The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-09
Work of Completing Details OF
Wage Agreement Will Be
Pushed Rapidly.
SCALE AFFECTS 100000 MEN.
Vice President Lewis Figures Out
the Wages to Be Paid in Nari-
Gus Mining Communities Tn
der New Arrangement.

indianapolis, Ind. Feb. S.-The National
| Executive Committee Of the Mine Workers
| will meet here tomorrow. All of the dis
| trict members will be present. except James
| Wood of Kentucky. William Morgan OF
! Ohio. Harry Bousfeld of Kansas and Miles
Dougerty and ]. p. Gallagher Of the an
thracite district.
The board will soon complete its work
Tomorrow, and President Mitchell will de-
part for Philadelphia. Vice President Lewis
will go to Eastern Ohio tomorrow. and
from there he probably will go to the min
ing district OF West Virginia.
The officers Of the mine workers will all
be very busy attending the different dis
trict conferences which will be held in the
The times for holding the joint conferences
in the several States have not all been
fixed.
The Indiana Bituminous Convention will
be held at Terre Haute. beginning March
2. and the JOINT conference on March 10.
That Of Illinois will! be held at Springfield
February Is. Kentucky miners and OPP
orators will meet in March. Other conven-
lions which have been arranged for are
and at joint conference Immediately after
wards at Bay City, and nine Joint confer
ences in Ohio during the month Of March.
Vice President Lewis said tonight that
for the next year he will be in Indianapolis
at the headquarters of the United Mine
Workers the greater part of the time. He
VII We cdIC TIC Ohlc VI thO hSiu ~
and can better direct the movements OF
his organizers in all parts of the country.
PUSHING ORGANIZATION:
1t Is the intention of the officers to de-
vote much time this year to the uno-ganized
districts Of the country,
The wage-scale signed directly and indi-
rectly affects the wages of $4,000 miners.
Those directly affected are the miners in
the States OF the central competitive dis
tr'ct. composed of Ohio. Indiana. Illinois.
the P%ittsburg district of Pennsylvania. or
these o5.0W are in the Pittsburg district.
$1,000 are In Ohio, 5000 are in the Indiana
bituminous fields. and 5000 are in. the In
diana block-coal fields. and 10000 are in Iili-
nois.
Those whose wages are indirectly affected
are the 5000 miners OF Central Pennsylva-
of Kentucky. 5000 of Alabama, 1900 OF
Tennessee and about 20 600 Of Kansas. NJ s.
souri,. Arkansas and lndlan Territory. All
the scale adopted in the central district.
Vice President Lewis has figured out tire
scale OF wages which will now prevail in
the several States and districts. Old and
new scales are as follows:
Pick mining. machine basis. was 50 cents: will
Pick min.ns. run-of-mine ta- is. was ~ cents:
will be - cents per ton.
Machine mining. chain macain,. screen basis.
Machine mining, chain mschire., run-of-miue
basis. was Ssis cents. and will now be 42Ia cents
per ten.
i'fhtHg sh' mining. screen b ass, was
so cents. and will he 20 ceats per ton.
Pick mining. run-cf-m'ue basis. was so cents,
and now ~ 80 cents per to1.
Machine mining was 50 cents, and now is 81
cents per ton
Mafs,ion District-Fica mining. screened coal.
was 10 csEts per ton. and Is now 20 cents PEI
ton.
Pck mining, run-of-mire coal. was 50 cents
PENNSYLVANIA. |
Pittshurg District - Pick mining. lI.-juch |
screened coal. was 50 cents pc ION, and is now
70 cents per ton. !
Pick mining, mire run. is now 81 cents per
!
I
Danvile Dtstrict-Pick mining. r1n-of mine ba- |
sis. vas 80 cents. ard L. now 70 cents Ger ton. ]
mining. rl.n-of mine basis. was 20 cents, ,
and Is now 81 cents per ton. !