The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-17

After working eight hours, a
member shall receive his wages if he
demands it, and if the members demands
are not complied with, he shall receive
the regular rate of wages for all work.
ing time he is waiting
C.. You are not familiar with this or
SaniZation at all, are you?
A. ] do not know anything about 1t.
q. But do you think that eight hours
in that organization adds to the efficiency
OF the labor and enjoyment of the cm-
ployer?
a. l do not know anything about that
organization. q. | credit you, and sim
ccrely credit you. Mr.. Mitchell. with the
desire YOU express, to establish perma
ent peace and friendly relations between
employers and their employees. | feel YOU
are working to that end, and | am also,
although we may be pursuing different
paths
Now, n subsequent demand is as to our
system of weighing coal. Do YOU know
how we do measure the wages of the
miners at our colleries? y. l under
stand YOU weigh the coal g. l. there
any further demand upon us in respect
tn that? A. Yes we ask that YOU pay
for u legal ton of coal. g. Don't we do
that. A No, sir. @. What do we pay for
il. A. Your ton Is, | understand, from
2IiO pounds to $3.50 pounds-l Will not be
sure of the exact iigures-it is one of
those special tons.
A Legal Ton of Coal.
G.. Let us clear up this obscurity in II,
which appeared to me in your language
this morning, or perhaps resulted from
my inability to understand what you
said. What do you mean by legal ton
"A legal ton of what? a. Coal .. Do
pounds of coal we can Sell-merchantable
coal? A. You possibly pay for some 22i0
pounds, but there are some you do not
ray for. @. Some of the merchantable
coal. A. Yes sir; some of marketable
coal @. Marketable and merchantable,
you know, are two different things, II
we are selling coal below what il costs to
proauce it, we are substantially giving
away our capital, and if We average
such wages as we think you will dis
cover when you have the entire tabua-
ton of our collieries before you, ought
we also to pay for producing coal which
we sell at loss? A. You ought to pay
the miner for every pound of coal that
he mines that is marketable
q. Your next demand is that We should
make an agreement with You, represent
ing the United Mine Workers of America; I;
and I wish to ask you If YOU have pre-
pared n proposed form of agreement,
which you ask this commission to COM
pei us to execute? A. No, I have simply
suggested in my opening address to the
commission a form that ! thought would
be practicable and acceptable 10 all the
interests In this field. ., That was
form for settlement of disputes. A. Yes,
sir.
C. But that did not go into any detail.
You say: IAN agreement between the
United Mine Workers of America and
the anthracite coal companies, of the
wages which shall be paid and the con-
ditons of employment which shall OBJ
tain, together with satisfactory methods
for the adjustment of grievances" Now
your proposal was wholly limited to the
adjustment of grievances? A. No. sir;
had suggested that the wages which the
commits sion should award would become
a part of the agreement, and then that
provision should be made for the adj
iustment of any grievances during the
life of the agreement, ON general mat
teIs
- Would YOU kindly have sketched out
a fcrm of agreement, for instance. that
YOU would wish the gentlemen that l
represent to sign with you? A. | would
say l have the sketch l make in my