New-York tribune., 1902-06-12
SAYSHS AN EIGHT THOTB ~,
A MINING AUTHORITY DIscrsSrs
ANTHRACITE SITUATION

F. z. Saward. an authority on tba
who has just returned from the scene of 80 uade.
makes the following statement CT the cor,ese, s1fse,
The average individual does not ss.u,
dispute II it be called Sis11faar r1n1tfarae.ts trsss
Siair, for c co,1,ty only has put one
spends tnat II can go no further in tba SIMPLY re-
1t should be remembered that in sa,..
after a series rof years OF yerv an pterroer Ia
the market did not take the pTotucr tGc G Gtraae whs
men for certain items OF increase a1I Irora tas
election all these claims and ier7a ID National
eeded 10. Af6er some little cross firing we're re ac-
tinued for another year from April ! - was con-
with the extraordinary good work had dT-1i,T g1 This
worker in ard about the mines in a Put ths
The o1eratoTs - e'aIS. previous 20 that r-,7
T @ [ttots na1 also much TO be thankN,1 ne
anu laSt year went on record one Of fbai Ilor
When this year came round. d. f # i2ng ing time.
ara expectancy that another good sesSo7 Iops
concessions some 6f tF @ ., M ,he me Union and oths-
IN themselves perhaps. but at the sara Iancs
were claims and demands. In the face - Ie tney
that 10 change had been made in re % t5e fact
prices for the year that it Was - tn ss sSneuIe q
ana was already formulated there waS -So@r Is ast
be no opportunity for granting any fte-1 tlgnt , 70
looked to further increase OF the cosr l 80 s%nica
aGctlon: RecoSntion Of the union was had pHa Pc
ldentS of the several producing and carry1g PIES
PaLAes, ana therefore that fell by the ways,5s =
upon vas concerned The other feat1rsss' rss''s.IIs sing
discussed calmly ana deI1DSTaTelv nd
United Mine Workers put the onlIs OF a s+r,ltn tns
TIE Workmen themselves. with the known res,s. s0l
The operators have some rights that are S1I not :.
ne HShtly thrown aside; they claim that tn 49, -
the miner the miners Iaborer on r55a 'e.sal .sal
band II would tend to work 70 his disadvanta - =
ne Is a contractor working his own fin1s
company pays its miners for the number of a.
worked by the breaker and endsavors ia te s nolrs
miners enough TO keep the breakers Supplied 5yt.S
amount of coal they are to send OUT Tha5 '' tn sns
have done in some the operators are f1res4
DeTS- This is expensive. for they are comUsI.s =
turn TO employ additional drivers and runners sn5
with no appreciabIe benefit in the vay OF to-nazs ~
Ene IN; c2Inpany receHty adopted the plan OF che:k-
they actually remain under ground only a66Ut w.
breaker is scheduled TO work eight horTs.i .s .hs
miners average from four 70 five hours ur6a-
and from their chambers or places 6f V9rS i 20 =
ing to get up the shaft etc-
hour day and ten hours pay are those Er7v-,4 =
company men Anticipating this eight hour sr,5s =
the plan ~ hiring all men and bows ~ the h9S.S
a. al PayentS; % 9isHks etc are TOW made On ths,
Palies in the Lackawanna region worked IS hours
ten hour days or 2i8 eight hour DAYS By = tak.,
the days the mines actually started up and aver.
aging the hours worked on those DAYS thew AVA.
aged up 7.3 hours day during rhe wear IN.
OF = per cent IN pay. which is rnvarranted. 2:
men II and about the mines with those Of ot5s-
calllngs. who bring into plav the same amount III
skill and VINO are called upon share q TX
amount Of risk.
As to weighing coaI-7ssur1i7g that +hs~ e4o-,-
acceds to the demands weigh all coal ths o1s-
ators would necessarily have 70 use the present ca
prices Of which they have twelve Or fou-rssr
different rates. as basis to figure hack from suf
II figured properly the miner would be no .rerre-
of than the basis The cornpsr riez v~li5
De put to a great expense. account Of scaIs
ana Encouragement Of breakers. TO say nothing o1
the troubles and controversies with committees .
ARRIVING at ton price. the readjustneat OF Al
yarcage prices etc II would simply open the doal
TO an endless amount OF trouble and EXPENSE snf
stated before. II fairly adjusted the men wol-
IN no way Dc benefited. The narrow margin ~ rrt
vote 10 strike shows that many Of the inteIIigs1
employees believe the operators statements % .;
correct