Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-02-06
SCALE SIGNED.
Conference of Operators and
Miners Closes.
RESULT is A COMPROMISE
Men Will Get Less Than They Demand.
ed and More Than Employers First
nRared = Meeting OF Iowa
Men Called.

Indianapolis, Feb. 3.-After joint
conference lasting nearly two weeks,
the delegates from the United Mine
Workers of America and the Interstate
Operators association finally adopted
a scale at 1880 last night which is a
! compromise between the first demand
of the former and the first offer of the
i latter.
4 The deliberations of the sub-scale
1 committee We're practically ended at
/. noon, at which time the scale was form
| ulated, but there were one or two
/ points on which President Van Horn
Of the Indiana miners did not feel at
liberty to vote until he had consulted
his fellow delegates. He was given I'M
/ til o'clock to do this, and at the hour
named cast the vote. A meeting Of the
entire joint scale committee was then
called, and at o'clock went into ses-
i sion. From that time on it was fairly
smooth sailing
1 The work of the committee was not
1 finished until after supper, and at $3.50
O'Clock the joint conference was called
4 to learn the report, which is as fol-
i lows:
1 Section 1. That an advance of IA
cents per ton of 1000 pounds for pick
mined screen coal shall take effect in
4 western Pennsylvania thin vein and
in the Hooking district, the basing dis
trict of Ohio, and the block coal dis
trict of Indiana. That the Danville dis
trict, the basing point of Illinois, shall
be continued on an absolute run-of-
mine basis, and that an advance of 9
cents per ton over present prices 10 be
paid on the district named.
4 That the bituminous coal distract of
Indiana shall pay 40 cents per ton for
all mine-run coal loaded and shipped
as such. All other coal mined in that
district shall be passed over a regula-
ton screen and will be paid for at
j 80 cents per ton of 1000 pounds for
screen lump.
i Sec. 2. That the screen hereby
adopted for the state of Ohio. western
i Pennsylvania and the bituminous dis
trict of Indiana shall be uniform in
! size, six feet wide, by twelve feet long,
built of fiat or Akron-shaped bar OF
4 not less than fxe-eighShs of an inch
surface, with one and one-quarter inch
es between the bars free from obstruc-
!, tons, and that such screen shall rest
upon a sufficient number of bearings
to hold the bar in proper position.
Sec. 8. The block coal district of In
) diana may continue upon the demand
of the bar screen, the screen to be IL
! feet, of uniform size, az inches be-
, | u: =
and that such screen shall rest upon
sufficient number of bearings to hold
the bars in proper position.
i Sec. 4. That the differential between
the thick and thin mines of the Pitts
burg district be referred to that dis.
trict for settlement.
mining in the bituminous district OF
) Indiana shall be is cents per ton less
than the pick mining rate for screen
lump coal when punching machines
are used, and 1919 cents per ton less
than pick mining rate when chain ma.
chimes be used. When coal is paid fol-
on run of mine basis the price shall be
10 cents per ton less than the pick
mining rates when chain ma.
chimes are used, That the machinf
mining rate in the Danville district
the basing point of Illinois, on both
punching and chain machines be IS
cents per ton.
Sec. g. That the machine mining
rate in the thin veins of the Pittsbure
district and Hooking, the basing dis
trict of Ohio, for shooting and cutting
, shall be advanced cents per ton, and
the block coal district Of Indiana shall
be advanced lily cents per ton.
Sec. Z. That the mining rates in tbs
central district of Pennsylvania be re
ferred to that district for adjust
ment.
Sec. s. That the advance on inside
day labor be 20 per cent, based on ths
present Hooking Valley scale, with The
exception of trappers, whose compen
sation shall be 81 per day.
Iowa Operators TO Meet.
Des Moines, Feo. 3.-A meeting O.
Iowa coal mine operators with repre-
sentatives of the Mine Workers unior
was called yesterday for February 2;
, in this city. AT that time the effor1
!, will be made to agree on uniform
scale for all mines in the state, to BE-
effective one year from April 1. The
! Iowa operators We're denied admission
10 tne RATIONAL .lleSlluS dUt lnQ1dnapO
lis, tho the Iowa miners were admit
ted.
Omcers of U. WI. w. A. in Session.
indianapolis, Feb. 3.-(By Associat
t ed Press.)-The coal operators ant
e miners who finished the work of tn,
\ joint conference last night have gon,
i, home except the Illinois delegation.
!, and the leaders and officers of tn,
! United Mine Workers. The nationa
: hoard of the United Mine Workers thi
afternoon began an executive session
which may last two or three days. Tn,
Iowa miners association, with 100,
members will meet in Des Moines, Feb
j 10 and the Iowa conference of operat
/ ors and miners will be held in tn,
. same place, Feb. Is. ''We expect til,
same advance was granted here sait
; J. r. Reese, who is representing tn,
! miners of that state.
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