The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-01-27
THE MINERS
JUBIhANT.
Successful Termination of the Confer
ence at Chicago.
EIGHT HOUR DAY, HIGHER WAGES.
other Agreements Entered Into Which viii
End the Long Pending Differences
Between the Mine owners
and Mins Workers.

Between the Mine owners
and Mine Workers.
Chicago, Jan. 27.-The interstate joint
conference of hitumiuous coal operators
and miners came to an end at 10 o'clock
last night. The miners were jubildnt
over the results of their ten days ses-
sion, for II means to nearly 100000 soft
coal miners an advance of ten cents
per ton and a uniform day of eight
hours, at uniform day wages. And the
operators congratulated one another
with victory over themselves.
The following are the resolutions
adopted with but two dissenting votes:
Resolved, That an advance Of ten
cents per ton for mining screened coal
take effect in the western Pennsylva-
mia district, Hooking Valley (O) dis
trct and Indiana bituminous district
on April 1, 1898, and that a relative run
of mine price be determined in all the
districts named by uniform fat or
Akron shaped bar screen Of 70 feet
superficial area, Ia inches space be-
tween the bars, that the price of run
of mine coal in Grape Creek district
and in the Indiana bituminOus district
be 40 cents per ton for the same district
based upon 66 cents i'm Pittsburg thin
vein district, and that in Hooking Val
ley and Indiana, and that on and after
April /, 1898, the eight hour day shall
be in effect in all districts here repre-
scented; that uniform wages for day
labor shall be paid the different classes
of labor in the field named, and that
internal difference in any of the
states, both as to prices and conditions,
shall be referred TO the states affected;
that we further agree to the use of the
diamand bar screen of present pattern
in the block district of Indiana, with
the privilege Of run Of mine, as may be
desired by the market conditions"
The convention completed its work
by naming a scale committee to con-
sist Of the national executive board OF
the mine workers, the district presi-
dents and secretaries and two operators
from each state, to tabulate the scale
and perfect all the arrangements for
putting it into effect on the date set.
1t was determined that hereafter the
miners and operators will meet in Jan
uary each year to fix a scale for the l.
months beginning April l. Pittsburg
| Pa, was selected for the next annual
| joint convention, which will meet on the
third Tuesday of January 1893.
The afternoon session of the cOnVen-
tion was very stormy, and for few
hours appearances led to the belief
that after ten days hard wok the con
vention would fail to reach a settle
ment.
The scale committees final report as
outlined above, was presented, and
with it come the protests of two Hook
| ing Valley operators Messrs Morton
| and Ellsworth. They insisted upon a
| differential being established between
/ their scale and that of the thin vein Of
! Pennsylvania. Operator Robbins, of
| Pennsylvania, proposed that the ques-
tion of differential in favor of the Hook
| ing Valley district be left to arbitration
| This was at once accepted by the Hook
ing Valley operators, but brought out
a demand from the operators of Ohio
outside the Hooking Valley that they
be included in the arbitration, and be
allowed a dlfferential as well.
When the Ohio operators got through
objecting to the plan the Indiana min
ers, or a part Of them, announced that
they could not support the new scale
In the midst of the tangle the con-
vention took a recess. No further
trouble was made by the Indiana min
ers, they being prevailed upon not to
wreck the work of the convention.
Upon reassembling a roll call was
ordered on the resolutions. 1t resulted
Yeas, "a; nays, 2.
Mr.. Morton of Ohio, in casting tn,
two negative votes, explained that the!
were against the &c cent rate for Hook
ing Valley. Mr.. Chapman, in casting
! two votes yea explained that he cas-