The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-03-23
COAL MINERS FAR
FROM AGREEMENT
Joint Scale Committee Hold All.
Day Session Without Any
Result.
EVERY INDICATION POINTS
TO CERTAIN DISAGREEMENT
Proposition to Adopt Wage
Scale of 1903 Is Rejected
by the Operators.

INDIANAPOLIS. March 22-After he-
ing In session the greater part of the
day the Joint scale committee Of the joint
conference of the coal operators and
United Mine Workers of America and the
central competitive and southwestern
districts. adjourned late this afternoon
until tomorrow morning divided on every
point that had been made during the day
by either side
They were no nearer an agreement than
they were on February 2. when the for
mer joint conference disagreed and ad-
Journed
Every indication today pointed to dis
agreement OF the two joint scale commit
tees tomorrow, and the convening OF the
joint conferences OF the two districts to
receive reports 10 that effect.
The Joint scale committee of the CEN
trail competitive district, composed OF ILL.,
sylvania. adjourned ut o'clock this aft
ernoon. afte- being in session since 9
o'clock this morning.
Four Propositions Defeated.
During the afternoon four propositions
were made in the meeting and all were
defeated
President Mitchell of the mine workers.
az soon as the afternoon executive ses-
sion had begun, moved that the wage
scale OF 1903 be adopted for one year
In making this motion the mine work
ers receded from their former demands OF
a run-of-mine basis. a difierentiai OF 7
cents, an eight-hour day. an increase OF
121a per cent in wages and prohibition OF
employment OF boys at the mines under
16 years OF age.
After brief argument this proposition
was defeated. the operators and miners
voting by States. All the operators voted
against the motion, and the miners voted
unanimously for II.
1908 Scale Rejected
H. n. Taylor of the Illinois operators
then moved that the wage scale OF 1903
be accepted for two years, providing the
minors agree 10 pay tho expense caused
By the shot-frcrS law In Illinois This
IL has been figured by the operators
amounts to cents per ton OF mined coal.
md on an average Of Is, COO 900 tons of I'LL
nois coal annually mined by the use or
Shot-hTers would amount TO $500 0C0 per
year.
This motion was defeated by the unanI-
nous vote of both operators and miners,
President II. G Perry OF the Illinois
miners moved that the 1919 scale, which
Is an advance of . 10 per cent over the
Iresnt scale In the central district and
ccpted for one year the operation OF the
shot-f1rers Jaw In Illinois TO remain as at
present. This was defeated, the miners
voting for it and the operators against IT.
Will Meet Again Friday
f L. Robbins of the Western Pcnnsyl-
v6nia operators moved tho adoption of
the 1903 scale for two years with the same
conditions.
This was defeated by the operators OF
Illinois. Indiana and Ohio, who voted
against the proposition At this point ad-
Journment was taken until tomorrow
morning
The Joint scale committee of the south
western district defeated the proposition
of the miners for the appointment of
subcommittee ard refused to exclude
the stenographcr from the room on mo-
ton of the miners in order that propo-
stion from the miners representatives
might be considered without record be
Ing made. This committee then took
an adjournment until tomorrow morn
ing
All os the sessions OF the committee
wero executive,