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44 THE <strong>COAL</strong> TRADE BULLETIN.<br />
the operator or his accredited representative may<br />
direct, except patching boiler or inserting new<br />
flues.<br />
No engineer shall be required to clean boilers<br />
without assistance; such assistance to be selected<br />
by the operator.<br />
6th. A licensed engineer shall be employed at<br />
all times when steam is required at the throttle<br />
in compliance with the state law. He shall, at<br />
the option of the operator, do his own firing at<br />
Class A and B mines, except the engineer that<br />
hoists the coal on days when hoisting in excess<br />
of an aggregate of 50 tons of coal per 24 hours for<br />
railroad chutes or wagon trade, and except when<br />
the mine shuts down in the middle of a shift.<br />
The engineer shall do his own firing at mines<br />
of any class (except as herein provided) except<br />
when compressors or haulage engines are running<br />
or dynamos are operated for other purposes than<br />
furnishing light for the company's premises or<br />
for operating the ventilating fan of the mine.<br />
7th. In case of either local or general suspension<br />
of mining, either at the expiration of this<br />
contract, or otherwise, the engineers shall not<br />
suspend work, but shall, when mining is suspended,<br />
fully protect all of the company's prop<br />
erty under their care, and operate fans and<br />
pumps, and lower and hoist such men or supplies<br />
as may be required to keep up steam at the company's<br />
coal plants; but it is understood and<br />
agreed that the operators will not ask them to<br />
hoist any coal produced by non-union labor for<br />
sale on the market.<br />
Should the interests of the engineers be directly<br />
involved in any issue at the expiration of this<br />
contract and any engineers cease from work, the<br />
United Mine Workers of America will provide<br />
competent men to perform the emergency work<br />
above recited.<br />
Sth. It is also agreed that in case of any dispute<br />
or trouble arising between any engineer and<br />
the operator by whom he is employed, work shall<br />
not be suspended, but the grievance shall be<br />
taken up by the proper officials.<br />
9th. As rapidly as the requisite corps of competent<br />
engineers is provided at the different<br />
mines, the engineers sliall become members of<br />
the I'nited Mine Workers of America, and thereafter<br />
only members thereof shall be employed as<br />
hoisting engineers when such members, competent<br />
to fill the positions, can be obtained.<br />
10th. The capacity of the mines shall be determined<br />
by the operator and engineer or engineers<br />
of each mine, and in the event of their failure to<br />
agree, it shall be immediately referred to the officials<br />
of the respective <strong>org</strong>anizations, whose deci<br />
sion shall be final and binding upon both parties.<br />
11th. No hoisting engineer shall be subject to<br />
the authority or espionage of the local union or<br />
pit committee. It is not the intent of this con<br />
tract either to enlarge or to restrict their duties<br />
and privileges as heretofore existing or exercised.<br />
or to change any established condition. In case<br />
of any dispute between any engineer and operator<br />
whicn they cannot adjust, it shall be referred to<br />
the operator or his superintendent and the miners'<br />
sub-district president for adjustment: and upon<br />
their failure to agree it shall be referred to the<br />
state officers of the respective <strong>org</strong>anizations for<br />
adjustment. The provisions of the state contract<br />
between the Illinois Coal Operators' Association<br />
and the United Mine Workers of Illinois shall<br />
apply to the engineers to the extent that they<br />
are in harmony with this contract, and with the<br />
conditions and practices heretofore recognized be<br />
tween the operators and their engineers, and the<br />
mode of settling disputes arising between them.<br />
12th. It is agreed that wdiere engineers have<br />
been on strike and their places have been filled by<br />
other men, the old engineers who promptly apply<br />
will be reinstated to their former positions, without<br />
prejudice, except where the operator has good<br />
reasons to refuse reinstatement, and in all such<br />
cases, the dispute will be immediately taken up<br />
by the operator involved and the sub-district president<br />
for adjustment as set forth in the 11th paragraph<br />
of this agreement. In no case will the<br />
operator discriminate against an engineer on account<br />
of his having discontinued work Novem<br />
ber 1.<br />
The foregoing agreement was adopted at a<br />
joint conference of the executive committee of the<br />
Illinois Coal Operators' Association and the state<br />
executive board of the United Mine Workers of<br />
America. District No. 12. held in Springfield, 111.,<br />
November 5. 1904. subject to the approval and<br />
confirmation of the Illinois Coal Operators' Asso<br />
ciation. ^"IfTT<br />
On behalf of the executive committee the Illinois<br />
Coal Operators' Association.<br />
C. L. SCROGGS, Secretary.<br />
HERMAN JUSTI. Commissioner.<br />
On behalf of the state executive board, the United<br />
Mine Workers of America, District No. 12.<br />
H. C. PERRY, President.<br />
W. D. RYAN, Secretary.<br />
A <strong>COAL</strong> COMBINATION IN SPAIN.<br />
F. W. Mahin, the American consul at Notting<br />
ham, England, has information to the effect that<br />
a coal combination is being formed in Spain<br />
with the object of cutting out the English producers.<br />
The plan is to combine all the coal<br />
mines of Spain under one management, with a<br />
capital of $40,000,000, hoping to increase the total<br />
output.