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THE <strong>COAL</strong> TRADE BULLETIN. 33<br />
TEXT OF DELAYED WAGE AGREEMENT IN in no case shall entry miners be allowed more cars<br />
THE ZANESVILLE-COSHOCTON DIS per day than room miners, and at least once each<br />
TRICT OF OHIO.<br />
two weeks the turn shall be made uniform for the<br />
time previously worked. If, however, the regular<br />
Adjusted and fixed by and between the Ohio turn will not allow cars enough to drive the en<br />
state officials of the United Mine Workers of tries as fast as desired, the operators shall increase<br />
America and the operators of the district composed<br />
of Muskingum and that part of Perry county<br />
the number of miners in each entry so that by<br />
giving to each the regular turn the entries shall<br />
known as the Crooksville district and the low coal be driven as fast as two miners coulcl drfve them<br />
fields on the B. & 0. railroad North of Shawnee, at full work. If, however, the room men decline<br />
by their duly authorized representatives, at Zanes to take their place in the entries when requested<br />
ville, O., on September 9, 1904, based upon the to do so by the operators, then the entry men<br />
general scale adopted at the joint interstate con shall have no free turns until the entries are<br />
vention held in the city of Indianapolis, Ind., driven the required length; nothing in the fore<br />
March 21, 1904.<br />
going to prevent fast turns.<br />
It is hereby covenanted and agreed that during 7. The checking off for the United Mine Work<br />
the ensuing scale term, i. e.. from April 1, 1904, ers' <strong>org</strong>anization shall remain in force and be<br />
to March 31, 1906, the prices and rules in the dis observed; same to be checked off by per cent, of<br />
trict above named shall be as follows:<br />
earnings. This is to include all dues and assess<br />
1. Eight hours shall constitute a day's work ments for the <strong>org</strong>anization.<br />
and all mines may operate six days per week. An 8. Machine men are required to cut coal level<br />
eight-hour day means eight hours' work in the and close to bottom and in no case shall thickness<br />
mine at usual working places for all classes of of bottom exceed 4 inches, except where first au<br />
inside day labor. This shall be exclusive of the thorized by mine superintendent or mine boss, and<br />
time required in reaching such working places in all machine men leaving more bottom than the<br />
the morning and departing from same at night. amount specified without this authority must lift<br />
Regarding drivers, they shall take their mules to the same, or it will be lifted at their expense.<br />
and from the stables, and the time required in so All bottom not exceeding 4 inches shall be lifted<br />
doing shall not include any part of the day's labor, by miner, and all unsalable coal and impurities<br />
their work beginning when they reach the change removed therefrom and thrown back, except under<br />
at which they receive empty cars, but in no case extraordinary conditions. Where mine boss and<br />
shall the driver's time be docked while he is wait miner or mine boss and mine committee agree<br />
ing for such cars at the point named.<br />
that this bottom is extraordinarily sulphurous or<br />
2. Operators are to have water out of working impure, the miner shall receive extra compensa<br />
places at starting time or pay miner fair price for tion, to be agreed to by miner or mine committee<br />
so doing, price to be fixed by miner and mine boss; and mine boss, or the bottom shall be taken care<br />
if they fail to agree, to be settled by mine com of by the company. Where it is necessary to leave<br />
mittee and mine boss. When water is bailed in a greater thickness owing to the impurities, the<br />
barrels by miner, 5 cents per barrel shall be paid. same shall be taken care of by the company.<br />
3. In cases of bone coal and slate coming down In case of sprags being left by machine man, he<br />
unavoidably in working places, it shall be removed shall be notified by loader, and if he refuses to re<br />
by the operator, or the miner shall be paid at move the same, the loader shall remove the sprag<br />
rate of inside day labor for so doing when first and be allowed 50 cents for so doing, said amount<br />
authorized by mine boss. This rule not to apply to be deducted from the machine runner. Where<br />
in cases where it is determined that the bone coal any machine runner leaves six or more sprags in<br />
or slate comes down through carelessness or negli any one pay. he shall be removed from machine<br />
gence of miner.<br />
and his services disposed of as deemed best by fhe<br />
4. The price to be paid for clay veins, rolls in superintendent of the mine.<br />
bottom or horsebacks shall be determined between 9. The company shall provide shields for cover<br />
loader or miner and mine boss. If they fail to ing cutter head of machines. The machine man<br />
agree price to be settled by mine committee and shall be required to remove the bits from the chain<br />
mine boss.<br />
or cutter head, or place shield over cutter head,<br />
5. The check off on account of pick sharpening to make the machine safe to be moved. Any ma<br />
at all mines where the company does the sharpenchine man failing to carry out this rule may be<br />
ing shall be \y2 cents on each dollar of gross earn removed from machine without question.<br />
ings earned by miner.<br />
10. No stoppage shall take place at any mine<br />
6. There shall be no free turns allowed to either on account of any grievance until the matter has<br />
rooms or entries. The entries shall be driven as been presented to the mine boss and superintend<br />
fast as operators desire or conditions permit, but ent, and an opportunity for adjustment permitted;