Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-03-07

"In case of the death of a member
|of the family of an employee the mine
shall not shut down for the funeral,
but no employee who is friend of the
family shall be in any manner re-
strained from attending such funeral
Where more than one shaft or OPP
ening is operated by one company in
contiguous territory, the word mine
shall be construed to cover all of such
shafts or openings"
Other resolutions were adopted with
few important changes from their last
years form.
First District Prices.
The following prices were adopted,
as parts of the day wage scale for the
first sub-district last evening:
Drivers, trip riders and pushers
per day $500
Track layers and pipe men per
udy... ...... ............ 2.l5
Cagers per day 49,. ......... 200
Oilers and trappers per day go. LOO
General inside adult labor per day 200
Top laborers. box car men and
top men per day ............ 1.60
But in no case shall reduction in
wages be made to a man now receiv-
lA6 IlOto LudA Pl.OUt pei udy.
Outside driver, for outside work
only, per day, S1.60.
Boy drivers may be used between
Ipartings, but when used at regular
switching they shall be considered as
men and receive mems wages.
This leaves all the day wages in the
first district settled except the price
the men shall be paid when taken
from tho faro for other work
The afternoon session of the joint
scale committee convention began at
2:20 o'clock today. The morning ses-
sion had closed during the discussion
of the scale price on room turning in
the first sub-district, but after dinner
the committee Immediately began
second and third districts. l.. R.
Rosebrook moved that the day wage
scale in those districts remain as it
was last year. Mr.. Reese remarked
that this was unjust as to track layers,
timber men and drivers to pay them
$2.15 as the price now is, and said that
the miners consider the scale should
be $2.25. The miners, however, did
not press this point, as it was consid-
cred useless to do So Mr.. Waterman's
motion to adopt was then carried.
This scale follows:
Track layers, timber men, drivers,
trip riders, cagers and all other gen.
eral inside labor, per day, $2.15.
Boy couplers, per day, $1.35.
Oilers, per day, $1.25.
| Trappers, per day, 81.
| Boy drivers may be used at part
ings, but when used at regular switch
ing they shall be considered as men
and receive mems wages.
Fourth District.
The fourth district Gu. M. w. of AZ
day wage scale was next taken up.
The operators offered to continue the
present scale but they demanded the
same scale as Is recognized in dis
tricts Nos. and 3.
The operators in the fourth district
argued that they have been forced to
concede several increases already and
should not be compelled to make this
one, on account of the difference be-
tween the conditions in the fourth and
the other districts.
AS the Courier goes to press this
matter is being discussed.
Adopting Scale.
The following parts of scale for day
wages in the fourth district were
adopted late this afternoon:
Track layers and head timber
men, per day. $2.15
Oilers and trappers, per day. -. loo
Trip riders, drivers, other general
inside adult labor, per day.. 2.94