The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-05-06
OPERATORS CAN
PREVENT STRIKE
Anthracite Mine Workers Make
a Proposition From the
Last Ditch.
WILLING TO RESUME WORK
DISPUTE LEFT TO FUTURE ADJ
JUSTMENT.

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scranton, Pa, May 5.-President
Baer has agreed to meet President y
= Mitchell and the miners scale y
committee at o'clock Monday i'm y
New York. 1t is believed here y
that the miners will return to y
work Monday, May Ia. \
Scranton. Pa. May 5-There will be
no strike Of the miners in the anthracite
coal fields providing the operators will
agree to give every man his old place
and reinstate those who have been dis
missed because they obeyed the sus-
pension order of John Mitchell This
was the agreement reached at today's
session of the convention. President
Mitchell requested that the delegates
remain in Scranton until the scale
committee reports the result of its
meeting with the operators, which will
probably be held in New York on Mon
day. If the operators agree to meet the
miners representatives. The decision
not 10 strike was reached after Mr.
Mitchell and Secretary-Treasurer Will
son had addressed the delegates rec
ommending that the 1903 award be con-
Unued. A resolution to this effect was
ordered and unanimously adopted after
MitcheII's Statement.
President Mitchell issued the follow
ing statement:
For several months we have been
endeaVOr1ng to negotiate a wage scale
and adjustment of conditions of en-
pioyment with the representatives Of
the anthracite coal mining companies.
During these negotiations we made a
number Of propositions, each of which
-icrSr,
mands- We did this not because we
were convinced that our original prom
OSItlons were unfair or wrong but
purely for the purpose Of finding a
common ground upon which we could
reach an agreement that would secure
ana maintain peace in the anthracite
coal industry We still believe that our
first proposition was reasonably fair
ana, notwithstanding the notifications
we nave made since in the interest of
peace, now we are face to face with the
alternative of continuing at work IN
Ger former conditions, or declaring a
Ntrlke- ID this crisis your committee
recommends the following policy:
Men Must Be Reinstated.
"First-That We agree to work on the
OASIS OF the award of the anthracite
coal strike commission for such period
of time as may be agreed upon mutual
~ between the representatives Of the
anthracite coal mining companies. and
our scale committee. provided that all
men who suspended work on April 1
or since that time or who have been
dismissed because they stated they
would refuse to work if a strike was
declared, are reinstated in their for
rner positions. and working places
Second-That the scale committee
proceed at once TO meet the represen-
tauVes of the coal companies. with a
view to securing an agreement upon
this basis
"Third-That the convention remain
In session until Tuesday and the scale
committee shall report to the conven-
ton at that time.
'.FOurth-That the suspension Of
work shall continue until an agree
ment has been made and its terms an
proved by the convention.
This recommendation was suggested
by the full scale committee and wa G
adopted unanimously by the conven-
ton. a telegram to Mr.. Baer was. sent.
II response is received the sub-couo-
mittee viii proceed to New York to ar
range the details of settlement. and
viii report to the convention TUESDAY,
morning