The Springfield herald., 1897-03-05

| tors IN thelr DenhlI, ana tne secoH'
party hereby appoint - and = as
arbtrators in their behalf, and these
four shall select fifth arbitrator, and
the five shall proceed forthwith to arbi-
trate the two questions stated In the
preceding paragraph. and their decis-
ion shall be final, and all of the parties
hereto agree to abide forthwith by such
decision.
Fourth-If the four arbitrators ap-
pointed by the parties hereto shall be
unable to agree upon n fifth man with
in five days from the date hereof, the
two parties hereto will each appoint
two new arbitrators in place of the
two appointed by them respectively.
and the four so appointed shall forth
with proceed to select fifth man. II
the four newly appointed arbitrators
shall fail within five days after their
appointment to agree upon II fifth man,
another new set Of arbitrators shall be
appointed, and so on, until Il full Board
of ArbitratOrs shall have been select
ed, and when such full board shall
have been selected they shall proceed
forthwith to arbitrate said questions,
and their decision shall be final.
Fifth-That the first party to this
agreement shall include not only all
persons who are now employees of min
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shall also include all persons who may
hereafter become employers of miners
and mine labor in said district, and the
word "persons" shall include corpora;
tions and organizations of every kind
and nature; and that the second party
shall include not only all miners and
| mine labor now In said district, but
also all miners and mine labor that
may hereafter be in said district, and
whatever their organizations or combi-
nations may be.
SiXth-This agreement shall be bind
ing upon and between each of the par
ties constituting the first party herein,
who shall execute this agreement, and
each of the parties constituting the sec
ond party who shall constitute this
agreement, though not all the parties
constituting either the first or the sec
Ond party, shall SO execute this agree
ment, and whenever there is n differ
ence to be arbitrated hereunder. only
the particular parties to the grievance
shall appoint the arbitrators, and any
one or more of the parties constituting
either the first or the second party
may present grievances. or may have
grievances presented against them. and
such grievances shall be arbitrateL
hereunder, with the same force and eff
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| grievance. The arbitratOrs to be ap-
pointed under sections .. 3 and 4 hereof
shall be appointed on the party of the
first part by all parties who sign this
agreement, as parties of the first part.
and the arbitratorS on behalf of the
second party herein shall be appointed
only by the Cloud City Miners Union
No. 3:5 and the Federated Engineers of
Leadville. the said union to have four
votes, and the said Federated Engi-
neers to have one vote in appointing
said arbitrators. and in all cases here
after arising. where two or more par
| ties constituting either the first or the
second party shall be Joined by griev-
ance, the respective parties to the
grievance shall vote on the appoint
ment of arbitrators in proportion to
the number of members of their re
| spective bodies.
Seventh-I'hat employees. in dealing
with miners and mine labor, shall rec
ognize labor organizations. and that
miners and mine labor shall recognize
combinations of employers.
| Eighth-That union and non-union
men shall work side by side in the
same properties, accord each other de
cent and respectful treatment, and that
| union men shall treat non-union men
with the same amity in their relations
as co-laborers as they treat members
of their own union.
| Ninth-That employers shall not dis
criminate either for or against union
men, simply because they are union
men, but that employers may refuse to
employ union men for all the reasons
for which they may not employ nom
union men.
| Tenth-That no strike and no lock-
out shall be declared, except upon Sc
cret ballot. and that whenever a vote
shall be taken upon the question of de-
claring n strike or lockout off, such
vote shall also be taken by secret bal
lot. and record kept of the same
Eleventh-That neither strike nor n
lockout shall be declared without a no
tice to the other party of at least thirty
days.
| Twelfth-That in no event shall Il
strike or a lockout be declared, or for
eign labor imported to supplant resi-
dent labor without first submitting the
differences to arbitration.
Thirteenth-That all differences in re-
| gard to the scale of wages. insurance
fund. distinction between skilled and
unskilled labor, hours of labor and all
other matters of like Importance shall
be submitted to arbitration, to n Board
of Arbitration to be appointed in the
manner stated in paragraphs three and
four hereof.
Fourteenth-That all labor organiza-
tions and organizations of EMPLOYERS
of labor shall be so organized and so
conducted that all of their members
who may be guilty of lawless conduct
shall be expelled, and each orgnniZa-
ton shall be reasonably morally re
Sponsible for the acts of its members.
Fifteenth-That all organizations.
both among the employers and among
the employed, shall have absolute con
troll of their own action in all labor
matters relating to said Leadville dis
trict, and they shall at all times be con
trolled by their own local counsel in
all labor matters relating to said Lead
vile district; but this shall not prevent
any such combination or organiZa tion
being or becoming Il member of n
greater combination or organization ey.
tending beyond said Leadville district
or beyond the state of Colorado.
SiNteenth-When this agreement shall
he executed it may be recorded in the