The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1903-03-26

Of those contract miners of any COM
pany check weighman or check dock
ing bosses, or both, shall be employed.
The wages Of said check weighman
and check docking bosses shall be fix
ed, collected. and paid by the miners
In such manner as the said miners
shall by majority vote. elect and when
requested by majority of said miners
the check weigher and deductions
made proprotionately from the earn
ings of the said miners on such basis
as the majority of said miners shall
determine.
6. Miners shall be distributed among
miners, who are at work, as uniformly
and as equitably as possible, and there
shall be no concerted effort on the part
of the miners or mine workers Of any
colliery or colleries, to limit the output
Of the mines, or to detract from the
quality of the work performed, unless
such limitation of output be in con-
formity to an agreement between an
operator or operators and an organiza-
ton representing a majority OF said
miners in his or their employ.
z. In all cases where miners are paid
by the car, the increase awarded to the
contract miners is based upon the cars
in use, the topping required and the
rates paid per car which were in force
on April /, 1902. Any increase in the
size of car, or in the topping required,
shall be accompanied by proportion
ate increase in the rate paid per car.
s. The following sliding scale OF
wages shall become effective April l.
1903, and shall affect all miners and
mine workers included in the award OF
the commission: The wages fixed IN
the awards shall be the basis Of, and
the minimum under, the sliding scale.
For increase of cents in the average
price Of white ash coal or sizes above
pea coal, sold at or near New York be-
tween Perth Amboy and Edgewater
and reported to the bureau OF anthra-
cite coal statistics, above $3.50 per ton
T. o. b. the employees shall have an in
crease of per cent. in their compensa-
tion which shall continue until change
in the average price of said coal works
a reduction or on increase in said ad-
ditional compensation hereunder; but
the rate OF compensation shall in no
case be less than that fixed in the
award. That is, when the price of said
coal reaches s4.55 per ton, the conipen-
sation will be increased per cent, to
continue until the price falls below
s4.55 per ton. when the per cent. in
crease will cease, or until the prices
reaches $3.50 per ton, when an addi-
tional l per cent. will be added. and so
on. These average prices shall be
computed monthly, by an accountant
or commissioner, named by one OF the
circuit judges Of the third judicial cir
cult of the United States, and paid by
the coal operators, such compensation
as the appointing judge may fix. which
compensation shall be distributed
among the operators in proportion to
the tonnage Of each mine. In order to
secure the successful working OF the
sliding scale provided herein, it is also
adjudged and awarded: That all coal
operating companies file at once with
the United States Commissioner OF La
bar, a certified statement Of the rates
of compensation paid in each occupa-'
tion known in their employment, as
they existed April l, 1902.
9. No person shall be refused en-
or in any way Disseminated
against, on account of membership
or non-membership in any labor Or
ganization, and there shall be no dis
eliminating against, or interference
with, any employe who is not a mem
Der of any labor organization by mem
hers of sllch organization.
10. All contract miners shall be re-
quired to furnish within a reasonable
time before each pay day, a statement
of the amount of money due from them
before each pay day, a statement on
the amount of money due from them
to their laborers, and such sums shall
be deducted from the amount due the
contract miner, and paid directly to
each laborer by the company. All en-
ployes when paid shall be furnished
with an itemized statement Of account.
II. The awards herein made shall
continue in force until March 81, 1906;
and any employe. or group Of employees
violating any Of the provisions thereof,
shall be subject to reasonable discip-
line by the employer; and, further.
that the violation Of any provision of
these awards. either b. employer or
employees shall not invalidate any OF
the provisions thereof.
The commission also made number
of recommendation which may be
summarized as follows: The discontin-
uance OF the system of employing "the
coal and iron police" because this
force is believed to have had an irrita-
ting effect, and a resort to the regular
ly constituted peace authorities in case
Of necessity; stricter enforcement of
the laws in relation to the employment
of children; that the State and Federal
governments should provide machin-
cry for the making Of compulsory
investigation of difficulties, similar to
the investigation which this commits
sion has made.
The commission expresses the opin-
ion that with a few notifications thn
Federal act of October, 1888, authoriz-
ing a commission to settle controver-
sizes between railroad corporations and
other common carriers could be made
the basis of law for arbitration in
the anthracite coal mining business.
The commission however takes a de-