The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-04
OPERATOR SELLS
JOBS TO MINERS
TO BUY The Mine
Ohio Concern EFFORTS
STA From Each Man

BAMOCH, Ohio, Dec. BIN East
ern Ohio there are jobs aplenty. Any
coal miner can get job with the
Scott Coal and Coke Co. However
there are certain" requirements Of
the applicants. The first require
ment is that he pay STA for the job
The second requirement is that he
sign contract.
He must pay $50 (cash) as "down
payment" For the next six pays,
i.e., for the next three months, the
company checks off from pay S14
per pay.
He must sign yellow dog" con-
tract. This is too mild term for
it). The contract reads to this eff
feet: (a) Leaders: Must load five
cars per day (three ton plus carsl
md these must be loaded six inches
rom the top of the cars. Slate,
tone and "bug dust" must be loaded
free. Leaders do not get paid by
the ton but by the car. Five cars
per day brings the loader $3.50 per
day. (b) Motormen: Must pull 80
cars of coal per day. This is ex-
elusive of stone, slate and dust. Mo-
tormen's wages-$7.50 per day. (c)
Machine men: Must cut enough to
keep eighteen men working. Wages
$3.50 per day. IF machine breaks
down it means from 1918 hours work
day..
To Buy Mine.
The whole scheme of the Scott
Coal and Coke Co. is to raise enough
money to buy the Tapline Mine at
Bannock, Ohio, where the men will
work after they pay $50 "down pay
ment" and STA total payment for
their jobs. The company claims that
the mine will cost them about ST.
900 and the selling of jobs to the
miners will bring about $17,784. The
company guarantees the miners that
it is good investment and that no
one will lose money on the deal. ANY
of the officials of the company will
tell this. The company promises"
to pay back all the money the min
ers invested in the mine. The con-
tract promised that the company will
pay back after years employment,
Tin stallments), the miners invest
ment.
The Scott Brothers who own and
control the Scott Coal and Coke Co.
are reputed to have gotten their
mining experience" in Bloody Logan
County. w. Va. where miners were
killed during the 1922 strike. Not
ables connected with this enterprise
are Assistant Prosecutor Michiner,
of Belmont County, aide to Prosecu-
tor Waddel, famous for his strike
breaking during the miners strike.
Michiner is the legal adviser and
"brains" for the Scott Coal and Coke
Co. in their scheme osnare miners
into signing this contract and buying
jobs, and buying miners for the op-
orators, paying their way into slav-
cry and buying the industry for
their employers.
Rumors are that many miners des-
perate because of long unemploy-
ment and facing the winter without
food and clothing for their family
have entered into this contract and
put their last pennies into getting a
Job for the winter. Others who can
not read and do not understand the
whole scheme have also bought Jobs.
Some who have only a hazy idea Ct
what they are getting into, believe
that they are part owners of this
company. Advertisements in local
papers to the effect that miners are
wanted brings miners from distant
points into this trap of the Scott
Coal and Coke Co. In Eastern Ohio
and various other parts of the coal
fields there are all sorts of schemes
to trick the miners. Cooperative
plans, collaboration with the bosses
and other schemes by the operators
trick the savings of the miners into
the crooked hands CT spectators and
coal operators who are trying to sell
unproductive mines. All miners must
be warned against entering into
such contracts with the operators.