Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-27
TERMS AGREED UPON |
BY Which 100000 Miners Of 81.
luminous Coal See Their
Troubles Ended.
THEY GET A TEN-CENT ADVANCE,

And an Eisht-Hour Day for Mine Labor
with Screened Coal as the Basis of Their
Pay-Minc- Run Left to the Several Dis.
tricts-The Mill Strike Important Court
Decision rs to the .Union Clause" iu
Municipal Contracts.
Chicago, Jan. 21.-The interstate joint
convention OK btuminous coal operators
ard miners came TO an end last night
The miners are jubilant over the results
Of their ten days session, Cor they mean
that nearly 100000 soft coal miners get
an advance CT 10 cents per ton and L
uniform day ef eight hours at uniform
day wages. And the operators con-
graduated one another with a victory
over themselves. As to the other point
the basis of pay-it was decided to
take screened coal and determine the
price of mine run 10y what is paid for
screened coal.
Resolution That Solved the Problem.
The following resolution was adopted
with but two dissenting votes: THAT
an advance of 10 cents per ton for min
ing screened coal take effect in the
western Pennsylvania district. Hook
ing Valley tOhio) district and Indiana
b!tuminous district on the first day Of
April, 1888: that the relative run-mine
price he determined in all the districts
named by the uniform fiat or
Akron-shaped bar screen of sew
on;y-two feet superficial area, one
ard one-fourth inches space be-
tween the bars; that the price of run
mine coal in the Grape creek district
ami in the Indiana btumnous district
be 10 cents per ton for the same dis
trict, based upon &c cents in the Pitts
burg thin vein district and that in the
Hooking Valley and Indiana: that on
ana after April l, 1898. the eight hour
day shall lie in effect in all the dis
tricts here represented; that uniform
wages for day labor shall be paid 20
different classes of labor in the field
named: that internal differences in any
state, both as to price and conditions,
shall be referred to the states affected;
that we further agree to use diamond
bar screens Of the present pattern in the
block district of Indiana. with the
privilege of run-mine. as may be de-
sired by market conditions.
Scale Committee Provided For.
The convention completed its work by
naming a scale committee to consist
of the national executive board of the
mine workers, the district presidents
and secretaries and two operators from
each state, to tabulate a scale and per-
feet all arrangements for quitting it into
effect on the date set. I. was deter
mined that hereafter miners and opera
tors will meet in January of each year
to fix the scale for the twelve-month
beginning April !. Pittshurg was Sc
lected for the next annual joint con-
vention. which will meet on the third
Tuesday in January. 1882
RatchfOrd Is Highly Pleased.
President Ratchford, of the United
Mine Workers. expressed himself as
highly satisfied with the work of the
convention. He said: Il consider the
establishment OF the eight-hour day for
miners one of the greatest labor vic
tories of the century. 1t is, in my es-
timation, of far more Importance than
the 10 cents per ton advance" Colonel
w. p. Rend. OF Chicago, who owns and
operates coal mines in Pennsylvania
Ohio and Indiana, expressed himself
highly pleased with the result of the