Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1900-10-25
STRIKE At AN END.
Operators A gree to the Miners Demando
and Even 60 Further.

Operators Agree to the Miners Demands
and Even Go Further.
Philadelphia, Oct. l9.-The great
strike Of the anthracite mineworkers
of Pennsylvania, which began Septem.
her II, practically ended today, when
the Philadelphia & Reading Coal 6,
Iron Company and the Lehigh Valley
Coal Company agreed to abolish the
sliding scale in their respective regions
and to grant an advance in wages OF
10 per cent net, the advance to remain
in operation until April l, 1901, or
thereafter. This action meets the de-.
mands of the Scranton miners conven.
ton. The decision was arrived at AT.
ter conference between representa-.
tives of the individual coal operators
and the large coal-carrying companies.
The conference began yesterday.
Today's action was the elimination
OF the recent meeting of the individual
operators at Scranton. following the
mineworkers' convention in the same
city. Nearly all the colleries in the
coal region had, previous to the mine.
workers convention, posted notices
granting an advance of 10 per cent.
The minewOrkers, in considering this,
demanded that the sliding scale in the
Lehigh and Schuylklll districts be
abolished, the increase to be guaranteed
to April l, 1901, and all other differ.
ences to be submitted to arbitration.
The individual operators agreed to
everything. and the appointment Of a
committee to induce the Reading and
Lehigh companies to abolish the slid.
ing scale and make the wage increases
permanent followed.
1t is conceded that the result of to.
days conference is complete victory
for the men. All the demands of their
convention are acceded to, and, as one
of the individual operators put 1t after
the conference, the operators 60 lit.
tie further in agreeing to maintain the
wage advance after April /. This
same operator, who requested that his
name be not used, said, in speaking o.
the conferences:
''It is up to the miners now. We
have agreed to everything and nothing
remains now but for them to return to
work as soon as the notice is posted by
the colliery managers. This notice
will be practically similar to the Read.
ing company's notice the phraseology
only being changed. The conference
was entirely harmonious and every
phase of the strike situation was gone
over"
Just how soon the official order mott.
flying the men that the strike IL ended
and to return to work will be issued by
President Mitchell can only be con.
jectured. 1t is believed here that no
order to return will be issued until a
notice similar to or in line with that
of the Reading and Lehigh companies
is posted at all the mines. The Read.
ing Company's notice reads:
''This company hereby withdraws
the notice posted October 8, 1900, and
to bring about practical uniformity in
the advance of wages in the several
coal regions, gives notice that it will
suspend the operation of the sliding
scale, will pay 10 per cent advance on
September wages until April l, 1901,
and thereafter until further notice and
will take up with the mine employees
any grievances which they may have"
Vice. President Garrett Of the LIE.
high Valley Company said:
Concerning our operations in the
Schuylkill region you may say that the
action Of our company will be similar
to that of the Reading company. In.
other districts, however, certain condi.
tions exist for instance, the price OF
powder. which must be treated separ.
ately and we nave not decided definite.
ly with regard to them. These mat
tiers are now in the hands of Sprinten.
dent Lathrop whose headquarters are at
Wilkesbarre.
Calvin Pardee & Co., extensive in.
dividal operators in the Hazleton dis.
trict announced that they will post no.
tees tomorrow similar to that issued
by the Reading company. This un.
dobtedly indicates that all the individ.
ual operators will do the same.