The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-04-01
mine wage SCALE.
SIGNED YESTERDAY
RUNS TWO YEARS.
VIII be Put Into Effect In
West Virginia at
Once.
GHEGI0NL0CAL STRIKES
Bonus System Used by OPP
orators Also Gets a
Bump.
CHECK 0NL0CAL STRIKES

NEW YORK, April 1.-The nego-
tiations for new agreement for the
bituminous coal miners were brought
TO close yesterday afternoon when
the general scale committee of oper-
ators and miners of the central COM
petitipe field ratified a contract en-
Dodying the award of President VIII
sons coal commission.
This new agreement will continue
in force for period of two years.
One OF the features of the new con-
tract is a clause which provides that
all internal differences" in the var
ious districts of the bituminous coal
fields will be settled by the district
or chief mine workers and operators
There must be nothing done, however,
In adjusting these matters that will
increase the cost Of production or de-
crease the earning capacity OF the
mine workers.
The new agreement also condemns"
the bonus system now used by oper-
ators in competing with each other
for employees. The contract provides
that all agreements in the various
districts should contain penalty"
clause for any "stoppage of work. for
unauthorized strikes. The interna-
tional offices of the United Mine
Workers also agree to make the agree
ment binding in every detail.
The eight hour day as now in effect
in the soft coal regions is continued
in the new agreement
Immediately upon adoption of the
contract by unanimous vote of the
members of the scale committee it was
signed by the international officers of
the United Mine Workers-John l..
Lewis, president; Philip Murray, vice.
president, and William Green, secre-
tary and treasurer-and by two oper-
ators and two miners of each of the
four states of the central competitive
Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and
Pennsylvania.
Representative of the mine oper-
ators of West Virginia, Kentucky and
other outlying competitive field, an
nounced that they also would put ihto
effect the new contract in their terri
tory.
Wage clauses in the new agreement
covering the various districts of the
central competitive fields follow:
The pick mining rate in the thin
vein district of Western Pennsylva-
mia shall be $1.11.64 per ton and IN
the Eastern Ohio. Hooking, Cambridge
and Amsterdam Bergholz districts Of
Ohio the pick mining nate snail be ad-
yanced "a cents per ton upon the PICK
mining rate in effect october 81, 1919.
In the bftummous district of Indiana,
s1.9s per ton and in the Danville dis
trict of Illinois $1.9S per ton.
The machine mining in the thin vein
district of Western Pennsylvania 81
cents per ton; in Ohio. 95 cents per
ten; in the bituminous district of In
diana, chain machine mining, sc cents
per ton, and punching machines. 9S
cents per ton; in the Danville district
OF Illinois. SO cents per ton.
That all day labor and monthly men
Chat advance to monthly men to be
based ON an average of the usual num-
her OF days he lis required to work in
monthly except trappers and other
boys, be advanced 81 per day; trap
pers and boys receiving less than
mems wages to be advanced So cents
per day.
Dead work, yardage and room
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