Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1899 — Miners and Operators Agree [ARTICLE]

Miners and Operators Agree

The wage contracts for the two coal fields in Indiana, bituminous and block, were agreed upon at Terra Hante. Operators and miners alike are predicting a year of steadier employment in the industry now' employing 80,000 or 90,000 men, than in auy since coal was first mined in the State. It was agreed that there should be two pay days a month. At Brasil. a meeting of the scale committee of operators and miners was held, and the Pittsburg agreement was signed, with the proviso that the miners are to set their props.