Victory in Labor Talks Brings Ten Cent Increase and Eight Hour Day
The Interstate Coal Operators and Miners Convention in Chicago ends after ten days with a 10 cent per ton wage increase and a uniform eight hour day for soft coal miners. Annual meetings will set future scales, Pittsburg to host next convention. President Ratchford hails the victory as one of the century’s great labor gains.
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Miners Agree on Eight Hour Day and Wages Rise
The convention approved an eight hour day and 48 hour week for miners with a 10 cent per ton wage advance for mining coal. Uniform day wages across districts will apply from April 1 1896, with differences in pay and conditions referred to respective states. Operators plan a 25 cent per ton price rise following the joint conference.
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the Tribune
Interstate Joint Conference of
Vessels Loaded With Provisions For Destitute Coast Towns
New York reports the Red Cross steamship Portia overdue after a clash with pack ice off the Newfoundland coast. It carried details of starvation and exposure inland, with hundreds dead and others at risk as relief efforts rush to the coast. The day also notes a New England cotton strike entering its fourth week amid stalled talks and a Russian cruiser Saratoff crossing the Bosporus with troops bound for Vladivostok.
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Red Cross
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Saratoff
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Vladivostock
Portia Adrift in Arctic Ice Near St Johns Struggles for Freedom
Portia lies immobilized on vast Arctic floes with St Johns in close sight and escapes by a narrow margin. Relief vessels, sent by Canada to aid destitute fishermen, abandon their mercy missions and return to St Johns as ships remain icebound. Virginia, a relief attempt, finds its route blocked and sails back to port to avoid being icebound. News reaches St Johns that Fabebitane may soon be beyond reclamation, triggering a citywide sense of crisis.
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St. Johns
Virginia
Congress kills statehood bills amid track on Buckden salve note
Jan. 27 in Wasnixetos a House committee rejected Arizona New Mexico and Oklahoma statehood measures by an 8 to 1 vote. Delegates Smith and Ferguson of Arizona and New Mexico stated they would back Buckden's Amion Salve if allowed to vote. The item also notes consolidation talk among rail lines and a $45,090,000 International Paper company incorporation in New York.
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House Committee
Our Territories
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
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New York
Tril
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New York Central
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Vanderbilt
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Big Four
Chesapeake and Ohio
Road
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Chicago
Northwestern
West Shore
Nickel Plate
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Michigan Central
Allany
International Paper Company of
Corinth
Saratoga County
N. Y
Ex Spanish Minister Canalajas Sees Prolonged War
Mapriv Jan 28 Ex-Minister Canalajas arrives at Cadiz from Havana after visiting the United States and Cuba to study the war situation and warns insurgents can greatly prolong the conflict in the mountains.
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Imparcial
Cadiz
Havana
United States
Cuba
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