The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1900-10-16
SLIDING SCALE MUST GO
Coal Kings Must Agree to Pay the In
crease Until April.
YOU REJsCTwERE READY TO ARBlTRATE
So Declare the DeIegat S. Also They Decide
to Continue the Strike Until The Opera
iors Agree to the Conven-
lions Proposition.
(By the Associated Press.)

Scranton. Pa, Oct. 13.-The anthracite
DAYS convention rate this afternoon de-
cided to accept the ten per cent. net in
crease in wages offered by the mine
owners providing they will continue the
pavment of the advance until next April,
and will abolish the sliding scale. If the
operators consider the proposition unac-
ceptable, the miners are willing to arbi-
trate the questions at issue. They also
decided to continue the strike until the
operators agree to the conventions prOpO-
sition.
The resolutions are as follows:
1--WE. your committee, respectfully sub
nit the following preamble and resOlu-
tons for your consideration:
'Whereas. the anthracite coal operators
have posted notices offering an advance
of ten per cent over wages formerly paid,
and have signifed their willingness tC
adjust other grievances with their own
employees; and
Whereas, they have failed to specify
the length of time this advance would re-
main in force, and have also failed to
abolish the sliding scale method of deter
mining wages; we would recommend:
That this convention accept an ad-
vance of 10 per cent, providing the Oper-
ators will continue it's payment until April
1st, 1901; and will abolish the sliding scale
in the Lehigh and Schuylkill regions; the
scale of wages in thetwo last named dis
tricts to remain stationary at 10 per cent
above the present basis price; and that
the companies will agree to adjust other
grievances complained of with commit
tees of their own employees.
Should this proposition be unaccept-
able to the operators, we recommend that
the convention propose that all questions
at issue be submitted TO a fair and impair
tial board of arbitration.
we would further recommend that I'M
der no circumstances whatever should
there be a resumption of work at any OF
the collieries until the operators signify
their acceptance of this proposition and
you are notified officially that the strike
is ended and all return to work in a body
on the same day"
Judging by the unanimity of the miners
in accepting the above resolution and by
the determined stand taken by the oper-
ators, it is generally believed that a long
| contest between the strikers and the mine
{ owners is not unlikely. There was great
{ enthusiasm in the convention when the
counter proposition to the operators was
carried, and three cheers were given for
President Mitchell. The resolutions
} were drafted by a committee of thirteen
appointed at the morning session, of
which the national president was chair
man.
Mr.. Mitchell in an interview with a rep
resentative of The Associated Press on
the outcome of the convention said:
The action OF the delegates in conven-
tiOo tO3au in opcpntinp an o1vanoo of IN
per cent, providing they receive assur-
ances the advances will continue in force
until April 1st, next year, demonstrates
that the miners are cOnSiderate of the
public interest involved and are disposed
to be conciliatOry.
Il cannon understand any good reason
why the operators should not accept the
conditions named in the miners reso-
luton. l, of course, hope that there will
be a speedy termination OF this contest,
and | believe that in the future the OPP
orators will be disposed to treat with
more consideration their employees than
they have in the past"
TIL statement b. the press committee
regarding the proceedings of the conven-
ton. SAYS:
While the motion was pending, Presi-
dent Mitchell addressed the convention,
and took occasion to deny, positively, the
statements made BIZ some of the metro
politan papers charging that political in
f1uences were dominating the convtD ton,
and that the representatives of any poll
tical party had been in conference with
him.
When the question was put, the resolu-
tions were adopted unanimously by a
rising vote, amid ringing cheers. At Az
the convention adjourned sine die"
President Mitchell and the other nation
al officers now here will return to Halle
ton on Monday, where the temporary IA
tional headquarters are located.