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Show MINERS GRANTED BIG CONCESSIONS VJK 1M Itr-AsliS t AI'IMtOX- nivrK i:uiiit .millions. tnoiig Hie N-uriil IH'iiininN of tin Men 1'inlrrBMiiiil ,N"I Oniiilnl An An ClRlH-lloiir Dn) I'iiiiii "Itnnk in Itnnk," Wiikl) I'njiliiJ" " l!rr lteniiitf Sjinnln) llnllitiv M-: VnltK Mwnli The 1-ltn-mlnoiis ntiernliim sml mlnem In iint ...nlili-M-i Inti tml ratified the lle Hgi -! to Into etr-t April 1st in Wiitrin IVnnhBMls. nhlo. In-II In-II i mi nnd llllnnls. It n milHtnMe,M Ihst the U' whs unmilmmi. desl'lle tin- Mil tlmt the I lid In llll IMlMrm fprumd to .nt for the ih S"'Hfl' 1'r. -I.l.'irt John I' White or tSe inllKls HHiiin eHl he miiild siin I, H,nitilllty fiH the IimIIhiih mlmts. Thr tsg- srnle '111 lorn go to n n Irn ndtim r of nit the rll aiHll niln-r m:w iiick. juiin :- wsge in- ii-s llwl iimj Miitiiisll) nyssoJl-iitHti nyssoJl-iitHti mill Klllhiu dollars or atorc In Hie volt iisil llrld" or I'i'llll') iMlllla, Ohl InillHiin hihI llllmds, t-re ntllml upon Intr Hfteriln h) the milcodHtiillltv of the hltniiilnoiis op-t op-t rutin- hihI tnlurs tor lhoe stntes tlHi Hfi' here nrgolbitlllg H new eoh-trrnt eoh-trrnt to i into tffiit April 1st. The Hilton of the siili.eummltt)-!' will he reHirtnl for rntlfli Htlnit prolxihly lute todsy to the full Joint conferrmo of operators nud miners. In the in eon time the sewlon of the Joint silti-enm-nmtee of nnthrnrlte miners nnd operators op-erators fixed for toda) tins heen deferred de-ferred until Wednesday nfternoon to permit the miners to complete their negotiations ulth the Idtiimlnous em-do)ers. em-do)ers. The uetloti taken )esterdn i the lilliimlnoiis sutiMiinitslttee will lme mi lmHiiiitnl i'f ffi I. It l mid. on the mhki- illtriKln to he IteKotlHled III iviiiihI I', utisltiuihi. Wi-st Virginia, MlihlKHii. Iohh Hlid Kt'iitiiik) hy the I'nlleil Mine Workers of Amerlen. N'enrl to hlllldreil thousand men will lifiieflt l the Inerefl In West-pin West-pin 1'etinei.twHila. uhlo. ludkiim nnd llllmds. Tho Mine Hiii ti)-li'tn. Aside from the general Inerense of lis re cuts a ion granted hy the tout romiHinies, the miners In Vslern l'etiuslnnln Moil the mine run ss-ten ss-ten of nlng uiiges. sourlriliilt the ofO'ers vf tin union say they mv heen slrllng lo olittln for tlilrt enrs The mine run s)stem adds f ?? vvt ton the tnlnrv wages ,'iiul gives lliem ulioiit ll.UO.000 u ve.tr. net eouitdng the three rents n ton nenernl InrreAse also won ht iliem. The mine run was lilllerly fought hy IMltshurg operators, hut is agreeil upon thntugh thr erU-teuee erU-teuee of the officers of the Western l'mi)ltunla illalrht. strongly sn ported by the International officials of the mllisrs' union, The wage Increases In-creases allowed in the mine run I-unW In Western Vennsylvanla are 3.39 isnts per ton on machine mining, making tin rate rtft cents k ton, nnd tliris eeiiM on pick mining, ndvnmlng Uils mw t UT.flt tisils n Ion. Ill tlhlo, inurhlne mining 1 In-cn-ssed thres tents u ton, milking the rate fifty cents. Three cents n ion Is added on pltk mining In Ihe Jakson, lomero, t'roksxllle siwl Tuscarawis districts. Inlnglng the nUe up to nhout 70.1! cents anil four ouc-hundredihs of one eenl Is ut on pltk mlnlnK Ju (lie Kohrn Ohio, I'Miiilirldge. Hoiking Vslli')' and AmsterdHiii-llergholu !-till !-till Is. uiHklng the rate fii.ilt, w tilth Is Ihe mine leel as thai In the riltstoirg fields, InrfUiia operators agree to lnereti Uie machine mining rate three ami a half tents o flf.two rents a toll, lid thrse tests Is nddtd to pick coal, making the lite Ut-four tents a ln. lmrrno nf llnw (Vig. In Illinois, the machine rate Is In. creased Ihree cents to fifty-four cents nud pick sililng three rents to sixty-four. sixty-four. Thus the differential he t Veil ininoU nnd Isdlanu U renured n half cent. The liidlauu miners were nor satisfied wfth Om three and it luh i snts Increase In their state, they having demanded rive and a half cents uAvunie In older lo tiling th rates up to the Danville, Ills, level of rlfiv.foiir teiiw. Ilesldes the hit reuse ngieed upon on the tonnage produttlon the suh-eom-mlttes ilo oteH mi advance of ft ver cent on dead work and yardage and per tent on wages )wld men h the da) The original desutiids called for IIP leases or IM ier i elll oil tonnage, IH 'i . nt on ilead work and ard. ue. ami sii m r i nt for the dH lal.-The lal.-The mill, worktrs uihiIouII waletl low u tin ir demands until un agree. inenl was r si tied Among the de wis mis of ihe miners that will mil ! granted are an eight-hour eight-hour da from "hank to hank." week-l week-l NttUs am) provides that eer other staturday Iw mi Idle day l. fore the stiit-foinnilttee sulnnlts a r-imrt r-imrt to the full eonferente It will have to agree on the number or euri thY eontnii t Is to run and on ihe demand relating to the settlement or Internal illlfw- lues l.) districts. |