Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1912 — GOAL OPERATORS TO MEET WMINERS [ARTICLE]

GOAL OPERATORS TO MEET WMINERS

Bituminous Men Appoint Committee for Conference. Will CONSIDER WAGE SCALE i . Tn~ Informal Discussions Employers Are Unanimous in Saying that Scale Asked Is Too High and Entirely Qut of Question.

Indianapolis, Jan 26. rence committees to meet with the miners’ scale committee have been appointed by the soft c.oal operators representing Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Western Pennsylvania. Eight operators and eight miners were selected to represent each of the states. The demands of the miners, as formulated, were presented informally, but there was no argument on them. Before meeting with the miners’ comrftit.tee the operators held a caucus and discussed the wage scale which was about to be presented to them. They were unanimous in the sentiment that the demands would be rejected if presented as a whole, as the adoption of she new scale would place a heavy burr.cn of cost upon the operators, and the wages are now as high as could be paid without increasing the cost of coal at the mines and this cannot be done.