Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-05
pn7ided the Operators Will Give
VvPrV Man His Old Place
and ReinStatG Those Who
HAVE BEEN DISCHARGED
p.yr,s They Ohtysd the Suspension
Al o,dsr Of John Mitchell, President
Of The Coal Miners Union.
--...a rr... DI.pa.eh by speeIaI We.


s..nton Pa, May 5.-There will be
seq el.i,e Of the miners in the anthracite
% Iselds. provided the operators will
eoA olive every man his old place and
isS isote w those who have been dismissed
REM. thew obeyed the suspension order
e. Mitchell. This was the agree
o. S9Nr, rr,sached at today's session Of the
nel. The convention did not
COVE s,.-n however, President Mitchell
salOut;i, that the delegates remain
lei.s.on until the scale committee re-
~ tbe result Of its meeting with the
y.-stors. Po,~ which viii probably be held
F'V;e Vsw York on Monday, if the operators
y L-,o ~ n meet the miners representatives.
~ strike decision was reached after
b6na.;Jent 6uo 5 Mitchell and National Secre-
'., Treosurer Wilson had addressed
~! Jelegates. recommending that the
,oS ,ooa ward be continued. A resolution
n lsvI ri. eject was ofieredhnd unanimously
'uvP,e Tben President Mitchell returned to
Il. hotel he issued the following state
nent - -.
,r5eavoring 10 negotiate a wage scale
.15 adjustment OF conditions OF en-
-iovment -Ir with the representatives of
to anthracite coal mining companies.
hiring these negotiations We made a
number of propositions, each OF which
rsteriallv modified our original de-
~s,ds We did this not because we
rsre convinced that our original propo-
,tions we're unfair or wrong, but purely
/ 1.-THE purpose of finding common ground
mon which we could reach an agreement
,Ia would secure and maintain peace IN
M anthracite coal industry. We still
Isfye that our first proposition was
rsomnablv fair. notwithstanding The
Publications we have since made in the
interest of peace. and now We are face
n ACE with the alternative OF continuing
81 work under ouraformer conditions ol
declaring a strike. In this crisis YOU
committee recommends the following
policy
nFirst-That we agree to work on tho
basis Of the award Of the Anthracite Goa
Strike Commission for such period o
time as may be agreed upon mutually be
tween representatives Of the anthracite
coal mining companies and our scale com
mittee provided that all men who sus
PENDED work on April lst OF since thai
time or who have been dismissed becausl
thew stated that they would refuse TO wori
# strike were declared, are reinstate'
in their former positions and WORKING
places.
"Second-That the scale committel
proceed al once TO meet the representa-
iyes Of the coal companies with vley
Of securing an agreement upon this basis
"Third-Ihat the convention RENAL
IN session until Tuesday and the seal
committee shall report TO the convention
a. that time.
"Fourth-That the suspension Of wor
shall continue until an agreement ha
been made and its terms approved by tn
convention"
This recommendation was suggested b
The full scale committee and was adopie
unanimously by the convention. A tel'
gram to Mr.. Baer, proposing a conferenc
on Monday, was sent If a iavorab
response is received, the sub-committs
viii proceed to New York to arrange u
details Of settlement and will report
The convention Tuesday morning.