The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1898-06-28
VOTED TO ACCEPT
THE COMPROMISE
Action Of the Miners in Mass Meeting
Assembled.
THE STATE C0NVEN TON
R6aSSembled Yesterday at 9 O'clock and
Heard the Reports.
THE OPERATORS WERE NOTIFIED
And Committees We're Appointed to Visit the
Tennessee Camps and Report Back This
Morning g. contract viii Proba-
bly, be Signed Today.
THE OPERATORS WERE NOTIFIED

The coal miners of the Birmingham dis
triet have voted to- accept an advance of
2is cents per ton for mining coal during the
next fiscal year beginning July /.
The delegates to the state miners con-
vention, which adjourned on Thursday last
in order to refer the proposition made by
the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad
company back to the men at the mining
camps. reassembled in Clerks hall, cor
ner Third avenue and Nineteenth street at
$3.50 o'clock yesterday morning. The con-
Vention was called to order by President
William R Farley, with Secretary Hey
wood at the desk
Wanted to Accept
The reports of the various delegations
were made follows:
To accept 40 cents per ton-Pratt city, 26;
West Pratt 10; Brooksde, Cardiff and
Brazil, Is. Total 81.
To hold out for 421a cents per ton-Bloc-
ton, Il; Belle Ellen, s. Hargrove A; Bloss-
burg, 5. Total, 80.
For 3212 cents per ton-Blue Creek, is.
Total number of votes cast 104.
The scale at Blue Creek has been 912
cents below the Pratt scale, which is at
present BIN cents per ton and the miners
at this camp voted for the full advance OF
5 cents per ton. The difference in the scale
is due TO the size of the vein at this mine.
Called on Operators
When the vote had been taken, the COM
.mittee which were appointed during last
week to confer with the operators, were
instructed to call upon the Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad company and the Sluss
Iron and Steel company to apprise item
of the action of the miners in the prem
Uses. Pending the report of these COM
mittees adjournment was taken until 2
o'clock when the convention reassenbled.
The sloss Iron and Steel company which
last week refused to confer with the con-
venton received the committee and sent
it back to the convention for more eX
plicit instructions. The committee returned
to the Sloss offices where a conference was
held with President Sol Haas. 1t is said
that the company expressed a willingness
to settle the matter and while nothing was
given out it is thought that the Sloss peo-
pie will sign a similar contract to that
signed by the Tennessee company.
Back to the Mines
The exact nature of the report made by
the committee to visit the Tennessee Of
ficials was not given out, but it is said that
General Manager Mccormack of that COM
pany stated to the committee that he was
ready to sign the contract with his miners
in accordance with the proposition made on
Thursday.
Committees were appointed to VISIT sew
. eral of the Tennessee camps to hold fur
ther conferences with the miners, and adj.
journment was taken until 8 o'clock this
morning when thse committees Will re-
port.
Nothing Given Out
The leaders were very reticent about CIV
ing out any news yesterday afternoon.
II was suggested that the committees had
been instructed to visit the miners for the
purpose of signing the contract based upon
the proposition of the Tennessee company
1t is probable that the contract will be
signed today and a possible strike averted
The convention has been conducted in
Thoroughly business-like manner and the
miners have handled the question in a way