Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-10-22
Miners Vote to Accept the
Arbitration Plan.
ACTION UNANIMOUS
Carries With 1t Immediate
Resumption Of Work.

Tomorrow Morning. but In Accord
ance with Terms of Resolution
Adopted Pumpmcn and Engineers
Have Already Commenced the Work
NJ Getting the lines In Order.
Mitchell Announces That President
Has Informed Him That the Arhi-
tration Committee will Enter ~
ON Its LabOrs Immediately - The
Convention AdjSurns Sine Die.
Wjlkeslarre. Oct. 22.-The mine
workers convention has unanimous!
accepted the arbitration proposal. de
clarad the strike off and agreed to re-
turn to work on Thursday morning.
All men needed to place mines in con
dition can return to work at once.
Already there are signs of great ar-
tiyity about the mines. and soon every
thing will be i'll readiness for the ge!i-
eral resumption of work.
The acceptance of the settlement
plan was effected by the adoption of
the following report of the committee
on resolutions
We the committee on resolutions beg
leave to recommend that the following
communication be adopted and forwarded
to Theodore Roosevelt. president OF the
United States Of America
Dear Strive, the representatives Of the
EMPLOYEES of the various coal companies
engaged in operating mines in the anthia-
cite coal fields Of Pennsylvania. in conven-
l. ,t,,.r lar tiEf A.
ton your telegram Of Oct. Ii. addressed to
John Mitchell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America. which reads as fol
lows: Il have appointed as commissioners
Brigadier General John M. Wilson, r. W.
Parker. Judge George Gray, +. e. clark,
Thomas H. Watkins. Bishop J. L. Spai-
ding, with Carroll ID. Wright as recorder.
These names are accepted by the oper-
ators. and now earnestly ask and urge
that the miners likewise accept this COM
mission It is IA matter OF vital concern
to all our people and especially to those
in our great cities, who are least well OH
that the mining of coal should be resumed
without a moments unnecessary delay -
have decided to accept the proposition
therein embodied and submit all queS-
tions at issue between the operators and
mine workers OF the anthracite coal re-
gion for adjustment to the commissions
which you have named.
In pursuance of that decision We shall
report for work on Thursday mornin1.
Oct 49, in the positions and working
places occupied by us prior to the inausu-
ration of the strike.
We have authorized John Mitchell pres
idsnt Of the United Mine Workers OF
America with such assistants he may
select to ,present us in all hearings be-
fore the committee.
JOHN MITCHELL.
Chairman Of Convention.
w. 3. WILSON.
Secretary of Convention.
Convention Assemblies Promptly.
The delegates We're prompt in getting
down to work AS soon as President
Mitchell arrived in the hall at 1908 Il.
III. he called tine delegates to order.
The committee on resolutions was
called OH for its report. but it was not
ready to respond.
4 debate on reinstatement of all mel
in their former positions was immedi-
ately begun. The question before the
convention was u motion to accept the
recommendations of the officers to call
off the strike and submit all questions
at issue to the arbitration commission
4 delegate from the HaZletOn region
asked how the individual operators
stood on the arbitration plan. He called
attention to the fact that the arbitra-
ton offer made by the railroad oper.
ators did not contain the name OF John
Markle or the name OF any other inui-