The age-herald., 1901-06-28
THE COAL MINERS
 AND OPERATORS Have Not Yet Reached Agree
 ment on Scale POINTS OF DIFFERENCES Are Eight-Hour Work Day, Two Weeks Pay Day, and the scaIe--sub- Committee Appointed for Fur.
 ther Conference.
POINTS OF DIFFERENCES

The joint committee of eight men each,
 from the Operators Association and
 Miners Union made report to the joint conference yesterday morning to the ef-
 feet that they could reach no agreement on a scale for the coming year. After considerable discussion a sub
 committee of three men each from the
 large committee was appointed to ar
 being agitated by the operators and
 miners. This committee spent the entire
 afternoon busi1y discussing the questions
 and trying to adjust the differences be-
 tween the two scales in some satisfactory
 manner.
 The session of the subcommittee was executive and 1t could not be definitely learned what was accomplished, but the statement was made that no agreement was reached on any part of the scale. The committee will reassemble this morning at o'clock and continue the talks on the agreement. Every effort will be made to arrive at conclusions of some character during the day, in order that report may be made to the joint conference this week.
 The members of the committee are: Miners-George Barber, Adam Stewart and Hans Smith, colored. with W. R. Farley and T. l.. Lewis advisors. Op- orators: J. H. Adams. W. F. Aldrich, J. W Mcqueen, with c. B. Mccormack and R. II. Pearson advisors.
 Mlners' Morning Meeting.
 A meeting of the miners convention was held yesterday morning at which a committee from the Birmingham Freight Bureau made talks on the question of changes in the state laws regarding cleo tion of railroad commissioners and the manner of payment of these officers sal- aries.
 The joint conference between the miners and the operators was called to order at 10:15 o'clock, at which time the joint com mittee reported that no progress had been made in khe scale discussion and the sub committee was appointed.
 W. P. Farley, the advisor of the miners committee. made an address to the con- ference, stating that the committee had worked long and failed to agree. and that it was now the duty of the conference to suggest some remedy by which the diff ferences might be settled. He said the questions of eight-hour per day work, two weeks pay day, and wage scale were those wherein the greatest differences were found.
  tee, as had been the custom at previous meetings. The members of this commit tee were instructed by the union and as- sociation, and have two advisors on each side.
 It was moved by F. M. Jackson that the matter be referred to the joint committee and that sub-committees be appointed. this motion was adopted This committee announced that 1t would meet at O clock in the Fox building.
 During the talk on the wage subject Belton Gilbreath an operator in the War rior district announced that he had re- ceived the report of no agreement with pleasure on account of the great differen- tial scale which is being forced on him. He stated that he could not afford to pay the sum of 121s cents differential, to say nothing of 20 cents, which, the miners would have imposed, and stated that he would withdraw from the conference be- fore he would accept such action.
 An executive session was then held, at which the miners gave their committee men instructions in reference to the scale question.
 A meeting of the subcommittee will be held this morning at o'clock and will be continued until some agreement is reached.