The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-24
GREAT COAL STRIKE
has CONG TO AN End.
REPRESENTATIVES uF MINERS OFFl-
CIALLY DECLAR& IT OFF.
-be Vote Was Unanimoue-U1irn VIII
Fake Care Of Tn0st Eugi'eer' aid
Others Who Cannot Get Work.

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that fairly shook the convention
building, the representatives, OF the
l47,0O0 mine workers who have
been on strike since last May, Off
cially declared off at noon on Tues,
day the greetest contest over wsged
between capital and labor and placed
all the questions involved in the
struggle into the hands of the arbi
trstion commission appointed by the
President Of the United States.
When. the news was flashed to the
towns and villages down ia tue val
leys and on the mountains Of the
coal regions, the strike affected in
habitants hesved sigh Of relief.
Many days have gone by since more
welcome news was received. Every
where there was rejoicing and in
many places the end of the strike
was the signal for impromptu town
celebrations.
The vote to resume coal mining
was unanimous one and was reached
only after q warm debate. The prin-
cipal objection to accepting the arbi,
tration proposition was that DO
proposition was contained in the
scheme to take care Of those men
who would fail to get back their old
positions or would be unable to get
sny work at all. The engineers and
pumpmen get better pay than other
classes of mine workers, and they
did not care to run the risk of losing
altogether their old places and be
compelled to dig coal for living.
This question came up yesterday and
was argued right up to the time the
vote was taken. No one had def
mite plan to offer to overcome the
objection and the report of the COM
mittee on resolutions, recommending
that the strike be declared off and
that all issues be placed in the hands
of the arbitration commission for de-.
cision, was adopted without the ques,
tion being settled A few moments
before adjournment, however, par
tial solution was reached when q
delegate in the farthest corner OF the
hall moved that the problem be
placed in the hands of.the three
executive boards for solution aud his
suggestion was adopted
The question Of taking care of ali
men who will fail to get work lmme-
distely, will be serious one for the
union. There is no doubt the execu-
tive boards will take care of the en-
gineers, fremen and pumpmen, but
there are thousands of othee classes
of mine workers who will have to be
looked after. In some places hun
dreds will not be able to get to work
for weeks, aud i'll other localities
where the mines are in very bad
condition, there will bel employ
ment for many workmen for some
months.
Hundreds of men, needed to re
pair the mines and otherwise place
them in condition for operation, went
to work Wednesday morning, the
convention having decided that this
was imperative in order to get the
men at work quickly and satisfy the
country's demand for coal. All
the locals will hold meetings at
which Instructions will be gwen
the members regarding their apph
cation for work
President Mitchell received many
congrstuIatory kilograms from all
over the country after the news
spread that the strike was ended.
The question of ending the strike
came up in the convention IN 'ne
form of report from the committee
on resolutions as follows:
"We, the committee on resoluuons'
beg leave to recommend that tue
following communication be adopted
and forwarded to Theodore Roose
velt, President of the United States
of America:
Wilkesoarre, Pa, Oct. Il.
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, Washing