Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1900-04-20
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surate with the Importance of the in
dustry. The expectation is to place
orders for Rocky Fork coal as far east as
Fargo and in all the cities to the west as
far as Spokane. The coal is the best
produced in the west and there is no
reason why it cannot command a
market all over this stretch of country
with the exercise Of little systematic
effort with that end in view. A force of
600 coal miners will before long be en-
ployed in the Rocky Fork mines, which
means a doubling of the former out
put.
while the company had not figured
on starting UP work as early as this, yet
when learned on my first trip here how
anxious the miners were to return to
work and saw the solcitudc of your
business men over tho shutdown of the
mines, tho decision was made to begin
work with all possible haste and that is
the main reason for starting up the mines
ut this early date. You have IN enter
prising community here and it shall be
my utmost effort To- advance tho interests
OF your city in every legitimate manner
IN which may have all influence"
Here is the schedule of wages, together
with explanatory references, submitted
by the company and adopted without
change by the union:
On and after this date the following
schedule Of wages will be paid by the
Rocky Fork Coal Company Of Montana
for all labor hereinafter mentioned, to-
wit:
70 traclSlayers and timbcrmcn, s3 per
day Of 10 hours.
10 helpers to tracxlaycrS and timber
mcn, $50 PCT day of ten hours.
To mule drivers Wlndcrground), S2.75
pcr day Of ten hours.
To nll other inside labor $3.50 pcr day
Of ten hours.
To men employed for dumping of coal
on tipple, from S2,35 " $50 pcr day 81
ten hours.
~ all other common laburcrs (outsice),
2.25 per day Of ten hours.
10 boys employed in mine, $l.l5 per
day OF ten hours.
~ boys employed outside, 81 per day
of ten hours.
For mining coal in No. 4 vein, in
rooms, 10 pcr ton of 1000 pounds Of
coal screened over BAR screens now III
use.
for cross cuts between rooms Sl.5O
per yard, cross cuts to be driven in top
coal.
For room turning, $3.50
The said coal company hcrcby agrees
10 put in place all room switches to fur
nish and put in place double blocks and
sheayes Tor rooms To lay the first fifty
feet of track in each room from the main
entry; to maintain ropes used in rooms
for lowering ears and Keep said ropes in
repair.
The miners will lac required and ii shall
bc their dutN 10 maintain the roons and
working places in good order: to set all
| tinbcrs needed in roonls and To lay their
own tracks after the first fifty feet Shall
have been laid. tIhc coal company will
furnish all matcrial necessary for rooms
on cars at bottom 81 each room.
For driving entries in No. vein the
company will furnish electric mining.
stenrlng and drilling machines, and
electric power to operate the same, and
will pay tor all entry coal Is cents per
TON oi 2OoO pounds OF screened lump
coal, ~ aforesaid.
When machines viii not be furnished
he rate fer driving entries will be $:} per
linear yard. IN either case cross cuts.
between entries will be paid for at the
rate Of sl.5O per yard
Ibc same prices and conditions will
govern Tor labor in the No. 2 vein as in
~ the No d, for all labor excepting that
the mining rate for No 2 will be 80 cents
per ton ns aforesaid.
In the event that veins No. and No.
9 bc worked, the mining rate therein
Shall Fc 80 cents per ton, and the same
prices shall bc paid for narrow work as
will PC paid in the veins hcrcnbefOrc
mentioned.
DEALS IN DIRT.