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...made no threats whatever. The settlement was brought about by my insistence that the principles proposed were right and just."-So said Gifford Pinchot, Governor of Pennsylvania, in announcing that the anthracite strike was concluded to all intents and purposes, one week after it officially commenced. The Governor's four points for compromise and peace (TIME, Sept. 10) embodied chiefly a 10% increase of wages for the miners (instead of a 20% increase for contract miners and $2.00 a day for day workers, as demanded) and the abandonment of the check-off (demanded by the miners) . The eight-hour...
...Story of the Peace. Governor Pinchot, locating the miners in one room and the operators in another, proceeded to deal separately with each. He took to each group the other's proposal. The first to give in were the operators, who acceded to the Governor's plan. Next day the miners did likewise. Both protested that an injustice was being done them, that they yielded only out of consideration for the public. As soon as a general agreement was reached, both parties entered a joint conference to settle the miners' lesser demands. A convention of the miners...
...check-off (for collection of union dues, fines and assessments by the operators, for the unions, from the men's pay) ; 2) an increase of $2.00 a day for miners paid on a time basis, and of 20% for miners paid on the contract (or quantity) basis. Governor Pinchot denied the miners' demand for the checkoff, and compromised the pay demand. Contract miners would get half the increase demanded; men working by the day (now making from $4.20 to $5.60) would receive from 42¢ to 56¢?or only about one-quarter of what they asked...
...Speaking of Mr. Pinchot's proposed 10% increase in miners' wages, the operators asserted: 1) that the increase would add $30,000,000 a year to the wage bill; 2) that no increase in wages is justified because according to the Coal Commission the miners already enjoy a reasonable standard of living; 3) that present wages are 150% above the pre-War rates, whereas living costs are only 62% above pre-War costs; 4) that if the operators accept the 10% increase in wages an agreement must be made for several years; 5) that the increased wages will increase...
...Result. Aside from the apparently conciliatory tone of the two replies to Governor Pinchot, the miners and operators remained almost as far apart as ever. The last day passed in unsuccessful conference. The strike began, but all prospect of success had not perished. An agreement might still be reached on the basis of the Governor's proposals. To that end the meetings adjourned until Sept...