Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1900-10-22

Philadelphia, October 18.-The great
strike of the anthracite mine workers
of Pennsylvania which began Sept. IL
was practically ended yesterday when
the Philadelphia Coal and Iron COM
pany and the Lehigh Valley Coal COM
pany agreed to abolish the sliding
scale in their respective regions and
to grant an advance in wages OF ten
per cent. net, the advance to remain
in operation until April 1, 1901, or
thereafter. This action meets the de-
mands of the Scranton miners con-
yention. The decision was arrived at
after a conference between representa-
tives of the individual coal operators
and large coal carrying companies.
The conference began Tuesday. Yester'
days action was the elimination OF
the recent meeting of individual opera
tors at Scranton, following the mine
workers convention in the same city.
Nearly all colleries in the coal region,
had. previous to the mine workers
convention, posted notices granting an
advance of ten per cent. The mine
workers in considering this demanded
that the sliding scale in the Lehigh
and Schuylkill districts be abolished,
the increase to be guaranteed until
April, 1901, and all other differences to
be submitted to arbitration. The In
dividual operators agreed to every
thing and the appointment of a COM
mittee to confer with the Reading and
Lehigh companies to abolish the slid
ing scale and make the wages increase
permanent followed.
1t is conceded the result of yester-
days conference is complete victory
for the men. All demands of their con-
vention are acceded to and, as one of
the operators put it after the con-
ference, the operators go Little fur
Their in agreeing to maintain the wage
advance after April /.
This same operator who requested
his name to be not used said: ut is all
up to the miners now. We have agreed
to everything, nothing remains now
put for them to return to work as soon
as notices are posted by the colliery
managers. These notices will be prac-
tically similar to the Reading compa-
MES notice, the phraseology only being
changed. [ look for resumption of
operations by Monday at the latest.
The conference was entirely harmo-
NOUS, and every phase of the strike
situation was gone over" Just how
soon the official notice to the men that
the strike is ended and to return to
work will be issued by President Nit
cheIl can only be conjectured. 1t is
believed here no order to return will
be issued until notice of a similar to or
in line with that Of the Reading and
Lehigh company's is posted at all the
mines.
Other Operators yield.
Philadelphia, Oct. IS. - No formal
announcement has yet been made by
the Lehigh Valley Railroad company
Reading company,s statement had been
made public Vice President Garrett of
the Valley road said: concerning our
operations in the Schuylkill region, the
action of our company will be similar
TO that of the Reading company. In
other districts, however, certain con-
ditions exist, for instance, the price of
powder which must be treated separ-
ately, and we have not decided def
nitely with regard to them" Calvin
Pardee & Company, extensive indi-
vidual operators in the Hazleton reg
ion, late in the afternoon announced
that they would post to-day notices
similar to that issued by the Reading
company. This undoubtedly indicates
what all individual operators will do.