The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-07-19
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Agreement Between Company and
Miners Signed Wednesday.
AdREEMENTRATIFI THURSDAY
Miners Were TO Have Resumed Work Monday
But New Difficulty Developed at this
place and they are stlii Idle Here.


Miners Were to Have Resumed Work Monday
But a New Difficulty Developed at this
place and they are stIii Idle Here.
The agreement signed by General
Manager Robinson and the miners last
week, was as follows:
To The Employees of The Rochester d: Pitts
bury and Jefferson 6 Cieorfeld Coal
and Iron Companies:
II is hereby understood and agreed
between the above respective compan-
les and the committee; representing
their employees. that the prices as
posted and offered on June lst, 1899,
will be paid at the varions mines Of the
above companies and are as follows:
Pick mining 44i cents per net ton.
Machine loading, punching machine
22A per net ton.
Bcechtree pick coal, At. and over 4It
cents per net ton.
Beechtree pick coal under II. 49t
cents per net ton.
All day labor to be advanced 10 per
cent. above wages heretofore received,
prior to June |. 1899.
Machine loading TO be advanced on
August lst. 1896, TO fve-nintbs OF pick
mining price. TO conform with such pro-
posed advance in the Beech Creek
region.
The turn between machine and pick
mining Is to be allowed and kept as
near equitable as possible.
AS to checkweighmen on all tipples,
the law gives you this right, and II IL
did not we concede II to be right.
In requests for collections, we must
have the assurance Of our employees ac-
uuiesence AS TO the amount they desire
To contribute.
This agreement to be in force and
effect until April lst, 1900. II ratified
by the employees.
The agreement was signed on We'd
nesday and mass meeting of the en-
ployes OF the two coal companies was
held at Sykesville Thursday afternoon,
at which meeting the agreement be-
tween the companies and the miners
representatives was ratified. About
$500 men attended this mass meeting
and the vote TO ratify the agreement
was almost unanimous.
After the above agreement was signed
by General Manager Robinson and the
rniparC' ranrauantativaa an, n,,nn;. l..,
Wednesday and was ratified by the
miners at large mass meeting at
Sykesville the following day, 1t was
hoped that the difficulty between the
employer and employee had been ad-
justed until April of 1900 at least, but
it has not so terminated yet at Reyn-
oldsville, although it is hoped that the
present local difficulty will be amicably
settled between the General Manager
and committee that will meet him at
Punxsutawney to-day.
Up until the present strike the COM
pany run u train from this place to Big
Soldier every morning to haul the min
ers to work, and hauled them home in
the evening, but Monday morning when
the men assembled at the usual place
to get on the train they were notified
that the train would not haul them to
and from their work hereafter, and the
men refused to walk, which means about
ten miles day, including the walk into
mines. They returned home and yes
terday morning they again assembled
at the railroad but there was no train
for them-althoueh the train was run
to haul the monthly men to Big Soldier
and they returned home. AT 1000 a.
m. yesterday forenoon a mass meeting
was held In Centennial hall and COM
mittee appointed to go to Punxsutaw-
ney to-day tp talk with Mr.. Robinson
about the train service. II they are
not successful in getting the matter
settled, 1t is expected that all the en-
ployes of the two companies will come
out on a strike again, as the men UNDER
stood that there were to be no changes
with the exception of the Increase of