The age-herald., 1901-06-25
Miners Demand Slight Increase In Wages and a TWO-
 Weeks Pay Day
OPERATORS WANT DECREASE
Joint Conference Begins and Though Far Apart Yet, Both Sides Seem Anxious to Avoid Strike.
 Speeches Made.

 union and the coal operators association began yesterday morning, and com mittee has been appointed to consider the scales of both the miners and the operators.
 This joint committee consists of eight men from the union and eight men from the association, and 1t will discuss the ment is reached satisfactory to both sides. The representatives of the operators are G. B. Mccormack, T. G. Bush, I'll. Ald- rich, J. W. Mcqueen, F. M. Jackson, w. T. Aldrich, B. M. Tutwiler and W. H. Hassinger, with R. H. Pearson as ad visor. The appointees of the miners are George Barber, Adam Stewart, Ed Browning, John Cathelow, J. G. Mitchell, P. R. Murray. MT. Clark and Rams Smith, with Mr Fairley as advisor.
 The first session of the joint committee will be held this morning at o'clock, while a joint conference of the miners and operators will be held at 10 o'clock question and begin the struggle for an agreement, reporting to the conference It is not at all probable that the commit tee will make much progress at the first meeting, and it is possible that an ad- journment of the conference will be taken until the committee is able to report some progress.
 The Miners Demands.
 The two scales which the committee will use as basis for discussion and for for nation of the new scale were both pre- scented to the joint conference yesterday. The miners demands are as follows:
 1. The price of mining to be a minimum of 45 cents per ton when all grades of pig iron net T. c. & I. Co.,, $500 or less, on cars at furnaces in Alabama, and for every 50 cents advance per ton net, re- ceived for all grades of iron, there shall be an advance of 21a cents per ton for mining, until net price for all grades of iron net .00 per ton and the price of mining is 50 cents. Thereafter the price of mining shall advance 21a cents per ton for each dollar or majority fraction there of advanced in selling price of iron.
 9 That all coal shall be weighed during the continuance of this contract before being dumped and check weghmen al- lowed.
 B. That all expense of representatives of miners and mine laborers to be regu- lated by them and shall be prorated to all whom are governed by scale Such ex- penses to be kept through companys off, flee and paid to miners committee.
 4. That dead work, day labor in and around the mines, house rent of miners and mine laborers and the sale of powder to be governed by scale.
 D. Mining rules not mentioned in con- tract to be arranged between mine com mittee and mine officials.
 G. No discrimination in the distribution of work to miners irrespective of color but all competent miners to have an equal chance at all work.
 T. No further sub-contracts which ap- plies to any portion of or an entire mine, shall be made. and those that now exist must cease at their expiration.
 B. No miner will be allowed to work a laborer. under any. conditions whatever
 g. Boys turns to be regulated as may be mutually agreed between mine of ficials and committee.
 To- A square turn must be kept at all mines.
 Il. Air course prices shall be paid for break-through between. rooms.
 12. That eight hours shall constitute a. days work in and around the mines, ex- cept for those who are mentioned below. Machinist, whose pay shall
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