The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-06-12
AN AGREEMENT REACHED
THE MINERS ACCEPT THE PROPOSE
TIOS OF IHE OPERATORS.
The Trouble Adjusted In the Columbus
Conference on the Sixty and Sixty
Nine Cent Basis.

at once. 1t is agreed that they shall go
TO work not latter than next Monday.
The report Of the scale committee was
adopted unanimously by the conference
! OF the miners and operators at 10 o'clock
| tonight, and the conference adjourned
sine die IL was noticed when the sigma
| lures were read that the miners had
substituted for W. H. Murray and \. A.
| ADAMS, the men who stood out against
compromise, by John Fahy and Secretary
! Z. A Mcbride.
THE RESOLUTION.
The following is the resolution
Resolved, We agree that the rates for
mining 1000 pounds lump coal shall be
Pittsburg. thin vein, CSC; thick vein.
56c.
Hooking. 6Oc
Indiana, bituminous G0c. block. zoe.
streator' Ill. summer, 62l2c.; winter,
Wilmington. summer, 77i5c.: winter. SIC.
LaSalle. ILL.,. and Spring Valley, summer,
I2hc; winter, SOC
Other sections in Northern Illinois field
at prices relative TO the above.
Coal in Pittsburg district. going east
to tidewater. shall pay the same mining
prices as that paid by the Pennsylvania
Gas and Westmoreland Coal Company.
THR CONDITIONS.
This scale Of prices shall be in effect
and bind both parties thereto beginning
June is, 1894, and continuing until the
first day of May. 1895, subject to the
Following provisions:
Provided that the above named scale
prices for the Pittsburg district shall
be generally recognized and observed. Il
Is further provided that operators and
miners shall cooperate I'm their efforts
TO secure a general observance OF said
prices named for said district. and If
during the period covered by this agree
ment a general recognition of the prices
herein named for said district cannot
be secured either party TO this agree
ment may call a meeting OF the Joint
board or arbitration to meet at such time
and place as those having authority may
elect; And said joint board when so
called shall meet and determine IL able
whether the agreement has been suf-
fciently respected and complied with T.
warrant Its continuance TO the date
named herein; II the board is unable 10
agree the members thereof shall select
disinterested man whose decision shall
be final; II 1t shall be found and decided
by process above provided that It is
being substantially respected II shall re-
main In force and bind both parties there
20 for the period stipulated herein: and
If found and decided by same process not
10 be so generally observed as TO war
rant its continuance II shall be abrOgated
and both parties thereto absOlYed from
contract Obligations herein set forth.
Whatever miners desire they shall be
permitted to elect and place on the table
as checkweiShmen men OF their own
choice. Wages shall be paid on the above
scale semi-monthly. All balances due on
payday shall be paid In cash. An inter-
state board OF arbitration and cOnciia-
ton, consisting Of four operators and four
miners, shall consider and determine upon
any inequality complained Of as between
the different fields named in the above
scale of prices.
(slgned) Mlners-John Mcbride Patrick
Mcbride. John a. Cairns, James bunker
ly Cameron Miller. p II. Penna, John
Fahy
Operators. Ohio-J. s. Morton. II. /.
Chapman. ylvania-Francis T. Rob-
IN, ": II. Tayolr. Indlana-J Smith Tai
ley, Walter 5. Boyle Northern Illinois
a. L. Sweet. A. T. Bent.
John Mcbride said tonight that while
the settlement was not all that he could
wish, il was the best that the miners
could hope for under the circumstances.
They were stlll the victors Of the contest.
Dfspt"ascd With the Settlement.
COLUMBUS. OHIO. June ll.-Telegrams
received here tonight from the chief min
ing centres Of Ohio show that the miners
are extremely indignant over the compro-
mise settlement OF the strike. and there
may be an organized demand, led by
President A. A. Adams, in resistance TO
the order TO go TO work State officials
are afraid that the miners Will be more
difficult 70 control now than before.
che 1T. Louis Conference "A fn lure.
ST. LOUIS, MO, June u.-Less than a
dozen miners and but two operators were
present when the conference was called
10 order this morning. Then, recognizing
the whole affair as a failure. the confer
ence adjourned sine die.
~,i.rrs 90 'in'cA Gpon Pana.
PANA. ILL, June 1.-THE First Regi-
ment National Guards left this evening
for Chicago The Home Guards however,
will be subject to duty AZ call.
Stragglers wander into town and the
several camps Of the strikers around the
city are receiving new recruits. The
mines are being guarded by men armed
by the operators. TWO miners who ar
rived In the city from the South this
evening state that strikers are massinB
along the Central for an onslaught on
Pana. There is a feeling Of uneasness,
and why the troops should be Withdrawn
iust at this time cannot be understood.
Tips have reached here that large
number OF foreign strikers are congre-
gated at the old Brown farm. two miles
east of the city Additions are DeinB
made to the police force, and many ctu-
zens are guarding private property.
The shsrin Refused to Act.
WHEELING. w. VA, June ia tele-
gram was received I'm this city saying
that bridge at Middlevllle, on 5heo 1leEe-
land, Lorraine and Wheeling road. 2iO feet
I'm length. had been set on fire. and was
being destroyed At 2 p. VI. the officials
OF the company say the sheriff refused
10 protect the cOmpanys prOperty,ah ana also
refused 10 call on the State. Gen. Manager
Woodford has sent telegram TO Cow
ernor Mckinley asking that troops be
sent 10 the scene. The destruction OF
the bridge will probably delay freight
traffic for several days
coal train was fired on a Flushing
to-day. Troops at once dispersed the
crowd
The Baltimore and Ohio yards IN this
city was cleared Of coal to-day for the |
in possession. No disturbance has oc-
CURED. Charles Davis. a strike leader |
was to-day sentenced 10 sixty days In |
iail by United States Judge CON. strikers |
claim that they Will resume operations az |
the old stand as soon as the militia are
called away. -,
Kinley ordered the Firth regiment OF |
duty in protecting property In stark and |
Tuscarawa counties. where the miners |
are burning bridges along the lines OF |
the Wheeling and Lake Erie and Cleye-
All the armed troops OF the state except
the First regiment are now in the field.
Ready 10 Glow Up the rridze.
WHEELING CREEK. OHIO. June H.
AT noon to-day two men were observed
: citing in a very suspicious manner az tie
,ora:ne railroad. on the approach OF two
soldiers belonging 20 the Second Ohio
raginant the men fed. An examination |
N the bridge disclosed the fact that a
dynamite bomb had been so placed that
! train passing would have exploded the
oomb. destroying the bridge and wrecking
the train.
unps e.~- s~ft'eme~f
PHILADELPHIA, June 1i.-Henry Ber-
Wind, of the Berwind-White Ccal Com
oany, and chairman Of the committee OF