Birmingham state herald., 1897-07-14
GENERAL STRIKE PENDING Miners of this District to Make
 a Stand. FRIDAY THE TIME NAMED All the Mines in Indiana Reported Closed
 Down.
THE SITUATION AT PlTTSBURG
Hopeful Feeling Pervades at the Strikers adquarters-Dearmitt Again Eakes His Proposition to the Board of
 Arbitration-Is He Fick.eP

The convention of coal and ore miners and workers around fuanac-s and at coke ovens, called to meet yesterday, as pre- viously announced in these columns, was held in this city.
 The convention assembled in Brick layers hall at Il o'clock, and was called to order by MT. A. H. Gentry, of Bloc,on.
 Secretary R. A S.atham. of Cardiff, was at the desk.
 Blossburg, Blue Creek, Belle Ellen, Blocton, Brookside, Brazaal, Cardiff. Dolomte, Gurnee, Hargrove and Warrior coal mines were represented by delega- tions.
 Woodward and Sloss ore mines and the
 Bessemer coke pullers also had delega- ticns in i.he convention. Repo.es were heard from Blocton and
 Blue Cre;k. The dslega es were instruct ed 70 insist upon a 4O-cent scale with No l iron at $S5O, and for every 50 cents ad- vance in iron 21a cents increase for mining coal.
 Belle Ellen and Hargrove reported through their de1egats that no reduction had been made in the price of mining coal. The delegates also reported that he miners at their points would gladly contribute to the support of the men who Wire out.
 The delegation from Sloss ore mines reported that they were instructed to ask for suspension of coal mining through out the entire disados pending satisfac tory scale.
 The same delegation and the one from Woodward ore mines were instructed 10 submit the following scale: On basis or fundry iron Mo- 1 at $7.50, 30 cents per lon tor ore mining, same to run az tne Pratt scale.
 The coke pufers delegation reported
 ishat they had been instructed to asi for
 36 cents per oven for forty-elght rhour
 coke arid 70 cents for coke of seventy
 hours' standing, and $1.10 and $l.2o for loaders.
 The Gurnee delegates were uninstrGct-
 ed except to demand higher scale.
 Dolomite's delegation was uninstruct-
 ed save to stand by the men now out.
 A committee on order of business was
 appointed after which the convention took a recess.
 Before the recess was taken com
 mittee from the Blocton and Blue Cresk
 delegation was sent to confer with Gen.
 eral Manager Mccormick, of the Ten
 hessse Coal, Iron and Railway company,
 and submit scale of prices.
 The committee, after the convention
 had again been called to order, reported
 that they had met MT. Mccormick and
 were kindly treated by him. They sub-
 mitted the following prices: For Blocton,
 40 cents per ton, and for Blus Creek, B
 cents per ton. MT. Mccormick informed the committee that his company had
 heretofore taken the initiative in sdCpt-
 ing scale, and now his company desired
 for the other leading company to take
 the lead, and his company would do as
 they did
 The convention then heard resolution
 which was carried to the effect that the
 convention adjourn till Friday, when an
 effort would be made to have representa- tives present from every mining camp in
 the state. At this meeting it is proposed
 to order general strike pending the set clement of the existing differences.