The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-03-19
MINE WORKERS VOTED DOWN
STRIKE BY BIG MAJORITY
Over 100000 Members Uphold
Officials Stand Before the
Convention.
LEADERS ARE, ELATED
Total Vote Cast Exceeds 10000
Operators Are Greatly
Pleased.

Total vote cast. 40. 453lz
OF oS oS' o5o
Majority against strike :. ~ SSs40Vix
BY an overwhelming majority. which ex-
ceeded even the hopes of the national Off
GERS of the United Mine Workers. strike
was voted down and the reduction of $50
per cent. in wages was accepted when the
miners of the soft coal districts cast their
ballots on the important issue last Tues
day. They not only put themselves on rec
ord as favoring reduction, but they saved
the Ong-cherished Interstate movement
from diShOnOrable death.
The canvass of Tuesdays votes was COM
pleted yesterday afternoon and of the no.
453h votes cast 101.9 .927 favored the compro-
mise and 6S.526 favored the strike. The
work of counting the votes consumed the
who did the canvassing were Nat Charlton,
of Illinois, Patrick FitZsimmons of Penn
sylvania. and James Pritchard. of Ohio.
A number of district officers were present
at the canvass. among them w Belling-
ham, vice president of District 5: W. H..
Haskins. president and D. II. sullivan. vice
president of District 8; w. ID. Ryan, of Dis
trict II; G.. w. Purcell of District s. and T..
L. Ison, organizer. of Fontanet, Ind
AS a result of the amicable outcome of
the vote the interstate movement, which ii
was feared had been disrupted. will be pre-
served and two more years of industrial
peace is assured in the central mining
fields.
A meeting of the subscale committee, con-
sisting of two operators and two miners
from each of the competitive States, will
be held at the Claypool in this city Mon
day.
1t is then that the new scale will be
signed up between the operators and miners
TO go into effect on April l, 1901, and to con-
tinue for two years. 1t is expected that
the scale will be signed up for each State
separately by the district presidents and
the representatives of the operators. There
fftac ha nfnf afnra
for the purpose.
REJOICING AT HEADQUARTERS.
There was general rejoicing yesterday at
the headquarters of the United Mine Work
ers in the State Life building at the out
come of the vote.
Vice President Lewis said that he had
made estimate on the figures of the
vote and thought that the strike would be
voted down by vote of 100000 against it.
He was short on his guess about LEGO
votes. Mr.. Lewis said last night: Il be-
lieve the result of the vote demonstrates
that when any important issue is TO be de-
cided which affects the interests of the
United Mine Workers that the mine work
ers themselves know how to turn out and
decide that question.
1.-The result of the vote means the preser-
vation or the interstate movement and the
Joint conferences between the employers
and the employees in the mining industry,
and 1t is an emphatic vindcation of the
joint method OF arriving al wage agree
ments
The vote on Tuesday also demonstrates
that the United Mine Workers organiZa-
ton is a conservative institution and one
that will WELD powerful influence in the
industrial affairs of this country Ii will
give a new impetus to the labor movement
and encourage the rank and file of every
other labor organization of this country 10
place and keep at the heads of their unions
conservative men,.
j. Smith Talley, of Terre Haute one OF
the leading operators at the joint confer
ence, was in the city yesterday. He said
that the outcome of the vote was the great
est honor that the miners could place upon
themselves and the industrial world
The vote by States was roughly tabled
last night as follows: