The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-07-19
From the Press Dispatches:

From the Press Dispatches;
BY far the most sensational eS-1e -osI
regarding the alleged OA.A!I., ~ v-rsr
trust was sprung al sulphur SA',I,' .',I'sy
George d. Key. candidate Tor Atto- ' -
general read the substance OF s-il'e ~
mental agreement OF the Ok!2hClHa, - - =.
operators in the form OF oul-'C,,,,.
eopy Of the original agreement nIlt--,,ors Ml;
Key declared that the Goa! opeIe - -
were using efforts and mohe! ,,s
defeat him and gave this as rs
reason for making pubic tRls ua
aging evidence in advance OF an ~
portunity TO present II IN court ~
Key said:
1 charged that a coal trust existed,.
A suit pending before the clstI!Is
court at Chickasha and informatloiss
before the corpOratoc com!llss-o.
oklahoma charge the same t-l's.
I am elected l must prosecute mes
cases and ! have already guArahlSeu
that IL will please me TO do SO, ue-
cause I regard the form and char.
acter OF this monopoly as the mos
despiCahle OF which ! KNOW.
have here a copy Of an, agree
ment entered into by and between
the members Of the Southwestern
Coal Operators for the. purpose a oI
opening their mines on the open s..op
basis" This is an extensive e.
ment which il Is not necessary 70
read IN full There are fourteen sec
tious drafted by attorneys Tor lne
Coal Operators Association. 4He p-
amble states the mine operators tnetr-
by combine against the United Nine
Workers Of America in an asreeile.'' !
not to cOncede TO the terms OF lhe
wage proposal pending at th4t t!iDe, mn
Section I begins: The ccnsldt alIoh
o. this agreement shall be the re-
spective covenants and agreeIne ms
herein contained and the sum ot one
SD dollar by. each party hereto %
Ctio- t'1 L1'u' II divides the operators
into class 4 and class r.
Section III pledges each party U.
the agreement to operate ms lnlng, mn,
on the open shop plan and that he VIII
not pay any higher scale Of wages
than the wage scale in effect March
Section " provides that the com ON
mittee shall proceed in their dlscre-
tion TO procure a supply Of miners
and iaborers 10 operate and work
the mines Of the operators Of class A
on the open shop plan and TO tahT
all necessary and proper steps ana ana
make all necessary provisions for the
safety and protection Of such miners
and laborers and their property while
going to and from and engaged in
sec,ioa V binds the committee to
supply such labor as il may be able
to secure to the operators IN Class
A "or any OF them as the committee
shall deem best until all the mines in
ply OF labor"
Now section VI Is more important
than the foregoing sections because
it is the very embodiment Of the the
that the operators OF class A shall
proceed as designated in the fore
going sections. It says, such .op-
orators shall retain as compensation
from the return Of such mine OF
mines a royalty of 1oc per ton OF
mine run coal upon all coal minec
therctrom and also Of cost OF run
ming and operating said mines; less
the equivalent or cost OF maintainin
said mines II, or when shut down.
Section VII provides that the com
mittee shall, have access to all book,
shall be liable for any amount tha
The committee sees fit odr6;t1ne to demand fron m
s,iCb sources shall be insufficient q
detray all expenses the thsrepndeFn ~ deTn. ~.
mowers Of the committee in sucl
| manner as to convey absolute pro
prietorship.
In section XI the committee astee
that it will perform Its duties unde