Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-09-20
STRIKE ORDERED.
President Mitchell Issues the Or
der to Miners.
The Mine Employees I'm the District
Affected Number I45,OOO Eigh-
~ Per Cent. of Whom Are
Organized what
They Demand.


| Mitchell. of the United Mine Workers,
at O'Clock yesterday afternoon or
| dered a strike in the anthracite re-
| gion OF Pennsylvania. After giving u
statement of events leading to meet
ing of executive board, the order
says: The national executive board
was called together for the purpose
| of considering the situation and after
an examination of the facts in its
possession its members were unani-
mously of the opi.ion that "a strike
should be ordered at once and our
| hopes of improved conditions staked
upon the outcome.
During the afternoon Of Saturday,
| September s, while the board was
still in session, information reached
| this Office that outside influences
were being brought to bear upon the
coal companies to bring about sat
| isfactory settlement of the questions
in dispute. without resOrting TO ID
strike. We, therefore, issued a circu-
lar asking you to continue work for
a few days longer and hold yourselves
in readiness to cease work Immediate
| ly upon the ending of the present
| negotiations. when, if a settlement
was not reached. an official endorse
ment of the strike would be sent out
by this board
"The negotiations mentioned are at
an end and a settlement has not been
reached. You are therefore hereby
notified that the application of the
anthracite miners to strike in accord
ance with the laws of the United
Mine Workers of America have been
endorsed and in accordance with this
endorsement all the miners and mine
workers of the anthracite coal re-
giOn, whether members Of the Unitel
Mine Workers of America or not, are
instructed to cease work en- and after
Monday, September II, and remain
| away from the various collicrieS,
strippings and breakers until The
demands OF the Hazleton convention
has been acceded to by the coal com
panies."
The order is signed by the national
executive board.
The order of President Mitchell.
calling out the miners in the anthra-
cite coal region of Pennsylvania. re-
calls the last great strike in the same
district three years ago, which was
practically ended by the tragedy at
Lattimer. in which 21 miners were
killed and over 80 wounded by deputy
sheritfs. The strike inaugurated yes
terday by he United Mine Workers
will for the time being terminate OPP
erations in the most productive hard
coal field in the world.
The mine employees in the anthra-
rite district OF Pennsylvania number
about $4,000 The membership of
the union is not known to a certainty.
but the leaders claim that so per
cent. of the miners are organized.
The union men do not anticipate any
difficulty in inducing the unorganized
miners to strike.
The coal basis extends over an area
of about AZ miles and are distributed
throughout several counties, the
more important workings being To-
Gated in Luzerne, Lackawanna,
Schuylllill, Carbon and Northumber-
land counties.
In their demands the miners ask
the correction of many evils, the
more important of which are the fol-
lowing: Abolition of the company
der to $50 keg: abolition of COM
pany doctors; semi-monthly payment
of wages, abolition of the sliding.
scale. wages paid in cash, $3.50
pounds to the ton, an advance of ~
per cent. in wages less than $1.50 and
not exceeding S1.75 day; that all
classes of day labor now receiving
ST 80 and not exceeding $1.75 shall re-
ceive l. per cent. over present wages:
that all day labor now receiving $1.75
shall be advanced 10 per cent.
Pottsville. Pa, Sept. 14.-Thcre is
no change in the strike situation in
this locality. Everything is quiet
The men at the collieries We're ut
work in force yesterday. There iS
very little strike talk south of the
Broad mountain
Wilkesbarre. Pa, Sept. 14.-Nearly
all the local assemblies of United Mine
Workers held meetings last night to
take action on President Mitchell's
strike order. The statement issued
by Mr.. Mitchell was read by the sec
retaries. In some of the assemblies
the reading of it was received with
much enthusiasm, while in others
there was dead silence The strike
order has now been officially prOmul-
gated in the Wyoming district and
every member of the United Mine
Workers organization will be expect
ed to quit work on Saturday night
at the latest. The union miners say
all hands will quit when the time
comes. The operators say this Will
not be the case, as they have pledges
from many men that they will con-
tinue at work if it is concluded 10
keep the collierics in operation.
Haselton, Pa, Sept. 14.-William
Morgan, owner of an independent
colliery at Audcnri~1, which employs
about 90 men. has agreed to yield to
the demands of the mine workers
and the men will not 90 out on
strike.
Officers Elected.
Syracuse, y. Y, Sept. 1@.-At yes