Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1912 — COAL OWNERS SIGN CONTRACT [ARTICLE]

COAL OWNERS SIGN CONTRACT

Peace for Next Two Year* |« a* aured In Soft Coal Fields of Central West. Indianapolis, April 26.—Representatives of soft coal inixie owners of Ohio, western Pennsylvania, Illinois and Indiana and of the-United Mine “Workers of those states, signed the wage agreement ratified by the recent referendum vote of the miners Ttie agreement will be the basis of contracts to be entered into for the next, two years by the bituminous miners and operators of many states. It grants a wage increase of five cents a ton. , i