Report to the President On the Anthracite Coal Strike of May-October, 1902
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Many of the notices were torn down, pickets were stationed in the neighborhood of the office and along the lines of road, to pre- vent the men from coming to the office, where they might have learned APPENDIX A. — THE PARTIES AND THEIE STATEMENTS. 155 the truth, and arrange^ for a i-esumption of work. Our information was that the same men who had made the threats during the continu- ance of the strike were the most active in the circulation of these rumors, the tearing down of the notices, and ...the attempt to prevent the men from going to work. Upon October 23, 1902, a committee called at the office, about 3.45 p. m. A statement of the proceedings of the meeting was taken down, and the material portions are as follows: Charles Helferty, Jeddo No. 4; Joseph Mather, Jeddo No. 4; Frank Billman, Ebervale; Ed. Doggett, Highland, No. 5; Anthony McNeils, Highland No. 5; Thomas Boyle, Highland No 2. Charles Helferty, chairman of the committee, asked this question: "What is the meaning of the notice that was issued, stating that we should make application here individually for work?" I then fully explained the object of this notice, viz., that we were not parties to the proposition presented by the presidents under which President Roosevelt appointed the Commission, and the action of the miners' convention at Wilkesbarre would not necessarily be binding on our men, and it was therefore necessary that we should ask them this question: "Will j;ou abide by the decision of the Commission appointed by the President of the United States under the conditions set forth by the presidents of the large coal corporations?" We also stated that their answers would be recorded in the employment book, and in addition to that we would issue a new braes check, the object being to enable us to start with a lower number, as the old brass checks had reached such high numbers, and for our convenience we were issuing a new check, exchanging the old for a new.
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