The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-10-18
Zig Producers Agree to Abolish the
Sliding Scale and to Grant an Ad-
vance Of Wages Of 10 Per Cent.
|hLt DEMANDS AcCEDED TO-.
Also Agree to Maintain wage-Ad-
vance Until April Look for q
Resumption Of Work by Monday.

.,.bon tho PhiladelphIn & Reading Coal
,,d Iron company and the Lehieh VAL
,o,. Con, Company agreed TO abolish the
.,ia,nt, scale In their respective regions
Ia n rrant nm advance In wages of
,,, NOR cnnt net the advance to remain
4, onrr,,, ,,on until April 1. 1901. or there
",.or ,rh,s oct,on meets the demands
n, the Scranton miners convention. The
decision was arrived at after u confer
ence between representatives OF the In
dlyidual coal operators and the large
coal carrying companies. The confer
once began yesterday. The partIci-
pants were President Harris and DIrec-
TORS Johp Lober Welsh and George f.
Roer of the Philadelphia & Reading
COMPANY: Vice President John B. Gar
na,t of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company: Congressman William Con-
r,I, n. Scranton. who operates several
largo colIicries: DR.. Hedbert NJ. Howe.
r,nresan,,pp A. pardre & Co. and NJ.
Knmmerer. OF Mauch Chunk. senior
. NJ
1vh,,,ev o.bcrs who particIpated In nm
,d,,,rorv c,nac,tv wern Gererat Mana,
cnr u.,5erson or the Pb,-sde,nhia G.
J.,,,,,, co.., md Iron connony ana
coner,i Mining suncrintenaent Iatbrop
n,.,,r,b,-b v,lIoy Comn,pv
culm;,,tion of Rerent Meeting
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m aprtI I ion, and M ,tb,r dioor
ercrs TO be suhno,t,ed IL ,rh,,r, tlon
The Individual oncrators ,rrpc,, IN nv.
erythipr. md the anno,ntment of
conmittee To induce the Reading and
rha Job,yb cor,n, nj.. to ,h,,,st, .h.,
gliding sc,y, and max. tho increase mr..
n,nen. fo,lowed
I. is concedea that tho ros,,. =, 10
dav's conference is a comn,sta ,Jo,orv
for tho rrer An tho dsmord, =, tha,.
convention nre acceded to md &C ono
of the indiv,dua, oner, tors nut !, ,+,,-
The conference tbe nner,to-s % a ,,,,,o
further in agreeing m n,olnt,,r thn
wage advance after Anr,,1 1,bts ,,n,
onrro+o- WIN renra.,ed th.t hi. go
be no, used. said in sneak,nr or tho
conference:
It's Up to the Miners,
"I,,s al, IN 70 tho r,,n,r, r,,, n.y.
have agreed Ia everythInp md poth,,r
reuatns now but for ,bem 10 ro,rrn to
work as soon rs the not,ces n re no.tod
by the colllery managers Tbrse notice.
will be practically similar tn tho Ppod-
ing company's notice the nbrasoo,ogy
only being changed. look for rn-
sumption OF operations bv Monday =,
the latest. The conference ~, nr,,ro
~ harmonious, and overv n,o.o =, N.
s,r,ke situatIo, was ,-ore oy,r"
Just how soon the ofl,c,,, ort,,r ro.,,r
ing the men that the s.rIsc ,s ,nae,, and
70 return to work wIl, ha ,ssuod hy
President Mitchell can on,v bp ron ,ac.
tured. 1, is the belief horn ,b,, M
ord.r ,o ra.,,r, ,,.,,,
tice similar or In line with TIM, of rho
Reading and LebIph conn,nIe. Ia nost.
ed at all mines.
Reading Companv,s Notiee
Thu Pe,d,nr communal, not,oo -, ,,.
This conrnnv makes the fo,,ow,nr
announcement:
ut hereby wI,hdraws tho notice INST
cd October z 1000 and IN hiring ohou,
practical uniformity IN tho advance ~
wages in the several co,l rcy,ons ,.,ves
notice tha. 1t will suspend tho oncrotion
O: the sliding scaIa Will nav 10, ner
cent advance ON september waups I'M
April l, 1901 iii further po,,cr. and
VIII take up with It's mine cmplovps nny
grievances tbcv NAV have"
80 formal announcement has .s yat
bcrn mad. bv IN. .J,h,yh y,,Iav pou-
read comrany regarding ,,s ,n,en,,ons
but after tho Rra5,nr conn,ny.. .,,,e.
men, had been made nub,,c vIcp prr.-