The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-22
ONE STRIKE ENDED
STATIONARY FIREMEN WILL PROB
ABLY RESUME, WORK
TUESDAY
MINE WORKERS ADVISE IT
Company VIII he Asked to Rein
state Men, and If They Do
So Trouble VIII BE
Over.
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WILKESBARRE. Pa. July N.-The
stationary fremen's strike will soon be at
an end.
"A meeting of the executive officers of
the United Mine Workers of the three,
anthI acte districts and the chief eXecu-
tive officers of the Stationary Firemens
association was held In this city today
for the purpose of discussing the situa--
ton. The United Mine Workers have all
along been lulkewern1 in their support of
the strike and the fremen insisted that
they defend their position one for all, as
it was impossible to carry on the strike
If the United Mine Workers opposed it.
With that object in view, the executive
officers of the United Mine Workers
the strikers. The United Mine Workers
were repr resented by twenty-six officers of
the three districts
The Stationary Firenen's association
dent of the association; Thomas Parret,
vice president; ]. A. Garrity, secretary !;
BroduS Langdon and j. f. Wade.
T. D. Nichols president of district No.
/, opened the discussion. He said the
strike was inopportune at this time 1t
was detrimental to the miners, who were
under an agreement with the operators
to remain at work for one year, and II
the United Mine Workers remained out
it would mean the sacrifice of the good
will of the coal operators
President Fahey, of the Ninth district,
also spoke against the strike. He claimed
the strike was inopportune and that his
men We're all opp 5sed to It.
President Duffy, of the Seventh district,
said the firemen in his district did not
go out on strike This showed lack OF
unity and the strike could not succeed,
/ Secretary Garrity spoke for the flremen
and the. sacrifices that had been made for
true union principles. He said the strike
had been declared by the unanimous vote
of 200 delegates
the United Mine Workers were over
Whelm1ngly against the continuance of
the strike. The f1remen realized this and
they submitted the following questions to
the United Mine Workers:
VIII you withdraw all the men of
your organization from our positions II
the strike is declared off?
2. VIII you use your influence to have
all engineers reinstated to their former
positions If the strike is declared OFF?
3. VIII you allow us to meet the Unit
ed Mine Workers in joint conference and
to present grievances at the same time :?
To the first two questions an affirm
ative reply was given. To the third
the. reply. was. Yes, If you join the
United Mine Workers.
A resolution was then adopted calling
on the grievance committees of the Fire
mems association to call on each coal
company tomorrow and ascertain If the
men who went out on strike Tuesday
will be given back their positions. These
committees are to make a report to the
same joint committee which met here to-
day, and If the replies from the company
are favorable. then the strike will be
officially declared oft tomorrow night.
The following official statement. signed
by ]. F. Mullaher. president, Thomas
barrett, vice president and James Ger
rity, secretary, was issued from fire.
mems headquarters tonight
After the officers of the three districts
of the United Mine Workers defined the
attitude they contemplated assuming
toward the flrernen, should the strike
continue, we thought that 1t would be
to the interest of all concerned to bring
1t to a speedy termination, end In con-
| sequence thereof we made propositions
to them which were adopted, after which
we Instructed the firemen to pursue all
honorable methods to have their posi-
| tions returned.
Although the strike is not yet declared
off until after the answers are received
from their employers, vet it seems to te
| the prevailing opinion that should they
be favorable, the action Of the delegates
Monday evening will end the strike. But
should any ore now out OF employment
| owing to the strike be Disseminated
against, the end would be as far off as
| ever, as the firemen are determined to
stand by those who sacrificed their posi-
tions before they would take our places.
| All firemen who are still at work shall
| remain until after this convention.