The age-herald., 1899-06-25
MINERS ADJOURN
 UNTIL TUESDAY Work of Convention Will be Sub-
 mitted to Locals.
ANOTHER SCALE DRAWN UP
Which Will Be Considered At Mass Meetings on Monday Sloss Com pany Authorized to Confer
 With the Delegates

The convention of delegates elected by District 40 United Mine Workers of Amer l ica, which has been in session in Birming- ham since Monday adjourned yesterday morning at 10 o'clock to meet again Tues day morning. As already stated the min- CTS failed to come to any agreement with the operators at the joint conference held Friday afternoon, and they adjourned yes terday morning to refer the whole question back to the various locals of the district
 As predicted, yesterday morning, before the convention adjourned it formulated an- other scale which the delegates will recom- mend to the locals, and ask them to adopt This scale provides for minimum wages of 45 cents per ton on coal when iron is netting $S per ton and under and a sliding scale from that point until wages reach 55 cents per ton, which shall be a maximum Whether the locals decide to accept this scale or not, they will instruct their dele gates what they do want and the conven- tion will reassemble Tuesday morning.
 Four Different Scales
 There are four scales which have been considered by the convention during the past week, which must not be confused with each other
 The first is the scale under which the mines nave been operated during the past year. It calls for minimum wages of 10 cents per ton when pig iron is selling for $ilO per ton and under. For every increase of 90 cents over that price, wages are in creased 212 cents. This goes on until iron gets to $91O, (wages 30 cents) after which an increase of $1 is necessary for a 2l2 cents increase in wages. From this point, wages may increase indefinitely, according to the of ia aNyiY,, ;,, present wage scale.
 The second scale before the convention was the one in the first proposition they made to the operators. It calls for mini mum price of 45 cents when iron was $7.6O and under, 471a cents when iron reaches SS.1O 90 cents when it gets to sS6O and a 2& cent. increase in wages for every dollar increase in iron after that point There was no maximum price fixed. This scale, it will be noticed is just 212 cents higher than the present scale.
 The operators said they coud not pay such a scale as that, and submitted the third scale which the convention had to consider. II was exactly the same as present scale. except that there was a maximum price of 521a cents fixed on the wages when iron reached s960 No matter how high iron went after that the wages were to remain 5212 cents.
 The fourth and last scale was the one WHICH lIle convention drew up NeSIPTuay morning, and will recommend to the locals for adoption. It provide for minimum wages of 45 cents when pig is selling for $S and under. 47A cents when iron reached $S.50. 50 cents when it reached $9.00, 52B cents at $1O and 55c. at $11. After that wages are to remain at a maximum of B cents, no matter how high iron goes This scale is just a trhe higher than the present scale at the existing prices of iron, but as seen, is cents higher as regards the minimum of wages No distinction is made in this scale between the furnace mines and the steam coal mines
 The Scales Summarized
 These four scales may be summarized as follows:
 Present scale: 7.1O, 40 7.6o, 4214; S.10, 45; S.6O, 4712; 9.1O, 50; 9.60, 30; 1910. 521a; etc. a First miners scale: 7.60, 45; S.10, 4712 S.60, 30; 9.10, 50; 9.60, 521a; 1010 521a; etc.
 Proposed by operators, same as present scale, with maximum at 1910, 521a.
 Recommended to locals: 800, 45; $50, 47h; 300, 50; 9.5O, 50; 1000, 5214; HOO, 5 (maxi- mum)