The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1902-07-05
Joint Committee Makes Progress
Towards a Settlement
COLONEL BUSH GETS POEM
Conference Held Yesterday and Prog.
ress Towards Settlement Made.
Miners Have Not Attempted to
interiors With Mines.

When the joint committee of coal OPP
orators and United Mine Workers which
opened negotiations Thursday over new
propositions for a wage scale adjourned
yesterday at p m. the impression SEEM
ed to be that contract would be sign
ed early next week, probably Monday.
This joint committee will meet again
this morning at 10 o'clock in the opera
tors headquarters at the Morris hotel.
whore all the recent sittings have taken
place; and on Monday at 10 o'clock the
United Mine Workers and the operators
will each hold 3 convention, the former
at St Paups Hall and the latter at Fox
Hall, for the purpose of acting upon the
committees report. A joint convention
will follow the separate conventions.
The joint committee made progress
Thursday and 1t made further progress
yesterday. While neither side will make
known tho terms of tho proposed scale
1t Is believed that the committees work
was practically completed before ad-
journment for the day, and that this
mornings session win be for the dis
cussion of a few comparatively unim-
portant details. AS the union miners ana
most of the operators desire to resume
work as early as possible it is predicted
by many persons familiar with the sit
uation that operations viii be started up
again not later than Tuesday. All that
President F. NJ. Jackson of the opera
tors association would say yesterday
afternoon was, I'VE seem to be making
progress. and the outlook is very bright.
Members in Good Humor.
The members of the joint committee
keep in the best of humor. W. r. Farley,
who is the chief spokesman for the Uni
ted Mine Workers. never fails. It is said.
to press his propositions with skill and
force. and Col. T. O. Eush and other
spokesman for the operators never fail
to argue all the ours tions from their
point of view in a frank and business
like way.
The tedium of the committee sessions
has been relieved by amiable jokes and
witty stories and on yesterday J. H.
Adams assistant district manager OF the
Republic Iron and Steel Company. learn
ing that Colonel Bush had erected a
Fourth of July flag on his lawn, was In
spired to indulge in this pleasantly:
Lines to the flag of Col T. @. Bush;
written In subcommittee room July 4,
1902
Operators Grow Poetic.
Dear Colonel:
false the flag whose stars
"Pluclked from a scrap of midnight slssy''
Blaze forth today. Not cen the Cars
Or Edwards banner dare decry
Its glorious beauty, for II stands
For home. for liberty and life
Across the wave in other lands
For peace that cometh after strife.
What tho amongst its children here
We wage a mimic war of tongueY'
Our hearts respond to ever cheer
That greets your flag. So them prolong
Your cheers, nor ever let them lag;
| Such loyal sound no soul affrights.
| For Stars and Stripes our nations flag.
Has signed the scale" of human rights.
Miners Are Hopeful.
| Miners frons different parts of Jefferson
county who visited Birmingham ycster-
day were very hopeful that a settlement
would be reached Monday. They are
| thoroughly satisfied that whatever Pres
ident Flynn and Mr. Farley agree to in
committee will be the best that can be
done for the United Mine Workers under
existing conditions.
General Manager Garnsey Of the Gal
loway mines In Walker county, was in tho
city yesterday and reported that all the
non uniol, mines in Walker were In OPP
GRAFTON al !. that the output OF coal there
was normal.
w. II. Soper, general manager OF the
Brown Coal Mining Company at Pocahon-
tas, reports that he has signed a new
scale with his men and Is running full
time. He has room for q few more min
ers.
Have Not Interfered.
The United Mine Workers have not at
tempted to interfere in the least with
the miners who are outside OF their or
&c nization. which accounts for the un-
interrupted and peaceful work at the ''un-
erganized'' mines. The orderly and
friendly policy of the union men Lns not
cnly been appreciated by the operators.
but 1t has ELECTED most favorable COM
ment from the public IN general 40
strike rituation was ever frecr from tur-
noil or unpleasant incidents.
MEETS TODAY.