The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-03-27
AGREEMENT MAY
81 Be REACHED
Miners and Operators Appear
Confident of Outcome.
Present Scale Likely to Be Con-
tinued In Force For An
other Year.

! Comment now tn8J an dSTeeueHt
will be reached and that a strike will
be tverted, the members of the West
ern Kentucky Coal Operators Associa-
ton and the delegates TO the district
convention of the United Mine Work.
ers of America will go into joint con-
ference tomorrow morning says Tues
days Louisville Times. Both sides hav'
appointed their scale committees and
ca h side practically has its schedule
of agreement ready TO be submitted.
The coal operators were in session
! last night at the Old Inn for more
than four hours, but finally reached an
agreement as TO the action to be ia
ken in the joint conference tomorrow
For a time however, it appeared as if
the operators would not act in accord
as some of the members favored one
thing and some another. Some of the
operators insisted that the men be
offered a reduction while others urged
the adoption for year of the pres
ent scale of wages.
From a reliable source it was learn
ed that the operators will agree TO
adopt the present wage scale but
they want several changes made in the
rules ard agreements governing the
coduct of their employees, regulations
at the mines and other minor matters.
The Scale Committee and Advisory
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posed as follows:
NJ. NJ. Bardwell, of the Taylor Coal
Company; c. NJ. Marks, of the Green
Vile Coal Company; T. p. Wright, of
the Crescent Coal Company; G. A. Ba-
ker. of the Kentucky Coal Mining
Company and William Clendanial OF
/ the Green River Coal Co. While
the members of the Advisory Board are
| w. d. McEheny of the Central Coal
and Iron Company; w. G. Duncan, of
4 the Central Coal and Iron Company
\ Hywell Davis of the Dovey Coal Com
pany and w. w. Bridges of the
Black Diamond Coal Company.
Up Barnard, president of the West
ern kentucky Mine Operators Asso-
citation and d. Stuart Miller, secre-
tary, are ex-officio members of both
J bodies.
The miners Scale Committee is com.
posed of Albert Leach of Taylor
Mines; McElroy Trout of Curlew Jy
Mines; McElroy Trout of Curlew; l..
T. Willard, of Williams Mines; j. F.
EVERY of Dekoven, and John e.
Bethel, of Hillsdale with President
Smith Secretary c. NJ. Carter and Ma
tional Board Member c. Barnaby as
advisory members.
The Mine Workers Convention met
at 3 o'clock this morning at the City
Hall, at which time the report of the
Scale Committee was submitted. Pre-
sident w. o. Smith said he was salts
fled that the committees report would
be adopted although it was possible
that there would be a number of
minor changes. Mr.. Smith declined t
give the contents of the report hut it
was said to favor the adoption of the
present agreement for the next twelve
months. If at the expiration of that
time the non-union miners of Hopkins
county are organized then the opera
tors are to pay the union scale of wa
ges. The present wage scale is about
10 per cent less than the scale adopt
ed by the national convention of the
United Mine Workers.
1t was stated this afternoon that
the report of the Miners Scare Commit
tee would be adopted without any ma
terial change though it makes num-
Der of changes and some of consider
able importance.
1t is expected that the miners de-
mands will cause some clash when
the miners and operators meet in ojint
. conference tomorrow. The changes
do not relate to wages but to certain
rules and regulations which it is be-
lieved that the operations will insist
being modified.