The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-03-30
Strike of Miners Averted
LIN the BitulninOuS Fields
OPERATORS GRANT MEN
FIVE PER CENT RAISE
Miners Waived All Other Demands
That Affect About 100000
of the Craft.
Suspension of the 10000 Miners
In the Anthracite Field
Is Ordered.

tlement OF the bituminous coal min
ers' wage dispute involving 100000
men on a basis satisfactory to both
sides was announced late tonight as
having been practically arranged.
A subcommittee to which the op-
orators and miners conference had
referred a compromise offer by the
miners said II had agreed to the set
tlement and the terms were being
drawn up.
The terms, as given out, provide
for increases in pay to the miners as
follows:
Five cents a ton for mining lump
coal.
Three cents a ton for mining all
other coal.
5.2e per cent increase for men paid
by the day.
f. A. Cole. representing the Ohio
operators. and II. NJ. Taylor. repre-
senting the Illinois operators. said
shortly before midnight. that all the
operators OF western Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois had agreed
20 grant the increases. They said the
| agreement would be the basis for
making new wage scales OF btu
| minous miners in other states.
A short suspension in the btu
minous fields. however. was thought
not improbable. as the miners will
have to submit the compromise Agree
ment to a referendum vote OF the
union. pending which. IL was said, II
was unlikely the men would work
without an agreement.
| Anthracite Strike Called.
l rrho Hr.e t0urard q atnpno IN
the hard coal production In the United
States as a result OF the miners wage
disputes was taken today. when the
union ordered 10000 miners In the
anthracite regions OF Pennsylvania TO
4 quilt work next Sunday AZ midnight.
The suspension was ordered be
cause OF the operators refusal to
grant the union demands for In
creased pay.
The shutting down of the mines,
union officials say. will cause a loss
! in the coal production OF the country
4 OF 7.OS3,OOO tons OF anthracite a
I month and will entail loss In pay to
the miners OF not less than s35O.o00
for every day they remain out.
To Renew Negotiations.
Measures to induce miners and
operators to renew negotiations.
broken off in New York several weeks
ago. are already talked OF.
The order for the anthracite miners
to quit was as follows:
Suspension order To all anthracite
mine workers: Your committee to
whom was delegated authority by the
Pottsville convention 10 negotiate a
wage contract on the basis of the de-
mands OF said convention. have up to
this time been unable TO do so and
inasmuch as the present wage agree
ment expires March 81. after which
no contract is provided for governing
wages and conditions of employment.
therefore all mine workers except en-
gineers, pumpmen, firemen, stable
men. watchmen and such other men
as are absolutely necessary for the
proper protection of property. are
hereby instructed TO suspend work be-
ginning April 1, and remain idle until
I further notice"
Summarized the facts about the an
thracite miners are:
Number OF miners TO quit. 10 900 in
Pennsylvania. as follows: I.ackawan-
ma and Wyoming Valley. 1000: Hazle-
ton and Panther Creek Valley. 10000;
Pottsville and Lykens Valley. $4,000.
The Demands.
Demands: Twenty per cent In
crease In pay: eight hours a day in.
stead Of nine: complete recognition
OF the union: adoption Of a system
whereby the operators would deduct
from the pay the union dues each
month and give u direct 10 the nat.
iOnal union: modification OF the con.
ciliation board created IN 1912 70 en-.
able employees 20 deal more directly
with employers: one year instead OF
three year contracts.
Demands rejected BY the operators
IN New York on March 10
Oner OF the operators TO continue
the present scale rejected By the
miners
Hope OF an early resumption OF the
anthracite business after a short sus.
pension. however. was not entirely
abandoned.
John T. Dempsey. Of Scranton,