The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-11

PROPOSED ,"NEIN ArIoN FoE sIIIkL~ ANI
Bosses


PROPOSED ,"NEFy ATIoN FoE aIIIkL~ lNp
BOSSES
One uf the mos, important movements
ever made in the South Yorkshire oual
field is now being organized amongst the
owners of co-Avries IA that important dis
trlct. The coordination referred tY u to
be known a. ''1he south Yorkshire Col
liery Owners Association. with ~ nuiui-
nal capital "a taN.VUU divided ntp 2O.
Wp shares ii 40 each. fhe growing
power of the Miners Association on the
one hand. and the serious losses how ana
again caused ty eXp.,sI"iI7. tr-s AM other
accidents. have r. ia-e wears bc,u mark
ed that there can " nr wosi-ra- tht pres
ent cumbinauuu. u need scarcely be
mentioned that only q lev wears ago strikes
almost assumed raIIuuIc aspect Struz
giles such a. these at The Oaks Culliery-
extending over - weeks tiius, uf Thorn
clffe. DeDauv. ana other pits eutailed
losses to the extent Il almost fabulous sums
Of money, in addition % driving away the
trade from tile district These ~al misru-
derstaHdings. however. have. as lt were.
been thrown IN the shade NM the frequent
explosions and disasters which have oc-
Cured ia the distrs,-t The LundhIn ex-
plosion ia 1857. az which IS9 lives Wore
lost, il il sail. entailel y cost oi uury thau
e20 900 IN the part II A. owners in clear
ing the workings alune after they had heun
flooded Tie explosion at Edmuuds
Nam, in lS62, cntailed great expense to
the proprirtors Whllst the AL disaster 4t
the Oaks Culiery in 1866. when 800 per-
sons perished, involved the owner an in-
calcHlable loss and expense. which IN -uiug
on at the present time. The serious ire
at WombwtI Main and Darheii Man.
as well as other disasters. might als1 Le
pointed to and held M rs The causes fur
such All association The memorandum
Of ASSOCIATION, which has just Been drawn
up, states that the object of the company
is to insure members against losses which
may at any time ~ sustained I'm thcm ~
spectfully by any reason of any strike ~
workmen employed upon their respective
collieries, or from any other unforeseen
oause or accidont, subject to tile regula-
tons for the tnne being IN force M the COM
pa v, the said IN tmhcrs tu gct almrensatinn
IN RESI- &c t. any sIch loss. The IHe u ocs.n-
dun Of ASSOCIATION goes on To- State tine
other objects of the company, which are tu
create fund by share, to assist member,
III working collieries, to ACT as meaus of
conUiliation and To- arhitrate disputes. III
well as to lend money a. coilicry oumpa-
MES, to acquire rights III patents for work
ing coal and collIeries. and to cooperate
with miners unions and associations, and
to make agreements with them effect
ual, &c. No person shall We entitled W
membership unless the collicry he reTrs-
sents be insured ii respect ~ AZ least 100
900 tons of coal per year. No person Or
corporation representing a collery will
hold les IN the aggregate than two
nh res in tie company in Respect to
every one uhouslnk tons Of coal got
at such pit during sac year previous. it
j. further stated that compensation Shall
never exceed the sum Of Is Ol .4or be less
than Is weekly for each ton W ,ua. I'M rg-
spe,t of which sum insnrano. shall "
made The premium paid shall be after
the rate of cas I'enny ia respect NJ each
shilling VI Srvsiy compensation so Il b
Isaid- All ~. a..ums are 10 be paid weekly
but no compensation will he plid unless \
strike has continued for six days AZ least. ~
lt viii { nus he seen that an important
movement y on fuv5, Ih- working If which
wIll cause a good deal II interest MT only
IN south Yorkshire, bat throughunt the
whole "a thu British coal helas