Warren sheaf., 1897-08-05
THEY AGREE.
Coal Opera ntors' .sTrue Uniformity,
COnference Ends It's LabO =.

ators OF the Pittsburgh district con-
Guided l'lt1 its work Wednesday, night at
9:i5 o'clock after two-days' session
OF close and persistent work. The 81
sections OF the uniformity agreement
were thoroughly discussed and adopted
section by section. The best Of feeling
prevailed throughout the meetings, the
| oAly exception being the boiling of
Col. Rend at Tuesdays session. Just
previous to adjournment however,
Judge Owens announced that:Col. Rend
mad authorized him to state that any
agreement the conference adopted
would receive his hearty cooperation,
ana he would sign it if 95, SO or even 20
per cent. OF the operators were sincere
IN their sanction to it. The confer
ence appointed a committee of five
| w. L. De Armitt, j. B. Zerbe, j. j.
otoyter, }. G. Dyoart and n. r. Sanford,
with Gen. John Little--to secure the
| signatures of the operators to the agree
| ment 5E =. sss hi IA 734t;5
Ihe agreement as adopted provides for
cash payment of wages 1000 pounds to the
ton' check wefghmen on the tipples, min
ers 10 pe credited with the full quantity OF
o
company stores, semimonthly paw 6days.
UNIFORM price for pick mining in the thin
| ana thick vein districts and screens not ex-
ceedlng one-half inch. It also provides
tnat IN case of the violation of the provi-
| slons and terms of the agreement a penalty
OF ten cents per ton on the total output of
coal mined by the violator will be charged,
WITS Mhicn penalty IS to be paid as commission
suDJect to the right of further arbitration
or appeal Said penalty when collected Is
10 be distributed among the signers of the
agreement a1 pro rata. in, proportion to the
them during the year. The commission is
20 be chosen annually and shall be known
s;pn Gy the name ann;, Of the uniformity commits
! bers, the thick and thinvein operators hav-
ing proper representation. The members
~ perform the duties Of cir office and will
pc authorized and empowered to enforce
the judgments and awards, 1t shall also
the same force and effect as board of
arbitrators duly appointed under the act
of of rth the as assembly Of the state of Pennsyl
Inc agreement shall not become effective
unless 1t has been signed by 95 per cent.
OF 9doo the operators on or before January 1.
1888. After so per cent. have signed the
agreement, if any Is operators shall be
Of the opinion that enough have signed
called in Pittsburgh to declare it in force.
Columbus, O., July 3O.--Bulletin No
2, from the headquarters of the United
Mine Workers of America to the miners
and mine laborers of the country, says.
in part: II
I'VE have greater confidence of victory
than ever. 8- s,.zEs Y ,&45 N " q a C. +
1.-The supply Of coal on hand is still low,
and would have been entirely consumed be-
fore this time were it. not for few Sec
tlons Of West Virginia, southern Illinois
and a portion of Kentucky. central and
northeastern. Pennsylvania (anthracite).
where no effort as yet has been made to
have them join our movement. which,
when done, will soon decide the contest.
| The organized labor Of the country,
without respect to forms or past differ
| ences. are making our fight their fight,
and have thrown all available force, NOR
ally and financially, into the movement
In western Pennsylvania 1000 men have
stopped work since the last bulletin was
issued. This makes a total of q 900 men
now idle. In Ohio $4,000, or all, are idle.
In Kentucky and Tennessee little change
has occurred since the last bulletin was ;s-
sued. About 900 miners are idle there.
'The miners are congratulated on being
peaceful, and are counseled to continue so.
lin Indiana the supply of coal is al
most shut off, and 5000 are idle. Fully 35,-
600 mine workers in Illinois have laid down
their tools. The suspension is practically
general. The only coal mined is in the
southern field. Organizers believe that
all Will stop In a5feWs days III - y ~ ..
West Virginia has been the main battle
ground.
1.-THE Fairmont district is completely
tied up, with $4,000 mine workers idle in the
state. Indications point to a complete ces-
sation of work before August L. .s..~S
Pittsburgh, Pa, July 31.-Legal pro-
ceedings are to be taken against the
marching coal miners unless they dis
band and go to their homes. This was
decided on Friday afternoon, and Sher-
iff Harvey A. Lowry will be expected
to see to it that the assemblages are
disbanded. ~
Danville, ILL.,. July 31.--Miners in the
Danville district are in destitute cir
cumstances. Over 400 families are re-
ported without means. Citizens and
many operators are contributing lib
orally with provisions and money.
There is no evidence that the strikers
contemplate giving up.
.s @s.s,e5ssr Capt johnson Dead.
New York. July 3O.-Police Capt.
John II. johnson, of Brooklyn, died at
his home in that city Thursday morn
ing after an illness lasting ALMOST "a
year. Capt. johnson was born II
Aurora, ILL.,, in 1874. He served during
the war as chief of scouts with rank of
lieutenant under Gen. Sheridan.
s5 Presiti ent Takes ntHVacntion.
Washing j uly 90. resident Nc
kinley left Washington Wednesday for
a vacation that may keep him away
from the city for six weeks. He was
accompanied by Mrs. Mckinley, Secre-
tary and Mrs. Alger. Mr.: Porter, Assist
ant Priyate Secretary Pruden and Ex-I