The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-27

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CHICAGO, Jan. 2e.-The Interstate
Joint convention OF bl.umlnous Goa, op-
orators and miners came to an end a.
10 O'clock tonight. The miners were
jubilsnt over the results OF their ten
days session, for 1t means to nearly
100000 soft coal miners an advance OF
ten cents per ton and q uniform day OF
eight hours at uniform wages. And the
operators Congratulated one another
with a 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 Pennsylvania
district, Hooking YaHey (Chio)} district
and Indiana b!tumirous district, the:
lst day OF April, lS9S; and that a rela-
tive run OF mine price be determined In 1
all the districts named, by uniform \
Nat or Akron shaped bar screen of
serenty-two superficial area, one and 4
one-fourth Inch space between the bars;
that the price OF run OF mine coal In
Grape Creek district and In the Indiana
bltuminous district be forty cents per
ton for the same district, based upon 4
s!xty-ave cents In Pittsburgh thin vein
district, and that in Hooking valley and
Indiana; and that on and after April !, ]
lSs, the eight hour day shall be in effect 4
In all districts here represented; that
uniform wages for day labor shall be |
paid the different classes OF labor in .
the field named; and that internal diff a
fererces in any OF the states, both as
10 price and conditions shall be re-
.erred to the states affected: that We
further agree to the use OF the diamond
bar screen OF present pattern In the ]
block district OF Indiana, with the priv
ilese OF run OF nIne. as may be desired
BY the market conditions" q
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 the. scale and
perfect all the arrangements for put
ting 1t into effect on the date set. It
was determined that hereafter the min
ers and operators will meetlin January
OF each year TO fix o scale for the
twelv> months beginning April1. Pitts
burgh. Pa, was selected for the next
annual Joint convention. which will
meet on the third Tuesday OF January.
1889. ~
The afternoon session OF the conven-5
tion to-day was very stormy and for a
tew hours appearances led to the belief
that after ten days hard work, the con-
veEtion would fall to reach settle
Hlent.
The scale committees final report, as
Outlined above, was presented to the at-
teraoon session and with It came the
protests OF two Hooking valley opera
tors. Messrs. Morton and Ellsworth.
They insisted upon q d!fferent!al being
established between their scale and that
o. the thin vein Of t4Penrsyivania and
quoted masses OF statistics to show that
Y the plan were not put into operation,
Hock!nG volley mines would be COM
PEELED 10 close down In face OF competl-
ton from Pittsburgh and West Flr-
GINA. Operator Robbins, OF Pennsyl-
ran!a. finally proposed that the ques-
lion OF diderental In favor OF the. Hook
ms valley district be left 10 arbitration.
This was at once accepted by the Hook
ing valley operators, but brought out
demand from the operators OF Ohio.
outside the Hooking valley, that they
be included In the arbitration and be al
lowed diIe,eatial as well.
When the Ohio operators got through
obtectlng to the plan, the Indiana min,
ers, or part OF them, announced that
they could not support the new scale.
Instead OF basing, on Grape Creek scale
OF forty cents. they demanded that 1t
be made forty-three and two-thlrd
cents In the midst OF this tangle the:
convention took q recess. No further
trouble was made by the Indiana min
ers. they being prevailed upon not 10
wreck the work OF the convention.
Upon reassembIing rol! call was
ordered on the resolution. II resulted:
Ayes. "a; mays. 2. as follows: illinois,,
operators votes aye miners votes
aye. Indiana. operators votes aye.
miners 4 votes aye: Ohio. operators 2
aye. nay, miners aye; Pennsylvann,
operators faye. miners aye; West Vir-
Glnla, miners 4 aye. ~ u
Mr.. Morton. OF Ohio In casting the
two negative votes explained that they
were against the sIxty-sln cent rate for
Hooking valley. Mr.. Chapman in cast
Ing two votes aye. explained that he
cast them for tho balance OF Ohio except
Guernsey county. In order to ascer-
tain the standing OF Guernsey county
operators, President Ratchford called
for atvote from them. This plainly
meant that II II became necessary to
tie up the Hooking valley mines Guern-
sey county was 10 be included II they
voted nay. After c short con ference the
Guernsey county men voted for the
resolution. 5 q 3 n
President Ratchford then moved that
the majority vote on the resolution be
made the sonse Of the convention by n
viva Yoce vote. Tho motion was carried
unanimously and the convention np-
plauded for several minutes.
President Hatchford addressed the,
convention briefly, urging tho operators
Of Hooking valley and dPenEsylvanin2t
got together and adjust their differences
so That on. April l they would bc able to
give their miners the advance and bet.
Ter hours. which would then become cf-
fSctivc clscwhere.# #nnd hc{promised 10
use his bcst ondeaYors to bring them
together. 4 Il
Operator DaizelI, Of Illinois. put
througlI5a motion that tho scale adopt.
ed be In eflcct from April !, 1898. to April
]. 1899. and that the miners and npIra-
tors meet!n Joint conference In Janu-
hfyi, 1899 TO adopt a scale for the rata OF
mining for the enauiiiS year! =. * 4
Tho arrangement OF tho, hta te scales
wan then liscuSsod. y President Rntcii.
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