The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-06
GREAT STRIKE Of
MINERS AVERTEO
Men VIII Accept Award of the
Anthracite Coal Com
mission.
PRESIDENT MITCHELL
FEARFUL OF WALK0UT
COunselS His Followers to Stand
Together to Better Their
Condition.

SCRANTON, Pa, May 5.-On tho ad-
vice OF President Mitchell. representing
the sub-scale committee. the miners con-
ventIon today unanimously voted TO adopt
the first proposition of the operators. a
continuation of the award OF the anthra-
cite coal commission with the modihca-
ton that the term for which II is TO con-
unue shall be mutually agreed upon. Tho
operators suggestion was that II should
be at loast three years.
Telegraphed to Leader.
The action of the convention together
With request for a conference on Mon
day was telegraphed by President Mitch
Gil TO Chairman George f. Bacr OF the
operators committee, an answer being
received agreeing 10 a conference at
o'clock Monday afternoon at the Jersey
Central offices In this city,
The Only Question of Time.
The only matters to be discussed at
the conference are the length of time tho
awards shall continue and the provisions
that there shall be no discrimination
against the mon VINO obeycd the mine
workers suspension order. Ii IS praCti-
cally certain that the operators Will not
accede 10 any suggestion for two-yenr
agreement. as that would throw the next
conference into O Presidential year and
as the minors will not want n lonG-torm
agreement tho chances are that a three
year agreement Will be eventually en-
tered upon.
Strike Seems Averted.
An intimation has reached hero from
President Rner that the operators will
not discriminate against the miners now
on suspension. md tho local reprasentn-
ures OF the coal companies say the same
thing. 1t looks. therefore, as II strike
has been nyerted, and tho miners VIII re-
turn 20 work probably on Monday.
May IA
In his address to the convention in pre-
sentinS the report of the scale commit
tee. MIR, Mitchell said:
Wages Should Be Raised
Il am In favor Of raising the w-paid
men to the standard or the high-pald
men. During the slN or seven years that
l have been In the movement In the
anthracite region, have learned TO know
much about conditions here. ] want to
assure you that I am not ut all pleased
with the wages or conditions | believe
they should be improved.
Not in Shape for Strike.
in considering tho policy OF the or
Sonization we muat consider Its possibili-
successful. that II could win, that YOU
would stand together. / would ndvise
you TO strike and stay away from the
mines until we got better conditions
But from tho information l have re-
celved from all parts of tho region. 1 am
fearful that our people arc not in shape
for O strike.
Must Not Go Backward.
Il know that there are many among us
who are not In gympathy with strike
movement. We must retain what we
have. rather than lose what we have
gained In the last two strikes.
TN deciding this question, may / nsk
you to do IL without passion or scntI-
ment but with due regard TO what liz
best uow2 Whatever your decision Is
whether IT be strike or whether it bo
work, ask you to stand together.
News Joyfully Received.
Tho news that the convention bna do
cded against strike was received with