The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1906-05-10
MINERS SIGN THREE
YEAR PEACE TERM
Operators Win Their poin. After 4,
Hard Fight by Mitehsll--win
Return 10 Work.

New York. May 9.--After carrying
on negotiations for nearly three months
'he subcommittee representing the an
thracite mine workers and operators Of
eastern Pennsylvania yesterday agreed
10 continue the warad OF the strike
commission for another three years. or
until March u. 1909. and the men will
rn 10 work az soon as practicable.
probably Monday.
All miners who have not committed
violence against miners or property
VII DE re-employcd. and no one will
ne disseminated against because Of
any ACTIVITY he may have taken In the
strike movement. The agreement In
subject TO the ratification OF the en-
tire DISCREET OF miners at Scranton to-
day but there Is not the siIxh,s-,
\ doubt that the delegates will approve
IN. action OF their representatives.
| the outcome OF dispute which
| threatened To develop into n long bit
Ter struggle and paralyxe a great In
dustry was looked upon with consid-
cradle satisfaction by the coal road
presidents, as the agreement entered
Into IL their first proposition made
early In March In reply To the mine
| workers original demands.
The miners had little To say regard
ing the agreement except thot IL was
the best they could get. They pointed
our, however. that the agreement en-
tered into Is the first general agree
lnent that has ever been signed be-
tween tn. operators aud miners. and
.hey look upon IL as "A step forward In
thcir endeayor To have regular agree
ments with their employers.
While the compact entered into was
predicted last week. the agreement was
not reached without final struggle
On the part OF the miners to- get Some
lining more. President Mitchell. In sta
ing To the operators the action al the
SShantoE convention. asked that the
proposed agreement he made for two
years. In arguing for the two-year
term he made he said the cost OF living
might Increase considerably In three
years and that other changes In the
mining industry might come that would
make the present wage scale unfair TO
The men.
The operators In their reply said they
selt that any contingency that might
arise was covered by the award OF the
strike commission and they concluded
by asking that the award be continued
for three years. This was then agreed
20.
In taking up the question OF dIscrim-
inatton against some OF the men IL was
the intention OF the mine owners tn
Ahhf bAfh Only HutIl men tFeN SnOsg
tn re-employ. but President Mitchell
contested that point So strongly thnt
the operators withdrew u.
Today's session was the longest OF
the series. lasting nearly two hours.
The district presidents and secretaries
left for Schanton this evening.
President Mitchell viii go later.
reaching that city Ia time TO preside
over IT." convention. No date has been
officially set for the resumption Of work
n was thought that Thursday would
br selected, but as some OF the mines
are not In good condition for an Inn
mediate resumption the beginning ~
operations may be delayed until Mon
day. This IL the sixth week Of the aus
pension and represents "A loss Ia pro-
durtion 81 about 5000. 900 tons.
Scranton. Pa. May SIT was learned
Oh iniisputable authority that John
Mitchell was opposed To strike from
the very outset. He was opposed tn u
~ "A matter OF eNpedienCy. though he IL
known to have felt that II would be al
most justified as matter OF principle.
While the convention was talking
strike and when n was felt on all sides
that a bitter contest was unavoidable.
Mr. Mitchell was quietly gathering In
formation through truEty lleut.nants.
having no connection with the orguni-
cation from th" operators camp. He
was finding out whether or not there
would be- any discrimination In case OF
"a resumption and was securing accu-
rate Information concerning the extra
output of coal sine" the suspension
Went into effect