Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-30
ANTHRACITE MINERS WIN
INCREASES AS PRESIDENT
SIGNS MAJORITY REPORT
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employed, and that when motormen
as engineers are repairing motors or
engines their assistants be employed to
nelp IN the work, are denied.
$1S,0oO.O00 Back Pay Due.
The demand for all tools lost as a
result of squeezes. water or fire is
granted.
The demand where contract miners
are employed doing company work
the company shall furnish them with
the necessary tools, and failing to do
SO shall compensate the miner for the
use of the tools. is denied.
The demand that the company fur
nish all tools to company men is de-
MED.
The demand that check weighmen
and check docking bosses be permit
ted to serve as members of mine com
mittees is denied.
Upon the demand that where con-
tract miners encounter abnormal con-
ditions in their working places they
shall have the privilege of going on
consideration basis the commission
rules as follows: Wherever deficient
or abnormal conditions are encounter
ed the miner shall make such fact
known to the foreman for adjust
miner has the right to take the mat
ter up with the grievance committee
to be dealt with in the manner pro-
vided for other grievances.
1t is estimated that under this
award there is now due to the anthra-
in back pay and that the total in
crease in wages to the mine workers
will aggregate at least $S5,O00.000.
Minority Report.
The minority report. signed by
Commissioner Neal ]. Ferry. while de-
parting from the maiority's conclu-
sions, says:
"The oficers of the United Mine
Workers of America will. of course. ac-
cent and carry out this majority award
in the anthracite mines with the most
scrupuious care and with the utmost
good faith. All our energies and au-
thority. without reservation. will be
devoted to this end"
The minority report sets forth GER
tain fundamental rights" claimed by
the mine workers as follows:
%. The right to living wage.
(2). The right to collective action
or to collective bargaining with en-
ployers through the leaders OF their
organizations or representatives OF
their own choosing.
(3), The right to an eight-nour
work day.
Regarding the wage question, the
minority report favors:
Standardization of rates of pay for
the same work throughout the neld
The same increases in rates OF pay
as were granted to soft coal mine
workers by the Presidents bituminous
coal commission by its award of March
10, 1920 This demand involves the
following increases:
The establishment for all adult day
workers who are now receiving less
than IS a day of a rate Of s. per day. =.
An increase of 81 per day to all
adult day workers who are being paid
IS or more than IS a day.
workers paid on monthly basis to
receive an increase proportlonate to
basis Of the number of days worked
Boys who are now receiving less
than mems wages to be advanced
So cents per day
The minority report discusses at
length the principles of living
wage: the wage award of the majority
report: the eight -hour day: recogni-
ton Of the union; indlvlduai agree
ments on subcontractlng, ana Inc at
titude of the operators.
The concluding paragraphs of the
minority report say:
.In conclusion. Mr.. President, we
wish to say as We did in the begin.
have the full practical acceptance of
the officers of the United Mine Work
ers of America, and we shall devote
ourselves to it's application, as we
obligated ourselves to do when we
submitted our cause to this commits
sion. The fundamental principles,
however. for which we have contend
ed and which the majority report de-
MES, shall continue to have our undi
minished support. We have consider
ed it our duty to the anthracite mine
workers, and to the public. to bring to
vour attention and to make a formal
record of what we consider the in
euualities, and injustices, and the fun
damental omissions of the majority
report"