The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-06-23

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 which 1t Is alleged that bets on horse races are made. failed in Judge Feagin's
 court yesterday, and Charles Berry was released from arrest
 Berry was charged with violating the anti-pool statute in that he publicly called out the results on horse races, and that bets were made on these races in an adjoining room. As a consequence of the failure to convict in the Berry case Kirby and J. F. Mayberry were mol
 ~S-e-s-Se-e-ss-~~s-s-s-s- 4-e-ss-~e-o. | club to extend the invitation, and re- turning reported that the operators would come over to the convention hall at Il o'clock. A recess was then taken until II. l At Il o'clock the operators filed into the hall and were given seats on the left
 of the chairman. Among the operators | In attendance were Vice President Char les McCrery, General Mining Superinten- dent J. M. Franklin and A. H, Carpen-
 ter, of the Tennesse Coal, Iron and Rail- road company; President J. c. Maben. 1 Vice-President J. w. Mcqueen. and Gen. l eral Superintendent T. e. Culverhoun of | the Soss, Sheffield Steel & Iron company; | Vice-President w. H. Hassinger and As sistant General Manager J. H. Adams, of the Republic Iron and Steel company; Col T. c. Bush, president of the Ala bama Consolidated Coal and Iron com pany: G. B Mccormick. B. F. Rhoden. Jones c. Moore John H. Morgan, H. c. Badham, Edgar Adler and F. M. Jack l son.
 President Flynn called the joint meeting to order and stated that the object of the conference was to agree on a scale of wages for the coming year and that the first business was to elect officers for l the meeting.
 | Officers Elected. 1 Edward Flynn was elected chairman A. H. Carpenter secretary, and J. L. Clemo assistant secretary. The conven- ton then took up the business for which they had met.
 On motion of Col. T. c. Bush the rules governing the convention of last year were adopted for this conference. 1 w. R. Fairley spoke to the convention, regretting the absence of MT. Mitchell, and making a plea for conservative &C., ton on both sides, and asking that they meet in a spirit of good nature and fair ness, under which circumstances he be- | lieved the settlement would be a speedy one.
 Operators Proposition. Propositions submitted by the Opera tors association to renew last years con- tracts with the following changes: l. Whereas there has been material decline in the price of iron and coal, and indications are that prices will recede during the next twelve months, the mini mum be reduced in the price of cutting coal from 45 cents per ton to 37M cents. based upon the price of iron as hereto | fore
 g. That readjustment of day wages be made based on services performed. 8. It is agreed that if any difference arises between the operators and miners at any time, settlement shall be ar rived at without stopping the work. If the parties immediately affected cannot reach an agreement themselves the ques- tion shall be referred without delay to a board of arbitration, consisting of two operators, selected by the operator inter- ested and two miners, selected by the local union of the United Mine Workers of America involved. In the event of these four being unable to reach de- oision they shall select a fifth man, and the decision of the board so constituted shall be final, but no miner or operator directly interested in the differences shall be member & such board. Nothing in the above shall be construed as excluding officers Of the miners or operators associations, nor mine super intendents..
 | 1. That under no circumstances will the | operators recognize or treat with mine committee or any representative of the United Mine Workers of America during the suspension of work. contrary to this | agreement.
 | 5. No scale of wages shall be made by the United Mine Workers for mine man. ager, mine managers assistant, top fore man, company weighman. boss, night watchman, hoisting engineers. It being understood that assistant shall apply to such as are authorized to act in that capacity only. The authority to hire and discharge shall be vested in the mine manager, or his representative. It Is fur ther understood and agreed that the night watchman shall be exempt when em- ployed in that capacity only.
 G. Any operator paying the scale rate of mining and day labor under this agree ment shall at all times be at liberty to load any railroad cars whatever, regard less of their ownership, with coal, and sell and deliver such coal in any market and to any person, firm or corporation that he may desire.
 :. There shall be no mass meetings dur ing working hours, and any man calling a mass meeting during working hours shall be subject to discharge.
 8. There shall be no stoppage of work on pay days or on the next working day following pay days.
 Attending Funerals.
 9. In the event of an Instantaneous death by accident in the mine. the min CTS and underground employees In the mine In which accident occurs, shall have the privilege of discontinuing work for the remainder of the day; but work, at the option of the operator. shall be re- stunned the day following and continue therafter. In case the operator elects to operate the mine on the day of the fun eral of the deceased, as above, or where death has resulted from an accident in the mine, individual members and under ground employees may, at their option, ab- sent themselves from work for the pur- pose of attending such funeral, but not otherwise. And whether attending such funeral or not. each member of the United Mine Workers of America employed at the mine at which the deceased member was employed shall contribute fifty cents and the operator twenty-five dollars for the benefit of the family of the deceased,