The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-27
Advance OF Ten Cents Per Ton for Two HIM
dred Thousand Men.
AN EIGHT
HOUR DAY
Greatest Victory Ever Won
by Organized Labor Is Presi-
dent Ratchford's Verdict.
FINAL
SESSION
STORMY.
Operators and Men Alike Pleased
With the Final Outcome OF the
Ten-Day Session at Chicago.

CHICAGO, Jan. 26.-The Interstate
joint convention of bituminous coal
operators and miners came to an end
at 10 O'Clock tonight. The miners arc
1ubilant over the results of their ton
days session, for it means to nearly
ZOO,000 soft coal miners an advance of
ten cents per ton and a uniform dav
or eight hours at uniform day wages
and the operators Congratulated one
another with victory over themselves.
Inc following are the resolutions
adopted with but two dissenting votes:
Resolved. That an advance of 10 cents Der
ton ton Ior mining screened coal take effect In the
western pennsylvania district, Hooking Val
icy (Ohlo) district and Indiana bitunfnoI1s
district the 1st day of April | 1898 and that
relative run Of mine price be determined
IN all the districts named by a uniform bar
scleen OF seVenty-two feet superficial area,
one ana one-fourth inch space between the
oars; that the price Of run of mine coal in
Grape Creek district and in the Indiana hi
luminous district be 40 cents per ron FOR tho
same district, based upon 66 cents IN Pfttsburv
thin vein district and that in Hooking VALLEY:
ana that on and after April l. 1888 the eight
nour day snail be in effect in all districts
mere represented; that uniform wages for dav
labor shall be paid the different classes CP
laDor IN the field named and that internal
ulIerences IN any OF the states both as TO
IN fhn
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 privilege OF run OF mine as NAV he da
sired by the market conditions
The convention completed its v7orl,
ny naming the wage scale committee
10 consist Of the national executive
poard or the mine workers, the dIstrfct
presidents and secretaries and ttgc
operators from each state, to tab1Iate
the scale and perfect all the arrange
ments for putting 1t into effect on the
uale set 1t was determined that
hereafter the miners and operators will
meet in January each wear to fx =
scale for the twelve months beginning
April l. Ptttsburg, Pa, was selected
Tor the next annual joint convention
winch Will meet on the third Tuesday
or January, 1899.
The afternoon session of the conveu-
tlon today was very stormy and for a
rev hours appearances led to the ha
lief that after ten DAYS hard worI, tba
convention would fail to reach a settle
ment
The scale committees final report. as
outlined above, was presented at the
afternoon session and with 1t came the
protests OF two Hooking Valley oper-
ators, Messrs. Morton and Ellsworth
They insisted upon a differential being
established between their scale and
that of the thin vein of Pennsylvania
and quoted masses of statistics to
show that If the plan were put into
operation Hooking Valley mines would
be compelled to close down in face of
competition from Pittsburg and West
Virginia. Operator Robbins, of Penn
sylvania, finally proposed that the
question Of diferentiaI in favor Of the
Hooking Valley district be left to ar
bitration. This was at once accepted
by the Hooking Valley operators. but
brought out a demand from the oper-
ators Of Ohio outside the Hooking Val
ley that they be included in the arbi-