Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-08-29
JUDGE GRAY'S AWARD
Settlement of the Mining Trouble Tn
the BIrninKharn DiEtrIct.

the BIrminKharn District
Birmingham. Speciai-The board q
appointed 90 adjust mat
to-s in controversy between coal oD-
orators and miners ia the Birming-
ham distric.. mads its AWAKE through.
its chairman. Judge Cray. q Della
ware. az a late hour. After Tecit-
ing the claims made ~ the miners
and the operators. respectively. the
report. about i.f00 words in length
makes the following awards.
Minimum and maximum rate OF the
sliding scale. the rates Der ton Tor
mining coal on TIE Pratt basis vary A.
cordinE 20 the selling price of pix
iron. A. Il cents when PTS iron Is
selling AZ 3 per ton. 70 81 IL cents
whcs irsn IS selling at $3.50 per ton
The same proportionate Increase -
Co De given on day wages FOR work IN
and about the mines. but no IN
/ crease is given by this award for mar
row work
a seni-monthly payment Of wages
/ rrosn and after October I. the earn
I ings 90 day men shall be paid sent
monthly and such commissary checks
or credits as the operators may issue
% their employees stan rot De trans
ferabie but shall Do rcviecmable In
goods az The respective commissaries
upon which they are drawn only when
presented by the employees 70 whom
they have been issued or by some
/ member of their families.
Rates Tor narrow work. The rntai
II the maximum pricc-on the Pratt
basis-to De- paid Tor work In head
inrs. exclusive q air courses. shall Dc
s21I per yard In lieu 90 s2-s4 pcr
yard. the present rate. rates for
work In air courses Co remain on the
present basis.
on the subject 80 dlGcrentil be
tween machine and pick MINING. thc
board makes mo- conclusion. a. insun-
Client data have bccn presented on
which ID form an Intelligent award
F. The board suggests that COMMITTEES
} + from both sides he appointed 90 make
, oxrerimenfs and TX dirercntlai
b Minimum DAYS ~ laber The award
- 7 on this subject provide for system
D. % fines 60 De Imposed Tor absencs
J. from work. except for sickness. or ~
Z ter notifying and obtaining the con
Z sent of the mine foreman An alters
, ton " mining d. suspension To-
r. v.Srk for a fixed number 81 days.
e. Men Who do not work 80 days in an
e. one month when the mine is in opera
ton 20 days or more shall be- hnct 5
or suspended the first SIX days in IN
following month. or BE- assigned 20 az
other working place. The fines I'm
s. posed shall be- collected through th
comnany's officers and be- paid go IN
n. srrrstary-treasurer ~ district 20 tAlI
a. hamal ~ the United Nrne Workers ,
ID. America. ON or before the 10th day ,
be- each month. II shall Bee optional vii
pr the operator 60 impose fines or su
a. pend mine workers or assign ne
~ places. In cases provided for above.
Do pinential between Pratt and oth'
ie / mines. The dirercntlal In the RAJ
#. for mining coal az tho Jefferson mix
~ and the Kimberly mine of the Centr
". Coal Company shall he reduced ~
r and one-haif cents per ton. the var
age az the above mines go remain as
ms present.
no Employment of boys under lt yea
fr ~ age A submission having Dee
on made by representative of both std
to this contrDversry of thc question
80 the axe at which boys may De- I'd
nag ployed 10 is hereby awarded that
Doe and after September T. 1903. no Do
unler the age 20 "a years shall De- 81
he ployed or permitted in tre mines
ln- ans 20 the mine operators who a
q parties to this arbitration.