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at many mines, mwefrom all quarters of the globe, attraced by the reported high wagesof this district, and the fact thatstrike waa n.Supply Companies Busy.Shortly after daylight thla morning a constant stream of heavily loaded supply wagons went to themines, distributing powder, and other .upplle* that had boon ordor«l too I ate for delivery Saturday afternoon. when It became known that the men would return to work toda.By 7 o’clock the millyard at practically every mine was filled. The men showed by their smiling facesthat they were undeniably 8lad \° get back to work. In another half hour lt;ans of dirt were being hoisted out and In the mills machinery that had been unmoved for two weekswas being started.Mine operators and miners alikewere glad ’to cry quits so tar as thestrike and wage question is concerned. At each mine the men are to receive the wg6 they were getting at the time the strike startedThe miners are only sorry thatthev did not take advantage of theshutdown to go fishing, or as many of them put it. **go on a regular vacation.” Among the families of the miners there Is also much rejoicing because of the reopening of themines.Plan Celebration.At Oronogo the mines were allreopened, and at Neck City, Alba and Purcell the same condition prevailed. At Purcell a general celebration is to be held 1 uesday afternoon to Bhow appreciation of theopening. There is to be a ballgame and a barbecue.Among the mines in which repairscaused delay in opening is the Cumberland. at Prosperity, operated by Frank C. Wallower. This mine Is to resume operations as soon as ispossible.MINERS RESUME IN JOPLIN.Union Headquarter* Deserted TodayMeeting Held Yesterday.Most of the mines in Joplin resumed operations this morning after two weeks’ Idleness. In only a few Instances were there not enough men to carry on all of the work at all of the properties.The headquarters of the American Metal Miners’ union at the Auditorium today were practically deserted and the men who had been congregating there were back at their shovels and machines. A few properties opened Saturday but the greater number waited until this morning.A meeting of mice.* and workers In the interest of organized labor was held at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon. A few speakers were heard on organized labor, some asserting that the miners hereshould affiliate with the American Federation of Labor. The meetingadjourned without any action of any kind being taken.PEOPLE HERE ARE LUCKY.Man From Butte Compare* StrikeSituations.”1 do not believe that the people of this district realize wha* a wonderful recovery they nave made frommc*wtceib«arn«tfcerre-din-with1• *the strike,” said E. A. Powell, cently of Butte, Montana, In cussing the local labor situation a reporter for the News Herald lived In Butte for several years and was there during the last strike when the Western Federation ofMiners and the seceders tied up the industries of that city for so many months.“One day I saw BOO miners stand In front of a building, where theythougnt Moyer and his associates were gathered and with shotguns and dynamite attempted to wreck the building. They did not succeed at first In tearing down the building so went to the mines and after tying * several sticks of dynamite together succeeded In demolishing the building. Moyer had left and no one was hurt but the feeling was so iutetfSu ttrat the entire city was in a reign of terror. The militia was finally called.'The fact that the miners here did no violence and that they have returned to work without hardly any ill feeling is a compliment to the character of labor you have In this district. I believe that as time goes on the district ltseir will realize that they have passed through a crisis In a better shape than any other mining section of the country has ever done under similar circumstances.”OHiKStdfcc6(msiKWidc,anIthrekfcawiatneHAtGet* Record (fettle Price.Associated PressKANSAS CITY, MO., July 12. Mrs. R. Morgan of Plattsburg, Mo., topped the cattle market of the year today with fifty steers weighing 1,243 pounds, at $10 a hundred pounds. Each steer brought $134.30, and fifty sold at $6,717.Czar Honor* British Crew.Associated PressLONDON, July 12.—It was announced here today that Emperor Nicholas of Russia had conferred thecross of St. George upon all of the officers and crewr of the British submarine which recently sank a German battleship in the Baltic.KsTHE WEATHER.Asaoi iat«-lt;i Pres*.MISSOURI—Unsettled tonight and Tuesday with thunder showers; warmer in northwest tonight.KANSAS—Unsettled with probably showers tonight or Tuesday; not much change in temperature.OKLAHOMA—Generally fair and continued warm tonight and Tuesday.patbi d itse1inidetioAgvilt;coealt;quthlt;wlre’
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Joplin News Herald
Joplin, Missouri, US
Mon, Jul 12, 1915
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