The age-herald., 1900-07-01
CONFERENCE ADJ0URNS
Report from Joint Committee Was Not Accepted, and the Matter Has Been Taken to the Local
 Unions to Decide.

A general suspension of coal mining will tinue until the operators and miners come to some agreement regarding wage con tract for the year beginning today. This much was definitely agreed upon by the United Mine Workers yesterday afternoon after it became known that no contract would be effected at that time.
 The joint committee of operators and miners which had been at work behind closed doors since Thursday announced to the convention shortly before noon yester- day that it would be ready with a report Seals Hall was well filled with delegates from the different locals, operators and others who had gone there to hear the reading of the report.
 President Young rapped for order at five minutes past 3, and immediately Vice Presi- dent and General Manager Aldrch of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company, who was chairman of the joint scale com mittee, addressed the chair
 He said that the committe had worked hard to effect an agreement and that find ing the large number of members was un- weildy, a subcommittee of three from each side had been raised to draft a wage scale and that the results of their labors had been considered by the full committee. Speaking to the demands made by the min CTS, and which were published in The Age Herald Thursday morning, he said the best the committee could do was to recommend that the prices for mining for another year remain the same as for the year ending yes- terday, and the dlfferentials the same. The committee recommended that when the size of ocal is reduced to below three and one half feet there shall be an advance of 5 cents, instead of 21a cents, as under the old contract. No agreement was reached as to the increase asked for drivers, or as to the demand for uniform wages throughout the district. The committee recommended that the price for mining at Oakman be changed back to the old figure, the convention hay ing demanded a 5-cent raise. The commit tee disagreed as to Gamble mines, the con- vention having demanded that miners shall receive 45 cents for shoveling coal and 50 cents for forked coal.
 The demand of the convention that the miners should not be discharged for trad ing where they pleased was agreed to by the operators but they would not agree to furnish house coal to miners at cost. Having concluded his statement, MT. AL drich read the committees report, which was as follows:
 The Committees Report
 '"The joint committee of your honorable body begs leave to report that the scale of prices, rules and regulations in force under the contract ending June 30, 1900, shall remain in force until June 30, 1901, with the following concessions:
 "1 When the size of coal on the Pratt seam goes below three feet then the price to be cents above the scale price, ''2. Operators to take the water out of rooms or agree on price to be paid. "The following was agreed to be recom- mended to the companies: Subscriptions to the United Mine Workers Journal and the Labor Advocate be collected through the offices without charge and canvassing for same to be allowed.
 That work shall not cease where griev- ances exist till same is ordered by the district executive committee"
 A delegate moved that the report be re- l ceived and action taken on same. The mo- tion prevailed
 F. M. Jackson, general manager of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron Com- pany, moved it's adoption. The motion was seconded by General Manager Mccormack