The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1903-03-24

died since November /, 1902
Fourth---Any difficulty or disagree
ment arising under this award as to
it's Interpretation or it's application,
or in any way growing out of the re-
lations of the employer and employed,
which cannot be settled or adjusted
by consultation between the superin-
tendent or manager of the mine or
mines, and the miner or miners direct
ly interested, or is of scope too large
to be settled, shall be referred to
permanent joint commission, to be
called board of conciliation, to con-
sist of six persons appointed as here
matter provided.
That is to say, If there shall be a
division of the whole region into dis
tricts, in each of which there shall
exist a committee representing
majority of mine workers of such dis
'rict. and board of conciliation shall
be appointed by each of said organiza-
lions and three other persons shall
be appointed by the operators, the
operators in each of the said districts
appointing one person.
The board of conciliation thus con-
stituted shall take up and consider
any question referred to it as afore-
said, hearing the parties to the con-
troversy and such evidence as may be
laid before it by either party, and
any award made by majority of such
board of consultation shall be final and
binding on all parties. If, however,
the said board is unable to decide
any question submitted, or point re-
lating thereto, that question or point
shall be referred to an umpire, to be
appointed at the request of said board
by one of the circuit judges of the
(! Third judicial circuit of the Unitec
States. whose decision shall be tina
and binding in the premises.
Membership Of Board.
The membership of said board shall
at all times be kept complete, eithe1
the operators or miners organization
having right at any time when
controversy is not open to chang
their representation thereon. At hear
ings before said board the parties shall
be represented by such person or per
sons as they may respectively select
No suspension of work shall TAX
: place by lockouts or strike pendln'
!; the adjudication of any matter takel
up for adjustment.
, Fifth-Whenever requested by
: majority of the contract miners Q
, any colliery, check weighmen or chec
docking bosses, or both, shall be en-
ployed. The wages of such chec
: weighmen or check docking bosse
! shall be fixed, collected and paid b
! the miners in such manner as the sal
miners shall by majority vote cleo
and when requested by majority c
: said miners the operators shall pa
= the wages fixed for check Welghme
I and check docking bosses out OF d'
: ductions made proportionately frol
l the wages of said miners on such bas
3 as the majority of said miners sha
4 determine.
}, Sixth-Mine cars shall be dlstrl
uted among miners at work as un
f formly and as eqitably as possib
l. and there shall be no concerted e
e fort on the part of the miners or min
workers of any colliery or collierie
to limit the output of the mines or
detract from the equality of the wor
unless such limitation of output
uniform to an agreement betwee
operators or operators and an organ
, cation representing majority OF sa
miners in his or their employ.
@ When Paid by Car.
h Seventh-In all cases where mine
l, are paid by the car the increase awar
Y ed to the contract miners is based II
e on the cars in use, the topping requ1
II ed and the rates paid per car wheit
It were in force on April 1. 1902.
II Any increase in the size of the c.
d or topping required shall be accol
n panied by proportionate increase
e the rate paid per car.
,e Eighth-The following scale
v. wages shall become effective April
Is 1908. and shall affect all miners al
lr mine workers included in the awar
IS OF the commission. The wages hx
al in the awards shall be the basis
and minimum under the sliding sea
S For each increase of cents in t
" average price of white ash coal
ID sizes above pea sold at or near NJ
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