The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1912-03-30
STRIKE IN Cg.A
FIELDS is AVERTED
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shortly before midnight, that all the
operators of western Pennsylyania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois had agreed
| to grantthe increases. They said the
agreemnt would be the basis for
making new wage scales OF hitumi.
nous miners In other states. 4
A short suspension in} the bltnr
mlnous fields, however, was thought
not improbable, as 8ths miners will
have to submit thee. compromise agree,
ment to referendum vote Of the
union pending which. it was said, II
was unlikely the men would work
without an agreement,
Anthracite Strike Called. 80.
The first step toward stoppage
in the hard coal production in the Uni
Ted States as a result OF the miners
wage disputes was taken yesterday,
when the union ordered 10000 min.
ers in the acknowledgements of Penn.
sylvania 10 quit work next Sunday u
midnight.
The suspension was ordered be.
cause Of the operators refusal to
grant the union demands for in.
creased pay.
The shutting down:.ot the mines,
union officials say. viii cause loss
in the coal productions f the country
of 7,OSS.oOg tons 3Sof anthracite 4
month aud will entail Il loss in pay to
the minersS af not 1888 than $35O,OOo
tor every daxSt they iSaialnSlit.
Te5Rsnew NJ otlasIo1s.
aieasIsSS 10 sindlg miners and
opera tofsito 81 new Ill otiationsj brok-
seh Oh iii sSss DIX Ssy eralyTeels ago.
I Ire ALREADY talked- az ji}s2h ~ Z
The ordef tot the anthracite miners
o quit was as follows:
Suspension order. TO, an anthracite
mine workers: Your committee to.
Shom wasTdelegatsd authority by the,
pottsviAe cbnyention to negotiate %
wage, contract OF 1.-THE basis of the dc,
uands oisaid convent Hon Hdve up to
ibis time been Enable To- doSso and
lnasmuch AS thes present wage agree
ment expires March s., cater which
noscontra& KS iaoEided gforgoS erning
wages andlcondttions OF employment,
therefore All mine workers except en-
giners, pumpnleiS tirenlen, stable
men, watchmelIfa and such other men
as are absolutely necessary for the
proper protection pf property, are
hereby instructed to suspend work be
ginning April /, and remain idle until
further notice"
Summarized the facts about the ar
thracite miners are:
Number Of miners to quit, 10000 in
Pennsylvania, as follows: Lackawau'
no and Wyoming Valley. 10000; Ha.
2leton and Panther Greek Valley. 4O,'
900: Pottsyille and Lykens Valley. CO.,
900.
The Demands.
Demands: twenty per cent. in
crease in pay; eight hours day In
stead OF nine; complete recognition
OF the union; adoption Of q system
whereby the operators would deduct
from the pay the union dues each
month and give 1t direct 10 the ma
tIonal union: modification Of the con-
Citation board created in 1912 to en-
able employees to deal more directly
with employers; one year instead, OF
three year contracts.
Demands rejected by the operators
in New York on March 10.
Offer Of the operators to continue
the present scale rejected by the
miners.
Hope Of an early resumption OF the
anthracite business after short sus'
pension, however. was not entirely
abandoned.
John T. Dempsey. OF Scranton,
considering the differences should
come from the operators.
May Not Be Hopeless.
A report from, New York that the
operators retnbt disposed absolute
! ly to refuse all the demands but were
| willing perhaps to grant q slight"in'
crease in pay, was thought to have
done much toward .creating a desire
among the miners to make the suspen
sion. as short us possible.
AS sustaining their demands for IN
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