The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-08-23
Both Sides Were Grant cd Some COnceS-
 siOnS. sEMI-MoNTHLY PAYDAY Men Are Restricted as to
 Laying of.
 ~---s-- Regulations Are Also Thrown Around Check systsm--Boys Under I4 Must Not Work in the
 Mines Other ouss-
 tons are Settled.

Birmingham, Ala. Ang. 2s.-Ths, poarR Of Arbitration appointed to settle, certain matters in controversy between certain
 coaI operators and coal miners fin the
 Birmingham District of Alabama make
 to the respective parties in said contro-
 versy the following report and awards: The claims of the miners coming with
 in the scope of the arbitration were de-
 cided to be: First, that there should he
 an increase of cents per ton on the. minimum and maximum Of the then ax-
 isting sliding scale with . proporticnata
 increase to day men and for narrow work. Second. an ei~s<t hour day. Third.
 semi-naonthly payment of wages andS earnings. T '
 '"rhe claims of the operators decidsdfto
 be within the scope of the arbitration were: First, a readjustment of rates fon narrow work. Second. an adjustment of the differentiai between machine worzx and pick work. Third the estabifshmenn of minimum number of days per month in which q miner Ahali be required tnl work. Fourth. readjustment of day. wages. Fifth, a rHadtustment of the dlf~ ference of the wage scale between Pratt and ether mines. F
 Upon the questions stated testimony was heard until Wednesday,. the 1Dkh on. August, in all during nine days. At tha conclusion of the testimony conferanceas were held and deliberations had on the, 18th, 20th. 2ist and 2znd of the aaran month. and after full and fair conaider-a ation the Board of Arbitration finds, ad-i judges and awards as follows: |. Minimum and Maximum Rafe Of Sliding Seale-The rates perston for min. ing coal on the Pratt baais shall be as. follows:
 '.when pig iron is selling at s per ton.
 -'whsn pig iron is selling at . per ton.
 When ], pig ron is sslIins at ,s.so per
 when pig iron is selling at slO.So per ton, 5S cents. 'sWhen pig iron is selling at S11 50 her ton, 57 1-2 cents. a
 '"rhe same proportionate incresae shan be given on day wages for work in and about the mines, but no increase is given by this award for narrow work. P A Semi-monthly Payment of Wages 1 From and after October 1, 1908. the earnings of miners and wages of day men shall be paid semi-monthly, and such commiseary checks or credits as the op- orators may issue to their employees shah not be transferable, but shah De re- deemable in goods at the respective com missaries upon which they are drawn only when presented by the employees to whom they have been issued or by some member of their families.
 a. Rates for Marrow Works-The to. tai of the maximum price lon the Prafn basis) to be paid for work In headingB. exclusive of air-courses, shall be two dol- I lars and seventy-one cents (&2.1f) p0E yard in lieu of two dollars and eighty.l four cents W2.sD per yard. the presene rate; rates for work in air courses to remain on the present basis.
 'H. Differential Between Machine and Pick Mining.-The arbitrators have eaxs- fully considered the question of a .dif- ferential between pick and machine m1fn- ing. but lind 1t impossible to arrive a1 a satisfactory conclusion in regard to the sama. Their inability to do so is owing to the fact that no sufficient data have been furnished upon which an intelligent judgment can be formed. Machine min- ing is so new in this district that no adequate experience has yet been had to furnish a basis for just settlement of differential We, therefore. suggest that a committee made up from leading men on both sides of the controversy bo appointed to make experiments and hY this means fix a differentiaL
 s. Minimum number of days-Minere absent from work more than half day on pay day. or absent the day after pay day or for two consecutive days at any time during the month when the mine is in operation except in cases of sickness or after notifying and obtaining the cons
 
 first offense in any one month be fined 50 cents or suspended two days, and for the second oKense in the same month to bo fined n or suspended four days. Men who do not work twenty days in any one month when the mine ia in operation twenty days or more unless absent by reason of sickness or with the consent oe the mine foreman shall be fined the sum of $1 or suspended the first six days in the following month or be assigned to another working place.
 Any day man absent from work one day without notifying and obtaining the con- sent of the mine foreman except in case of sickness, shall be fined for the first of- fense in any one month 50 cents or be suspended for two days, and for the sec- ond offense in the same month shall be fined $1 or suspended for four days.
 'The fines hereby imposed shall be col- lected through the compauy's officers and be paid to the Secretary Treasurer of Dls- trict 20 (Alabama) of the United Mine Workers of America on or before the 10th day of each month.
 Tt shall be optional with the operator to impose fines or suspend mine workers, or assign new places in cases provided for above.
 ''s DffferentiaI between Pratt and ott- CT mines-The differential in the rate for mining coal at the Jefferson mine and the Kimberly mine of the Central Coal Com pany shall be reduced 2 1-2 cents per ton. the yardage at the above mines to remain as at present.
 Tt is understood that the JefEeraon mine aad the Kimberley mine are open ings from the same seam of coal.
 '7. Employment of boys under IA yeaFg of age-A submission having been made by representatives of both sides of thia controversy of the question of the age at which boys may be employed it is bereby awarded that on and after September |. 1908 no boys under the age of I4 yeara shall be employed or permitted m che mines by any of the mine operators who are parties to this arbitration.
 'S. When differentials for thin coal are