Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1908-01-30
MINING CONTRACT
As Signed Between the Sewanee
Coal, Coke & Land Co., Flat
Branch Coal Co., and United
Mine Workers of Ameri-
ca, COalmont Local,
No. 2,4S5.

Coalmont, Tenn, Sept II, 1907.
This contract made and entered into
by and between the Coal Companies
whose signatures are hereunto attach
ed, parties of the first part, and COM
mittees representing the employees of
their several mines, together with Nat
ional and District officers of the U. NJ.
w. of A., parties of the second part.
Witnesseth:
FIRST This contract is in lieu of
all former contracts or wage scales be-
tween the parties hereto, and is to be
operative from September 1, 1907, un-
til September T. 1908:
1t being agreed, however, that nego-
tiations for a new contract will be
taken up not later than July Is, 1908,
so that conclusion may be reached
before August /, 1908
SECONDS Nine hours shall consti-
tute days work.
Misunderstanding time shall be
O'Clock in the morning, and quitting
time 4 O'Clock i'll the afternoon. Work
to continue without intermission.
Shooting time $3.50 p. IN,
FOURTH DRIVERS shall have their
mules at the mines in readiness to
start in promptly at : O. clock, a. m.
/ FIFTH: Prices on coal and yardage
J shall be as follows
Coal 3 feet and over, per car, 2S
| cents.
Coal under feet and down to 80 in.
| ches, per car, "a cents.
Coal under % inches and down to o
inches, per car, SO cents.
YARDAGE.
Entries 8 feet, slate, per foot yard
As cents.
Entries . feet, slate, per foot yard
49 cents.
Entries any width, coal per running
yard, 75 cents.
Air courses, coal, per running yard
80 cents.
Air courses, slate per foot yard, A
cents.
Room neck, $l.5 each, provided
however, that any miner making hi
room neck more than s feet in widtl
forfeits all pay for same.
Falling, or draw, slate over regula
heighth of room roadways, entries o
air courses, per foot yard, % cents.
Borable sand rock, IL times slat
yardage. Rock requiring hammer ant
steel twice price slate yardage.
SIXTH -(Day Labor. Mule driv
ers, one mule, 81, AZ per day.
Mule drivers, two mules, 81. So pc
day.
Traprers, IS cents per day.
Head or boss track men (if such
required, 50. 20 per day.
Track helpers $t.5S per day.
Car trimmers, l.42 per day.
Tip house and furnace men, 81. 35.
Slate bumpers and general rousti
bouts, 81. 35 per day.
Water bailers, St.41 per day.
Inside company work, not otherwis
, classified, $l.41 per day,
Blacksmith, Coalmont, "B" mines
Sc. 90 per day.
Blacksmith, (other mines where II
quired) 50. 10 per day,
Blacksmith helper, 81. 80 per day
Miners on company work, $2.2O p'
day.
SEVENTH Pick sharpening, OF
month, 35 cents
+ Pick sharpening, three-fourths montl
30 cents.
f Pick sharpening one-half month,
: cents.
Pick sharpening, one-fourth mont
o 10 cents.
4 EIGHTH - House fuel for miners
| Run of mine coal - cents per bar
U car.
No miner or employee will be pc
: mitted to carry coal from mines
= premises. or take same from railro;
II cars
r NINTH Dues and assessments, II
: to exceed 81. 90 per month for each el
II ployee, except on written order of t
i employee, to be collected by the fif
IL of each month or the first work do
Y in the month, and Iaid to party aut
! orized to receipt for the same.
% TENTH: ANY dispute arising frC
:. this contract between employees a
" employer, that cannot be adjusted
l. the General Manager and Commit,
'r must be referred to the General Mar
4 ger and District or National officers
/. the L. NJ. W. of ~, but under
N circumstances is work to stop at any
II the mines of any of the compan
p signing this agreement during the
! Of this contract, unless the last nam
parties should fail to agree. The
lowing Bank Rules to govern the mil
of the parties to this agreement hf
Z this day been agreed upon, and a
become a part Of the foregoing C,