The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-07-16
PAINT CREEK
tcoasi,.sa from FIRST Pass.,

sanized section OF the state have not
been allowed the check-on.
At h joint conferences between
he miners and operators. the miners
awe sought to re-establish the .sys-
eem n have offered 10 concede ad-
sances In wages for the check-off but
ne operators have always steadfastly
refused to grant the demands.
While the agreement effected to-day
applies to only the ten mines operat-
ed on Paint Creek by the Paint Creek
~ollieries Company and the two mines
operated by the Standard Splint Coal
company on the same creek. Il was
predicted tonight from the local head
quarters OF the United Mine Workers
that inside OF another week an agree
ment would be reached AZ all the
mines on Paint Greek including those
at Kingston, Keeferton. the Imperial
colliery and the Christian Colliery
Company.
IL Is not expected. however. the
agreement with the remaining mines
on Paint Greek will include the
check-on system which was granted
ia the agreement to-day but IL Is ex-
pected that the conditions. which ap-
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the kanawha district will obtain in
these sections.
Miners Elated.
The miners are eIaIed over their
victory and the capitulation OF the
operators. They contend that il is
the end of the most embtttered coal
strike ever waged in West Virginia.
which affected national attention
when a committee from the United
States Senate came here to investi-
gate conditions existing in the coal
strike district.
The strike and turmoil which has
existed on Paint creek is at an end"
said Vice President Frank j.. Hayes
before his departure for indianapolis.
while there was an adjustment OF the
wage condition In the agreement
reached today and there is a net gain
OF IL per cent. when the net ton is
restored To the miners. the real con
cession was the check-of system.
That means that real union conditions
viii obtain at these mines"
The agreement effected today will
have TO be ratified by the miners at
the mines involved before il becomes
effective. but no trouble Is anticipated
by the miners officials. The ratifica-
ton movement will be started tO-mor-
row, when a mammoth mass meeting
will be held at Mucklow. the little
mining town which vas thrice shot up
by the Infatuated strikers during the
strike which began a year ago when
The very same companies which today
extended recognition TO the union re-
fused 20 abide by the DEGREES o. the
United Mine Workers.
Does Not Affect Cabin Creek.
The settlement. the miners admit.
does not affect or alter the situation
ON Cabin Greek where negotiations
for a settlement were fatty broken
OF yesterday 10y the operators when
the miners refused TO discuss any
proposition which did not include a
consideration OF the wage scale. On
Cabin Greek there are differences be-
tween the United Mine Workers and
the Cabin Creek Consolidated Coal
Company and the Carbon Coal Com
pany and with the adjustment of the
labor controversy on Paint Creek the
miners tonight insist hat they will
direct their entire efforts toward the
Cabin Creek situation IN an ehort To
restore the amicable relations which
now exist in the New River and the
ain Creek fields.
Paint Creek. where the settlement
was made today. was the original
scene OF the coal strike in the West
Virginia fields. originating from the
failure OF he mine operators on that
creek 10 enc their contracts with the
United Mine Workers. For many
months guerilla warfare was ~aged
and there were a score OF deaths re-
sulting from clashes strikers
and mine guards.
Three TIMES TIE state militia was
allied into the field TO restore order and
suppress rlotiuK. M three declarations
OF martial law were issued from the er-
ecutiNe Offices a. Charleston. \ t~nta-
tive agreement was reached seNrtal
months ago when Governor Hatfield Of
fered a peace proposition which was ac-
reptAd by bofu sides. The miners came
out again. tlaimiuE nat the operators
N.I nsF carried nUF their n1Ff or III e
agreement.