The “Hatfield Contract”

The contract did provide for a nine-hour workday (which was already widely used in the state). The right to shop in independent stores was offered. The right to elect check-weigh men to make sure that the scales were even. And the promise of no discrimination against those that chose to join a union.

This compromise did not offer the removal of the company guards nor did it address the right to organize. Then on April 25, 1913, the miners were given little choice but to accept the terms of the contract or be deported from the State of West Virginia. Rather than accepting the offer when first given, the men had their United Mine Workers officials convene and delegates were chosen. Because of pressure by Hatfield and the UMW, after a three-day deliberation, the delegates accepted the proposals.

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