The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-18
BELIEVED THAT THIS WEEK WILL
= SEE LAST OF THE COAL
STRUGGLE
MINERS DEMANDS ACCEDED TO
PHILADELPHIA & READING COAL
COMPANY GRANTS THE CON-
CESSIONS WANTED
tEHIGH WILL FOLLOW SUIT
And the Numerous Smaller COM
Danies and Individual Opera =
tors Are Expected to Get
Into Line.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 17.[The great
Btrike of the anthracite mine workers OF
Pennsylvania, which began Sept u, prac-
tically ended today when the Philadelphia
& Reading Coal and Iron company and
the I.ehigh Valley Coal company agreed
10 abolish the Sliding scale in their re-
speetive regions and to- grant an adj
vance in wages of 10 per cent net, the
advance to remain in operation until April
|, 1900, or thereafter. This action meets
the demands OF the Scranton miners con-
vention. The decision was arrived at
after a conference between representa-
tives of the Individual coal operators and
the large coal carrying companies. The
Conference began yesterday. Today ,
action was the elimination Of the recent
meeting of the individual operators at
Scranton following the mine workers con-
Vention in the same city. Nearly all of
the collieries in the coal region had
previous to the mine workers conven-
ton posted notices granting an advance
of 10 per cent. The mine workers in con-
Eidering this demanded that the sliding
scale in the Lehigh and Schuylkill dis,
tricts be abolished, the increase to be
guaranteed until April /, 1901, and all
Other differences be submitted to arbira-
ton. The individual operators agreed TO
everything and the appointment Of a
committee to induce the Reading and the
Lehigh companies- to abolish the sliding
. scale and make the wage increase pefma-
nent followed.
VICTORY FOR STRIKERS.
1t is conceded that the result of today
conference is a complete victory for the
men. All the demands of their CONVEX
ton are acceded to- and as one individual
operator put it, after the conference, the
operators go a little farther in agreeing
to maintain the advance after April l.
This same operator, who wishes his name
to be withheld, said after the conference:
'It is all up Ia the miners now. We
have agreed to everything. and nothing
now remains but for them to return 10
work as sGcn as the rotices are posted
by the ColIery managers. These notices
will be practically similar to the Read
Ing comp2ny's notice, the phraseology
only being changed. I look for a re-
sumption of operations by Monday. at
The latest. The conference was entirely
harmonious and every phase of the Strlke
situa ton was gone over
Just how soon the official order notify
ing the men $Eat the strike is ended AMI
to return to work will be issued by Pres
ldent Mitchell. can only be conjectured
1t is believed here that no order to re
"a turn will be issued until notice sirui-
lar to or in line with that of the Reading
and Lehigb companies is posted at ali the
eollieries.
The Reading company's notice reads:
COMPLETE SURRENDER.
Tho Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Mining company hereby With
eraWs the notice posted Oct. 3, 1900, and
TO bring about practical uniformity in
the advance OF wages in the several
coal regions gives notice that il will sus-
pend the operation of the sliding scale.
Will pay 10 rer cent advance on Septe;n-
her wages until April l, 1901, and there
after until further notice, and will take
UP with its mine employees any grievances
which they may have
No formal announcement has as yet
been made by the Lehigh Valley railway
company regarding its intentions, but
after the Reading company's statement
had been made public. Vice President
Garrett, of the Lehigh Valley. said
Concerning cur opera tions in the
action of our company will be similar 10
that of the Reading company In other
districts, however, certain conditions eX-
list. For instance, the price of powder,
which must be treated separately, and
we nave not decided definitely with re-
gard to that. These matters are now
In the hands cf SUpt Lathrop, whose
headquarters are at Wilkesbarre'
Supt. Lathrop, who attended the con-
tees, hut refused to make public their
,purport.
Calvin, Hardee & Co.. extensive indi-
vidual operators in the Wilkesbarre re-
gion. announced that they would post
tomorrow Eotices similar to those issued
by The Reading company This undoubt-
= eGly indicates what all the individual op-
orators will do