Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-04-16

cap rOCk, except IallS CduSSu " .oiipo
or on account of mines being idle, and
falls caused by first break in circle
work, and in front of the roadway out
ward to the inside corner Of his last
roadwall, and when fall occurs on
the roadway outward from the end OF
the roadwall, exceeding one car OF /
dirt, the pit boss shall, upon being no
titled, see that such fall is removed.
The company may run the machine |
double shift when necessary, on &C
count of delays from breakage' or una
yoidable causes, or it may run one
shift each twenty-four hours, whether
1t is during the time the mine Is run
ming coal or during the intervening
time, provided that one machine crew
work not to exceed forty-eight hours
in one week, when the mine runs every
day and when the mine is not working
full time, they may run the machines
as many hours as the pit runs each
week
The machine shovelers shall remove
the dirt cut by the machine from I'M
der the coal and clean up the place for
the leaders. The mining shall be done
in the clay and as thin as practicable
to clear the dutchman. In case it falls
or slips on the face, and the loader and
the pit boss cannot agree on the price
for cleaning it, the company may load
the place out with company men. Com
pany or machine men may load def
cient coal when loader and pit foreman
cannot agree on the price for same.
Loading Of bump coal to remain the
same as heretofore The same respon-
sibility of care of place shall apply to
leaders as to miners except when the
place is loaded out and cleaned up and
accepted by the company, then the
leaders responsibility ceases until he
takes the place again. Where machine
and pick miners work together in the
same mine, the turn shall lie made
equal in dollars and cents.
Corner Cutting.-Corner cutting on
longwall shall be sos cents per yard
and corner cutting in semi-longwall
shall be sos cents per yard for all per-
manent corners. What is considered
permanent corner is the corner next
to main entry and the corner next to
head of cross entry. Should a room
at any time be more than seven feet
ahead Of the inside room the miner
shall be given a place to work until
the inside room is caught up.
There shall be iron track in all
places where one man cannot push
out and in all back entries; not more
than two roads shall be permitted on
| air course for each cross cut; miners
4 shall not be required to turn loaded
cars on wooden platforms. In room
and pillar work the miner is to deliv-
er mis- loaded car and receive his
empty car as heretofore.
/ The depth of rooms in room and pill
lar work shall be not more than $50
| feet; in longwall work not more than
| Brushing =, The minimum price fol-
/ brushing in eight foot entries shall be
so cents per yard
1 Crib building = The price for build
ing cribs from clay and slate shall be
4 sos cents each the company to have
the option of doing same. but where
built by the company the miners shall
not be delayed in their work.
: Black Bat-Black bats over three
inches thick shall be considered as de
} ficient work and paid for according tt
resolution
\ Sub-District No. 2.
4 The scale for the second sub-distric
/ prepared by the sub-scale committee
follows:
The screens shall be of fiat or akron
: shaped bars of not less than SIS Of al
; inch surface with one and three-eighth
inches between the bars provided tina
where the diamond bars are now Il
use with not more than 1 Id inche
between the bars and in proper cond
ton said screens shall be retained.
Screened lump coal per ton :. :. 80
1t is hereby agreed that any min
y may make mine run coal when sal
= for same is found and the price sha
. be 8 cents less than present price
paid. Provided the minimum pric
shall be So cents per ton and the MAJ
2 imum price shall be 6S cents per tol
+ provided further that the mine
which are now on mine run basi
shall be continued on that basis durin
n the life of this agreement, except thu
II any mine on mine run basis shall
II permitted to return to lump co;
basis whenever said mines shall, by a
tual test, show over 65 per cent of lum
y coal. And whenever any mine on
= lump coal basis shows IS per cent {
= more of screenings it shall be place
on mine run basis. provided that IL
- per cent is shown by one weeks ties
- Provided further, that any mine n
having an established mine run pri'
IT or any new mine commencing oper
ton during the scale year shall ha7
IT the privilege of producing mine r,
y coal and making test basing the pri
q, of said mine run coal on the prese
,6 price of screened lump coal. Provide
IS further, that the minimum price sh;
30 be So cents per ton and the maximu
Il price shall be 6S cents per ton.
Y Eight foot entry, per yard :. ;. So.
,, Twelve foot entry. per yard :. :. L.
~ Room turning each, not to exceed
~ nine foot neck ;. :. j.. :. :. "A.
rs Where neck is required to be c
more than three feet on one side 50.
additional shall be paid.
" Double shifting in entries 25 Ger
N per yard extra.
ID Breakthroughs between entries
sc rooms, when required to be cut, sh
pr be paid for same as entries OF simil
width.
ar Brushing.
I'd Brushing by taking up bottom
ce taking down top shall be five and fl,
he sixteenths cents an inch measur