The Oskaloosa herald., 1910-05-12
new DIVISION
or IOWA MINERS
ub-Districts Rearranged to EIimi.
nate Many Difficulties.
No FINAL SETTLEMENT AS YET
Paydsys Will be Holidays in the First
Sub-Oistrict During Summer
Months - Full Hours
Work in Winter. .

Labor-saVing machinery may now be
introduced into the mines of Iowa.
This was the agreement of the Joint
wage scale committee Of operators
and miners today following an extend.
ed conference between President
reese of the operators and President
White OF the Iowa miners. The reso-
luton provides that such work not
now covered by this years agreement
'naii De covered as the committee
nay later determine. The mine run
proposition in Putnam county, Mis-.
souri,, and the camel coal mines of
HoaiVllle, will be referred to the Joint
BOARD for adjustment of prices. The
question before the committee tbis
iternoon is single and double min.
ing OF the third district and it is be-
ieVed that the single mining promo
| 'itlon Will be voted down. The ioint
convention met at two O'Clock and
immediately adjourned to the Same
nour tomorrow, when the new agree
heht VIII be ready for ratification.
Des MONIES, May 11.-Special: The
IOWA mining district was redivided
Yesterday. Instead of the four sub.
aistrlcts indicating a geogranbicaI
DIVISION of the district, thew will IN
the future indicate the classes of ~
MINES Following is the new arrange
meht of the subdistricts:
flrst-lncludes all mining coal
tnihes In Appanoose and Wayne conn.
ties' Iowa. and Putnam county. Mo
oecond-lncludes all shooting coal
mines in Wapello Marion. Monroe
uaVis, Lucas, Mahaska and Keokuk
counties, Iowa.
lhird-lncludes all shooting coal
mines in Polk, Jasper, Dallas ana
Boone counties. Iowa
Fourth Includes all mining eos,
mines N Boone and Webster co,,ntiasS
Iowa. NV"i4'seo'
"heh new mine is opened M IN
any part of the state and there u
any question as to which subdistrict
10 which it belongs, the Joint board
snail make the decision.
The new arrangements eliminate +.
great many difficulties over the ad.
Justmeht OF mining and day labor
| prices.
Working Conditions.
ne subcommittee which has been
working for two weeks on the work.
ing conditions of the first subdistricts
Yesterday submitted it's report to the
JOINT scale committee. The report
/ Il
was adopted with no changes. Tho
subcommittee failed to reach an
| agreement on the institution of n
UNIFORM brushing and pushing svs.
| tenn In the subdistrict. FINISHING
was advanced from SO cents to IS
cents and the width of the bottom
was placed at five feet.
ne mine run question In Putnam
! county, Missouri, was referred to the
presidents of the two organizations
Tor settlement. The dispute is unou
the question whether there shall be
an advance of three cents per ton
nat or an advance of $50 per cent
over the old price
Miners in the first subdistricts will
enjoy holidays on paw DAYS during
the six summer months. No work
| Whatever will be done in the mines
on pay days at that time. To make
up Tor this, however, the new ar.
rangement provides that the employes
shall work the full eight hours ON nav
days during the winter months The
custom has been to work five hours
on each pay day in the year.
Machine Mining.
The first indication that the ma.
chine mining question might be am.
| icably settled by the coal miners and
operators was seen yesterday in a pro,
position offered by the operators pro,
Viding for the introduction of new
machinery.
The operators proposition come as
a possible means of settlement of the
mooted machine question after sever,
al DAYS spent in unsuccessful attempts
on the part of the scale committee Ia
agree on new machine mining scale
The resolution was presented by John
T. Reese. president OF the Iowa Coal
Operators association. IA n
1t provides for the allowing Of the
introduction, Of new mining machinery
in any of the. mines in Iowa. Miners
operating the machines are to be paid
under the wage scale effective in the
subdistrict in which they work, until
an equitable yardage and tonnage
scale is worked ont of the joint board
The resolution was referrd by the
joint scale committee to President
John p, Reese of the operators, and
President John p. White OF the dis
trict miners, union for consideration
Resolution viii Garry.
The general sentiment among the
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