The sun., 1900-10-18
MAY END THE COAL STRIKE,
NEW TERMS OFPERED 10 IHh
MINERS NY THE OPERfIOhS'

The Action Agreed Upon at Meeting ~
Philadelphia-Ten Per Cent. Advance 'n
wage. Untu Apr,i NeIt and No SlldinE
scai,-Coal REGIONS Pleased at the out'ooh'
PHILADELPHIA oct. r. Representatives on
collaborating companies and individual op"t-
ators mot In the ofice Of President nseph ;.
Harris OF the Philadelphia and K"'SN RAIL
road this morning and shortly aft" noon "
was announced that sction had been taken
which would probably end the strike oi the
anthracite conl miners. Later, the following
was issued from the ONCE Of the Readlng '"al
and Iron Company
The COMPANY makes the following an
nounc,tnent to its mine employees. IL HEREBY
withdrnws the notice posted Oct. 3. 1900, ana
10 bring about practical uniformity III th'
advance Of wages In tho several coal regions
gives notice that II will suspend the operation
Of the sliding scale. will pay 10 per cent. ad-
vnnce on September wages until April l. 1901.
and thereafter until further notice ana VIII
take up with itA mine employees any grievances
thay may have
The officers Of the Iehlgh Valley Railroad
ndopted A similar resolution The action of
this company epplies. II was said, only TO the
Sch Iylkill regic n, where the sliding scale has
been In operation In tho Wyoming region
thore is no sliding scale and officers Of the com
many here do n u. know what course the manage
Inent Of that branch OF the system will take.
Those present at the meeting In President
Harris's oflce were Joseph ! Harris. George
y Baer and John Iowber Welsh Of th" Reading
Board OF Directors Herbert Howe Of the
Pardee Company at Hazleton John Garrett.
Woe President Of the Iehigh Valley road.
william Connoll OF Scranton. VI s Kcnmerer,
President OF the First National Bank Of Mauch
Chunk. Second vice-Presidont Henderson OF
the Reading Company. n. G. Luther. general
superin ntendent Of the Reading Coal and Iron
COMPANY and John B Mnrkle representing
HAYIRIoS. Pa. oct. lit i the general
opinion here that while the eoncessions made
settlement OF the strike step nearer u d",s
not make II certain. on the face Of II tho Read
ing company's offer s'omS 10 moan tw,eI ,aI
say IL would be an Increase Of only 10 per cent
and the injection Of the powder clause Touid s dn
pG psn .s and nd operator4 When President Mitch
eli Of the United Mine Workers saw the Read
ing's notice he at first said that If all the COM
panies posted similar notices tn-inoTroWt ne
would call a meeting Of the EXccutlSe, uHnlt'e
out the following type-wrtten statement
President Mitchell when shown The state,
ment of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal ana
Iron Company said that hc would be glad IN,
deed to know that tn" anthracite OPERATOR had
decided TO change The notices previously posted
so as 10 comply with the provision oi the I,'So-
luton adopted at the scranton convention.
To the question whether, II some oi the op-
orators acceded to the demands Ui IN" strikers,
he would order the men back 10 work In their
Collieres, be replied that he could rot see how
he could allow portion Of the strikers t2 work
while the others were still out. National ON
mitteeman Benz amin james said that all the
companies and COlNerics would have To acCcde
To- the demands before the strike would be de-
action taken by the Reading meant the end OF
the strike.
The individual operators Of this regl u have
decided to follow the example set by the Read
notice AT their oollieres esto-morTow
Ne hereby withdraw uur uiier Of oct >,
lgDl and make the following announcement
10 our mine employees The sliding scale
suspended. and we Will adjust The rate Of wages
~ as to pay our mine employees from Oct.
l. 1900. to April /. 1901, and thereafter until
further notice. a net Increase Of 10 per cent.
in the wages paid for September. 1900
"NOTE-It Is understood IN the foregoing
that powder will be sold 10 miners for 81 %
keg and that the difference botweon this
rate and tho old one OF s2Ij shall he taken
into account in figuring the net advance -
10 DCr cent noted above for this class OF labor
II il understood that c. PlrdCc 4 Co.. tho Ile-
high Valley and other individual operators,
will post the same notice tomorrow.
READIN0, Pa, oct l7.-News OF the Re1dlng
c0mpany's new offer reached here this after
noon and caused general rejoicing Bonllree
were III In many localities. There were few
paradas and evcrvhodv il glad that the end Of
that any coal will in any event be shipped from
this region for n week yet Meanwhile. 10000
emptv coal cars are being rushed up from all
parts Of tho Reading system to be roadv, at
enough orders for coal already booked TO Keep
II busy for a month