The age-herald., 1900-06-27


 mine scale.
 Sec. 19-Dolomite shall be based upon Pratt scale.
 Sec. 20-The Mildale seam, known as the Carter seam to be based upon the Pratt scale, with differential of ten cents Brookwood seam, known as the Mildale seam, to be based upon the Pratt scale with differential of seven and one-nan cents. The No. seam at Brookwood to be based upon the Pratt scale.
 Sec. 21-Carbon Hill district to be based upon Pratt scale with the differential as provided in Pratt scale.
 Sec. 22-Oakman to be raised five cents. The prices at other places to be taken as a base to form the coming contract. Prices to govern as in the Birmingham district. Differential between forked and shoveled coal to be seventeen and one-half cents.
 Sec. 23-Gamble mineS--Miners shall re- ceive forty-fve cents for shoveled coal and fifty cents for forked coal.
 Sec. A-Where miners have water in their places of working, they shall receive pay according to the amount of water to contend with.
 Sec. 25-The miners shall have the right to canvas the mines for the U. M. w. Journal and the Labor Advocate, and the subscriptions to be checked off through the companies offices without charge.
 Sec. 26-All miners and mine laborers throughout District 20 shall pay dues and assessments to the U. M. w. of A., and all dues and assessments shall be checked off through the companies offices without cost.
 Sec. 27-Brilliant shall have differential of 15 cents above the Pratt scale. Machine coal shall be paid two-thirds the price Of pick mining. Sec 2S-Palos Nos and to be based upon the Pratt scale, with a differential of 5 cents below Pratt, and No. to be based upon the Pratt scale.
 Sec. 29-Scales shall be put at all mines where there are 100 tons or more of an out put, and all coal shall be weighed before being dumped
 Sec. 30-Elk River vein: The price of ma chine mining shall be 45 cents per ton.
 Sec. 31-Where the miner has to take up bottom in his room, 50 cents per yard shall be paid for same.
 Sec. 32-All day labor shall be paid uni form wages throughout District 20.
 Sec. 33-That where mules can go cars shall be pulled to the working place.
 Sec. 34-Henry-Ellen shall be put upon the Pratt basis.
 Sec. 35-House rent shall be governed as follows: For ceiled rooms, SIPS per room; unceiled houses 60 cents per room per month; and no man shall be discharged for trading where he pleases, and for using a standard grade of powder and oil.
 Sec. 36-We demand all company houses shall be kept in good condition and free from leakage. We further demand that all miners in District 20 shall have their house coal at cost.
 Shelby County Scale
 Maylene, Shelby County, Alabama-Min- ing coal 20 to 36 inches, 90 cents per ton; mining coal over 36 inches, so cents per ton; headings, per yard, $500; room turn ing in coal 20 inches and over, A.50; in coal under 20 inches, $650 slope, $350 per yard When coal is twenty inches and over slope air course, $2.00 per yard. All dead work and day labor to be paid regular district prices. Heading air course, $2OO per yard Cross cuts, $200 per yard. Aldrich, Alabama-Mining coal IS inches and over $1.0O per ton; heading, per yard S3 GO; slope heading, 12 feet wide, five and one-half feet over the rail, S9.00 per yard Slope air coursefi s325 per yard; cross cuts the same as air courses; room turning Tn coal IS inches and upward, Sl2OO per room. Room turning in coal under IS inches, SIS %: all dead work and day labor to be paid regular district prices.
 Dogwood Shelby County, Alabama-Min- ing coal IS inches and over, $l.O0 per ton; headings, per yard $500; slope headings, feet wide from sand rock to sand rock, &. .0O per yard slope air course per yard, s2 0O. cross cuts per yard, $2.O0 room turn ing in coal IS inches and upward, heading air course price, $l,50 per yard. All dead work and day lobar to be paid regular dis trict price.
 Coke Workers Scale
 Section I've desire our dues collected through the company's office.
 Sec. 2-For pulling coke and turning 1t back on the yard, per oven, sixty cents Pulling and loading the cars eighty cents per oven.
 Sec 3-We want fifteen cents advance on the dollar for loading all classes of cars over the present prices.
 Sec. 4-Fifteen cents advance on the dol lar on all day labor.
 Sec 5-Basis for drawing the coke shall be forty-seven and one-half cents per oven.
 The Miners Demand
 It will be seen by reference to the pro- posed contract above that the miners de- mand a minimum of 55 cents for mining coal after July 1. This minimum is to be based on a net price of $9 per ton for iron The maximum proposed is 65 cents per ton The contract now in force between the op- orators and the miners, and which expires next Saturday, fixed the minimum at 45 cents, based on No 1 foundry iron at $S per ton, and maximum of 55 cents. The change amounts to an increase of 10 cents per ton, or about 20 per cent over the prices which the miners are now getting. In 1897 and 1898 the price was 371s cents
 Operators feet
 After receiving a copy of the proposed contract prepared by the convention of United Mine Workers yesterday afternoon the operators held meeting in Fox's Hal, Fourth avenue and Nineteenth street. The meeting was behind closed doors and noth- ing of what transpired could be ascertain ed Some of the operators subsequent to adjournment stated that the demand for an increase in wages would not be granted, and there were those among them who de- clared for reduction of the existing scale. They will hold another meeting this morn ing for the purpose of further considering the miners demand, and it is probable they will later adjourn to meet in joint session with the miners at Seals Hall.
 The United Mine Workers will meet at o'clock this morning, but it is understood that there will be no business before the convention until the operators are ready for point conference. Just what hour this conference will take place cannot be stated now