Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1897-07-21
.OOKS LIKE SETTLEMENT
Blocton Miners Confer With
Manager Mccormack
AND AGREE ON A SCALE
Brookside, Brazeal and Cardiff Also Come TO
1erms-The Situation as Given Out From
Pittsburg and Other Points.

The disturbed state of the miners situ-
alton in this distric1 lis gradually being
Strengthened out and it Is confidently
expected that in few days all the mining
camps will BE- working regularly. AT all
of the camps that have been idle since
the frs. eft;he month mass meetings have
been held AN attempts made to secure a
settlement.
General Manager G. B. Mccormack, of
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway
company, spent yesterday in Blocton with
the dissatisfied miners. Monday these
miners held a mass meeling and decided
10 accept the reduction to S71z cents. A
committee was appointed to confer with
the company officials and this conference
was held yesterday.
Early last nigfihls Gem raj Manager Nc
Cormack sent message back to the city
sta;ing that his conference with the
miners had resulted in their signing the
scale now in use at Pratt CiSy.- 1t entails
a reduction of 81 cents and effects only
the Blocton miners, Work will be re-
Snmed this morning.
Later in the might Mr.. ia mes Brown,
vice president of the company, received
a telegram from resident Baxter confirm
ing the above
IT is tated chat the scale at Pratt City
l.
b. remembered that on May 10th, last, the
Pratt City miners accepted the reduction
from 40 cents ro 37h cents. The scale
these mines is, seemingly, accepted a a
basis for all the other miners in the dis
trict.
THE -SLOSS MINERS.
Right on the heels of Ghe above an
noufeement came another stating that
the Sloss Iron and Steel company had set
tied The differences between themselves
and their workmen and tha. work would
be resumed at Rrookside, Brazil and Car
diff this morning
The Sloss miners held a meeting Mon
day and appointed committee to con.
fer with President Sol Haas. of the Sloss
company, and arrange settlement on he
basis of the Pratt City scale.
Presid=rlt Haas spent yesterday in con-
eultatlon with this committee and Ia te
III The afternoon an agreemen. was rea CHI
ed by which the men return to work
Tney will receive 37la cents psr ton.
AT OTHER PLACES.
All kinds of rumors have been started
concerning the different mining places.
but nothing authentic seems to be
known. 1t is very proba bic that set
tlement will be reached by which every
miner in the district will return to work
before the end of the week.
At Hargrove, where the mires are oper-
ated by Congressman Aldrich, it Is
stated that the men will ask for a system
to be inaugurated by which they will be
paid for their work by the weight of the
coal instead of the ore now in vogue by
which they are paid according to ton
measurement In the cars
AT Blue Greek a great meeting was
held but nothing accomplished. To-
morrow the miners will visit Pratt City
to confer with the men at tba point. The
following resolutions were adopted at
the meeting:
Re ii resolved That W.. the miners of
Blue Greek to go to Pratt City on Thurs
day, 22d inst. for the. purpose OF meet
ing the Pratt miners in mass meeting
and discussing the condition OF affairs
now pending, and see IL they can aid
and assist us in bringing about a speedy
settlement
Be 1t further resolved, That we COM
mrncate with the miners Of Blocton and
Cardiff requesting them 10 send dele
cation to meet with us at tbs above
named meeting
THE ETTLFsMENT'S EFFECT.
As soon as the news Of the settlement
of the differences between the miners nd
became generally known around the city,
there was much rejoicing, especially in
business circles. 1t gives the mer-
chants much encouragement and adds
impetus to their business.
The miners in this district do most of
their trading with city merchants and
when they are idle for any length OF time
business is more or less seriously effected
The small stores In and around the min
ing camps as rule, secure their stocks
from local wholesale houses All these
men rejoice that serious trouble has been
averted.
At the above places the miners who
have been idle for the past twenty days
will shoulder their picks and the welcome
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