St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-12

COLUMBUS, w JUNG ll.-W Hilo ~
has been announced that the agreement
reached by the operators and miners in
their joint conference in this city to-
night is final, its effect upon the miners
remains to be seen. The fact that fully
a week will intervene before the agree
ment takes effect leads to the belief
that the determination of the miners to
accept no compromise can be mol
lifted. A majority of the opera
tors left for their homes immedi-
ately after the adjournment Of the
conference tonight. and those who
could be seen were confident that the
agreement would bring about speedy
settlement of the strike. Robert
Bailey. of Pittsburg. said it is doubtful
how the fifty-three boiling operators in
his district would take to the agree
ment, but he was inclined to the belief
that tine majority of them would fall
into line. E. 7. Bent. of La Sale, ILL.,.
was of the opinion that the settlement
in Northern Illinois would influence the
southern part of that state to come into
line.
The committee on scale, composed Ct op-
orators and miners. went into executive
session at o'clock this morning. John
Mcbride said: 1.-The miners are not
contending for a recognition of the
miners union, but for uniform scaia."
Before going into executive session as q
joint committee. the miners held pri-
vate conference of abont one hours
AnY afinn Snpna nf tho houn
said that they prefer to deal with organ.
lied rather than unorgan lied labor.
More uniform results can be secured
A failure to-agree means, in their opin-
ion, a resumption of the strike at some
inopportune time in the near future.
Col. w. P. Rend. who is very anxious
to effect settlement. submitted
proposition on his own account to agree
to scale of SO cents for Pennsylvania
and 60 cents for Ohio, other territory
in a
FAIR PROPORTION,
the price to hold good until Sept.
l. when the rate is to be increased to
70 cents in Western Pennsylvania, and
in other districts in proportion. About
$50 this evening tho scale committee
announced that an agreement had been
reached and was being drawn up. The
compromise was ON basis of 60 cents
in Ohio and SO cents for Western Penn
sylvanIa. The agreement is not to take
effect until next Monday, june is, the
miners desiring to have week to sub
init the matter to the various districts,
as much opposition to tine compromise
is expected and the miners will have to
be prepared to accept. Tho agreement.
which has not yet been mads public,
will be submitted to the joint confer
ence at p. IN. for ratification.
At the joint conference tonight the
agreement was ratified. A. A. Adams.
president of the Ohio miners union.
who was a member of the scale COM
mittee, refused to
SIGN THE AGREEM ENT.
The settlement. however, is final.
The scale agreed upon is as follows:
Pittsburg. thin vein. SO cents; thick
vein, So cents; Hooking Valley. 60
cents; Indiana bituminous. 60 cents (;
Indiana block. 70 cents; Streator. ILL.,.
62L cents for simmer aud ~ cents
for winter; Bloomington. Ill.,. 77&
cents for summer and s. cents for win
ter; LaSalle and Spring Valley, ILL.,,
7219 cents for summer and 81 cents for
winter. Other sections in Northern
Illinois felds at prices relative to the
above. Coal In the Pittsbury district
going to East to the tidewater snail pay
the same mining price as that
paid by the Pennsylvania Gas
and West Moreland Coal ompanles.
The scale of prices will be in
effect and bind both parties thereto be-
ginning June 1s. 1884, and continue
until May l. 1895; provided that the
above named scale of prices for the
Pittsburg districts shall be generally
recognized and observed. The opera
tors and miners shall cooperate in
their efforts to secure an observance of
said price. and if during the period
covered by the agreement recognition of
the parties herein named cannot be
secured, either party to this agree
ment may call meeting of the joint
board Of arbitration aud determine
whether the agreement has been suf-
ficiently complied with to warrant its
cOntin uance.
A Train Held Up.