The sun., 1900-10-06
PARDEE 4 CO.'S OFFER.
Formal Notice to Their Miners Of an Advance
In wages Posted.

u.z1vroS. Pa oct Sd A. Pardee 4 Co.
y, Uszlaton who operate the Cranberry and
Chrysta Ridge collierieS, employing about
snn men. posted this notice to-day at the busl-
neS- office Of the firm:
This company makes the following an
nouncement to its mine employees: II VIII
adjust it, rates OF wages 50 ~ to pay itS nine
employee, on and after oct /. and uutil iur-
ther notice. net Increase of 10 per cent on
the wages heretofore received.
Note 1t is understood in the foregoing
that powder will be sold 10 miners for $50
rar ker, and that tho difference between this
rate and the old rate OF g. 10 shall be taken
into account in figuring the net advance Of
oper cent noted above for t4is GaI' %t work
The offer made by the Pardees to their men
Is identcally the same 4, that made ty M"
Lenigh Valley and the three other coal com,
NAMES 10 theirs and which has not induced
The mon 10 return 10 work frIor TO lh' Hp-
rnor,ncc of the notice there had been n e"lluE
OF 4 Pardce Go, + l.. Bullock ofC VI l1od-on
4 Co, + u Jones ot the Nul treeE Soal COM ,n
nany Hon John lei,enring Of tho llei>"nrlnG
collieries and \ W Drake, representing Gavin
pordee 4 CO. were present. Non" Of them would
talk n 10 what had taken nlacc ny mere ',h a,
I've no question that the action taken hN u, \
pardee h 90 was with their knowledge and
approval and will be followed by them ns soon
n. IN is seen what result the pnrdec oher VIII
have upon tho situation The other bic
nner,t"rs here. G. B Markle \ Co, were not
represented dt the conference hold h'ue
pnrdec ONCE . . .,
evening what action would IN" taken 10y, nun
Iu tho matter Of the O1er made 10y \, Iaidee y
% no rc'liod That since II only emauited
from ono ~ the individual operators he would
moi call a conference of his colleagues to con.
slider II nor would ne uuiI AL thr "l'Ia'oi9 hau
TSe NarlIIe and Cross Crecl, Coal companies
collieria, were worked all day A. Lattlmer
there was "A little furry of excitement lhis
morning consequent rnon me ,,"hlhR oi a
car fnlI Of workul,n 10y a crowd oi women.
For tho Inst few days the men WORKING az
| Iottinor have been brought from HOLLYWOOD
To the mines by a car attached 10 a. mine loco
motive. This morning the men rldlhG on the
car were stoned 10y some women VINO had
stationed themselves along the road one ol
the mon in the car, Jacob SCh1ilcr, was struck
ON tho head ard severely injured, hut IN" other
men If hit at all. were not badly hurt.
There was to have been another march OF
women and men from McAGoC and Jeaies-
vile to LattimcT early this morning. but upon
learning how well that place was guarded the
Leaders called II on %,
President Mitchell will 90 10 Shenandoah to-
morrow, where n mass meeting Of miners has
beCn arranged lie Will speak there IN thc
afternoon and in Mount Carmel in the evening
lie intends returning to IiaZleton sunday morn.
ing The Iehigh Valley Railroad to-day pn!N-
shlpped IO2 cars Of coal on the lIa2leton dviS-
ION which il only i3 per cent Of the usual snip
mpnt This Is tho lowest shipment since the
beginning Of ia, strike
tonight whether any uf the carrying comr2-
nie. had made concessions In freight rates In
order to enable tho operators To make con
ce-sionS in turn to their men pnn promise
that his name would not be mentioned u" re-
piled that 50 far no concessions had been made
bv the railroad companies and he hardly "N-
| peCtpd that any would be made.