Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1906 — TROUBLE IS OVER IN ILLINOIS [ARTICLE]

TROUBLE IS OVER IN ILLINOIS

Coal Operators to Pay the 1903 Scale —U. M. W. Yields on the ShotFirers' I<aw. Chicago, May 29.—C0al operators In Illinois have decided to yield to the demands of the miners for the scale of 1903. The question of a settlement is declared to be a matter of detail, and by the beginning of next week mining will be resumed in Illinois with union men. In return for the restoration ot the 1903 scale of wages the Illinois miners have agreed to pay the wages of shot-firers and to ask for the repeal of the law by the next legislatureThey have agreed also to indemnify the operators for loss sustained through tlie action of pit committees in calling unauthorized strikes. This latter grievance was one of the most serious objections the operators had against the union. Under tlie new agreement the union will Jh* responsible for the conduct of the miners and guarantee that no such strikes will Ispermitted in tlie future. The strike has been on for sixty days, and involves 55,000 miners.