The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-05-24
THE MINI R.
District Council of Miners Benevolent
and Protective Association No 2, of
Indiana

and Protective Association No. z, OF
Indiana
TEREE HAUTE. May IA, 1873
The District Council met pursuant to
adjournment. the President. W r. Clark.
in the chair. Officers all present
Reports from representatives showed
membership of 500 members. in good
standing. il the l. Lodges, decrease u
l5O since last report. which wAs declared
70 be in consequence of los wages and an
ticipati,n II strikes, though it wa, stated
all difficulties have been settled, and that
there will probably be no more strikes this
summer
The following resolution Vas prese nted
and referred t. several lodges
Rs,nL, I'D, That a day, wage Tor q miner DC = y,
Reports we're received from District No.
!. which include the block coal region.
Mr. Lyude. NJ knightsyille reported the
association I'M "a tolerahly healthy condition,
though the men were working at low
figures
Representatives we're instructed hv re-
inform their respective lodges that there Is
wanted al the Cool Greek mines $50
miners
The following report Was presented Ivy
the treasurer
Lr,ie- ....--...........- ......... ......-ltl 70
other monies .......... ....- IS =
Total ..... ........... $50 II
E,rryDr1uFy.
Expense. " District Council ......... sid~ 80
support III Members strike. .... 81 Sd
In Committeeman, Ne. .-... a. Rs
ToIl. ............. slIy- ~
Balance in Treasury ....-... a. p
The meeting then adjourned e. meet at
the Teutonia House, in Terre Haute, Nigo
c.. Ind. on the second Tuesday il July
a. r. PANE.
Corresponding Secretary
SEN NINE INSPECTOR.
After a spirited contest, and the exami-
nation Of many candidates Mr. William
Hemningray, " Ashland. Pa has been
appointed Mine Inspector for the shame
Kin District WV. Edwards resigned. Mr.
Hemingway il an Englishman If extended
experience. aud will hll the position with
honor to himself and credit tn those having
the appointing power
An the last session nj the Pennsylvania
legislature Screen Bill for the protection
Of the miners VI that State was passed.
The coal miners have adopted the follow
ing resolutions. IN order IL secure the ben
etits # the provisions a the Law
That We Hlll not enter into any pri-
yate contracts or agreements with our
employers IN reference To what wages We
shall receive for the nut coal but that We
viii seek, by all possible means, to have a
general standard nt agreement an this sub
icct a standard extending over the entire
hituminous coal section Of this State, the
conditions Of such agreement to be speci-
tied hereafter
That We demand pay for all nut coal
that may be produced by MS on the follow
lng scale, viz where the bars Of the screen
are three-fourths Of an inch, OF less, apart,
We will not ask anything for the coal that
may PASS through such Green. But where
the space between the bars Is seven-eighths
II an inch, We viii demand pay for the nut
coal that passes through such screen at
the rate ~ one-half cent per bushel, and
thirty ive per cent. advance for every adj
diti"nal eighth uf an inch Of width between
the bars
That any pit or bank may make
agreement with their employers % hll their
coal, lump, nut and slack all together.
The same t. be weighed at the lit mouth
Provided, the price for digging shall not
~ less three dollars and fifty cents per
hundred hushe! or not less than ninety
cents per ton; and that this convention
strongly recommend the adoption IT this
plan all over the bitumlnuus coal section
IT this state
Arrangements have b5en made for
grand mass convention, ii Pittsburgh, On
the 18th q June, to be composed u all the
miners ia Western Pennsylvania, To cele-
brate the Inauguration Of the screen law.