The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-22
GREAT COAL
STRIKE IS OFF
Continued From First Page.

CARNATIONS for assistance when the
money now in hand runs out. With the
close of the great conflict will also
end in few days, probably with the
passing of this week, the assessment
now being levied on all bituminous
mine workers affiliated with the union.
The officials who care to talk of the
situation feel confident that the ma
tional body will come to the assist
ance and help all those who stood out
during the suspension.
Hundreds Of men, needed to repair
the mines and otherwise place them
in condition for operation, will be at
work tomorrow morning, the conven-
ton having decided that this was i'm
perative in order to get the men at
work quickly and satisfy the countrys
demand for coal. All the locals will
hold meetings tomorrow, at which in
structions will be given the members
regarding their application for work.
The proceedings in the convention
indicate that there will be some fric-
ton in some of the local organizations
over many little questions which will
come UP in connection with the men
returning to the mines.
kilograms to Mitchell.
President Mitchell received many
congratulatory kilograms from all over
the country after the news spread that
the strike was ended. On his return
to headquarters he was asked for an
expression of his views on the action
of the convention and in reply he said:
IT am well pleased with the action
Of the anthracite mine workers in de-
Gliding to submit the issues which Gull
minated in the strike to the commits
sion selected by the president of the
United States. The strike itself has
demonstrated the power and dignity of
labor. Conservative, intelligent trade
unioniSm has received an impetus the
effect of which cannot be measured.
earnestly hope and firmly believe that
both labor and capital have learned
lessons from the miners strike which
will enable them to adopt peaceful,
humane and business methods of adj
justing wage differences in the future"
Strike Officially Off.
After Mr.. Mitchell had notified Presi-
| dent Roosevelt of the action of the
convention and had received reply to
meet in Washington on Friday, he sent
| out the official announcement through
| the press to the strikers that the strike
was off. 1t was addressed to all miners
and mine worker in the anthracite
region and was as follows:
| "You are hereby officially notified that
| 1t was unanimously decided today by the
| delegates attending the special conven-
/ ton that all mine workers should report
| for work Thursday morning, Oct. 3d. and
| that the issues which eliminated in the
! strike should be referred for adjustment
to the commission appointed by the pres
| ident of the United States.
| 1--WE are authorized by the executive
| officers of Districts l, and to caution
all those who resume work to exercise
| more than usual care in order that acct
| dents to life and limb may be averted.
| Owing to the condition Of the mines
after an idleness of five months, there
will be great danger when work is re-
| sumed. We are prompted to offer this
| advice by the fact that at the close of
! the strike two years ago many more ac-
| cidents and deaths occurred than take
! place when the mines are operated regu-
| larly.
| John Mitchell,
President y. M. W: of A.
| wv. B. Wilson,
Secretary-Treasurer."
President Mitchell has not made
any arrangements regarding his future
movements. He does not know whether
he will go to Washington on Friday.
| The miners leader will act as the at
| torney for the men at all sessions of
| the commission and will have with him
several assistants. Headquarters here
will be kept open probably until after
the award of the arbitration commits
! sion is announced.
The Resolutions Adopted.
| After the miners had called the
strike off today they unanimously
adopted resolutions thanking all ma
| tional, state and municipal govern
| ments, all organizations and individ-
| uals throughout the world for assist
ance rendered the miners during their
great struggle. These resolutions, in
| full, are as follows:
whereas, We the anthracite miners of
| Pennsylvania have been on strike for more
! than five months in defense of the consti-
| tutional right to membership in the Or
ganization of our choice and to secure for
ourselves wages which will enable us to
| live in a manner conformable to Ameri-
can standards and properly maintain and
educate our families to fit them for the
responsibilities and duties that must nee
essarily devolve upon the men and wom-
en- of the future; and.
Whereas. The trade unionistS and the
wage earners of our country and of other
countries have by their unprecedented
response to our appeals for relief been a
large factor in the success of our con-
test; and,
'.Whereas, The general public unaffil-
ata with trade Oroa ationS has aUiuopd