The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-06-12
NEW MINING SCALE
An Agreement Reached by the
Conference at Columbus.
Miners and Operators Fix the Indiana
Rate at 60 Cents for BituminOus
Coal and 20 Cents for Block.
PITTSBURG TO PAY 50 AND Sc
Price for the Hooking Valley Dis
trict to Be so Cents.
Northern Illinois Operators to Pay from
621-2 in Summer to 80 in Winter,
the Latter at La Sale.
TO GO INTO EFFECT JUNE 18
And Continue Until May 1, 1895,
if the Agreement Is Kept.
IntimatiOn that the Price Will Not Be
Accepted by the Miners of the In-
diana Bituminous Field.

COLUMBUS, O., June 1.-THE miners
and operators, representing the districts OF
Indiana, northern Illinois, Hooking Valley,
in Ohio, and Pittsburg, who met in con-
ference here Saturday, this evening reached
an agreement that will end the great coal
miners strike if the agreement is carried
out by the men.
When the joint committee on scale, COM
posed of operators and miners went into
executive session, this morning each side
expressed a feeling that circumstances
elsewhere had placed an agreement here in
jeopardy, but each would try to effect an
agreement il possible. John Mcbride said:
I'VE, the miners, are not contending for
recognition of the miners union but for
a uniform scale" Before going into con-
ference a joint committee the miners
held private conference of about one
hours duration. Some of the operators
had said that they preferred to deal with
organized rather than unorganized labor
More uniform results could be secured. A
failure to agree meant, in their opinion a
resumption of the strike at some inoppor-
tune time in the near future. Col. w. p.
Rend. who very anxious to effect a
settlement, submitted a proposition on his
own account to agree TO scale of 60 cents
for Pennsylvania and 60 cents for Ohio,
other territory In a fair proportion, the
price to hold good until Sept. 1, when the
rate Is to be increased to IS cents in west
ern Pennsylvania and in other districts in
proportion The proposition was made to
President Mcbride and was considered by
the miners.
AT $50 this evening the scale committee
announced that an agreement had been
reached and was being drawn up. The com
promise was on a basis of GO cents for
Ohio and Go cents for western Pennsyl-
vania. This agreement is not to take ef-
feet until next Monday. June 1S the min
ers desiring to have a week to submit the
matter to the various districts, as much
opposition to the compromise is expected
and the miners will have TO be prepared TO
accept it,
AT the joint conference tonight the agree
ment was ratified. A. A. Adams, president
of the Ohio miners. who was a member
of the scale committee, refused to sign the
agreement The settlement. however, is
firal. The scale agreed upon is as follows:
Pittsburg-Thin vein, 50 cents; thick vein,
56 cents.
Hooking Valley, 60 cents.
Observation-Disclosures eO cents; block, 20
cents.
Illinois 62lk cents for summer
and 10 cents for winter; Bloomington, 1Tis
.
LaSalle and Spring Valley, 721a cents foI
summer and 50 cents for winter Other sec
relative to the foregoing.
Coal in the Pittsburg district going east
to. tide water shall pay the same mining
price as that paid by the Pennsylvania Gas
and Westmoreland Coal companies. The
scale Of prices will be in effect and bind
1894, and continuous until May ], 1856; pro-
vided, that the above-named scale of
prices for the Pittsburg district shall be
severally recognized and observed The
operators and miners shall cooperate in
their efforts TO secure general observance
of said prices, and if, during the period
covered by this agreement a general recog-
milton OF the prices herein named cannot
be secured either party TO this agreement
may call a meeting or the joint board OF
arbitration and determine whether the
agreement has been sufficiently complied
with TO warrant its continuance.
While it has been announced that the
agreement reached by the operators and
mipers in their joint conference in this city
tonight is final, its effect upon the miners
remains TO be seen. The fact that fully a
week will intervene before the agreement
takes effect leads to the belief that the de-
termination Of the miners to accept no
compromise can be mollified A majority
of the operators left for their homes i'm
mediately after the adjournment of the
conference tonight, and those VINO could
be seen were confident that the agreement
would bring about a speedy settlement of
the strike. Robert Bailey. of Pittsburg
said it was doubtful how the fifty-three
bolting operators in his district would take
the agreement, but he was inclined to the
belief that a majority of them would fall
in line. +. b. Bent, of LaSalle, H., was
of the opinion that the settlement in north
ern Illinois would influence the southern
part of that State to come into line.