Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-24
WAGE SCALE
IN COAL Mines
sobstance Of Agreement Between
operators' Assn Of Wyom-
mo and Miners Union.
EIGHT HOURS A DAYS WORK.
,.,, Points Of Controversy Salts
mc.orny Adjusted and outlook
Is for Steady Run.

j. for steady Run.
-.,.. seal, Of prices and rules, rcgula-
49,. and provisions contained I'm the
,.,-rst agreement between the Wyom-
o..r4tors' association and the Mine
,,ior. show that the coal miners
tsfoc comfortably provided for, and
"a. tbe business now ought ito pay so
I'M thst when the crops are AN har-
-, and moved quilted a movement
,,,, toward the coal mines for
-. y.trters work might De expect
90 a, eieht-hour day is definitely agreed
iph.i hours actual work iu the
exclusive of 80 minutes for mid
.s,ft lunch. six days iu the week When
.,,ired by the operators, sundays aha
I toHdays excepted. Drivers shall
lt am eight hours and take theW
NoiN to.aud from the stables. the time
I'u'C 5oine not being included I'm the
~. lab1r. provided that no't over Nv
u',es are required I'm going TO OF
t,5n Inc working place and stable
JUSTICE TO ALL
r,srs are suitable penalties for load
t.g .a4I hy miners Of sulphur pone,
sist. blackjack or other impurities
M duties of pit-committees are con-
ensd Co adjustment of disputes pelMee"
tesess and operatives. with arrange
.rt for appeal 10 arbitration when
N sufficient Importance. The right 20
tire and discharge mine managers and
NJ direction of the working forces is
rested exclusively in the operator; only
!, is not the intention of this provision
n encourage tho discharge OF employees
on The refusal Of employment To apph-
Cuts because Of personal prejudice oI
activity iu matters Affecting the coIu-
many and the union and there are pro-
Visions On the agreement which VIII enc
sure strict Justice 10 amy employe.
PAID TWICE A MONTH
The operators agree Co pay twice "a
month. on or before the 18TH. or ON or
before the last day Of the month; also
to check of union dues, assessments
fines and limitations from the miner
and mine laborcrs, wnen desired. The
miners may employ "a acknowledgement.
me- Nuremonts OF work urUn which
rsrdage is paid shall Doe made semi
m0nthly. with payment In fun as other
work Is paid for The operators are %
hv am permanent track On entries min
ems laying entry ana room rails as at
present An equal turn Is offered each
miner and loader. ln case Of fatal ac-
,idcnts in O. mine. employees may cease
work for the day. with resumption of
work the day following at the option of
he operator; but employees may absent
g themselves from work TO attend the
funeral. Each member Of the IT, NJ. w.
Of A. at the mine where the deceased
was employed. shall contribute 81 and
D.
family OF the deceased. Operators shall
keep mines as dry as possible boy keep
ing waiter on the roads and ont OF the
working places. h-lia
IN CASE OF ACCIDENT.
All companies shall keep sufficient
blankets oil, bandagcs, cots, etc. ready
and available at each mine to proper
Is care for and convey injured persons
10 their homes or to the hospital after
an accident Rooms suitable for the
care Of injured shall. where II is neces-
Fary, be provided at each mine by the
company The agreement provides al
so for a hospital commission for med
ical and surgical administration. the
maintenance of "a hospital fund. with
settlement Of differences I'M govern
.ment of such matters by arbitration.
No scale of wages shall be made by
the 4. ~ W. Of a. Tor mine boss.
assistant mine boss. top foreman COM
p8uy weigh boss, boss drivers, night
boss head carpenter night foreman.
master mechanic and head electrician.
Then the erection of head frames.
buildings. scales, machinery railroad
switches, etc, being classed in cou-
sucton work is excluded from union
Jurisdiction There Is "a good deal of
detail I'm the matter of the duties OF
engineers administration of local COM
5Iu0us designed 90 protect both oper-
aior and operative
SCALE or WAGES.
THE scale OF day wages inside range
from sl10 for Jrappers (boys). to "a
for gas Watchmen. miners working hy
the dag. receiving $40, and shot hrcrs
and machine runners $3.50 per day.
urNau receive S3.15. motor brakemen
&a2a. and snubhers and switch boys
S. ON the outside wages run from
81 for grcascrs and slate plckers
tboy1 lD 50 for boiler makers. ma-
CHu.sts carpenters. electricians,
m1sogs and brick layers receiving
$3.50 miners taken from face S3.40,
rpomg the same. outside labor not
classified $3.50 Engineers receive
tl2 per month. nrcmen SO per day.
Sew mines opened and developed dur
l1g the life Of the agreement are 10
De governed boy the same rates and
mining conditions as provided in mines
operating under like conditions cover
I'd hy his contract which ls in force
rom Sept i. 1907, to Sept !. 1905 and
s agreed that % meeting shall hc
htld GU days prior to sept T. zoos. tn
arrange @ wage schedule Tor the year
BEGINNING sept ], 1905.
RUN or WORK.