Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-05-01
MINERS WIN s12,OOO,00O
YEARLY WAGE INCREASE

Continued from PAGE Ono
1920, for a day OF nine hours, subject TO
an increase Of three per cent
"(c) All company men working on
the basis OF an eight hour day prior to
April l, 1915, shall receive an increase
| OF seven per cent. over and above the
day or hourly rates established for their
respective occupations by the agreement
| of May 90, 1919, except that hosting en-
| gineers, who were granted an eieht-hour
| day in March. 1912. shall receive an in
| crease OF three per cent. over and above
| the rates established by the agreement Of
April 20, 1912, II being understood, how
! ever, that where three full shifts were
/ substituted for two shifts In March, 1912
the rate of three hosting engineers shall
be the same and the shifts shall alternate
! in the manner customary where oontlnu-
! Gus employment ls required.
| I'D All hosting engineers working on a
nine-hour basis prior to April 1. 1915. and
whose duties require that they should con-
| tinue to work nine hours per day. shall
| receive an increase of per cent over
and above the nlne-hour rate established
by the agreement Of May 20, 1912.
"(e) All company men working on
daily basis in excess Of nine hours per day
or on a monthly basis prior to April I.
1915. shall continue TO work on said basis
and their wages, whether paid hourly,
daily or monthly, shall be increased per
cent. over and above the rates established
by their respective occupations by the
agreement of May 90, 1912.
MACHINE MINING.
Second. Conditions having arisen in
portion of the anthracite region necessi-
tating the use Of mining machines, the
right of the operator TO use such machines
shall be unquestioned and the method em-
ployed shall be at the option of the OPP
orator. Where work is done by mining
machines the following shall govern as
the basis of payment TO the several classes
of labor employed in the underwriting,
mining and loading of coal
"(a) When machine mining is done on
a day basis, the rates paid shall not be
less than the established coliery machine
rates paid to the several classes of labor
employed April l, 1916 provided that in
no case shall the rate for machine miner
be less than s3.30 per day; for machine
runner. s2.T0 per day; for machine miners
laborer, s2.34 per day. and for machine
runners helper, S2,34 per day. II being
understood that these rates are agreed to
as covering a new requirement and are
applicable only TO machine mining, sub
ject nevertheless to per cent. advance
under the terms of this agreement.
d. Where machine contracts cover the
mining of vein or section of vein not
heretofore mined. the contract rates shall
be such as to enable the mon employed in
mining work to earn ON an average of all
employed in each occupation daily wage
not less than the rate established for said
occupation in paragraph (a) Where min. |
ing machines replace contract miners cut. |
ting coal in the solid the average daily |
earnings of the contract machine miners |
shall not be less than the average normal |
earnings OF such contract miners III the |
territory where the mining machines are |
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In the deysIonr,snt and r1nIntnna,nn ef
efficio,t onoratio,, ,rd tha d. oa.,,ir,os
shall he bossd On q ,,,ori, a., 20 ~,
hours AT the face as now nrovided in sec.
tion three hereof
EIGHT'HOUR DAY
Third. An eghthour day means eight
hours OF actual work for all classes OF
labor, at the usual working place exclu-
sNe OF noon time Tor SIX Gays per week.
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iron, ITO tile PlacS Oh eI''pIoyIneht W OF ABOUT
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the nay Iauor' pLINeIs snall take tnelr
inules from tne staples 10 tne usual work
ing place petore starting time ana snail
return them 10 the STAPLES atter quitting
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