The true northerner., 1900-10-26
ENDED BY MONDAY
President Mitchell Believes This
the Last Week.
OF THE GREAT COAL STRIKE
The Statement Received With Much
Pleasure by Mine Workers and Mine
OfficiaIs-NationaI Executive Board
70 Meet


to Meet.
Hazelton, Pa, Oct. 24.-President
Mitchell's statement in his speech at
Pottsvlle Tuesday that he believed
the strike would be ended by next
Monday If all the operators posted no.
tices guaranteeing the 10 per cent ad-
vance until April 1st was received here
with much pleasure by the mine work
ers and the mine officials. Ii is be-
lieved that nothing will now intervene
to delay the ending OF the contest.
which has run more than five weeks.
President Mitchell was asked on his
arrival here from Pottsville Tuesday
night on what he based his belief that
the strike would end with this week,
but he declined to say anything other
than that the proposition of the miners
was so fair that he could see no valid
accept.
A meeting OF the national executive
board of the United Mine Workers of
America and the officers of the three
anthracite districts will be held here
ell says, of thoroughly canvassing the
situation. He would not say whether
the conference would take any posi-
tive action looking towards the calling
off of the strike. If any action will be
taken, he said, it would depend entire
ly upon what the canvass would show.
In answer to another question the
labor leader said he would not take the
responsibility upon himself of calling
off the strike, but would rather have
the national board vote upon the ques-
tion. Those who are expected TO at
tend Wednesdays meeting are w. r.
Farley of Alabama; Fred Dilcher of
Ohio; Geo. Purcell of Indiana; Benja-
min James, members of the national
executive board; President 7. ID.
Nichols and Secretary Jno. T. Demp-
sey of District No. /; President Thos
Duffy and Secretary Jno. p. Gallagher
of District No. and President Jno
Fahey and Secretary Geo. Hartlin Of
District No. 9.
Vice Grand Master Fitzgerald, of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen at
tended meeting of trainmen at Free
land, u miles north of here Tuesday
The object of the meeting could not be
learned, but it is believed the miners
strike was a prominent subject of dis
cussion.
In his speech at Pottsville. President
Mitchell said:
81 believe it will be but a few days
longer until the operators in the Ha-
Zelton, Lackawanna and Wyoming val
leys will consent to post notices agree
ing to pay the 10 per cent increase in
wages until April /. | believe that if
you stand together the rest of this
week, by Monday at the least you can
return TO work with everything won
you struck for"
President Mitchell said that this
ought to have been jollifcation meet
ing. Schuylkill county, he said, has al
ready won it's fight in that the Read
ing Co. has agreed to all the miners
ask. He said reports had gone out
that the men of the Schuylkill region
will not stand by the men of the other
regions, but he knew that the reports
were wrong and added that he felt
sure that not one man would desert
his fellow workmen. He hoped that
all would stand together until an Off
cial notice is sent out declaring the
strike at an end
President Mitchell then made plea
that all miners remain loyal to the or
ganiZation after the ,contest is over
just as they are doing now.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 24.-At 4
o'clock Tuesday afternoon the Lehigh
& Wilkesbarre Coal Co posted the
following notice: Referring to the
notice posted October | in addition to
the reduction to $3.50 per keg for
powder, 1-2 per cent will be added to
the price of car to make the advance
of 10 per cent as proposed"
At 6 o'clock men started on their
rounds TO post the same notices at the
colieries of the Delaware & Hudson
company. II is believed the Lehigh
Valley Co. and the individual operators
will make the Same announcement
The notices do not mention how long
the ADVANCE is TO stand.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. PA meeting
of superintendents representing most
of the larger companies of the Lack
awanna, Wyoming valley region was
held here Tuesday in the Offices of the
Temple Iron Co. and an agreement
was made 10 post the following notice:
In order to avoid the complications
that would result from figuring the
amounts due each miner on the notices
that have been posted, the companies
have decided after a careful compila-
tion of statistics to adopt general av-
erage and sell to their miners powder
at $1.50 per keg and add the balance,
1-2 per cent to the price o. the car