business places began decorat-
ing yesterday, and before noon today
the central city will very likely be re-
splendert with flags and bunting.
Wilkes-Barre was lavish in its decora-
tions for the demonstration held there
last week, 1t can be safely prophecied
that Scranton will not be content with
doing less.
PRISONER WAS NOT MURDOCH.