Approved Cod e No. 24-Amendment No. 1 Registry No. 702- 45 

NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION 

AMENDMENT TO 

CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BITUMINOUS COAL INDUSTRY 

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AS APPROVED ON M ARCH 31, 1934 

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Approved Code No. 24-Amendment No. 1 

AMENDMENT TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION 

FOR THE 

BITUMINOUS COAL INDUSTRY 

As Approved on March 31, 1934 

ORDER 

APPROVI G AMENDME T TO CODE OF FAIR COMPETITION FOR THE 

BI'I'UMINOUS COAL I NDUSTRY 

A serious emergenc' being threatened in the Bitun.1inous Caul 

Industry and an application for the approval of an amendment to 

the Code of Fair Competition for the Bituminous Coal Indu try in 

accordance with Exhibit A hereto annexed having been duly made 

by the Code Authorities for tbe Eastern Sub-Division of Divi ion 

No. I, Western Pennsylvania, Sub-division of Divisi n N" o. I r.nd for 

Ohio, pursuant to Article IX of said Code, und it appen.1 ing to me 

that such amendment will tend to effectuate the policy ·d Title I of 

the National Industrial Recovery Act; and is ncc c sur} in this 

emergency: 

Pursuant to the authority Ye ted in me under said Title d said Act 

and under said Code, hy ExPcutive Orders of the Pr sident1 including 

Executive Order No. 6543-A elated D ecember 30, f933, and other- wise1 it is hereby ordered that said application for amendment of 

said code be and it hereby is approved effective on April 1, 1934, in 

words and figures as set forth in said Exhibit A hereto annexed, 

subject to modifi ation by my further order on the basi of cau e 

shown, either at a public hearing thereon which shall be held on 

April 9, 19341 or otherwis 

H GH S. JOH O 1 

Administrator for Indu ttfol Recoi,ery. 

WASH! GTON, D.C., 

lilfarch 31, 1934. 

51573°-582-~4-34 (1) 
EXHIBIT "A" 

Re olved, That amendments to Articl III and Article IV f the 

Code of Fair Competition for tl e Bituminous Coal Industry by and 

the sanrn hereby are proposed, to be and to be ome effecti,-e generally, 

so that said Articles III and IV will read as follows: 

ARTICLE III-MAXIMUM HOURS OF LABOR 

No employee, except members of the executiv , supervisory, technical and confidential personnel, shall be employed in ex ess of seven 

hours per day and five days per week, subject to the exceptions hereinafter stated. 

Seven hours of labor shall constitute a day's work and this means 

seven hours worl- at the usual working places for all cla ses of labor, exclusive of the lunch period, whether they be paid on the day or the 

tonnage or other piecework basis; except in cases of accident which 

temporarily necessitate longer hours for those required on account 

thereof; and also excepting that number of work .rs in each mine 

whose daily work in'cludes the handling of man-trips and those 

re9.uired to remain on duty while men are entering and leaving the 

nnne. 

The following classes of mine worker::; are e:.-·empted from the provisions as to the maximun1 hours of worl-: 

(a) All workers engaged in the transportation of coal shall work the 

additional time necessary to handle man-trips, and/or haulage animals1 

and all coal in transit, and shall be paid the regular hourly rates. 

Mine workets engaged in the dumping, handling and preparation of 

coal, and in the manufacture of coke, shall work the additional time 

necessary, not to exceed thirty minutes, to dump and prepare the coal 

delivered to the tipple each day and to complete the usual duties 

incidental to the operation of coke ovens, and shall be paid the regubr 

hourly rates. This rule shall not encourage the w rking of such overtime except where it is necessary to take care of the conditions named. 

(b) Employees engaged at power houses, substations and pumps 

operating continuously for 24 hours daily .. ~r , especially exempted 

from the seven-hour provision. Special e ·emptions of employees 

other than those nn.med ab ve may be pro, ided, by joint agreements 

negotiated in accordance with tLis code, which shall not provide for 

work in excess of 8 hours per day and 40 hours per week. 

ARTICLE IV- MINIMUM RATES OF PAY 

F·on1 April 1, 1934 to April 1, 1935 the basic minimum rate for 

inside skilled labor and the basic minimum rate for outside common 

labor shall be the rate hereinafter set forth in Schedule "A" for each 

district therein described for each such classific::ttion of labor, ·with the 

understandjng that other classifications of employment will maintain 

their customery djfferentials above or below said basic minimum rates. 

To secure the pa,rity between mini1num rate for day labor and minimum pay for work performed on a tonnage or other piece work basis, 

the latter shall be determined by the following increases over existing 

(2) 
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rates in all of the Districts of chedule "A" except as hereinafter 

expressly provided: 

On the basis of the 2,000 pound ton1 an increase of 10 cents per ton 

for pick mining; 8 cents per ton for machine nrining; an increase of 1 

cent per ton for cutting, and for all yardage and dead-work rate an 

increase of 9 percent. In addition to the increases above provided the minimum rate for 

tonnage and other piecework in Districts B, G1 H, J and J- 11 shall be 

further in rer.snd by an amount sufficient to maintain the parity 

between pay for such tonnage and piece work and the basic minimum 

rates for day labor a pre crib <l for such Di. tricts in Schedule " " 

S HEDULE A 

Ba~ic minimum ratPs 

Minimum lnside 

( killed Labor) 

~finimum out- side (Common 

Labor) 

;:; ~ay\ Per hour Per day P er hour 

Distrirt A: Penns)i vania _______________________________________ ____ _______ $5. 00 

0 hi o _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. 00 

Lower Peninsula of Michii<an __________________________________ 5. 00 

Panhandle District of ,Y. Va. 1 ____ _ __ _ _________________________ 5. 00 

District B: 

Northern West Virginia 2_ --- --------- ------------------- ------ 5. 00 

District C: Southern ,Yest Yirginia 3 _______________________________________ 4. 60 

E astern Kentucky 1 __ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ 4. 00 

Upper Potomac District ol W .Va.5 _____________________________ 4. 60 

~~[~f:d ___ ----- ---------------------------------------------- !: i~ 

Northern Tennessee G _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ ___ _ _ __ _ 4. 00 

District D : I ndiana_ ____________ ____ ______ _________________________________ 4. 57 }!! 

District E: 

Illinois________________________________ ___ ______________________ 5. 00 

District F : Iowa 7 _____ _______ ___ ___ ______________________ __ ___ ___ ___ __ _____ 4. 70 

Wayne and Appanoorn ouniies, Iowa ______________________ ___ 4. 56 

District G: 

Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahom a ____ ____________________ 4. 60 

District H: 

We tern Kentucky s _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ __ _ ___ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ 4. GO 

District J : Alabama ____________ ___ ________________________________________ 4.CO 

Georgia______ _________ ___ _________________________________ ___ __ 4. GO 

outbern Tennessee, Hamilton and Rhea Counties __________ __ 1. 60 

District J-1: 

Marion, Grundy, Sequatchie, "\Yhite, Van Buren, Warren, and 

Bledsoe Counties in the State ofTennessea __________________ 4.60 

D istrict K: Kew Mexico __________ _____________________ ____________________ 5.10 

outhrrn Colorado 9 __ __ ________________________ ___ _______ _____ 5.10 

District L : 

Northern Color ado 10_ ·----------------------------------- ------ 5. 25 

District M: 

Utah __ . ________ . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5. 4-4 

1 Includes Hancock, Brooke, Ohio and Marshall Counties-

$0. 71'>1 o $4.00 $0. 57y[o . 71 fo 4. 00 . 57Yi o .711/to 4.00 .57Vi o . 714-10 4.00 . 5i ~1 0 

. 71}10 4. 00 . 57Ho 

. 65:Vio 3.60 . 51-Ho . 65}1 0 3.60 . 5ljfo . 65~io 3.60 . 5l'>fo . 65}10 3. 60 . 5gfo . 65~10 3.60 . 511/io . 65}10 3.60 . 5l~fo 

.655fo 4.20 . 60 

. 7l'>fo 4.00 . 57Vi o 

. 67Vi o ,1. 00 . 57Vio . 65Vio 4.00 . 57J,io 

. 65}'io 4.00 . 5,Ho 

. 65}10 3. 75 . 53~jo 

. 65}10 3.60 . 5l·Ho . 657,10 3.60 . 511/Lo . 65}10 3.60 . 5l;fo 

. 65ho 3.60 . 51110 

. 72 io 4. lO~fo . 5S~io . 72 10 -! . 10~10 . 5 ~ 10 

. 75 4. 25 . GO°}fo 

. 77°}10 4.4 . 61 

2 Includes Monogalia, Marion, Harrison, T aylor, Lewis, Barbour, Gilmer, Upshur, Randolph. Braxton, 

Preston, and Webster Counties and those m.ines in Nicholas County served by the B. & 0. R. R. a Includes all mines in counties in West Virginia not named under Districts A and B and the pper 

Potomac District. ~ Includes all mines in Kentucky located east of a n orth and south line drawn along tbe -western boundary 

of the City of Louisville. ; Includes Grant, Mineral and Tucker Countie-. 6 Includes a ll Counties in T ennessee not n arued under Southern Tennessee in District J and J- 1. i Excludes ,Vayne and Appanoose aunties. 8 Includes all mines in Kentucky west of a north and south line drawn along the western boundary of t he 

City of Louisv ille. 1 Includes all Coun ties in Colorado not named under District L. 

10 Includes J ackson, Larimer, Weld, Boulder, Adams, Arapahoe, El Pa o, Dougla , E lbert and JeITerson Counties. 
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S HEDULE A- Continued 

District tI: 

Southern ·wyoming ............. ···--·· ................... _ ... . Nortbern Wyoming ........................................... . D istrict 0: 

l'vf ontana ................ . ............. .... ................... . District P: , vashington .............. ..................................... . District Q: 

North Dakota . __ -·--··················--····-··············-•· 

Tortb Dakota (strip mining, pit labor) .. _ ........... ......... . South Dakota ........ _ ..... _ ........ _ . .. · ·--············ ... .. . 

Basic minimum rates 

M inimum inside Minimum out-

(Skilled I abor) side (Common ' Labor) 

Per day Per bour Per day Per bour 

~5. 42 $0. 77°fo $4.44 S"0. li3~·1 o 

5. 42 . 77 51o 4.54 .64~io 

5. 63 . . 05fo 4.82 . 6 91o 

5.40 . 771/Jo 4.00 . 571/Jo 

4.50 .6H10 3. 70 . . 52~fo 'l'ipple Rmp/oy•s 

4.50 . 64~1 o I 3. 70 I . 523⁄4 o 4. 50 . G4 , io 3. 10 I . 52~1 o 

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N orE: D ifferences bet,,·cen districts in the foregoing minimum rates are not to be considered as fi xing 

permanent wage differenti als or est ablishing precedents for fn ture wage scales. 

Resolved, That the Chairman of this Code Authority deliver a copy 

of this re olution to the N n.tionul Recovery Administration, to the 

end that it may submit the same to any other Code Authority 

affected thereby. Resolved, That the National Recovery Administrator be and he 

hereby is requested to recommend aid arnendments for th approval 

of the President. 

Resolved, That the National Recovery Administrator take such 

steps as may be appropriate to cause said amendmen t to become 

effective on April 1, 1934. 

CERTIFICATE 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a 

resolution adopted by the Code Authority for the E astern SubDivision of Division No. I under the Bituminous Coal Code at a 

meeting held by it in Washington, D.C., on the 30th day of l\!Iarch, 1934. 

WAL'l'ER A . JONES, Secretary. 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a 

resolution adopted by the Code Authority of Western Pennsylvania, 

Sub-division of Division No. 1 under the Bituminous Coal Code at a 

meeting held by it in Washington, D.C., on the 30th day of March, 1934. 

B YRON H. CANON, S ecretary. 

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a 

re olution adopted by the Sub-Divisional Code Authority for Ohio 

under the Bituminous Coal Code at a meeting held by it in Washington, D.C., on the 30th day of March, 1934. 

Approved Code No. 24, Amendment No. 1. 

Registry No. 702- 45. 

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R. L. IRELAND, Secretary. 
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