Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1900-09-01
MINERS WILL STRIKE
Unless Their Demands Are Aoced-
ed to by Employers.
THEY DEMAND HIGHER WAGES

Together With the Abolition OF Conn
pnny stores. Compliance with semi
Monthly Pay Law and ether Con-
ccssions-BitumInou Mincrs to Ala.
Hazleton. Pr. Aug. EFF the an
thracite &C operators refuse to grant
the demands of the United Mine Work
ers, as embodied in the reports of the
scale and the resolutions committees
as presented and adopted at yester-
days convention, by Sept. s a strike
involving 10000 miners, of whom 40
600 are members of the mine workers
organization. will be declared. The
convention yesterday applied TO the
rational executive board, with head
quarters at indianapolis, to order a
strike il no satisfactory amicable
agreement regarding wages. the pow
der question and other grievances is
reached
President Mitchell said today that
the application would undoubtedly be
favorably acted upon by the board.
which meets at Indianapolis Seps. 8. if
existing conditions of which the min
ers complain are not remedied in the
time allowed by the convention:
The report Of the scale committee
demands the abolition of the company
store system. the reduction IL the
price Of pCwGec to $50 per key. the
abolition OF the cUmDaay detection as
to who shall be orr doctors. abolition
of the, sliding scale now in practice
in the Lchiab and Schuylkill regions.
compliance with the semi-monthiy pay
law, and that all employees be paid il
cash; abolition of the erroneous sys-
tenn Of having 1850 pounds 20 the ton.
and that 2240 pounds constitute a ton:
that an advance of 20 per cent be paid
all classes of men now receiving less
than $3.50 per day. that all classes of
day labor now receiving 81 so. ana not
exceeding S1.75, shall receive 10 per
cent over present wages. that all day
labor now receiving more than S1.75
shall be advanced 10 per cent: that nc
miner shall have at any timemore than
one breast, gang or other class of
work, and shall only get his legal
share of cars
Following are the separate scales
adopted for the respective districts fov
inside work:
District No. l, comprising upper Luz.
zerne and Lackawanna: That 721I
cents be paid per ton OF 2.2iO pounds.
according to the thickness of the vein.
We are willing to allow for dockage
and rock slate or honey in the coal.
but we insist on having a check weigh
man at the head of the breaker. who.
with the company's weightman, shall
agree upon the amount of dockage.
District No. l, comprising the Halle
ton and Upper Schuylkin region: We
demand that m veins Of ten feet in
thickness or over. 50 cents be paid per
ton; under ten feet and over seven, 60
cents; under seven feet, 71b cents.
and that the highest rate be paid in all
places where 10 cars of coal cannot be
mined with one key of powder.
District No. 9, comprising Shamokip
and part of SchuylSill region We de.
mand an average increase of So per
cent on contract work and an average
price OF 90 cents per ton, the minimum
price OF which shall be 80 and the
maximum sc cents.
In District Nc. coal is measured
at present by the wagon and not by the
ton, the adoption of which system is
asked for
Resolutions in accordance with the
above were enthusiastically adopted.
Power is given the district executive
committee to appoint any committees
they may see fit, which means that any
outsiders, non-union employees, mer-
chants, professional men or ministers
may DE asked to confer with the oper-
ators, so that every means shall be ex-
hausted before any strike is declared