The Birmingham age-herald., 1905-09-06
MITCHELL WILL
 USE INFLUENCE To Secure Eight Hour Day for
 the Miners IS EN ROUTE TO SHAMOKIN  Miners Outline Their Demands, Which, If Granted, Will Mean Large Addl- tlonaI Expenditures By
 Operators.
IS EN ROUTE TO SHAMOKIN

Philadelphia, September 5.-John Nit chell, president of the United Mine Workers of America, was in this city today In his capacity as a vice president of the American Federation of Labor to join with First Vice President Duncan of the federation and others in the settle ment of dispute involving typesettera and printers. He will leave for Shamokin tonight.
 It was learned here today that the December convention at Shamokin will make the following demands upon the operators:
 1. A recognition of the miners union by the coal operators, the recognition to take the form of a signed agreement.
 2. The substitution of an eight-hour work day for the nine-hour work day awarded by the strike commission which is now in force throughout the hard coal fields.
 3. An increase in pay over the mini mum wages now paid to men and boGj who are not contract miners but are gen. orally classed as unskilied labor.
 f. A uniform scale of wages for work cI6 hOI dClhdlAy iiAAAl0-o oe ehiA SOtAcAASS. Means Large Additional Expenditure.
 The contract miners number about 30,- 900 in the total of 140,000 hard coal work CTS in and about the mines. If the Shamokin convention obtains concessions as outlined in the schedule it would mean large additional expenditure by the coal companies annually.
 The Shamokin convention, 1t Is stated, vii ynr1r np no ha qf that tha NonfraNf miners obtained all they were entitled to by the award of the strike commission and that the time has come to endeavor and secure better and more uniform pay for the other classes of workers. All classes will be benefiitted by the de- mand of an eight-hour day.
 MT. Mitchell made no secret of his in- tention to back up with his influence the demands for the recognition of the union can only repeat" said MT. Mitchell what I said in my Tamaqua speech that 1t Is my firm conviction that last, ing peace in the hard coal fields can only be had through the recognition of the union and an eight-hour work day"
 Miners Got Short End.
 It was pointed out to MT. Mitchell that when he made the Tamaqua speech the statement had been made that the views he expressed could not be granted with out an advance of fifty cents a ton to consumers of coal. President Mitchell res piled: Taking the figures of experts the coal companies collected $30,0O0.000 extra from consumers following the award of the strike commission and they have never pretended that the miners got more than $16,000000 as their share. "It seems to me that the mine workers on the operators own showing have not received their full share of the increased prosperity
 Are the members of the union so eager for the recognition of their organi' C ton, and for an eight-hour work day that they are prepared to precipitate crisis if they are refused that?" MT. Nit chell was asked.
 'T cannot answer that question. You, see the miners have not yet held their convention, and it would be presumptious for me to say in advance what they will or will not do."
 There will be a thousand delegates In attendance at the Shamokin convention.