The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-07-18
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:t'inssl. tbs Press. te,ses;;
-; sensational evidence
regarding Il ssise&ed Oklahoma coal
s trust sys.s sI,EksIsz a iphnr. ofla.i when
George, D. eFs.: ca a6iidate for attorney
general road tigei substance of a supple
mental a gEeeE,ef.a the. Oklahoma Goa |
operators IN tises; form Of a duplicate
!. copy s,., ;tises original agreement. Mr..
5 NJ tsre 3. iss ~; ssf forts and money to
\ defeat iiYiI ksta gave this. as bis
. rea son fEyr ma king public this lam
portn5itty to- present 1T in court.3M5e
Key said .sa.s.a .s.=.=s@3s ks.
riiAEgeds that coal trust exfstcss
+ sui pending before the distTtpf
. . eoart s..tsshieA asha and inforIlaa tassas
OK Rlafoirla charge the same thing. ,fg
Y I am aitsefed r. must prosecute thaEa
= cases aaftt have already guaran! esd
that IL Will please me to do SO; ls4s-
z actsr Of .i5ftj9s monopoly the nfast
Z tsspfeH a4as MI which / KNOW.
i,say ':5..fifrs r copy Of an agree-
ne T, stssrad Into by snd between
Coal Operators for the purpose OF
opehiiia. tfleir mines on the open shop
= basis..s..ss: This is an extensive agree
!. ms, nj .5ss bkess' Il is not necessary to
:: kissu!s drafted by attorneys for the
C;Gs.93 Operators Association. The pre-
Mtahias states the mine operators there
!: t.s5'ess ,issyIsis against the United Mine
:. w s'fasxes.S 3s5f America in an agreement
s 8tti,@S ss.;; s;ssstshceds to the terms Of the
lyssas Proposal pending at that time
3 OF tsis. agreement shall be the re-
!. .spectixe covenants and agreements
herein contained and the sum OF one
s$i3 sioiiar by each party hereto to
- seotion ri divides the operators
sntd class a and class B.
sseet'on III pledges each party to
abe ag@eement to operate his mines
not pay q higher scale OF wages
than the vase scale In effect March
3Ist 1910"
Section nv provides that "the COM
mlttee shall proceed In their dscre
tion to procure a supply of miners
ana labcrers to operate and work
On the open shop plan and to taEs
all necessary and proper steps and
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
such work.
Section V binds the committee To-
supply such labor as It may be able
to secure TO the operators II Class
"or any OF them as the committee
shall deem best until all the mines in
Class A shall have an adequate sup
Now section VT is more important
than the foregoing sections because
II is the very embodiment Of the
trust proposition. After agreeing
that the operators OF, class. A shall
proceed as designated in the fore
going sections Il says: "such OPP
orators shall retain as Compensation
mines a royalty OF 10c per ton OF
mine mine , run coal upon all ooc9 eoal minsd
ming and operating said mines: less
the, equivalent or cost Of O. maintabinins
Section VII provides that the com
usittee shall have access 10. all books
and that the operators OF class. A
shall be liable for any amount that
the committee sees fit to demand, 'if
the receipts OF the committee from
such sources shall be insufficient to
defray all expenses thereunder"
Sections VIII. TX and x define the
powers Of the committee in such
manner as 70 convey absolute pro-
prietorship.
In section xI the committee agrees
that It will perform It's duties under
political Ad