The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1898-01-29
THE MINERS GAIN MUCH.
Operators Make Concessions ON
Many Points.
Request for Ten Cents Advance
Grnnfed-AEreement Includes the
Establishment of the Eight
Hour Day--CoIIicrs Rejoice.

Chicago. Jan. &.-The interstate joint
convention OF bituminous coal operators
and miners came 10 an end Wednesday
night The miners are jubilant over
the results of their ten days session, for
II means for nearly 100000 soft-coal
miners an advance of ten cents per ton,
and n uniform day of eight hours at a
uniform days wages. The operators
congratulated one another on the vic
tory over themselves. The following
resolutions were adopted with but two
dissenting votes:
Resolved. That an advance OF ten cents
per ton for mining screened coal take effect
IN western Pennsylvania district, Hooking
Valley (O.) district and Indiana bltumlnous
district on the first day OF April, 1895; that
relative run-mlne price be determined IN
all the districts named by uniform fiat
or akron-shaped bar screen or ~ feet SUI
perficial area, lh-inch space between bars:
that the price or run-mine coal In the Grape
Greek district and In the Indiana btu
minous district be 40 cents for same
district. based upon CO cents In the
Pittsburgh thin vein district and that in
the Hooking Valley and Indiana districts.
that on and after April /, 1888. an eight-hour
day shall be In effect in all the districts
here represented; that uniform wages for
a days labor shall be paid the dinerent
classes OF labor in the field named. that
Internal differences In any OF the states,
both as TO price and conditions. shall DO
referred 10 the states afiected."
The convention completed its work
by naming scale committee to consist
OF the national executive board of mine
workers, district presidents and Sec
retaries, and two operators from each
state, 10 tabulate scale and perfect all
arrangements for putting it into effect
on the date set. IL was determined that
hereafter the miners and operators will
meet in January of each year TO fix
scale for the IL months beginning
April !. Pittsburgh, Pa, was selected
for the next annual joint convention,
which will meet on the third Tuesday
in January, 1899.
The scene at the close of the conyen-
ton at $3.50 o'clock was one that no one
who witnessed il will forget. Operators
who counted their wealth in seven fig
ures and miners who had all their
earthly possessions in their trousers
pockets stood on the chairs in Associa-
ton hall and with one voice gave three
cheers for tae convention as a whole,
for President Ratchford, of the miners
organization, and w. II. Holcomb, who
presided over the nine days delibera-
tons OF the joint conference, and
threw their hats in the air while
they sang the first verse Of Amer.
lea" 1t was q turbulent ending OF
turbulent convention, but the last
scenes were those Of JOY, and all re
straint having been thrown off, the Sc
date operator and the jolly miner for
got all differences and became boys
again.
Springfield. III, Jan. q. Col. J. n. G.
Subway, manager Of the Tayloryille
Coal Mining company, has agreed 10
pay the Springfield scale demanded by
the miners, and the strikers viii return
TO WORK to-day