Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-11-21
AGREEMENT BY
JOINT BOARDS
MINERS AND THE OPERATORS
AGREE aTHAT HALF CASH
WILL DO
THE REST in CHECKS
Circular Issued From oskaloosa by
the Miners Organization Recon-
mends Same Policy of Pro-
cedure.

Representatives Of the United Mine
Workers of America of the Iowa dis
trict and the executive board of the
Iowa Mine Operators association, met
in a joint board meeting yesterday
afternoon at the Wapello Club rooms
in Ottumwa and officially arrived at
an agreement, that had been mutually
agreed upon previously where
by the mine operators on
the semi-monthly pay day
next Saturday will pay The min
ers half in cash and the balance in
checks or clearing house certificates.
By circular No. 6, which had been
isesued at Oskaloosa Nov. IS, the
miners officials recommended meet
ing the mine operators squarely in
their present predicament and not by
and rash action till further compli-
cate the present money stringency.
The Joint Board.
The operators were represented by
H. L. Waterman of Ottumwa presi-.
dent of the operators association and
chairman of the joint board; John P.
Reese. Abba; Ed Smith, Dies Moines;
S. W. White and l.. R. Rosebrook, Os-
kaloosa; Alex Dargavel. Centerville;
e. B. Buxton, Buxton and Mr.. Ketch-
am of Mendoza Mo.
Miners officials present we're John
P. White, president, and Edwin Perry.
secretary Of District No. Is, Oskaloosa,
Jacob Ritter, Centerville; William
Baxter, Beacon; Andrew Swanson,
Des Moines; Samuel Ballantine,
Boone; John Cochran, Hiteman and
John Wilson of Oskaloosa.
The following official circular vas
issued by the joint board:
Official Circular.
At meeting Of the joint board Of
operators and miners held in Ottum-
wa. Iowa. on the 10th day of Novem-
Der, 1907, the following resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
Whereas = 1t was only by extraor-
binary efforts on the part Of the ope-
rators and miners officials that the
miners were paid in currency on No
vember 9th, and while every pressure
has been brought to bear on the banks
to furnish sufficient amount
of currency to supply future
demands, we find that it is
seemingly impossible to raise all the
currency to pay the forthcoming pay
rolls. Be 1t therefore resolved
That this joint board does hereby
decide that 1t is for the best interest
of both miner and operator that the
mine workers accept part Of their pay
in checks or clearing house certifi-
: Gates, instead Of cash as provided in
Resolution No. 16 of the present
agreement. Such portion of said pay
SO paid, however. must under no cir
u cumstances exceed one-half of the bal
ance due the employees as shown on
the payrolls Resolved further. that
It is distinctly understood and
} agreed that this method of payment
is to continue only so long as is abso-
lutely necessary: such necessity to be
determined by the board.
4 Resolved further that this decision
be signed by the President and Sec.
rotary of the respective organiza-
lions and copy forwarded to each
local union union and each operator.
Iowa Coal Operators Association,
by
n. L. Waterman, Pres.
]. P. Reese. Secy.
~. P. White, President.
Edwin Perry, Secretary,
District 10 u. NJ w. A.
Following Is the miners circular Is
sued at Oskaloosa:
Circular No. 6.
Oskaloosa, Ia, Nov. 1s. To all
local unions under the Jurisdiction of
No. 10, U, M. w. A.
Greeting
Brothers. - For some time past the
country has experienced great diff.
Guilty in financial circles in furnishing
sufficient funds to supply the demand
Of the employers of labor to meet
their payrools.
1t was only by extraordinary efforts
on the part of the operators and your
district organization that our mem
bers were paid in cash Nov. 9. 1907
Yet there were few exceptions to
this rule. And while every pressure
has been brought to bear on the banks
to continue to furnish sufficient
amount Of money to supply future de
mands in order that the pay rolls
could be paid as provided in ou1