The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-25

 S2.471s: machinists s2ls; bIacasmiths. g 96; blacksmith helper, Sl.s7; drummers, g 2.02
 Thirteenth-Operators to take water out of room and working places or agree to te rnld Cor same.
 Fourteenth-That no United Mine Workers of America shall be discrimin- ated against for trading where he pleases.
 Fifteenth-Narrow work to remain the same with the increased maximum. Room turning eight feet wide, air course price. Air course price to be paid for cross-cuts between rooms. Rooms turn ed wide to be paid 1.50, and where bot tom Is to be taken in the neck of the room the miner shall receive DO cents per yard for same.
 Sixteenth-All United Mine Workers of American not appearing on the scale to be governed accordingly on the 55 cents basis.
 Seyenteenth-All conditions arising un- der this contract adversely affecting min CTS or operators to be settled by arbitra- ton board; to be composed of five mem bers of the executive board and an equal number of operators, whose decision shall be final. When tie vote, to call In disin- pA arbitration to be equally divided between operators and miners.
 The following places are grouped on the Pratt basis: Nebo, Ragland, Zeneida, Stouts Mountain, Altoona, Warner, liar grove, West Pratt Dudley, Blossburg, Falliston, Coleaner, Echols, Coal City, Tutwller Nos. and 4. Broken Arrow, Woodville. Dolomlte, Pipe.
 Blocton district, Blocton basis-Brae- head, Lucille, Blocton.
 Brookside district, Pratt basis-Brook- side, Henry Ellen.
 Nickel riate seam. Pratt basis-Imogene, Merkel, Glen Carbon, Brookwood and Milldale,
 for the different mines.
 The present scale has the same mini mum. but the maximum in the new scale Is advanced cents per ton, 1t now being 55 cents.
 T want to state,' said Colonel Aldrich, that l am very much pleased with the scale, but I don't know whether all of the operators will agree with me or not. l think also that 1t is time for the chair man to appoint the committee
 Mir. Fairley: 1 want to call MT. AL drich's attention again to the fact that he Is too previous. We want to hear the operators scale before we appoint the committee.
 Moved and carried that the proposition of the operators be read. It was as fol- lows:
 Operators Proposition.
 Birmingham. Ala '"To the United Mine Workers of America
 in Convention Assembled:
 ''Gentlemen-we are authorised to pre-. sent to you grievances and propositions rw kra aN year mfy bs reed upon
 Tt is well xn to every operator in this district Lat during the last year provisions incorporated Tn the contract dated July 5. lsa. under which we are operating. have been absolutely disre- gardei by the miners.
 Tn joint convention of the coal opera tors of Alabama and the United Mine Workers on July 5. 1900, and in consider ation of concessions made by the opera tors. the following conditions were agreed to: That work shall not cease where grievances exist until same is ordered by the district executive committee
 This condition has been violated many times during the past year by the miners ceasing work without mak- ing up their grievances, through the proper representatives with the mine owners, agents or superintendents for causing Bitdl iobb anu ili- convenience, and infiicting unreason- able and unjustifable hardship upon the owners of the respective properties as we'll as defeating the main object for which joint conventions are held, viz, that of bringing the employer and em- ployed together In conference for the purpose of formulating basis to gov- ern the following years work, that the miner may not be subject to reductions nd ha ha ,f years uninterrupted operation of his property.
 About Violations.
 Notwithstanding the fact that in Jan- uary, 1902, the attention of the miners officials, then in session in Bessemer, Ala, was called to the violations above re- ferred to by a communication from the president of the Alabama Coal Operators Association. they have been of frequent occurrence while no official explanation has been made.
 Tn view of the facts above stated. we consider 1t but reasonable to demand that you give substantial assurance that any contract entered into for the coming year will be honored by the men you repre- sent, as 1t Is unreasonable for the minerf to expect the operators to carry out In good faith their part of the contract un- less corresponding good faith be exer- cised by them
 Therefore. we demand that in event of any suspension of work at any of the mines, that this contract shall become null and void as affecting that individual mine; the miners union agreeing to with hold any and all support from the mines affected until settlement can be made between the employees of that individual property and the operators.
 Tn consid aration of the assurance above referred to, and notwithstanding that the present scale of wages paid for mining coal Is working great hardship upon the producers of commercial coal, we will renew the contract now In exist cnce between the operators and miners for another year.
 Respectfully submitted. STATE SCALE COMNITTEE ALA
 BAMA COAL OPERATORS ASSOCI-
 ATION."
 The above proposition WAS read by MT. Adams
 The operators committee is composed of the following: J. w. Mcqueen, J. H. Adams, J. c. Soley, T. c. Bush, J. R. Smith, II. F. Mccormick. Robert Ste- rhens, J. B. Cunningham. Charles Me-