The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1900-10-26
THE STRIKE
IS ENDED.
Most of the Miners Will Re-
turn to Work
MONDAY MORNING.
Employees of Companies Not Agreeing to
the Advance Will Continue
on Strike.

Hazieton, Pa, Oct. 25.-The follow.
ing was given out for publication to.
night by President Mitchell:
TO the miners and mine wor,,o,.
OF the anthracite region, gentlemen.
alter carefully canvassing the en+,ro
strike situation, your officers. dis.
trlct and national. have concluded that
your victory is SO nearly comnleted
tnat no good can be served hv con-
tlnulns the strike longer. The con-
'est mas been in progress for 80 days
ana the companies employing Won
nave with few exceptions. signif,ed
their willingness to pay the scale Of
wages formulated by the association
az the convention Of Oct. /. We
are aware that some dissatisfaction
mas been caused by the failure in
some districts to agree to reductions
n the powder and advance in wages.
out afer careful inquiry we are salts
neo receive an advance of ten
per cent on the wages formerly paid.
IN the Schuylkill and Lehigh regions
the largest companies have agreed
tnat the sliding scale should be sus-
pended and that wages should remain
stationary at 10 per cent until. Oct.
: 1901, thus removing one Of two
things which have been comnlained of
for many years.
While it is true that you have not
secured redress for all your wrongs:
Wnlle IT IS true that the increase in
your earning will not fully compen-
safe you for the labor you are COM
pelied to perform, you have estab-
llshed q perfect organization, which,
II maintained. and established a per
II maintained and conducted on busi.
ness principles, will enable you to reg
ulate many of your local grievances.
The companies agreed to take up
with the mine empoye all the griey
ancse complained of. We therefore
advise that when work is resumed com
missions be selected by mine en-
ployes and that they shall wait upon
the superintendents and state their
.Aelr grievances in an orderly, bus
mess like manner and ask that they
be corrected.
your attention is respectfully call
ed to the fact that the laws of the
state of Pennsylvania provide that
miners should be paid semi-monthly
upon demand. We should therefore
advise that each mine employe serve
notice on the company that he expects
to have his wages on the day due by
law. We trust that those who are
members of the union will be in sym.
pathy with the law and will not make
any attemrt, verbally or otherwise
to prevent full and accurate action
OF this law. We wish for a hearing
at all times. but we will not tolerate
violence.
AS there are some companies
which have not posted notices, noti.
fed or signified in any manner their
Willingness to pay the ten per cent
advance in wages and suspend the
sliding scale, We would advise that
until the men employed by such com.
panles receive notice that the ad-
vance is to be paid that the men con.
continue to strike until those en-
ploying them agree to the conditions
Employees of the companies who have
offer.-- the advance of ten per cent
and abolish the sliding scale are here
by authorized to resume work Mon
day morning, Oct. 20. and to be pre-
pared il called on to contribute a
reasonable amount of their earnings
to those who are compelled to con.
tinue on strike" The address, is
signed by the national and district
officers of the United Mine Workers
of America.