The Calumet news., 1913-11-29
MINERS TO GET
EIGHT HOUR DAY
Managers Set Aside Every Tues
day Afternoon to Hear Men
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Continued From Fret Page.
The company would Ese 10 have the
miners work SATURDAY. nights the same
ls other underground .aBor. both be-
cause il, would give better operating
results and because the present sched-
aI- is objected 10 by the Jrammcrs and
IaJorers 5u the grounds that there
should le ao dlnerenee ia worsing
hours for ,ae different classes of la
Iar
We propose tp make the miners
scale ~ wages Ola .th.s neW basis of
hours $500 for each shift worked and
"a man would be paid oH.y for the
shifts thar le works This rate is the
same a. .- now being paid for actual
time wprssd ON this basis 4 "a man
worked his ,vo Saturday nights In the
month aua thereby got credit Tor IS
shifts. h- WOULD receive. II be.ng paid
au company account rate $3.50" In
fact. the time books viii show credit
'..aH 4La ..atAlH.'l wa atAA4'r htth-H
man .- lu Tie mine. and the old meth
oa Of -..ug credit tor saturday
ri-hts VIII le abandoned. II a miner
did not work his TWO Saturday nights
nr would receive So HG The company
proposes % He lenient and liberal in
rxrus.u- men from work Saturday af-
'eruoous aaa nights during the summer
months when there is a general desire
Ip 1e excused ror holiday purposes.
sien zo excused, however. would sac
r.fce rav f.r the shifts thus lost.
Although not included .n our prom
.se to tan governor We have decided
also fp usugurate an eight-hOur
schedule 90 our stamp mills. This will
r,rIv. yery considerable increase in
expenditure but il did not seem fair
POO shorten hours of some employees and
not ~ p,.rs even though no demands
we're made for such shortening. For
the shops and all other surface work
quitting time will De : o'clock instead
# O'Clock with one hour for dinner
as heretofore"
To Hear Comp sints.
The managers OF copper country
mines announced 20 their employees TO,
IGay through circulars in their pay en-
. plopr- chat hereafter "a special time
~U De dc.otcd by the mine manager II
/ the hear.u. Of complaints and griev-
Isuoes by bis employ es. For the &. & n
nd subsidiary mines, the managers
Eavc agreed 10 meet any employees witt
I uomplaiut- or grievances on Tuesday
afternoons from > 10 i.30 O'Clock. The
,mpIoyc is m turn assured that no dis.
I Elimination VIII bo shown against en-
|ploscs because OF the presentation d
such complaints
The substance Of the mine manager
announcement is as follows.
Every Tuesday in each week from
.wo o'clock 70 half past four o'cloci
VIII be- devoted To- hearing complaint
and grievances. Any employee may a
such times see tho general manager a
the mine office at -- who will in
vestigate every complaint and adjus
legitimate grievances where they ar
found 10 exist, as soon as it can b.
done
an case of the absende Of the gen
cral manager. or if it is otherwise i'm
possible for him 10 attend. "a rcHresc 3
'ntive will Dee present who ",ll r"p"r
lem complaints To the general mdmag"
at the earliest opportunity
IT il is not convenient for an ON
Iployee To- come to the Office at ----
q letter addressed to the general man
ngor al ---, --, embodying tn
complaint or grievance, Will recciy
consideration Ia order 10 ensure
prompt Investigation all such letter
must bo signed and the postofcc ad
dress of the employee making the CON
, pIaint must be given.
mo man will be discriminate
against because OF presenting con
plants"
The Situation Today,
\ SHIFT boss employed BY the g.
IT, was severely injured on OsceoI
street last night by strikers, it
believed. lie was struck in the fac
: with a bottle and knocked 10 the sire
after which his assailants beat hi
about the head officers dre invest
eating
An attempt TO attack Il workman
RaybaultoNn early last evening WI
frustrated by the arrival of deputi'
\ who fired their revolvers in the air.
4 4 coachload Of imported men arri'