The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-12
MINERS AGREE ON A SCALE.
The Columbus Conference Hasa Sue
CeSStul Conclusion.

Two of The Committe emen of the
Miners Stand Out to the Last, and
Other Names Substituted for Theirs
in Signing the Agreen ent-Presi-
dent Mcbride Declares tha Terms
the Best That Gould Be Obtained
Under the Circumstances.
Columbus, o., June 1.-THE report of
the scale committee was adopted unani-
mously by the conference Of the miners
and operators at 10 o'clock tonight, and
the conference adjourned sine die. 1t was
noticed when the signatures were read
that the miners had substituted for w.
II. Murray and A. A. Adams, the men
who stood out againsta compromise, John
kahy and Secretary p. A. McBryde.
The following is the full agreement reso-
luton:
Resolved, That we agree that the rates for
mining . go pounds of lump coal shall be as
follows: Pittsburg thin vein, 60 cents; thick
vein, 56 cents. Hooking. GO; Indiana bitumi-
nous, 50 cents Indiana block, 20 cents
Streator, ILL.,, summer, 62H cents; Streator,
winter 20 cents; Wilmington, summer, 17iS
cents; Wilmington. winter. So cents; La
Sale, Ill, and spring Valley, summer, 721a
cents; La Sale and spring Valley winter. 80
cents. Other sections in the Northern Hi
nois field at prices relative to the aDove
Coal in the Pittsburg district going east to
TIDE water shall pay the same mining prices
as that paid by the PENNSYLVANIA Gas and
| West Moreland Coal Company. This scale of
prices shall be in effect and bind both parties
thereto, beginning June l8, 1891 and cont lnu-
ing until the first day OF May, 1893. subjec. 10
| the following provisions: Provided that the
above named scale of prices for the Pit.Sburg
| districts shall be generally recognized and
| deserved. 1t IS further provided that the
! operators and miners shall cooperate in their
| efforts to secure general observance of said
! prices named for said district, and if during
| the period covered by this agreement a gen
| erdl recognition of the prices herein named
| for said district cannot be secured either
| party to this agreement may call 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 aud determine, II able,
! whether the agreement has been sufficiently
| respected and complied with to warrant its
| continuance to the date named herein; il the
! board IS unable to agree, the memterS
| thereof shall select a disinterested man
! whose decision shall be final: if 1t shall be
found and decided b. the process above pro
| y1ded that ii Is being substantially
respected 1t shall remain in force and bind
both parties thereto for the period stipulated
herein and if found and decided by the same
process not to pc so generally observed as to
warrant its continuance, IL shall lie abro-
gated and both parties thereto abSolved from
the contract obligations herein set forth.
Whenever the miners desire they
shall be permitted to elect
and place on the table as check
weightInen men of their own choice. Wages
shall De paid on the above scale semi-monthly.
| All balances due on payday shall be paid IN
cash. An interstate board OF arbitration and
| cOnciliation. consisting of four operators and
four miners, shall consider and determine
! upon any inequitY complained of as between
| the different fields named in the above sched-
ule Of prices.
The agreement was signed for the
miners by John Mcbride, Patrick A Nc
Bryde. John A. Cairnes, James Dunkerly,
| Cameron Miller p. Ii. Penn, John F'ahey !;
For the operators as follows: Ohio,-J 5.
Morton, H. L. Chapman: Pennsylvania,
Francis l.. Robin, M. H. Taylor; In
| DIANA, J. Smith Talley Walter ). Boyle :;
| North Illinois, A L. Sweet, L. T. Bent.
John Mcbride said tonight that while
! the settlement was not all that he could
desire, it was the best the miners could
hope for under the circumstances. They
were still viCtors under the circum-
stances.
MAY BE REJECTED.
kilograms received here tonight from
the centers of Ohio snow that the miners
are extremely indignant over the compro-
mise settlement of the strike, and there
may be an organized movement led by
! President A. a. Adams in resistance to
the order to go to work. The state
officials are afraid that the miners
will De more difficult to control now than