New-York tribune., 1898-01-29
THE NINE WORKERS CONTRACT.
OPERATORS AND woRKMEN DECIDE UPON TERMS
AND AN AGREEMENT IS SIGNED.

OPERA TORS AND wORKMEN DECIDE UPON TERMS
AND AN AGREEMENT Is SIGNED.
Chicago. Jan. 27.-The following is the contract
between the operators OF the competitive coal
fields and the United Nine Workers OF America,
which signed to-day:
Tho following agreement made and entered into
In joint interstae Convention N tns cry ,CiliCaSW'
I'D. January q, 1885, by and between the opera,
tors and miners Of Illinois. Indiana Ohio and
Western Pennsylvania, known as the Pittsburg
thin vein district wnesseth:
lump coal shall hereaf form base scale in all Of
the districts above named. excepting the state
pay ten cents per ton over that Of Hooking Valley.
Western Pennsylvania and Indiana bituminous
coal in Hooking valley and western Pennsyivanla
shall be By the a as % IS
hereinafter provided; 1t being understood and I'd
mined and paid for the above basis at the option
Of the operators, according to market, re4ulre
ments. and the operators OF Indiana bltuIIlhouS
shall also have Ike option Of mining run OF mine
Second That the screen hereby adopted n FOR the
State Of Ohio Western Pennsylvania and the btu
minous district Of Indiana shall be uniorn N a. ~
six feet wide by twelve feet long built OF ns1 OF
Akron shaped bar OF not less than hve-cighths OF
bn{wncn % bars free from obstructicns and that
such screenings shall rest upon sufnclent i,I Nun
Tbjra|That the block coal district of Indiana
may continue the use OF the diamond screen OF
Of mine coal the mining price Of which ; shall be
determined ~ the actual screenings ana that & IN,
u nf
nine system and shall be paid for on that BASIS.
Fourih--That an advancexof 10 cents per ION OF
tuo thousand pounds for pick mine scfeched con-
sbau take effect in Western PennsylVanla HOOK
Ing Valley and Indiana bituminous districts on
Anrr | 1898 and that Grape Creek. H., anu lnc
h,.urninous district Of Indiana shan pay 80 cents
nor ION RIM of mine coal from ana after the sam,
date based upon the 66 cents per ton screened coH
In Ohio Western Pennsylvania ana the lhulana
hituntnous district to continue In ioIcc uilu
no ernirotion OF this contract. - ,
FYfth-That on and after April !, 1888 inc clsht
hour work day with eight hours pay cohsis istHss OF
CIV 1evs per week shall be in effect In all OF the
dist ricis represented and uniform wages ior uay
ahcr shall be paid the different classes OF iapor IN
III Acids named and that internal dlHereices III
en of tha states or districts both as 10 prices or
co6dtions shall be referred TO tho states or dls-
triets affected for adjustment $500,
Sivth- That the same relative prices ana cVhnl-
,ions between machine and pick mining that nave
vist,d In the different States shall be continued
during the life of this contract
Soyenth-That present prices Tor PICK ana ma
chine mining and all classes OF day labor shall be
maintained in the competitive States and districts
Fiehih-That the United Mine Workers Organ
izafion q party to this contract, 90 hereby
further agree afford all possible protection 10 the
trade and 10 other parties hereto against any un-
fair competition resulting from failure 10 MAIN
tain scale rates. 80, l., .,
Vinth-That this contract shall remain IN rull
force and effect from April L. 1898. 70 April i6ys
and that our next annual Interstate convention
shall convene In the city of Pttsburg on the third
Tuesday IN January. 1893.