The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-12-14

Proceedings OF the Coal Men Yesterday.
As per announcement, the coal miners
met in Handlan's Hall yesterday after
noon, Secretary Jones presiding. Avery
large number Of delegates was present,
and general good feeling characterized
the proceedings. Alter transacting some
routine businessth convention adjourned
TO meet the representatives OF the mills
and the owners OF the peddling banks,
ct the Riverside office. on Main street,
near Thirteenth.
At Z =. N. when the time for the meet
ing arrived, however, 1t was found that
the representatives oil the different mills
refused TO meet with the representatives
OF the peddling banks, but q solution Of
This difficulty soon presented itself, the
mill men meeting In the Benwood Of
dlers at the st. Charles Hotel on the
same street. Atthe Benwood office quite
o large number Of coal miners were
present, but only four OF the mill owners,
and nothing was done OF any i'm
portance. Several suggestion were dis
cuRsed and laid over for future action.
At the St Charles Hotel there were
numerous delegates from the coal banks,
but only four bank owners, two Of whom
were from Bridgeport, n from McGin-
ley & McOormick's. OF this city, and one
other. OF course little could be done
when so few bank owners were present,
but the following resolution was passed:
"Raolred, That on and after Monday,
December Goth the price Of mining coal In
all peddling banks In Wheeling, Bridge.
port, Bellaire, Martins Ferry, West
Wheeling and Benwood shall be two and
one half (2D cents per bushel."
The four bank owners voted against this
resolution, presumably because there
were not more OF the owners present.
The status OF affairs Ia at present as fol.
lows: The peddling bank and the mill
bank miners are receiving two cents per
bushels. The mill bank men, however,
have their wages regulated by the rates oil
the nail scale OF the Western Nail ASCOT
alton, while the others depend upon ar.
rangements effected by themselves with
their employers. The scale will terminate
by Limitation January 8, 1881, when both
the mining factions will be on an equal.
ty, unless the scale be renewed. 1t ia,
| IutItluIct NCl1 hoollAblS bhab III oihul w
preclude the possibility Of complications
In the future, to arrange for q uniformity
in the prices for mining coal, and 10 that
end Mr.. Jones Is directing his
efforts. There is no danger OF any
trouble now, nor is there any antici.
pated, but the meeting was called to pre-.
vide for the future OF the business. There
Is q continual discrepancy in the prices
paid mill miners and peddling miners,
the fluctuations Of the scale inducing this,
and the miners hope to arrange this
trouble at the meeting next Saturday at
three O'Clock P. NJ, at which time Mr..
Jones will be here again.
A prominent owner and operator Of a
peddling bank said last night to an
tSTELLIGEseRR reporter that he was in "a
yor Of an organization OF coal bank own,
ers as a defensive arrangement, and
thought that such a thing would be an
event OF the near future. Secretary Jonet
also said to our reporter that o coal ex
change would probably be in existence
r here before long, which, II properly con
Quoted, would inure to the benefit OF bott
, owner and employe. Mr.. Jones leaves
for home this morning.