The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-23
WAIT ON TIE OPERATORS
WANT ALL MINES TO POST NOTICES
SEE OF TEN PER CENT
ADVANCE
POSITION OF MINE WORKERS
As Stated by President Mitchell, the
Strikers Are Ready to Return to
Work When the Raise Is
Promised to April L.

aHAZLETON, Pa, Oct 22-President
Mitchell, III an interview tonight practi-
cally admitted that the anthracite coal
miners strike would end as soon as all
the operators posted a notice guarantee
ing lhe payment of a 10 per cent advance
in wages until April l. President Mitchell
said
The prospect OF. an early settlement
OF the coal strike is becoming brighter.
Some Of the opeI ators who have not vet
posted notices 81 nj ypg taeir willing
ness to fall in lire ellner with the Read
lLg conn any or.N ith the prop oSition m de
by the Leh gh Valley comTany in the
iazleton ri gfon If all Of them notify
Their employees by posting notices that an
aC tu9f Gdl ance of 10 psr cent will be
pail esch mine employee and guarantee
It's continuance until April ], together
with the abolition of the 81 ding scale,
l belIsVe that the terms would be accept
ed oy tie mine workers. The reduction
IN powder fl !2.15 10 Si.60 has confused
the minds of the miners. but some of
the operators have so fully explained how
contract miners could rec i've the full
advance OF 10 per cent as Well as all
other employees that [ be ieVe that this
obstacle can be overcome.
Although as President Mitchell says
the outlook for an carry settlement of
the strike is bright, it is difficult to make
a prediction as to when the end will
come. Some of the coal companies are
showing a disposition not to issue
second notice guaranteeing the payment
of the 10 per cent increase in wages until
April. Among these are the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western and the Della
ware Il Hudson, the officials of which
companies are reported to have declined
TO issue a supplemental notice. The labor
lea }ers, however, hope that the COM
panies Will in some way make known
that they viii guarantee the payment or
the advance unit April l.
President Mitchell appeared quite
cheerful tonight when he made the an
nOunCement as above, and his manner
indicated that the time is near at hand
when all the anthracite miners now on
strike shall return to the mines As soon
as all the notices guaranteeing the pay
ment of the advance until April l are
posted President Mitchell will cali a
meeting of the national executive board
at which it is believed the strike will b.
declared off.
MONSTER PARADE.
The largest labor demonstration ever
herd in this city took place today when
nearly 1000 miners paraded the streets.
In a carriage at their head rode President
Mitchell, who received an enthusiastic
ovation All along the march Besides the
miners from this vicinity there were
$50 men in line who had tramped eighteen
miles over the mountains from the
Panther creek valley. They, with the
McAdO0 miners. who are famed through.
out the coal fields for their persev erance
in marching and closing collieries, were
the heroes of the parade. Three bus
loads of the marching women of McAloo
and 100 small breaker boys dressed in
their working clothes and with lighted
mine lamps in their caps, We're at the
head of the line, Immediately behind the
carriages containing the United Mine
Workers officials. Many notices e.z,
pressing the sentiments of the strikers
were carried in the procession. President
MITCHELL reviewed the parade at the END
of The route, after which a mass meeting
was held, at which President Mitchell
was the principal speaker He said the
strike was in such a peculiar position
that it was hard to outline just what the
result would be. He believed the time
was not far distant, however, When every
mine weuld be. in opera ton and that the
men now had practically won the strike
Reports from the Few cofiieries that
are still in operation in this region shCW
that the number of men at work today
was not greater than last week. Today
was looked upon by some mine officials
as likely to witness a break in the ranks
of the strikers, but it did not come. The
mines rFmain heavily guarded, i'll fact,
the number of coal aud iron policemen
around them has been somewhat in
creased during the last forty-eght hours
Strikers pickets We're also numerous in
the vicinity of the mines.