Hellraisers Journal – Friday November 18, 1898
Bitter Strike of Miners at Virden Ends in Victory
From the Chicago Daily Inter Ocean of November 16, 1898:
VIRDEN STRIKE ENDS
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Mine Operators Agree to
Meet Demands of Men.
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TO PAY UNION WAGES
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Conference Is Held at Company’s
Chicago Offices.
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Leaders of Coal Miner’s Organization
Rejoice at the Outcome of
the Bitter Fight.
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Striking Miners Gather at O’Neill House after Battle of Virden
The conference between the representatives of the Chicago-Virden Coal company and the striking miners, held yesterday, resulted in an agreement which ends the Virden strike. The demands to the miners have been acceded to in full. The scale agreed upon is 40 cents per ton for hand mining and 33 cents for machine mining.
A formal agreement will be drawn up this morning, which will be signed by President Loucks of the coal company and President Hunter of the Illinois Mine-Workers’ union. The men who have been idle at Virden since April will return to work immediately.
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