Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-03-30
AWARD IN COAL
CASE ACCEPTED;
MINING NOT To
Be INTERRUPTED
Scale Committee of Opera
tors and Miners Agrees to
Take Monetary Provisions
Approved By Wilson,
27 PER CENT INCREASE
IN WAGES IS GRANTED
Raise to Take Effect April
L Mines viii Operate
Pending the Working Out
of New Wage Agreement

10y MORNING JOURNAL SPECIAL LEASED wiRsl
New York, March 29.-The scale
committee of the bituminouS opera
tors and mine workers in Il join
conference here this afternoon
agreed to make the monetary pro
visions continued in the award Of
the bituminous coal commission
as affirmed by the president be-
come effective on April i, and that
the mines continue in operation
pending the working out of a new
agreement. The award provided for
a wage increase Of q per cent.
The motion to accept the COM
missions award was made by rep
rosentatives of the mine workers
and was adopted unanimously,
Locals Will BE Notified.
All locals of the United Mine
Workers in the central competitive
fields will be notified Immediately
of the acceptance of the wage
award, John l.. Lewis, International
president of the mine workers, an
nounced. official statements of the
and action of the CON
ference signed by the international
Offices also will be sent out,
"'rhi5 action will avoid any ne
cessity for cessation of operations
In the bituminous industry" he
said, "and will fully protect the
public by continuing the supply of
coal after April /, pending the ne
of new contract
After adopting the award the
appointed a suh-Commit-
tee to carry on the negotiations Of
a new wage contract for the btu
minous workers based, on the coal
commissions report. This commit
tee consists of the international Of
ficers of the mine workers and
two operators and two miners,
rom each of the four states of the
central competitive field The com
mittee will hold its first conference
The subcommittee probably will
complete its work and reach an
agreement by the first of next
week Mr.. Lewis said tonight.
$4,000 for TeIcgrams.
Secretary Green OF the mine
workers said it would cost his or
,anization more than $4,000 for
to notify local unions of
he acceptance of the wage award.
The wage increase under to-
lays agreement amounts to APP
Droximately II per cent, includ-
ng the IA per cent average in
,rease granted by Fuel Admins
rator Garfield. AS the miners
IRE now receiving the IA per cent,
he net increase will be IL per
,ent.
The increase is approximately
SOC, 100000 more than the advance
tllowed by Administrators Garfield,
lccording to the report of the coal
The total increase in
wage cost Is given at S2OO, O,0OO,00O.
The award directs that the in
,rease be apportioned between the
of workers and classes OF
work as follows:
Tonnage rates, pick and ma
.hine, to be increased by "a cents;
ates for all yardage, dead work,
larrow work and room turning to
,e advanced 20 per cent and COM
,ensation of day wage men to be
.dvanced 20 per cent.
Want Shorter Work Day.
The commissions report points
,ut that the wage advance granted
miners in the central competitive
district between 1913 and Octo-
,er 81, 1919, when the Garfield
ward was made, average forty
hree per cent for tonnage workers
nd 76 per cent for day men.
The first matter to come before
he subcommittee will be the ques-,
ion of a shorter workday, repre-
entatives of the mine workers de-
Jared. The soft coal diggers will
tempt to get seven-hour day.
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