The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1919-10-17
Strike Called Be
cause Federal Lead
Co. Will Not Agree
to Employ Only I'm
ion Men and Dis
charge AnMen Who
Do Not Join the
Union.

union.
So that all our employees and the
public may be fully advised, we give
herewith list of the demands made up
on us by a Committee of our employ
ees who are members of the Interna-
tional Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
res Union and copy Of our reply
thereto, and ultimatum given US Oc-
tober 18th. 1t will thus be seen that
the strike is being called to force US
to employ no one but Union men and
to discharge from our employ any who
do not become members of the union.
This we will not consent to do.
The demands made were as follows:
/. The Company shall employ only
members of aforesaid union or such
that become members in two weeks.
2. The Company shall recognize the
committee of it's employees, members
of aforesaid union, said committee to
be known as a Grievance Committee.
8. 1t shall be the duty of the Griev-
ance Committee to take up all griev-
ances with the General Manager and
do all possible to get an amicable adj
justment. Whenever it is impossible
to settle any grievances in this man
ner then said grievances shall be ar
bitrated by committee of three. Said
Arbitration Committee to be selected
as follows:
The Company shall choose one
member.
The employees shall choose one
member.
The two members thus chosen
shall select a third member and
if it is not possible for the two
members to select third men,
ber then the United States De-
partment of Labor shall select
the third member.
The decision of this committee
shall be final and binding.
a. There shall be no strikes or lock-
outs pending the adjustment of griev-
ances.
S. Production shall be carried on in
cessantly.
6. The Company shall install proper
sanitary toilets in the mines.
Z. The Company shall install sani-
tary drinking water fountains in the
mines.
s. The Company shall abide by the
State law in regard to drilling ma
chimes.
8. The rule of seniority shall apply
in the laying-off and employing of
men, the last man hired to be the first
man laid off and the last man laid off
to be the first man re-employed.
10. The rule of seniority shall apply
in promotion Of employees to better
positions.
II. All employees on contract work
shall share alike in remuneration.
IL. All men employed on contract
work shall be guaranteed the regular
scale of wages.
13. Wages of all employees shall be
increased 25 per cent, said increase to
date back to the date Of August 18th
1919.
IA. All men working over eight
hours in any one twenty-four hours
shall be paid at the rate Of time and
one-half for over time.
Is. All Sunday and holiday work
shall be paid at the rate of double
time, such as New Years, Fourth oi
July, Thanksgiving, Christmas, anc
Labor Day.
To these demands the following an
swers were made:
One to Five, inclusive.-Company
lis agreeable to formation Of Griev'
ance Committee of its employees ID
committee is thoroughly representa-
tive and made up Of Union and Non
Union members in proportion Of I'm
ion and Non-Union men in its EN-
ploy, but method Of selecting ArDi
tration Committee and the matters
that could be left to it for final de-
cision would have to be clearly out.
lined and limited.
Numbers Six to Seven, inclusive -
Company will look into carefully ant
arrange satisfactorily.
Number Eight is being complied
with.
| Numbers Nine and Ten.-Othel
things being equal, the Company vii
give preference in employment along
the lines of seniority, but the ques
tion of efficiency must necessarily be
taken into consideration.
Number Eleven is matter for the
contractor to himself arrange.
Number Twelve is already being
complied with.
Number Thirteen: Nothing further
can be granted at present time:
Numbers Fourteen and Fifteen
Company's present practice will b.
continued.
After considering this answer, tn
Employees Committee gave as an ul
timatum, that unless the Federal Leat
Company recognized the Union, un
: conditionally, that strike would D.
called Thursday morning at z a. m
H A. CHESS.