The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-01-22
WORK OF THE MINERS
DEMANDS FOR INCREASE IN
 WAGE SCALES.
The Raises Sought Range from I6 Per Cent to 25--A Special Com mittee on Injunction
 Named.

Indianapolis, Ind. Jan. H--when Pres- | ident John Mitchell called the United Mine Workers today he announced the | following committees: | SpeciaI-Committee on Resolutions of | Appreciation--William Treager, Paul Pu- | laski, John Manning. Gilbert Brown. William Monahan. John F. McIlhenny. Arthur Blakely.
 Special Committee on Injunctsons-T. L. Lewis. A. B. Wilson. Adam Pow. John | Fallon, Edward Cahill, Patrick Smith, James D. Wood
 The Resolutions Committee began read ing the resolutions submitted by the dif- ferent locals.
 Most of the resolutions first demanded increases ranging from IS to 25 per cent
 for the run of mine basis for weighing coal on the miners car; for smaller dif- ferentials and for an advance in the wages of inside and outside common la- bor.
 A resolution from an Illinois local to buy a s10,000 residence in Indiana polls as permanent residence for the Presi- dent of the association was not concurred in.
 A resolution from Pennsylvania asking
 that all districts petition the Legislatures of their respective Stades to cause 1 per cent of all coal sales to be set aside as a permanent benefit fund of the miners who are crippled or permanently dis abled in mine accidents was not concur red in.
 A resolution to establish a miners pa- per printed in the Polish language
 brought forth long discussion, and on the advice of President Mitchell. the matter was referred to the Executive Commit tee.
 Nearly all of the recommendations of
 the Resolutions Committee were in ref erence to the wage question, the recom-
 mendation of President Mitchell in his
 annual address that a substantial increase
 in wages should be demanded having been
 borne in mind The demands range from 15 to % per cent increase over the wages
 of last year. There were also demands
 made for cnange in tho differentials be-
 tween machine and pick mining. Other
 resolutions insisted that the wages of the
 common laborers be increased. President Mitchell announced the ap- pointment of delegates Ben Davis of West Virginia and Bowden of Tennessee, on
 the Wage Committee. The United Mine Workers National Wage Committee began hearing reports and receiving recommendations of what
 wage demands should he made from rep l resentatives that are here from the twen-
 ty-four mining States. Wage Committeeman Patrick Dolan of
 the Pittsburg district said today:
 Our Wage Committee will meet the
 Committee of sixteen operators in Indian | apolis. beginning January 90. It may be Saturday or Monday before we get around to a report.
 Tt looks as though the Wage Commit
 tee goes into conference with the limits of discussion set-15 per cent as a min- imum and 25 per cent as a maximum-but
 what the recommendation to the conven- ton will be no one can tell. President
 Mitchell has advised the miners to ask for Substantial increase and it looks | like they would comply with his request.
 ''The Wage Committee only frames the | demand to be made on the bitum1nous
 operators in what is known as the cen- tral competitive district" | President Patrick Gildey of District No. | 2, Central Pennsylvania, outlined the ex-
 pectations of the other districts. He
 said:
 we are not in the central competitive
 district. but We are in favor of demanding
 20 per cent increase in wages and I think | that most of the boys outside of the cen
 tral competitive district are in favor of ! that demand. If we can establish such
 an increase in the central district we will | get it in the other districts"