Arizona republican., 1900-10-26
STATEMENT ISSUED
By National and District Officers of the United Mine Workers Miners Employed by Companies Who Have Failed to Grant Ten Per Cent Raise Will Stay Out and Force the Issue.

Hazleton. Pa, Oct. 25.-Thc following statement was given out for publi.l- tion tonight by President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers:
 Temporary Headquarters Unit Mine
 Workers of America, HazlctJn, Pa.
 Oct %. 1900
 "To the Miners and Munc Workers of the Anthracite Regi0n-Centlcmcn After cartfuIly canvassinE th, entire strike situation We, your officers, dis trict and national, have concluded that your victory is so nearly complete that m good can be derived by continuing the strike longer. The contest has b in progress for thrty-nine days and the companies employing you have with few exceptions signfed their Willingness to pay tn seal of wages formulated by the Scranton convention of October F and 13.
 We are aware that some disapp1int- ment and dissatisfaction has been caused by the failure of the operators in districts No. 1 and to parate the reduction in the price of powder from the advance in wages. but after care ful Inquiry We are satisfied that each mine CmployG will actually receive an advance of ten per cent on the wages formerly paid. In the Schuylkill and I.ehigh regions the largest companies have agreed that the sliding scalcs should be suspended and that the wages should remain stationary at ten per cent until April i, 19Ol thus re- moving one of the iniqUities of which you have complained for many =elrs.
 While it is true that you hay not secured redress for all your wrongs; WAile it is true that the increase in your earnings will not fully compensate You for the arducus labor N,u are com pelled to rfOrm, you nav established perfect organization which if nain- taincd and conducted cn business prill- ciples, will enable you to regulate many or your local grievances and make your employment l, ss hazardous and mors profitable than before the strike began. The companies agree in their notices to take up with their employ all grievances complained of. We would. therefore. advise that when work is TO. sumsd committees be seI c:ed by the mine employes and that they wait upon the superintendcntS and present their grievances in an Nord rly, business-llkp manner and ask that they be COTS rected.
 Your attention is respectfully called to the fact that ths laws of the state of P nnsylvania provide that miners should bA paid semi-monthly upon demand. We would, therefore. advise that each mine cmploye serve notice on companies tnat he exp cts to be paid his wag-s twice each month, as pro Vided by law.
 ''The pra.t;cal benefits 10 miners which accrUs from thorauSh organiza- tion have been so clearly demonstrated during this strik- that it should be needless for us to urge upon you the necessity of maintaining yoUr union intact. We trust, however, that those who are now members of the union will be unceasng in their forts to induce all other mine workers to ally them selves with the United Mine Work rs of America at once. as it will be i'm possible for you to g. cur higher wages in the future or even to maintain the present rate of wages unless You arr prepared to offer united resistance If any att mpt Is made to reduce your earnings upon the expiration of thg present offer.
 As there ar some few companies who have neither posted, notified nor siSntfi d in any other manner their WiI- lingncss to pay the ten per cent ad- vance in wages and susp. nj the slid ing scale, we wou d advise that unless the men employed by such compani receive notice before Monday that the advance will be paid, th-y remain away from the mines and continue on strik until the companies employing them agree to the conditions offered by the other companies. The employ If th- companies who have offered tine ad- vance of ten per cent and abolished the sliding scale are Il ryby authorized to resume work Monday, October 29, and to be prepared if called on to contrib ute a reasonable amount of their earn inss for the maintenance of hos. who may h. compelled ;o continue the strike"
 The address is signed by the national and district officers cf thn United Mine Workers cf An. ricl.