The sun., 1900-09-10
|b|G STRIKE OF
\ COIL MINERS HIS
BEEN POSTPONED
The Executive Board Issues a
Formal Statement to An
thracite Miners.
ARE TOLD TO BE PREPARED
Further Negotiations, With
the Hope of Pacific Settlement,
the Prospective Coal Strike is
Temporarily Postponed.
Danger of Strike Has
Not Been Removed.

S indianapolis, Sept. 9.-After an ex-
( Tended secret session the national execu-
atiye board of United Mine Workers of
SAm merica issued statement postponing
the ordering of strike pending the re-
fsult of negotiations. Officials say influ-
sences are at work to adjust the trouble,
e but decline to say what they are.
9& This action means that the miners of
the anthracite region will not strike at
soncc. although danger of strike has not
been removed. The men are ordered to
fcmain in readiness to go out Mine work
sers' officials refuse to say how far negO-
tiations have progressed or by what
means they are being carried on with the
operators.
The following message was sent to Dis
%trict President Nichols at Hazleton, Pa:
''Information reaches this office that
miners in the anthracite region are ceas-
ing work in anticipation of strike being
tleclared today. National board directs
INC TO advise that inasmuch as negotia
lions are still pending for a settlement,
al miners continue work as usual until
they receive official notice to suspend
work and hold themselves in readiness to
respond should our efforts to effect a set
Ilpmcnt prove failure
M Executive boards Statement.
IA The statement issued by the board is
rs follows:
sro the Miners and Eaborers of the Anthracite
Coalfclds d Pennsylvania and All Other Per-
"a sons Concerned:
# The rGtioual executive hoard Of the United
Mine Workers q tmtiica having under consider,
1ainn la appiitaton Of Districts |, and o of the
aitauacite region of Pennsylvania TO engage ia a
st rile because Of the refusal Of their employers
&tp srant certain conditions which the miners q
thl Gpld btlipvo they are entitled 10, have deter,
nlined upon the following statement OF their posi-
f4Nan IN lhu case
M Tlie organization .of tile Unitcd Mine Worker,
Il opposed to strikes except as last resort when
all ol N ans II adjusting disputes haze failed.
NGu preamble leeiales that We desire TO use al
hi aoHblp mems to maintain pedte between ON.
selp5s ana employers. adjusting ali differences g
fad AZ possible his araafaiaa ana carciliaticn
that s'ril.es may hrenm7 unnecessary"
Sukos between ainl Vnti capital are like war
brtHasn nations; flty bring h3risllils, rfivatiuf
and want 20 the WurkCr4 and loss ut property e
thc employers. Vet, when innumerthle wrong
hage heen heapal upon people Mhici they hart
patirntl2 submitted 10 for yoars, using every hon
NoiaElC mpara IL thpir comnaHd ID remedy Ill,
eyils con,rMintd If without rosurting 10 strikes
ari an thaif eHurts iur rai nave been arrogantA
Refused or ,putly irnerotl, tlec would b. fals
n IA Themselves their a.a { and jher fr.lpw mhi
"a the a. lesist tthe4 g a.
pqal ttet. i hts, even 70 ti.e a3.e5 a trikiat
Maf,r .H5,.ts4 if necessary win s4 aaa lGeria7 (
NHehtails, in effort % remove the evils for Al
gtmc 10 corlc. This is the case in the anthracite
re.iou, Their wages have not kept pace with tlI
cost Of living and in some instances have bcel
reduced. they have hcen required to deal in com
pany stores and accept tle services Of the com
pany's doctor; they have been required to acccp
wages based ulon IN antiquoted sliding scale tla
Invariably slides downward; they have had thei
wages reduced by an arbitrary and eNorbitant syF
tenn Of dockage; they have been compelled to wal
for their pay weeks after the time specified b
law and in open violation Of the same, and l
many other ways their rights and liberties hay
been tramped upon, and in many instances the
have been compelled to take their children froi
School at a very tender age in violation of LAY
and put them to work in the breakers in orde
to earn sufficient food to support their families.
III All of these impositons have been patientl
borne until they are no longeT bearable. The
N have sought conference after conference with the
employers hoping to meet them and obtain Il
amelioraion of their condition. Their appea
Hbaye been ignored they have pursued every COZ
ssceiyable concliatory method made numerot
Hpropositions and have offered to submit tn
whole situation 10 arbitration, and all their e
forts have been in vain. They make applies
tion to this board for permission to strike in az
4 cordante with the laws Of our union We great
n deplore the circumstances which compel us to o
der strike in that field but we feel that we hay
done all we possibly can to avoid a conflict, wit
the exception of slight hope that has not "
, been followed to a definite conclusion. In ord
that the operators may have a further opportunit
to avert the strike; that the industry and con
merce Of the New England and eastern seahoai
states may not be temporarily destroyed and pc
manently injured by an unnecessary stoppage
their fuel supplies; that the many thousands
workers engaged in those industries and in con
nerce whose welfare is interviewer with the mil
ing interests may not suffer from causes ov
which they have control and that more tin
may be had to continue negotiations along Il
line intimated. the miners of the anthracite ie
~ are hereby notified that the national executi'
hoard do not deem it advisable to order stril
TO take effect Sept 10, as requested by the Hail
ton convention, but the miners of the whole a
4 thraeite region are instructed to restrain ther
selves for few days longer and hold themsely
In readiness to cease work Immediately upon Il
ending of present negotiations, when, If a settl
ment is not reached official Endorsement OF Il
X strike order will be sent out by this board.
N This is signed by John Mitchell, president, al
6W b. Wilson, secretary-treasufer,