The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-01-30

"a
preme body of the United
Nine Workers of America has, in the
,doption of the resolutions which fol-
DIV, brought to q direct issue a ques-
ion of immediate concern to every in
habtant of the anthracite region:
Whereas, One hundred and fifty
thousand mine workers in the anthra-
ute coal fields of Pennsylvania have
made repeated efforts to obtain condl-
tions of labor compatible with their
arduous labor and dangerous work
through joint conferences and annual
wage agreements, and
Whereas, The operators of coal
have refused to meet and confer with
the representatives of the anthracite
mine workers for the purpose of
mutually determining the conditions
under which work shall be performed,
and
Whereas, The failure of the anthra-
cite operators to enter into any agree
ment defining the wages which are paid
or the conditions of employment which
shall obtain, has resulted in many mis-
understandings, local strikes and much
general dlscord, and
Whereas, We believe that all such
strikes and lockouts could be averted,
and comparative peace and tranquility
established and maintained if the am
thracite operators would meet the rep
resentatives of the anthracite mine
workers in joint conference, and
Whereas, The anthracite mine work.
ers have waited patiently and worked
diligently for more than one year to at
tain this end and have exhausted every
resource within their power except re-
sorting to a cessation of work, and
Whereas, 1t is within the range of
possibility that the anthracite mine
workers may be compelled to suspend
work should the anthracite mine own
ers persist in their present policy, and
Whereas, The interests of all mine
workers, anthracite or bituminous, will
suffer or profit by the failure or success
of the anthracite mine workers should
strike be forced upon them, and
Whereas, We believe that the future
success and permanency of our organ
ization depends upon the unanimity of
action and mutual cooperation; there
fore, be it
Resolved, That the national presi-
dent and national executive board he
and are hereby directed to cooperate
with the officers and members of the
anthracite mining districts in bringing
about R joint conference of operators
and miners prior to April /, 1902. BE it
further
Resolved, That shonld their efforts
fail and a strike be forced upon them,
the mine workers of the entire country
pledge all possible assistance, moral
and financial, to bring the contest to a
successful and speedy termination; and
be it further
Resolved That should it develop
that coal is being shipped from the
bituminous districts into those mar
kets which properly belong to the an
thracite product, or should it develop
that the eastern railroads which now
consume anthracite coal We're being
supplied with coal mined by members
of our organization in the bituminous
fields, the national executive board
shall have full power to order either
a sectional or national suspension OF
work, or to take such other action as
they may deem necessary TO make sue
cessful the movement Of the anthracite
miners to obtain just and fair condi-
tions of labor"
Put into plain words, this means rec
ognition of the union by the operators
Of fight. For the purpose of financing