The age-herald., 1900-07-06
THE SCALE SIGNED FOR ANOTHER YEAR Miners Will Resume Work on
 Monday Next. REJOICING OVER THE RESULT It is Last Years Wage Scale Renewed The Locals Will be Motif d
 Today Furnaces Getting
 Ready to Start Up
REJOICING OVER THE RESULT

Yesterday the miners formally accepted | the proposition of the operators, and the | wage question was thus settled. The min | CTS will return to work at the old scale of | prices. That the operators and the United l Mine Workers agreed was the cause of
 much rejoicing on the part of the people ! of Birmingham. There were a few dis | gruntled miners, but most of them took a | phiosophic view of the situation and quick | ly acquiesced in the majority vote-S3 to 60. l The miners convention met at o'clock yesterday morning. The joint scale com | mittee of the miners made its report, em- | bodying the proposition formerly made by the operators. A motion made and seconded for it's adoption. An animated | discussion ensued.
 The Vote @ Finally a vote was called for and the Secretary counted carefully, finding sixty opposed to the acceptance of the proposi- tion, with eighty-three in favor of it. | President Young declared the motion car ried which meant that the trouble has l been adjusted.
 The scale adopted, which has been in ef feet since July 1, 1S99 gives the minimum wage at 45 cents per ton, with pig iron at | SS or less per ton. For every 50 cents ad- vance in pig iron there is an advance of 21s cents per ton on the mining wages | til iron reaches $11, when the wages for mining shall be 55 cents per ton, which is the maximum.
 Differentials are allowed al several places in the Tn, bo
 the miners gain some points, the differen- tial account of the size of coal in the Pratt seam and the water bailng being regarded as of considerable consequence. | Afternoon Session At quarter past clock the coal oper- ! ators arrived at the miners convention hall
 and the joint conference took place. President Young announced that the | miners in convention this morning had
 voted on adopting the scale proposition
 presented by the joint scale committee.
 The operators present stated that they
 would represent those absent. The joint conference then heard the
 reading of the proposition, which was adopted
 Concessions allowed in addition to those
 named in another column were:
 That no man be discharged for trading where he pleased
 That work shall not cease where griev- ances exist till same is ordered by the district executive committee T. II. Aldrich announced that some house rents at his mines would be reduced The operators voted eight votes for the adoption of the proposition. The miners did likewise, and it was declared adopted The voting committees of the two sides were authorized to sign the general con tract.
 Following is the paper that was signed. Whereas, One year ago the operators or thls district, recognizing the improved conditions in prospect for the coal and iron trade, not only conceded to their employees an increase in wages but a higher scale than ever before prevailing in this district the increase in the wages of the miners amounting, in cases, to 70 per cent over
 the lowest scale in operation during the depressed trade conditions, and in all cases to over 40 per cent; and "Whereas, The miners and other em- ployes have presented to a scale for the coming year which will further increase
 the cost of mining from 20 to 40 per cent: be it
 Resolved, That as the conditions of the coal and iron trade do not justify any
 advance in costs and in view of a rapidly
 declining market, we cannot agree on any
 advance on last years prices; and
 'Therefore, We propose to pay the next
 year the same scale of prices now being
 paid, all other conditions, rules and regu-
 lations to remain as at present."
 These were the signers:
 For the Operators-G. B. Mccormack,
 general manager of the T. C., I. & R. R.
 Co.,; T. G. Bush, president of the Alabama
 coIi1atpd Coal and
 Erskine Ramsey, assistant general mana ger of the T. G. I. & R. R. Co.,; W. H. Hassinger, district manager of the Repub- lie Iron and Steel Company R. H. Pear
 son, president of the Pearson Coal and
 Railway Company; T. H. Aldrich vice president and general manager of the Sloss- Sheffield Steel and Iron Company; P. B. Thomas, manager of the Southern Ca- haba Mining Company; John H. Adams, assistant district manager of the Republic Iron and Steel Company
 For the Miners-Ed Flynn, John A. Lloyd, | John G. Smith, E. S. Scott, Primus Hutch | ison s. L. Brooks and c. W. Cain. | Approved by George w. Young president Alabama District No. 20, United Mine Workers; J. l.. Clemo secretary Alabama District, No. 20 United Mine Workers; w. | R. Farley, member national executive
 board U. M w. A.
 Mines and Furnaces l Nearly all the delegates to the miners | convention left for home last night. They will visit the locals today and notify them of the action taken.
 Mining operations will be resumed on 1 Monday. Two Sloss furnaces, one Repub- | lie and the Tutwiler will resume operations
 just as soon as they can stock up with | coal.