The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1902-03-11
MINERS CONCEDE EVERYTHING
EXCEPT IN MACHINE SCALE
Upon this Point They Will Refuse to Enter Dis
observation-disclosures With Operators To-
day Settles Pick Mining Prices.

The miners and the operators of the
Tuscarawas district went into tn,
meeting Saturday afternoon with
practically everything settled except
the machine scale and the miners say
that they will submit to no change
1t was stated that when all provisions
are adopted except the machine scale
they will refuse any more conferences
after submitting their prices, which
are the same as last year.
All of the pick mining prices were
affirmed on Saturday morning the
same as stood in the scale of 1901. Sew
eral changes asked by the miners were
conceded by them and all that re-
mained to be decided upon when the
afternoon meeting convened were the
rules and the machine miners scale.
There are a few minor changes, sub
mitted by the miners in the rules for
this year, but no trouble is anticipated
over their adjustment.
NO CONCESSIONS.
Operators ask reduction in ma
chine prices at the Magnolia and Lin
dentree mines to the Sherodsville
base. One of the officers of the miners
said that the workers had nothing to
concede in the machine scale. The
question of the machine scale will be
the last one brought up at the meet
ing. This official said that after the
miners had submitted the same ma
chine prices as prevailed last year,
they would discuss no reduction with
the operators. I'VE will order out the
men if it is necessary" he said, but
no concession will be made"
w. II. Haskins, the district presi-
dent arrived in the city, and it is said
that he will state the miners position
to the operators as a final ultimatum.
The meeting of the joint convention
was held in Schlitz hall on Saturday
afternoon as the assembly rooms in
the city hall were used for the Demo-
cratic primaries.
THE CONFERENCE.
The miners and operators of the
Tuscarawas district have stalled again
on their yearly dispute over the ma
chine scale. After a long session Fri
day afternoon and seance of an espe-
cially appointed scale committee for
three hours in the Hotel Yohe at night,
the machine scale is just where it
was before the conference between the
employers and the employees was
started.
1t is the demand of the operators
that the scale shall be upon the basis
of the Sherodsville mine, while the
miners want the old scale to remain
in force. The Magnolia and Linden
tree mines are now on a scale of 20
cents per ton, wide work, for machine
runners. Loading runs to 48 cents per
ton. The sherodsville wide cutting is
ii IL cents and the loading "A cents
per ton.
The operators scale calls for a uni
form price all over the district on the
Sherodsville base. This, say the min
ers. is unjust as the coal docs not
run the same In the different mines.
IN COMMITTEES HANDS.
When IT came to discussing the ma
chine scale, no agreement could be
reached by the two factions and 1t
was decided to turn the matter over to
a committee of ten. five of each fac
tion. w. M. Empheld, b. Mcintosh,
Of New Philadelphia; william Maloney.
OF Sherodsville; Charles L. Casing
ham, OF Cleveland; A. X. Brewster. of
Akron. and J. r. Burton. president
of the operators association. ex-oficio
member, represented The operators.