The age-herald., 1898-06-23

1, 1899, and decline to treat with their em- that committee of miners from the Sloss camps will be given an audience.
 As was printed in The Age-Herald yester- day morning committees have been appoint ed to invite the operators to a conference at 10 o'clock.
 Third Days Session
 The third days session of the convention was called to order by President Farley at g o'clock yesterday morning, and the com mittees to invite the operators to a con- ference made their report.
 The committee to visit the Bessemer Land and Improvement company reported that the officials of that company assured them that they were willing to make any reasonable concessions consistent with the action of the other operators.
 The committees to visit the Tennessee and Sloss companies reported that repre- sentatives of these companies would be present at the appointed time.
 At 10 o'clock General Manager McCor- mack and Chief Engineer Ramsey, of the Tennessee Coal Iron and Railroad com pany, and President Sol Haas and Mana ger Priestley Toulmaine, of the Sloss Iron and Steel company, appeared before the convention and were given seats.
 On behalf of the miners, President Fair ley submitted the demand for increased pay and other concessions.
 MT. Mccormack replied for the Tennessee company, stating that he did not care to discuss the question before the representa- lives and employees of his competitors, but that he would confer with a committee of Tennessee company miners if they de- sired a conference.
 MT. Haas, for the Sloss company. also stated that he WIS willing to confer with af fc nnvn would not deal with the convention.
 Committees Appointed It was then decided to appoint commit tees to wait on the companies, the Sloss committee to be composed of Sloss min CTS and the Tennessee committee of em- poyees of that company. These commit tees were appointed by the chair and were instructed to wait on the operators at 1 o'clock. A recess was then taken until p. m.
 When the convention reassembled at 2 o'clock the Sloss committee reported that they had been received by President Haas, who called their attention to the existing contract, which expires on July l, 1899. The committee also reported that MT. Haas stated that he was unwilling to treat With the men unless the miners who signed the existing contract were present as Wit nesses on which to base future action.
 The committee to confer with the Tennes- see company reported that MT. Mccormack had stated to them that he wished to con- fer with other officers of the company and asked them to call back at o'clock. The committee also reported that MT. McCor- mack had intimated that the company would not agree to an advance of cents.
 The reports were received and the Ten nessee committee instructed to call back at the appointed time, and another recess was taken until 4:30 D. m.
 The convention was again called to order at about 5 oclock, and 1t was learned that the committee was still in conference with the Tennessee company officials, and would probably not be ready to report for several hours It was then decided to adjourn un- til 8 o'clock this morning, when the re- ports of the committee will be taken up by the convention.
 Adjourned Until This Morning
 The committee to confer with MT. Mo- Cormack of the Tennessee company is composed of representatives from every Tennessee camp in the district and Is head ed by William Fairley. of Pratt Mines, who is also president of the state miners or- ganization, and chairman of the conven- ton. The committee was in close consul tation with MT. Mccormack and other of- ficials of the company, at the general of- fees of the Tennessee company until . o'clock p. m. What transpired at this conr