The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-06-13
COMPROMISE REACHED.
Greatest Strike in History vir-
tually Settled.
a SENSIBLE SCALE AGREED TO.

Indiana and Ohio Dispatches Indicate
That the Result of the Conferences Is
SatisfactOry-Rumblc of Dissatisfaction
ut Some Points-GencraI News From
Strike Ceatcrs.
COLUMBUS, o., June IA o'clock
Monday night the miners and operators
came to an understanding. and one of
the greatest strikes of organized labor
in the history of the country was prac-
tically settled, which in the afternoon
looked as far away as it it did weeks
ago.
By the terms of the agreement the
miners will get 10 cents more than they
were getting when they struck; but 10
cents less than they demanded.
Monday is fixed upon as the date of
the miners going back to work. a. a.
Adams, president OF the Ohio miners,
refused 10 sign the agreement. The joint
scale committee reached its conclusion
at 5 p. m, and at S:45 the result was
resolution agreed that the rates per
ton dump coaD should be: Pitts
burg, thin vein 60 cents, thick
vein 56 cents; Hooking valley, 60 cents;
Indiana bitunlinous, 60 cents; Indiana
block, 40 cents; Streator, Ills, GO 1-2
cents for summer aud 30 cents for
winter; Wilmington, Ills, u 1-2 cents
for summer and 81 cents for winter;
La Sale and Spring Valley, Ills,
~ 1-2 cents for summer and so cents
for winter. Other sections in northern
Illinois fields at prices relative to the
above.
Also that miner may be placed on
the tipple as check weighlnan.
All balances due on pay day shall be
paid in cash. An interstate board of
arbitration and Cancellation, consisting
of four operators and four miners shall
consider and determine upon any ine-
quality complained of as between the
different fields named i'll the above sched-
ule of prices. Signed on behalf of the
miners, John Mcbride, Patrick Nc
Bride, John a. Cairns, James Dunkerly,
Cameron Miller, p. II. Penna and John
Fahey; on behalf of the operators, j. s.
Morton, III. L. Chapman, Francis L.
Robbins, NJ. II. Taylor. J. Smith Tai
ley. Waiter 5. Boyle, A. L. Sweet and
Z. L. Bent.
There may be still some little trouble,
as many miners will not agree to the
resolution.
Coal in the Pittsburg district going
east TO tidewater shall pay the same
mining price rs that paid by the Penn
Gas and Westmoreland Coal company
This shall be in effect and bind both
parties thereto, beginning June Is, 1894,
and continuing until May 1, 1895, pro
yided that the above named scale of
prices for the Pittsburg district shall be
generally recognized and observed.
1t Is further provided that operators
and miners shall co operate in their eff
forts to secure a general observance of
said prices named for said district, and
II, during the period covered by this
agreement, general recognition of the
prices herein named for said district can
not be secured, either party to this
agreement may call a meeting of the
joint board of arbitration, to meet at
such time and place as those having au-
thority may elect, and said joint board,
when SO called, shall meet and deter
mine. if able. whether the agreement
has been sufficiently respected and COM
piled with to warrant its continuance to
the date named herein. If the board is
unable to agree the members thereof
shall select a disinterested man, whose
decision shall be final.