AGREEMENT 
 
 f and Between the Illinois 
 Operators Association, the 
 al Operators Association of 
 Fifth and Ninth Districts of 
 nois, and the Central Illinois 
 
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 il Operators Association, and 
 
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 ; United Mine Workers of 
 erica, District Number 12. 
 
 
 piring March 31,1916 
 
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 AGREEMENT 
 
 EXPIRING MARCH 31, 1916 
 
 The prices for pick mined coal, per ton of 
 2,000 pounds, throughout the State of Illi- 
 
 nd* shall be as follows. 
 
 First District. 
 
 Streator, Cardiff, Clarke City, Fairbury 
 and associated mines, including To¬ 
 luca thick vein .$0.70 
 
 (Note.—The matter of the clay part¬ 
 ing at Streator to be referred to sub 
 district convention for adjustment.) 
 Third Vein and associated mines, in¬ 
 cluding third vein at Streator, in¬ 
 cluding twenty-four inches of brush¬ 
 ing ..90 
 
 Wilmington and associated mines, in¬ 
 cluding Cardiff long wall and Bloom¬ 
 ington thin vein, including brushing .95 
 (Note.—In Bloomington where a 
 miner takes a new branch and there 
 is an open space of two .feet cleaned 
 up along the face it shall be con¬ 
 sidered in good working condition. 
 When soapstone is loaded in accord¬ 
 ance with specifications provided in 
 Bloomington local agreement and 
 weighs either under or over 4,000 
 pounds, it shall be paid for at its 
 actual weight on a pro rata basis of 
 C.8.6 for 4,000 pounds.) 
 
 Cherry, Bureau County, Middle Vein, 
 (Saint Paul Coal Company).70 
 
 Bloomington thick vein.85 
 
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 Pontiac, including twenty-four inches 
 
 of brushing .$ .95 
 
 Pontiac top vein .70 
 
 (Note.—The question of price for 
 entry driving other than seven-foot 
 entry and the rate for clay slips and * 
 horsebacks at Pontiac to be referred 
 to a commission of two from each 
 side.) 
 
 Marseilles . $1V21 
 
 Morris, long wall, Wilmington condi¬ 
 tions . 1.12 
 
 Morris, room and pillar . 1.27 
 
 Seneca, long wall (See local agree¬ 
 ment) . 1.05 
 
 (Note.—It is agreed there shall be in 
 the record the old stipulation, the 
 right to take up for investigation 
 and adjustment the rate at Seneca on 
 a showing that conditions have 
 changed.) 
 
 Cornell, long wall, third vein con¬ 
 
 ditions .90 
 
 Cornell, room and pillar.78 
 
 Second District. 
 
 Danville, Westville, Grape Creek and 
 associated mines in Vermillion 
 County .$ .61 
 
 Third District. 
 
 Springfield, Dawson and associated 
 
 mines ....61 7-10 
 
 Lincoln and Niantic . .65 
 
 Colfax . 65 
 
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 Fourth District. 
 
 Mines on the C. & A., south of Spring- 
 field, to and including Carlinville; in¬ 
 cluding Taylorville, Pana, Tower 
 Hill, Litchfield, Hillsboro, Witt 
 Jt (Paisley), Divernon, Pawnee, Noko- 
 
 mis and Kincaid ..$ .61 
 
 Assumption, long wall, including twen¬ 
 ty-four inches of brushing.87 
 
 «Moweaqua, room and pillar. .65- 
 
 Decatur, long wall, present conditions .70 
 
 Decatur, room and pillar.70 
 
 Fifth District. 
 
 Glen Carbon, Belleville and associated 
 mines, to and including Percy, Pinck- 
 neyville, Willisville and Nashville.. .$ .61- 
 Coal five feet and under.60 
 
 Sixth District. 
 
 DuQuoin, Odin, Sandoval, Centralia 
 
 and associated mines .$ .57 
 
 Salem and Kinmundy.62* 
 
 Seventh District. 
 
 Mt. Vernon ..6£ 
 
 Jackson Countv . 57 
 
 (All coal five feet and under, five 
 ( cents extra per ton; this not to ap¬ 
 ply to lower bench nor rolls or 
 horsebacks.) 
 
 Lower bench, Jackson County, for 
 shipping mines, miners to carry four¬ 
 teen inches of brushing.70» 
 
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 Saline, White and Gallatin County....$ .57 
 Williamson and Franklin County.57 
 
 Eighth District. 
 
 Fulton and Peoria Counties, thin or 
 lower coal (third vein conditions).. $ .9d 
 Fulton and Peoria Counties, No. 5 vein .68 
 Astoria, No. 5 vein (Fulton and Peoria 
 
 Counties Conditions) .68 
 
 Fulton and Peoria Counties, No. 6 vein 
 (with Kewanee and Etherly condi¬ 
 tions, undercutting and wedging the 
 coal; and if they cannot obtain mem¬ 
 bers of the U. M. W. of A. to mine 
 the coal under these terms and con¬ 
 ditions, it shall be the privilege of 
 the operators to call for a meeting of 
 the Joint Executive Boards of the 
 miners and operators, and said Joint 
 Executive Boards shall fix a rate for 
 
 shooting coal in that seam).77 
 
 Gilchrist, Wanlock, Cable, Sherrard 
 and Silvis mines and Ellisville, 72 
 cents oer ton with last year's con¬ 
 ditions, except as herein provided. 
 
 In case of deficient work, where 
 miner and mine manager cannot 
 agree as to compensation, the mine 
 committee shall be called in, and, if 
 they cannot agree the dispute shall 
 be carried up under the Thirteenth 
 
 Clause of the present scale.) f 
 
 Kewanee, Etherly and Wyoming. 7i 
 
 Pekin, shipping mines only.68 
 
 Ninth District. 
 
 Mount Olive, Staunton, Gillespie, 
 Benld, Sorento, Coffeen and Worden. 
 
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 and mines on the Vandalia line as 
 far east as and including Smithboro, 
 and on the B. & O. S. W. as far east 
 
 as Beckemeyer .$ .61 
 
 Coal five feet and under .. .66 
 
 Contract Based on Existing Mining Laws. 
 
 First. This contract is based upon exist¬ 
 ing mining laws and neither party to the 
 <§ame shall initiate or encourage the passage 
 of laws pertaining solely to the mining in¬ 
 dustry that would in any manner affect the 
 obligation of this contract or abrogate any 
 of the provisions unless such proposed laws 
 be mutually agreed to by the parties here¬ 
 to, or be recommended by the Mining In¬ 
 vestigation Commission appointed under the 
 laws of the State of Illinois, the parties 
 hereto agreeing to unite in securing the con¬ 
 tinuance of such commission during the life 
 of this agreement. The foregoing does not 
 apply to proposed legislation relating to the 
 industries of the state in general. 
 
 Employes Exempted From Jurisdiction of 
 the U. M. W. of A. 
 
 Second. No scale of wages shall be made 
 by the United Mine Workers for mine man¬ 
 ager, mine manager’s assistant or assistants, 
 not to exceed three (3) in Class A mines, 
 top foreman, company weighman, boss 
 drivers, night boss, head machinist, head 
 (boiler maker, head carpenter, head electri¬ 
 cian and night watchman. The authority of 
 the operator to hire and discharge may be 
 delegated to the mine manager, top fore- 
 Man, boss driver and night boss. The term 
 “assistant” shall only apply to such as are 
 authorized to act in that capacity. 
 
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 In mines of large capacity or large area, 
 or where gas is generated in dangerous 
 quantities, or other dangerous conditions 
 <exist, the right to hire additional assistants 
 shall be recognized. In the event of a dis¬ 
 pute arising in regard to the employing of^ 
 .such additional assistants, the matter shall 
 be taken up as provided in Section Thirteen 
 of this agreement. Where assistants per¬ 
 sistently do work for which a scale is made, 
 except in emergency where members of the* 
 U. M. W. of A. are not available, they shall 
 be deposed. 
 
 The night watchman shall be exempt 
 when employed in that capacity only. The 
 terms “head carpenter,” “head electrician” 
 and “head machinist” shall apply only to 
 .such as have general charge of carpentry, 
 electrical or machine work at two or more 
 mines, or at one mine and one or more 
 washing plants. 
 
 No Market Restrictions. 
 
 Third. Any operator paying the scale 
 rate of mining and day labor under this 
 agreement, shall at all times be at liberty to 
 load any railroad cars whatever, regardless 
 of their ownership, with coal and sell and 
 deliver such coal in any market and to any 
 person, firm or corporation that he may 
 desire. 
 
 ^Quality of Mine-Run Coal. Pushing Coal 
 by Miners Prohibited. / 
 
 Fourth. The scale of prices for mining 
 per ton of two thousand pounds, run-of- 
 rnine coal herein provided for, is understood 
 in every case to be for coal practically fre£ 
 from slate, bone and other impurities, 
 loaded in cars at the face, weighed before 
 
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 screening, an$f that the practice of pushing; 
 coal by the miners shall be prohibited. 
 
 In panel and room and pillar work the- 
 operators shall deliver and the miners 
 shall accept the empty car at the nearest 
 switch to the man’s working face from. 
 Avhich no loaded car is pulled on the same 
 trip with his own, but where unusual con¬ 
 ditions make it impossible for the miner or 
 miners loading coal in said place to push 
 ^the car to the face, then the company shall 
 deliver said car to the face. 
 
 Jn long wall mines under ordinary condi¬ 
 tions the present system of delivering empty 
 cars shall remain unchanged, provided that 
 in entries where there are six or more work¬ 
 ing places empty cars shall be delivered in 
 a switch not more than three switches from 
 the room for which they are intended. 
 
 Mining and Shooting to be According to 
 State Mining Law. 
 
 Fifth, (a) Whether the coal is shot 
 after being undercut or sheared by pick or 
 machine, or shot without undercutting or 
 shearing, the miners must drill and blast the- 
 coal in accordance with the state mining 
 law of Illinois, in order to protect the roof 
 and timbers and in the interest of general 
 safety. Any miner who clearly violates the- 
 letter or spirit of this paragiaph may be dis¬ 
 charged. 
 
 * (b) The system of paying for coal be¬ 
 fore screening was intended to obviate the 
 many contentions incident to the use of 
 screens, and was not intended to encourage 
 unworkmanlike methods of mining and 
 blasting coal, or to decrease the proportion 
 of screened lump, and the operators are 
 
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 hereby guaranteed the hearty support and 
 co-operation of the United Mine Workers of 
 America in disciplining any miner who from 
 ignorance or carelessness, or other cause, 
 fails to properly* mine, shoot and load his 
 coal. 
 
 (c) That all bug dust or machine coat 
 
 cuttings when practically free from impuri¬ 
 ties be loaded out with the snubbings or 
 other coal so as to produce a merchantable 
 Mine-ftun Coal. v 
 
 The above does not contemplate any 
 change in the present method of handling 
 bug dust or machine cuttings in Franklin 
 County, or other mines where it is neces¬ 
 sary to load same out before shooting the 
 coal, as a protection against explosions or 
 fire. 
 
 Where the operator desires the bug dust 
 loaded out separately this shall be done by 
 the miner working in the place during his 
 regular shift at the regular tonnage price 
 and the company shall furnish cars promptly 
 to load same. 
 
 (d) Wherever it is practicable the miners 
 shall shoot the coal with two pounds of 
 powder or less. Where a dispute arises as 
 to the practicability of shooting the coal 
 with two pounds of powder, such dispute 
 shall be taken up and settled by the two or¬ 
 ganizations as provided in this contract. 
 
 (e) It is hereby agreed that the cost of 
 firing shots during the life of this contract 
 shall not exceed the cost per ton for the 
 same work during the previous contract. 
 It is understood that this clause does not 
 mean that the operator can avoid paying for 
 the work actually necessary to be done 6y 
 the shot firers. 
 
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 It is also agreed that there shall be no 
 shot firers in mines where coal is undercut 
 by hand or machines, except as mutually 
 agreed. Where conditions in the past have 
 necessitated shot firers they will be con¬ 
 tinued; where conditions develop that they 
 '*are not necessary, they can be discontinued. 
 
 (f) The shot firers shall go into the mine 
 two hours before the regular quitting time 
 to satisfy themselves by examination and in- 
 *spection of the shots to be fired that they 
 have been properly placed and prepared. 
 When examining shots the shot firers shall 
 work single; when firing shots they shall 
 work double. 
 
 (g) The question as to whether squibs 
 or fuse shall be used is left to the discretion 
 of the mine manager, shot firers and miners 
 in the respective mines where shot firers 
 are employed. Wherever a dispute arises 
 between mine manager, shot firers and 
 miners relative to the advisability of using 
 fuse or squibs the same shall be taken up 
 under the provisions of Section 13 hereof. 
 
 (h) Where but few miners are employed, 
 the operator shall have the right to desig¬ 
 nate two practical miners as shot firers at 
 the regular hour rate for time actually 
 worked. 
 
 (i) The miners shall continue to assume 
 all responsibility heretofore resting upon 
 them for the care of the working places and 
 (the proper character and placing of the 
 blasting shots; and that at the small mines, 
 where the law makes it necessary to employ 
 an additional engineer, it will be the privi¬ 
 lege of the operator to put on a man to act 
 as such engineer who shall fire, or watch 
 the plant, or do such other work as is now 
 
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 being done by the fireman or night watch¬ 
 man at the wages of third engineer; and 
 that any shot firer can be appointed bottom 
 bell man, to bell away shot firers; and that 
 in case of wet holes that will not stand if 
 charged and tamped by the miners, the shot 
 firers will attend to charging and tamping* 
 said holes. 
 
 (j) Upon the recommendation of the 
 joint powder commission provided for in 
 paragraph 8 hereof the Joint Executive^ 
 Hoards shall have authority to recommend 
 the use of any shot firing device and estab¬ 
 lish the regulations concerning the same; 
 or, at its discretion, to require its use. It 
 shall also have authority to permit the use 
 <of any mechanical device as a substitute for 
 explosives in cases where the operator and 
 miners locally can agree thereupon. 
 
 Penalties for Loading Impurities. 
 
 Sixth, (a) In case slate, bone, clay, sul¬ 
 phur and other impurities are sent up with the 
 coal by a miner, it shall be the duty of whom¬ 
 ever the company shall designate as inspector 
 to report the same, with the estimated weight 
 therof, and the miner or miners so offending 
 shall have such weight deducted from the estab¬ 
 lished weight of the car, and for the first of¬ 
 fense in any given calendar month shall be fined 
 50 cents; for the second offense in the same 
 calendar month, he or they shall, at the option 
 of the operator, be fined $2.00, and for the third 
 or any subsequent offense in the same calendar 
 month he or they may be fined $2.00 or be sus¬ 
 pended for not to exceed six days of mine 
 operation. 
 
 (b) For a malicious or an aggravated cas£, 
 for the first or any subsequent offense, the oper¬ 
 ator may either indefinitely suspend or dis- 
 
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 charge. A malicious or aggravated case is one 
 in which the quantity, character or appearance, 
 of the impurities indicate that they were loaded 
 with intentional carelessness or wrong purpose. 
 In case of discharge for an aggravated case* as 
 above, the inspector shall preserve the impuri¬ 
 ties for seventy-two hours, Sundays and legal 
 holidays excepted. All impurities subject to be¬ 
 ing docked shall be preserved for the balance 
 of the working day, except at mines where it is 
 impossible to do so without seriously impeding 
 the mine. Where it is claimed by the operator 
 that to so preserve the impurities will seriously 
 impede the output of the mine or where it is 
 claimed by the miner that the case is not a 
 malicious or aggravated one the question shall 
 be taken up jointly for determination. 
 
 (c) The company weighman shall post in a 
 conspicuous place at the pit head the names of 
 all miners dealt with hereunder. 
 
 (d) The inspector designated by the oper¬ 
 ator shall be a man of practical experience in 
 or around the mines and, provided he does not 
 perform any work for which a scale of wages 
 is jointly made, shall not be a member of the 
 U. M. W. of A., and in the discharge of the 
 duties herein specified shall not be subject to 
 the jurisdiction of the local union, or president, 
 or pit committee, and against any miner or 
 committeeman seeking in any way to embarrass 
 the inspector in or because of the discharge of 
 such duties, the provisions of the miners’ state 
 constitution shall be invoked, and in addition 
 he 4 . shall* at the option of the operator, be sus¬ 
 pended for two working days. 
 
 (e) In case it shall be alleged by either the 
 local representative of the miners, or by the 
 operator, that the inspector is not properly per¬ 
 forming his duties hereunder, it shall be so 
 reported to the miners’ sub-district president, 
 
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 who shall, within twenty-four hours after the 
 receipt of notification, take it up with the super¬ 
 intendent of the company for adjudication ; and, 
 if it shall be found that the inspector is not 
 faithfully performing such duties, he shall be 
 discharged or transferred to other duties, as the 
 operator may elect. f 
 
 (f) The proceeds of all fines hereunder 
 shall be paid to the miners’ sub-district treas¬ 
 urer, and under no circumstances shall any 
 such fines be remitted or refunded. v 
 
 The foregoing is designed to secure to the 
 operator the loading of clean coal, while pro¬ 
 tecting the miner from any abuse of the penal 
 provisions. 
 
 Pay Days and Statements of Account. 
 
 Seventh. The miners are to be paid twice a 
 month in lawful money* the balance due them 
 in cash or in par checks as hereinafter pro¬ 
 vided. The days of pay to be on the 15th, for 
 the last half of the previous month, and on 
 the 30th, for the first half of the current month; 
 provided, that where the operator has three or 
 more mines paid from the same office, the dif¬ 
 ferent mines may be paid in rotation, beginning 
 with one day earlier, and ending not more than 
 one day later. In case the pay day herein pro¬ 
 vided for falls upon Sunday or a holiday recog¬ 
 nized by the contract, the men shall be paid 
 the day previous. Statements shall be issued 
 to all employes not later than the 12th and 27th 
 of each month, respectively. Each statement 
 shall show specifically his account as it appe^Ts 
 on the pay roll. No commission shall be 
 charged for cash advanced to employes between 
 pay days, and any cash advances between pay 
 days shall be at the option of the operator. 
 Orders on the operator shall be accepted only 
 at his option, and all orders and statements shall 
 
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 be non-negotiable* non-transferable and non- 
 assignable, and shall so distinctly state upon 
 their face. 
 
 Upon the request of the Secretary-Treasurer 
 of District 12, United Mine Workers of Amer¬ 
 ica, or a duly accredited traveling auditor of 
 same, the operator shall furnish two complete 
 identical lists of all employes who for the per¬ 
 iod of one pay have given any kind of an order 
 on their wages. One list to be furnished to the 
 State Secretary-Treasurer of the miners’ or¬ 
 ganization, the other to the secretary of the 
 local. If upon investigation it is found that 
 any employe has received either from the 
 operator or in any other way less than the face 
 value of the order he shall be immediately 
 dealt with by the mine workers’ organization in 
 accordance with the provisions of their state 
 constitution, and he shall be discharged by the 
 operator. 
 
 When an employe gives the operator two 
 days’ notice of his intent to leave his employ, 
 he shall be entitled to and shall receive his pay, 
 in cash or par check, within a further period 
 of forty-eight hours, provided (in the case of 
 a miner), he has left his place in proper shape* 
 it being understood, however, that when at the 
 end of a contract period a large number of 
 men shall leave the employ of the operator, 
 the operator shall have a reasonable time in 
 which to make up the statements and pay the 
 men. In case of discharge, an employe shall 
 also be promptly paid the amount due him. No 
 statement shall be issued except for the regu¬ 
 lar pay roll period or except in case of a man 
 leaving his employ or of discharge, as afore¬ 
 said. 
 
 In the absence of agreement otherwise, men 
 shall be paid in cash or in par check according 
 
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 to the practice at the various mines heretofore. 
 In case a change is desired by either party to 
 the contract in the present method of paying 
 at any mine the matter shall be taken up for 
 adjustment and settled by the joint organiza¬ 
 tions. 
 
 Powder—Price and Quality. 
 
 Eighth. The price for powder per keg, shall 
 be $1.75, the same to be delivered at the face 
 when so requested. The miners shall purchase 
 their powder from the operators provided'it 
 is furnished of standard grade and quality; and 
 provided further that other permissible ex¬ 
 plosives may be used when necesary for the 
 safety of life and property—the permissible 
 explosives shall be furnished at the same rela¬ 
 tive cost as black powder* the interest of 
 operator and miner alike considered. In de¬ 
 termining the powder for a mine, it shall be the 
 purpose to select powder which shall give the 
 best results to the miner and operator alike. 
 A majority of the miners on the pay roll at 
 any mine may file with the operator a written 
 complaint against the powder being furnished 
 by the operator. Such complaint must explic¬ 
 itly state the objections to the powder and must 
 be signed by a majority of the miners. The 
 operator also may file with the pit committee 
 written notice of his desire to change the 
 powder being furnished, stating his reasons 
 therefor. Upon the filing of either complaint 
 or notice, as above stated, a test shall be ar¬ 
 ranged for as soon as possible, and such test 
 shall be conducted under written regulations 
 hereinafter provided for or the regulations may 
 be prescribed by the joint powder commission 
 hereinafter provided for. A Joint State Pow¬ 
 der Commission, who shall serve during the 
 life of this agreement, shall be constituted, con- 
 
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 si sting of six members, three of whom shall be 
 appointed by each executive board, respec¬ 
 tively, of whom not less than one on each side, 
 shall possess technical knowledge* and all of 
 whom shall possess either technical or practical 
 knowledge of the use of powder in producing 
 coal. Said Commission shall have full control 
 of all powder tests not settled locally, as herein 
 provided. The Commission shall be empow¬ 
 ered to investigate the various phases of the 
 powder question and may negotiate with pow¬ 
 der companies for the establishment of stand¬ 
 ard sizes of powder and the proper branding 
 thereof. It shall be the duty of the Commis¬ 
 sion to eliminate entirely from cases of powder 
 disputes the participation, openly or otherwise, 
 of representatives of powder companies, and 
 shall by all lawful and proper means seek to 
 secure for both operators and miners uniform 
 deliveries of such powder as is selected as the 
 most suitable in any given case. 
 
 In case of a powder dispute arising at any 
 mine as to kind of powder to be furnished 
 under the provisions of this agreement, the dis¬ 
 pute shall be first taken up, locally by the inter¬ 
 ested parties and a local test made in order to 
 determine whether the powder used or desired 
 by either operator or miners is best suited or 
 adapted for the use of the mine where the dis¬ 
 pute arises. The local test shall be made in 
 accordance with the following rules and regu¬ 
 lations as nearly as possible and shall cover a 
 sufficient time and tonnage to give the different 
 /powders tested a fair chance to determine their 
 respective value. The powder to be tested 
 shall be agreed upon by both parties to the 
 controversy as being in the judgment of each 
 Uest suited for use in the mine where the dis¬ 
 pute arises, the interests of operator and miner 
 alike considered. The kind of powder giving 
 
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 the best results in the opinion of the parties 
 snaking the test shall be the powder used in 
 the mine during the life of the contract unless 
 otherwise directed by law or unless a radical 
 change occurs in the character or condition of 
 the coal seam or that a change of powder is 
 mutually agreeable to both parties. 
 
 In the conducting of any local tests the fol¬ 
 lowing rules shall be observed and enforced, 
 to-wit: 
 
 Rule 1. Six members shall constitute the- 
 Committee or Commission for making any 
 local tests, unless otherwise specifically agreed 
 to by both operator and the miners; said com¬ 
 mittee or commission to be composed of three 
 miners selected and authorized to represent the 
 local and three men to likewise represent the 
 operator. In case of additional members par¬ 
 ticipating in any local test each side shall have 
 equal representation. 
 
 Rule 2. The drilling of all holes shall be 
 under the direct supervision of one miner and 
 one operator, member of the committee or com¬ 
 mission, during the conducting of any test. 
 
 Rule 3. One miner and one operator, mem¬ 
 bers of this committee or commission* shall 
 prepare all cartridges and keep a record of the 
 measurements and weights of same, the results 
 of the shots to be figured by weights of the 
 powder used and the condition of the coal 
 after being shot as a basis. 
 
 Rule 4. In no case shall the members of the 
 -committee or commission who drill or super¬ 
 vise the drilling of the holes have any knowl¬ 
 edge of the powder to be used, or that has been 
 <used until after the shots have been exploded. 
 
 Rule 5. The members of the committee or 
 commission shall tamp and fire, or have direct 
 supervision of the tamping and firing of all 
 shots during any test. 
 
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 Rule 6. A record shall be kept, giving the 
 measurements of the face, the number of shots 
 fired, the amount and the kind of powder 
 used, together with the comparative condition 
 of the place and shots. 
 
 s- Rule 7. The holes drilled shall be measured 
 and inspected, when possible, by all members 
 of the committee or commission and shall be 
 placed as nearly as possible in the same direc¬ 
 tion and depth in order to insure as nearly as 
 ^possible similar conditions and chances for the 
 different grains or brands of powder to be: 
 tested. 
 
 Rule 8. In judging the results obtained from 
 any test the interests of the miner and operator 
 alike shall be considered, and if required by 
 either party, a record of the tons of coal pro¬ 
 duced and the quality of same shall be kept. 
 
 Rule 9. The committee or commission shall* 
 have the right to require the sealing of any or 
 all full or part kegs of powder in the mines 
 during the conducting of any test and may 
 adopt any other rule or method to insure: 
 that no other powder than the powder used by' 
 the committee or commission will count or 
 figure in the results obtained by any test made 
 by them. 
 
 Rule 10. The committee or commission shall 
 eliminate entirely the participation, openly orr 
 otherwise* of men directly or indirectly repre¬ 
 sentatives of any powder or powder company. 
 In the event of a powder dispute arising, and 
 die failure of either side to appoint its mem¬ 
 bers of the committee or commission herein 
 provided for within seven days after the com¬ 
 plaint is filed, the State President of the or¬ 
 ganization failing to appoint its members lo¬ 
 cally shall make the appointment thereof 
 promptly and the, committee or commission so 
 
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 appointed shall proceed with the test as 
 herein provided. 
 
 In case the committee or commission fails to 
 agree after a test has been made locally, as 
 herein provided, the said Joint Powder Com¬ 
 mission shall assume jurisdiction, and th^ 
 whole data and records of the test shall be 
 submitted to and be reviewed by it, and if all 
 the conditions as above have been observed in 
 conducting the test it shall take the matter up 
 for final decision with power to make any 
 further test it may deem necessary. It is un¬ 
 derstood and agreed that all the requirements 
 of a local test as above must be complied with 
 before the case can properly come before the 
 Joint Powder Commission. 
 
 Said commission may investigate shot firing 
 devices, the merits of explosives other than 
 powder, and the use of other mechanical agents 
 than explosives for the production of coal, and 
 make recommendations to the two organiza¬ 
 tions concerning the same. 
 
 It is understood that the question of package 
 or kegs in which the powder is shipped be con¬ 
 sidered in the same way as the powder itself. 
 That the Joint Powder Commission will have 
 access to the powder magazines at all times 
 where disputes arise. That no new shipments 
 of powder be stored on top of powder on hand, 
 it being the intent to use the powder in the 
 order in which it is received at the mine. 
 
 Note: It is understood that the operator 
 will not discriminate against any powder de¬ 
 sired by the miners locally which meets the 
 test as to grade and quality herein prescribed, 
 provided it can be furnished at a competitive 
 price and in sufficient quantities for the suc¬ 
 cessful operation of the mine. 
 
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 Blacksmithing. 
 
 Ninth. The price for blacksmithing for pick 
 mining shall be six-tenths of a cent per ton for 
 room and pillar work* and twelve and one-half 
 cents per pay per man, or twenty-five cents per 
 month for long wall work. Sharpening and 
 drawing out picks, putting button or sumper 
 on scraper, straightening or welding or refac¬ 
 ing tamper when battered up, drawing out 
 wedge or fixing sockets when broken, shall be 
 jconsidered a part of blacksmithing without ex¬ 
 tra charge. 
 
 It is understood that the operator shall be 
 responsible for tools lost or broken in the 
 following cases: 
 
 (a) When tools are lost as the result of 
 a squeeze and the miner has not been able 
 to protect himself against such loss through 
 proper care in trying to locate a safe place 
 in his working place. 
 
 . (b) Where a fall occurs, for which the 
 miner is not responsible and his tools are 
 beyond such fall (between the fall and the 
 working face) and the company removes its 
 rails, machines, cars, pipes and wires, but 
 does not remove the miners’ tools. 
 
 (c) Where tools are lost under or by 
 falls as above indicated in paragraph (b) 
 when a mine is abandoned or shut down for 
 three or more weeks, without the operator 
 having given the miners notice (except in 
 case of mine explosions or fire to remove 
 £heir tools.) 
 
 (d) In case of a fire in a blacksmith shop 
 wherein tools are being held for sharpening 
 or repair. 
 
 (e) When at the instance of a mine man¬ 
 ager or his assistant, tools are taken to be 
 used by day men. 
 
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 The operator shall provide a convenient 
 place underground where the miners shall 
 leave their tools when brought out to be 
 sharpened or repaired and where they shall 
 receive them when returned from the black¬ 
 smith shop. When tools are sent to the sur¬ 
 face to be sharpened or repaired they shall 
 be immediately taken to the blacksmith 
 shop, and where men are not in charge of 
 such shop, locked up. It is understood that 
 when such a olace is provided and tools are 
 handled as herein specified, this record will 
 have been complied with. 
 
 Inside and Outside Day Wage Scale. 
 
 Tenth. The inside and outside day wage 
 
 scale shall be as follows: 
 
 Mine examiners, day or night. $3.38 
 
 Tracklayers . t . 2.84 
 
 Tracklayers’ helpers . 2.62 
 
 Boy trappers, spraggers. couplers and 
 switch throwers employed elsewhere 
 than at the bottom of the shaft or on 
 mechanical haulage after coupled 
 
 thereto . 1.50 
 
 Couplers now getting more than $1.50, 
 no change. Boy trappers, spraggers 
 and couplers now getting $1.57, no 
 change. 
 
 Spraggers, couplers and switch throw¬ 
 ers, either at the bottom of the shaft 
 or on mechanical haulage after 
 coupled thereto, no change. 
 
 Bottom cagers . 2.84 
 
 Drivers . 2.84 
 
 Trip riders and grippers. 2.84 
 
 Water haulers and machine haulers.. . 2.84 
 Timbermen, where such are employed 2.84 
 
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 Pipemen for compressed air plants. .$2,778 
 Brushers in long wall mines, Third 
 Vein and Wilmington fields, North¬ 
 
 ern Illinois . 2.84 
 
 Other company men in long wall mines 
 of Third Vein and Wilmington fields, 
 
 Northern Illinois . 2.62 
 
 Shot firers, per hour .589 
 
 All other inside day labor. 2.62 
 
 -The scale of wages now being paid 
 outside day labor at the various 
 mines in this state shall be the wage 
 
 scale for that class of labor during 
 the life of this agreement, with a 
 minimum of $2,249 per day. Firemen 
 and stokers shall receive $2.62. 
 
 Coal Washeries and Re-Screening Plants. 
 
 The U. M. W. of A. shall have jurisdiction 
 over washeries ancf re-screening plants con¬ 
 nected with the mines, except foremen, and 
 jig men at the washeries and repair men at 
 the re-screening plants, and the outside day 
 rate shall apply to all such employes. The 
 matter of overtime shall be optional with 
 the operator. This shall only apply to com¬ 
 panies who are parties to this contract. 
 
 Definition of Eight-Hour Day for Miners. 
 
 Eleventh (a) The above scale of mining 
 prices is based upon an eight-hour working 
 day, and it is definitely understood that this 
 'shall mean eight hours’ work at the face, 
 exclusive of noon time, six days a week, or 
 forty-eight hours in the week, provided the 
 operator desires the mine to work, and no 
 focal ruling shall in any way affect this 
 agreement, or impose conditions affecting 
 the same. 
 
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 Overtime for Day Labor. 
 
 (b) Any class of day labor may be paid, 
 at the option of the operator, for the num¬ 
 ber of hours and fractions thereof actually 
 worked at an hour rate based on one-eighth 
 of the scale rate per day. Provided, how¬ 
 ever, that when the men go into the mine 
 in the morning they shall be entitled to two 
 hours’ pay whether the mine hoists coal two 
 hours'or not, except in the event that they, 
 voluntarily leave their work during this time 
 without the consent of the operator, they 
 shall forfeit such two hours’ pay. Provided, 
 further, that overtime by day laborers, when 
 necessary to supply railroad chutes with 
 coal by night or Sunday, where no regular 
 men therefor are exclusively employed, or 
 when necessary in order not to impede the 
 operation of the mine the day following, and 
 for work which cannot be performed or 
 completed by the regular shift during regu¬ 
 lar hours, without impeding the operation of 
 the mine, may be performed and paid for at 
 the same rate per hour. 
 
 Division of Work. 
 
 Twelfth. After a mine has been idle, ex¬ 
 cept through strike, for a period of thirty 
 days, the miners employed at mines in same 
 locality may at their option share work 
 with those thrown idle, either by doubling 
 up in working places or some other manner 
 mutually agreeable; except there will be no 
 change in men in working places oftener 
 than every six days of operation. When a 
 part of the miners at any mines are thrown 
 idle, as above, for a period of six days of 
 operation they shall be entitled to sharfc 
 with the balance in the work in manner 
 provided, unless provided for otherwise. 
 
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 Machine runners may share their work 
 with runners so thrown idle, provided they 
 are thoroughly competent to perform same, 
 or they shall be given a place at the face. 
 
 Duties and Limitations of Pit Committee. 
 > Adjustment of Disputes and Grievances. 
 
 Thirteenth, (a) The duties of the pit 
 committee shall be confined to the adjust¬ 
 ment of disputes between the pit boss and 
 ‘any of the members of the United Mine 
 Workers of America working in and around 
 the mine, for whom a scale is made, arising 
 out of this agreement, or any sub-district 
 agreement made in connection herewith, 
 where the pit boss and said miner, or mine 
 laborer, have failed to agree. 
 
 (b) In case of any local trouble arising 
 at any shaft through such failure to agree 
 between the pit boss and any miner or mine 
 laborer, the pit committee and the miners’ 
 local president and the pit boss are em¬ 
 powered to adjust it; and in case of their 
 disagreement, it shall be referred to the 
 superintendent of the company and the 
 miners’ president of the sub-district; and, 
 should they fail to adjust it, it shall be re¬ 
 ferred in writing to the officers of the asso¬ 
 ciation and commission concerned, and the 
 state officials of the U. M. W. of A. for ad¬ 
 justment. In case any such issue shall be 
 referred to said officers of the association 
 £ind commission and state officials, each side 
 v to the controversy shall present to them, in 
 writing, the question involved, and sep¬ 
 arately the alleged essential facts in the 
 case, together with the names of witnesses 
 So substantiate the same. In case so re¬ 
 ferred, it shall be taken up by the repre- 
 
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 sentatives of the said officers of the associa¬ 
 tion and commission and the said state of¬ 
 ficers jointly, who shall thereupon give a 
 hearing to the local representatives of the 
 respective parties to the dispute, and to 
 such witnesses mentioned, as the representa¬ 
 tives of either side may produce. After” 
 hearing the testimony and arguments, said 
 representatives shall retire and consider the 
 case, and shall within a reasonable time 
 render their decision in writing, if one is 
 reached. Should no agreement be thus" 
 reached, said representatives shall endeavor 
 to agree in writing as to the essential facts 
 governing the case, and if they cannot, shall 
 state in writing such facts as are agreed 
 upon, together with such questions of facts 
 as are in dispute, and in addition, the respec¬ 
 tive reasons for failing to reach a decision. 
 
 Neither party to a controversy shall have 
 the right to appeal from any joint decision 
 reached in accordance herewith, but such 
 decision may be set aside by joint action of 
 the two executive boards, and either ex¬ 
 ecutive board may require a reviewal of the 
 decision by the joint executive boards, and 
 if not set aside when so reviewed, either 
 executive board may protest it as a prece¬ 
 dent. Decisions reached in accordance here¬ 
 with shall govern like cases during the life 
 of the contract, or future contracts, with like 
 provisions, unless otherwise stipulated in 
 writing in the decision, or, except as pro-: 
 tested as herein provided. In case no de¬ 
 cision of a case is reached, as last above 
 provided, the dispute shall be either referred 
 in writing to the joint executive boards for 
 adjustment or be submitted to arbitration. 
 In the event that the joint executive boards 
 
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 shall disagree, the dispute shall be submit¬ 
 ted to arbitration, provided, however, that, 
 in matters that vitally affect the interests of 
 either organization, or vitally affect the in¬ 
 terpretation of the contract, the dispute 
 shall be submitted to arbitration only at the 
 'discretion of the joint executive board. 
 
 For the purpose of providing full and 
 adequate machinery for the arbitration of 
 disputes as above, a commission shall be 
 -created consisting of three representatives 
 of the Illinois Coal Operators Association, 
 two representatives of the Fifth and Ninth 
 Districts Coal Operators Association, one 
 "representative of the Central Illinois Coal 
 Operators Association and six representa¬ 
 tives of the United Mine Workers of 
 America, to be appointed by the respective 
 executive boards, whose duty it shall be to 
 complete its work and put it into effect on 
 or before June 15, 1914. The respective or¬ 
 ganizations pledge themselves in good faith 
 to endeavor to finally and promptly dispose 
 of every dispute arising hereunder. Inde¬ 
 pendent action may be resorted to only in 
 matters outside of the contract relations; or 
 when the other party to the dispute refuses 
 to submit it to arbitration. 
 
 The intent of the foregoing is to obviate 
 the necessity of independent action by 
 either party and to avoid the delay in dis¬ 
 posing of disputes existing in the past. 
 
 No decision reached hereunder by the 
 Authorized representatives of the two or¬ 
 ganizations shall be reviewed, modified, or 
 set aside, except as provided herein. The 
 officers of the respective organizations may, 
 (rom time to time, jointly prescribe the 
 forms and procedure for the trial of cases 
 under the foregoing provision, the same not 
 
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 to be inconsistent herewith. In all cases of 
 dispute the miners and mine laborers and 
 all parties involved, shall continue at work, 
 pending a trial and adjustment, until a final 
 decision is reached under the provisions 
 herein set forth. 
 
 When Day Men Are to be Furnished by 
 Pit Committee. 
 
 (c) . If any day men refuse to continue 
 at work because of a grievance which has' 
 cr has not been taken up for adjustment in 
 the manner provided herein, and such ac¬ 
 tion shall seem likely to impede the opera¬ 
 tion of the mine, the pit committee shall im¬ 
 mediately furnish a man or men to-take 
 such vacant place or places, at the scale 
 rate, in order that the mine may continue 
 at work, and it shall be the duty of any 
 member, or members of the United Mine 
 Workers, who may be called upon, by the 
 pit boss or pit committee, to immediately 
 take the place or places assigned to him or 
 them in pursuance hereof. 
 
 Duties and Limitations of Pit Committee. 
 
 (d) The pit committee, in the discharge 
 of its duties, shall under no circumstances 
 go around the mine for any cause whatever, 
 unless called upon by the pit boss or by a 
 miner or company man who may have a 
 grievance that he cannot settle with the 
 boss; and, as its duties are confined to th( 
 adjustment of any such grievances, it is 
 understood that its members shall not draw 
 any compensation except while actively en¬ 
 gaged in the discharge of said duties. Any 
 pit committeeman who shall attempt to 
 execute any local rule or proceeding in 
 
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 conflict with any provisions of this con¬ 
 tract, or any other made in pursuance here¬ 
 of, or who shall fail to advise against any 
 shut down of the mine in violation of the 
 contract, shall be forthwith deposed as 
 committeeman. The same rule and penalty 
 ►shall apply to the local president when act¬ 
 ing alone, or when called into any case. The 
 foregoing shall not be construed to prohibit 
 the pit committee from looking after the 
 matter of membership dues and initiations 
 "in any proper manner. 
 
 (e) Every pit committeeman must be an 
 actual employe at the mine where he 
 serves. Members of the pit committee em- 
 nloyed as day men shall not leave their 
 places of duty during working hours, except 
 by permission of the operator, or in cases 
 involving the stoppage of the mine. 
 
 Right to Hire and Discharge. 
 
 (f) The right to hire and discharge, the 
 management of the mine and the direction 
 of the working force are vested exclusively 
 in the operator and the U. M. W. of A. shall 
 not abridge this right. It is not the inten¬ 
 tion of this provision to encourage the dis¬ 
 charge of employes or the refusal of em¬ 
 ployment to applicants because of personal 
 prejudice or activity in matters affecting 
 the U. M. W. of A. If any employe shall 
 be suspended or discharged by the com¬ 
 pany, and it is claimed that an injustice has 
 tbeen done him, an investigation to be con¬ 
 ducted by the parties and in the manner set 
 forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this sec¬ 
 tion shall be taken up promptly, and if it is 
 proven that an injustice has been done, the 
 ‘operator shall reinstate said employe, and 
 when so reinstated such employe shall re-' 
 
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 ceive as compensation during the period of 
 his suspension or discharge not to exceed 
 $ 2.84 per day for the time the mine ope¬ 
 rated. In such cases where he was em¬ 
 ployed as a day laborer, if as such day 
 laborer his regular scale wage was less than 
 $ 2.84 per day, he shall be compensated at 
 the scale rate provided for in this agree¬ 
 ment for his regular employment. Pro¬ 
 vided, however, that should the adjudication 
 of the case be delayed by any act of the^ 
 miners or their officials then the company 
 shall not be responsible for more than ten 
 days’ compensation. Provided, further, that 
 the employer shall have the option of per¬ 
 mitting the accused to continue at work, 
 or in case of discharge or suspension put 
 him back to work, pending the investiga¬ 
 tion as provided for in paragraphs (a) and 
 (b) of this section. And it is further agreed 
 that the taking up and investigation of dis¬ 
 charge cases shall take precedence over all 
 other cases except shut-downs. 
 
 (g) It is understood and agreed that 
 there shall be no more than three members 
 on the pit committee at any one mine, ex¬ 
 cept that where the operator gives the night 
 boss the right to hire and discharge the 
 miners may select an additional committee¬ 
 man to represent them on the night shift. 
 The regular term of the pit committee shall 
 be one year, unless deposed in accordance 
 with this agreement. 
 
 Lost Coal on Roadways. 
 
 Fourteenth. The company weighman and 
 miners’ checkweighman shall keep a record 
 of all allowances made to miners on ac¬ 
 count of broken cars and also a record of all 
 coal loaded by the company on the mine 
 
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 haulage roads. From this coal shall first 
 be deducted such an amount as has been 
 allowed to the miners on account of broken 
 cars, and the remainder divided equally be¬ 
 tween the company and the miners , check- 
 weigh fund. Settlement to be made 
 *monthly. 
 
 Fatal Accidents and Funerals. 
 
 Fifteenth, (a) In the event of an in¬ 
 stantaneous death by accident in the mine 
 the miners and underground employes shall 
 have the privilege of discontinuing work 
 for the remainder of the day; but work, at 
 the option of the operator, shall be resumed 
 the day following and continue thereafter. 
 In case the operator elects to operate the 
 mine on the day of the funeral of the de¬ 
 ceased, as above, or where death has re¬ 
 sulted from an accident in the mine, the in¬ 
 dividual miners and underground employes 
 may, at their option, absent themselves 
 from work for the purpose of attending 
 such funeral, but not otherwise. And 
 whether attending such funeral or not, each 
 member of the U. M. W. of A. employed at 
 the mine at which the deceased was em¬ 
 ployed, shall contribute fifty cents and the 
 operator twenty-five dollars for the benefit 
 of the family of the deceased, or his legal 
 representatives, to be collected through the 
 office of the company. In the event that 
 the mines are thrown idle on account of the 
 piners’ or other employes’ failure to report 
 .or work in the time intervening between 
 the time of the accident and the funeral or 
 on the day of the funeral, then the company 
 shall not be called upon for the payment of 
 She twenty-five dollars above referred to. 
 In case the mine is so thrown idle on §aid 
 
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 intervening day, employes absenting them¬ 
 selves from work shall be dealt with the 
 same as when a mine is thrown idle with¬ 
 out the consent of the operator, other than 
 in order to enforce a demand in violation 
 of the contract. Except in case of fatal ac¬ 
 cidents as above, the mine shall in no case 
 be thrown idle because of any death or 
 funeral, but in case of a death of any em¬ 
 ploye of the company or member of his 
 family any individual miner may at his op¬ 
 tion absent himself from work for the pur* 
 pose of attending such funeral, but not 
 otherwise. 
 
 (b) Any employe absenting himself from 
 work ostensibly to attend the funeral of an 
 employe, member of his family, or some 
 one else, who does not attend such funeral, 
 shall be fined $ 2 . 50 . When any mine is 
 thrown idle for any funeral, pursuant to 
 action of the miners’ local organization or 
 officers, or because of a tacit understanding 
 to that effect, each employe idle because 
 thereof shall be fined $ 2 . 50 . The proceeds 
 of said $ 2.50 fines shall go either to the 
 family of the deceased or to the district or¬ 
 ganization as may be jointly agreed upon 
 locally. 
 
 Responsibility for Timbering and Deadwork. 
 
 Sixteenth, (a) The scale of orices herein 
 provided shall include, in ordinary condi¬ 
 tions, the work required to load coal and 
 properly timber the working places in th,e 
 mine, and the operator shall be required tk> 
 furnish the necessary timber in rooms or 
 working faces of suitable lengths in accord¬ 
 ance with the state mining laws. And in 
 long wall mines, it shall include the proper 
 mining of the coal and the brushing and 
 
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 care of the working olaces and roadway ac¬ 
 cording to the present method and rules re¬ 
 lating thereto, which shall continue un¬ 
 changed. 
 
 (b) If any miner shall fail to properly 
 timber, shoot and care for his working 
 place, and such failure has entailed falls of 
 slate, rock and the like, the miner whose 
 fault has occasioned such damage, shall re¬ 
 pair the same without compensation, and 
 if such miner fails to repair such damage 
 he may be discharged. 
 
 Any dispute that may arise as to the re¬ 
 sponsibility. under this clause, shall be ad¬ 
 justed by the pit committee and mine fore¬ 
 man, and in case of their failure to agree, 
 shall be taken up for settlement under the 
 Thirteenth section of this agreement. 
 
 In cases where the mine manager directs 
 the placing of cross-bars to permanently 
 secure the roadway, then, and in such cases, 
 only, the miner shall be paid at the current 
 price for each cross-bar when properly set. 
 
 The above does not contemplate any 
 change from the ordinary method of tim¬ 
 bering by the miner for his own safety. 
 
 Check-Off. 
 
 Seventeenth. The operators will recog¬ 
 nize the pit committee in the discharge of 
 its duties as herein specified, but not other¬ 
 wise, bnd agree to check off union dues and 
 assessments required by the miners for 
 lawful purposes, subscriptions for the U. 
 M. W. of A. Journal, Harrisburg Chronicle 
 and fines from the miners and mine labor¬ 
 ers, when desired, on proper individual or 
 collective continuous order. It is under¬ 
 stood that after the pit expenses for powder, 
 
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 smithing and a proper proportion of mine 
 tools, the operator will give preference to 
 the ordinary dues and assessments; and 
 also not to exceed $5 in any one pay for 
 fines and initiation fee, unless by special 
 agreement with the operator concerned. 
 The operator will furnish to the miners and . 
 local representative a statement showing 
 separately the total amount of dues, assess¬ 
 ments and fines collected and furnish to the 
 miners’ local representative a statement 
 showing in detail those whose dues and - 
 assessments have not been collected, and 
 the means of ascertaining that the total 
 amount collected is correct. When such 
 collections are made, card day shall be 
 abolished. In case any fine is imposed, the 
 propriety of which is questioned, the 
 amount of such fine shall be withheld by the 
 operator until the question has been taken 
 up for adjustment and a decision has been 
 reached. 
 
 Emergency Work and Ordinary Repairs. 
 
 Eighteenth. The operators shall have the 
 right in cases of emergency work or ordinary 
 repairs to the plant to employ in connection 
 therewith such men as, in their judgment, 
 are best acquainted with and suited to the 
 work to be performed, except where men 
 are permanently employed for such work. 
 Blacksmiths and other skilled labor shall 
 make any necessary repairs to machinery 
 and boilers. , 
 
 Construction and Extensive Repairs. 
 
 Nineteenth. The erection of head frames, 
 buildings, scale machinery, railroad switch- , 
 es, etc., necessary for the completion of a 
 
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 plant to hoist coal, all being in the nature 
 of construction work, are to be excluded 
 from the jurisdiction of the United Mine 
 Workers of America. Extensive repairs to 
 or rebuilding the same class of work, shall 
 also be included in the same exception. The 
 employes thereon to be excluded, as above, 
 when employed on such work only. 
 
 Penalties. 
 
 Twentieth, (a) When any employe ab¬ 
 sents himself from his work for a period of 
 two days without the consent of the com¬ 
 pany, other than because of proven sick¬ 
 ness, he may be discharged. 
 
 (b) Any employe or employes guilty of 
 throwing a mine idle or of materially re¬ 
 ducing the output of a mine, bv failure to 
 continue at work in accordance with the 
 provisions of this agreement, for the pur¬ 
 pose of enforcing some demand in violation 
 of this agreement, or to force a decision in 
 some case in dispute bv methods other than 
 as provided for herein, shall be fined Five 
 Dollars each. For the same offense, other 
 than to enforce such demand or such de¬ 
 cision, he or they shall be fined One Dollar 
 each for each day so idle. 
 
 (c) Any operator who shall lock out all 
 or any material part of his employes in 
 order to enforce some condition in viola¬ 
 tion of this agreement shall be fined $100.00. 
 
 (d) All fines collected as above shall be 
 paid, one-half to the State Treasurer of the 
 U. M. W. of A., and one-half to the Secre¬ 
 tary-Treasurer of the Coal Operators Asso¬ 
 ciation concerned, and under no circum¬ 
 stances shall any fines so collected be re¬ 
 funded except when mutually agreed to by 
 the two organizations. 
 
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 Machine Differential. 
 
 Twenty-first, (a) Except at Danville, 
 where the differential shall be ten cents per 
 ton, the differential for machine mining 
 throughout the State of Illinois shall be 
 seven cents per ton less than the pick min¬ 
 ing rate. It being understood and agreed 
 that the machine mining rate shall include 
 the snubbing of coal either by powder or 
 wedge and sledge, as conditions may war¬ 
 rant, where chain machine is used; but it 
 is understood that this condition shall not 
 apply where two men have, and work in 
 one place only in the same shift, except at 
 the option of the miner; and it shall also 
 be optional with the miner which system of 
 snubbing shall be followed. The division 
 of the machine mining rate, as well as the 
 division on shearing and air or electric drill 
 rates shall be fixed in joint local or joint 
 sub-district meetings. 
 
 Shearing Machine and Air or Electric 
 Drills. 
 
 (b) The established rates on shearing ma¬ 
 chines and air or electric drills, as now ex¬ 
 isting locally^ shall remain unchanged for the 
 ensuing term of this contract, and in other 
 mines the matter of a scale for shooting 
 off the solid with air or electric drills be 
 taken up if desired by any operator with¬ 
 out any prejudice or influence from what 
 has been done or said heretofore. 
 
 Rules for Use of Cage by Employes. 
 
 Twenty-second. Any underground em¬ 
 ploye not on hand so as to go down to his 
 work, before the hour of commencing work, 
 shall not be entitled to go below except at 
 
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 the convenience of the company. When 
 any employe is sick or injured he shall be 
 given a cage at once. When a cage load of 
 men comes to the bottom of the shaft, who 
 have been prevented from working by 
 reason of falls or other things over which 
 they have no control, they shall be given a 
 cage at once. For the accommodation of 
 individual employes less than a age-load 
 who have been prevented from jrking as 
 above, a cage shall be run mid-forenoon, 
 noon and mid-afternoon of each working 
 day; provided, however, that the foregoing 
 shall not be permitted to enable men to 
 leave their work for other than the reasons 
 stated above. 
 
 Shaft Sinking. 
 
 Twenty-third. The scale for sinkers 
 shall be $ 3,378 and for shift leaders $ 3,747 
 per day. 
 
 The scale for top men handling concrete 
 or dirt at sinking mines shall be the same 
 as that of dumpers or top men in the sub¬ 
 district in which the mine is being sunk. 
 The word “sinker” shall mean a man who 
 drills, fires, digs or loads the refuse, puts in 
 guides and retaining walls in new shafts 
 until the doorheads are in, when the sink¬ 
 ing in question shall be considered finished. 
 By that is meant the completely finished 
 shaft to the bottom of the sump. 
 
 Repairing or retimbering shafts shall not 
 be construed as sinking unless more than 
 two sets of timbers are needed for such re¬ 
 pairs within any fifteen ( 15 ) days. Replac¬ 
 ing guides or buntons shall not come under 
 sinkers’ wages. 
 
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 Definition of Eight-Hour Day for Day 
 Labor. 
 
 Twenty-fourth, (a) All classes of day la¬ 
 bor are to work full eight hours and going to 
 and coming from the respective working places 
 is to be done on their own time. All company 1 
 men shall perform whatever day labor the 
 foreman may direct. An eight-hour day means 
 •eight hours’ work at the usual working places, 
 exclusive of noon-time, for all classes of day 
 labor. This shall be exclusive of the time re¬ 
 quired in reaching such working places in the 
 morning and departing from same at night. 
 
 Drivers—Rules to Govern. 
 
 (b) Drivers shall take their mules to and 
 
 from the stables, and the time required in so 
 doing shall not include any part of the day’s 
 labor; their time beginning when they reach 
 the change at which they receive empty cars— 
 that is, the parting drivers at the shaft bottom 
 and the inside drivers at the parting—and end¬ 
 ing at the same places; but in no case shall a 
 driver’s time be docked while he is waiting for 
 such cars at the points named. The inside 
 drivers at their option, may either walk to and 
 from their parting or take with them, without 
 compensation* either loaded or empty cars, to 
 enable them to ride. This provision, however, 
 shall not prevent the inside drivers from bring¬ 
 ing to and taking from the bottom regular 
 trips, if so directed by the operator, provided 
 such work is done within the eight hours. , 
 
 Harnessing and Unharnessing Mules. 
 
 (c) The methods at present existing cover¬ 
 ing the harnessing and unharnessing, feeding 
 and caring for the mules, shall be continued 
 throughout the life of this agreement. 
 
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 Yardage and Deadwork. 
 
 Twenty-fifth. All yardage and deadwork on 
 which a scale has been established shall con¬ 
 tinue unless changed by mutual agreement. 
 
 Operators to Keep Places as Dry as 
 Practicable. 
 
 Twenty-sixth, (a) The company shall keep 
 the mine in as dry condition as practicable by 
 keeping the water off the road and out of the 
 working places. When a miner has to leave 
 his working place on account of water the 
 company shall employ said miner when prac¬ 
 ticable to move the water or do company work, 
 provided said miner is competent to do such 
 work, or he will be given another working 
 place equal to the average place of the mine, 
 until such water is taken out of his place. 
 
 (b) All permanent metal track shall be laid 
 by the company, and when a miner has to leave 
 his working place on account of such track not 
 being laid through the neglect of the company, 
 it shall employ said miner doing company 
 work when practicable* provided said miner-is 
 competent to do such work, or he shall be given 
 another place equal to the average of the mine 
 until such time as such track is laid in his 
 place. Short or skid rails shall be furnished if 
 needed. 
 
 Ambulances, Bandages, Etc. 
 
 Twenty-seventh. The operators shall keep 
 sufficient blankets, oil, bandages, etc., and pro¬ 
 vide suitable ambulance or conveyance readily 
 available at each mine to properly convey in¬ 
 jured persons to their homes after an accident. 
 
 Equal Turn. 
 
 Twenty-eighth. The operators shall see that 
 an equal turn is offered each miner, and he shall 
 
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 be given a fair chance to obtain the same. The 
 company shall furnish a turn board or sheet 
 where demanded—except at mines where there 
 is an unlimited turn—so ruled that there will 
 be a numbered horizontal line or space for each 
 driver employed in the mine who has been 
 authorized by the management to have charge 
 of the turn in the run or territory from which 
 he pulls coal. With perpendicular lines at right 
 angles with the above, forming spaces at the 
 top in which shall be marked the days of the 
 month, and it shall be the duty of the above 
 mentioned driver to mark in his designated 
 line or space under proper date, the number 
 of full turns of cars that have been pulled 
 from his territory or run each day he works. 
 There shall be a vertical space ruled or lined 
 on the right hand side of the board for the 
 purpose of totaling the accounts each day, and 
 it shall be the duty of the turnkeeper to see 
 that each driver’s account is totaled each day 
 for the preceding day, before the time of mark¬ 
 ing turns by the drivers* and at the end of each 
 pay he shall deduct the amount of the lowest 
 turn on the board from the different totaled 
 turns, and shall carry forward to the next pay 
 all balances, thereby keeping a continuous turn. 
 It shall be the duty of each driver to keep ac¬ 
 count of the individual turn and keep same 
 equal in his own run or territory. 
 
 Any miner will be considered as having 
 loaded the highest turn of cars offered in the 
 run in which he works each day, whether he is 
 present at work or not, unless he is hindered 
 from doing the same through some fault of the 
 company, and then it shall be the duty of the 
 driver in charge of that run to make up such 
 cars or turn provided the miner is able to load 
 same unless otherwise provided for by con¬ 
 tract. 
 
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 Should any run at any time become more 
 than an average one day’s turn either ahead 
 or behind the average turn of the different runs 
 it shall be the duty of the management to so 
 regulate the driving that such runs shall either 
 
 vbe made up or held back, as the case may de¬ 
 mand, and should the management fail within 
 ten days to remedy such condition after the 
 same occurs then the men in the run or ter¬ 
 ritory having the highest turn shall be sus- 
 
 * pended from loading coal until the same is 
 remedied. 
 
 Any driver having pulled all the coal loaded 
 by the miners in his run during any shift shall 
 mark an “X” in addition to this turn in his 
 alloted space on the turn board, signifying a 
 clean-up, and the turn keeper shall in totaling, 
 count same equal to the highest turn of any 
 run pulled that day. In addition to the above 
 the turn keeper shall copy the total turns each 
 day in a book kept for that purpose* for refer¬ 
 ence in case of dispute, or preserve original 
 sheet. 
 
 The above is not intended to change any 
 plan mutually agreeable to operators and 
 miners that may have been adopted by them at 
 any mine to regulate the turn, but in no way 
 shall the miners or mine workers restrict the 
 number of cars loaded by the miner or the 
 amount of coal to be placed on any car. 
 
 The drivers shall be subject to whomever the 
 mine manager shall designate as turn keeper 
 
 * in pursuance hereof. 
 
 In mines where there is both hand and 
 machine mining an equal turn shall mean ap¬ 
 proximately the same turn to each man in the 
 
 * machine part of the mine, and approximately 
 the same turn to each man doing hand work, 
 but not necessarily the same to each hand 
 
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 •miner as to each man working with the 
 machines. 
 
 Holidays. 
 
 Twenty-ninth. Work may be suspended on 
 Virden day at mines at places where any of the 
 dead are interred, if memorial services are to 
 be held, provided that picnips or other pleasure 
 festivities are not proposed, but not elsewhere 
 or otherwise. New Years, April 1st, July 4th, 
 Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas shall 
 be the only holidays under this agreement 
 
 On one annual miners’ election day* National, 
 State and Sub-District, the mines may be closed 
 at 12 o’clock noon; provided, that mines em¬ 
 ploying more than 200 men may take a full day 
 by the local officers giving the operators ten 
 days’ notice of their intention so to do. 
 
 Engineers to Continue Work in Event of 
 Suspension. 
 
 Thirtieth. In case of either local or general 
 suspension of mining, either at the expiration 
 of the contract or otherwise, the engineers 
 shall not suspend work, but shall, when mining 
 is suspended, fully protect all of the company’s 
 property under their care, and operate fans 
 and pumps, and lower or hoist such men or 
 supplies as may be required to protect the com¬ 
 pany’s property, and all coal required to keep 
 up steam at the company’s coal plants; but it 
 is understood and agreed that the operators 
 will not ask them to hoist any coal produced 
 by non-union labor for sale on the market. 
 
 Should the interests of the engineers be 
 directly involved in any issue at the expiration 
 of this contract and any engineers cease from 
 'work, the United Mine Workers of America 
 "will provide competent men to perform the 
 
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 emergency work above recited, at the scale 
 price in effect at the time of suspension, sub¬ 
 ject to any subsequent settlement; the operator 
 at his option to retain only such engineers as 
 are required, but with the understanding that 
 all of the engineers employed at the time of 
 the suspension shall be entitled to an equal 
 division of the work. 
 
 Contract not to be Voided by Miners’ 
 Constitution or Rules. 
 
 Thirty-first, (a) This contract is in no* 
 case to be set aside because of any rules of the 
 U. M. W. of A. now in force or which may 
 hereafter be adopted; nor is this contract to be 
 set aside by reason of any provision in their 
 National, State or local Constitutions. 
 
 Sub-District and Local Agreements. 
 
 (b) Existing sub-district and local agree¬ 
 ments shall continue in effect during the life 
 of this agreement, except as may be changed- 
 herein or pursuant hereto, under the following 
 provisions: 
 
 That joint commissions of not to exceed 
 three miners and three operators be appointed 
 by each sub-district to take up for consideration 
 all of the disputed subjects filed with the Joint 
 Scale Committee, and in the event of failure 
 to agree by August 1 , 1914, then all unsettled 
 matters shall be referred to the Arbitration 
 Commission provided for in the Thirteenth 
 Section hereof. 
 
 All subjects to be adjudicated on the basis of 
 not materially reducing the earnings of the 
 men or operator. 
 
 Price on Coal to Employes. 
 
 The question of a special price on coal to* 
 employes where not now established, if submit- 
 
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 ted, shall be as to the propriety of a special 
 price at the shaft to the employes of the opera¬ 
 tor affected where he has retail facilities or 
 suitable arrangements can be made. 
 
 No Local Demands. 
 
 (c) There shall be no demands made locally 
 that are not specifically set forth in this agree¬ 
 ment, except as agreed to in the joint sub¬ 
 district meetings held in accordance with this 
 agreement. 
 
 Negotiations for Next Agreement. 
 
 Thirty-second. The Joint Executive Boards 
 are authorized and instructed to arrange for ne¬ 
 gotiations for the formation of a new wage con¬ 
 tract to begin at a date not later than March 1> 
 1916 , and are empowered to recommend pro¬ 
 vision for avoiding a cessation of work at the 
 expiration of this contract if a new contract 
 has not been negotiated. 
 
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 ENGINEERS’ AGREEMENT 
 
 Wages and Conditions to Govern Coal 
 Hoisting Engineers to 
 March 31, 1916. 
 
 i _ 
 
 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT. 
 
 Made and entered into by and between The 
 , Illinois Coal Operators Association, The Coal 
 Operators Association of the Fifth and Ninth 
 Districts, The Central Illinois Coal Operators 
 Association ,and the United Mine Workers of 
 Illinois, witnesseth : 
 
 1st. That from April 1 , 1914, to March 31, 
 1916, the coal hoisting engineers employed by 
 the members of the Illinois Coal Operators’ 
 Associations in the State of Illinois shall be 
 paid the following scale of wages: 
 
 Class A Mines with a daily capacity of 500 
 tons or over, and employing one, two or three 
 engineers* first engineer $100.00 per month, 
 second engineer $88.88 per month, third engi¬ 
 neer $83.32 per month. Engineers will do no 
 firing in Class A. 
 
 Class B. Mines with a daily capacity of 200 
 tons, and less than 500 tons, employing one, 
 two or three engineers, first engineer $94,428 
 per month, second and third engineers, each 
 $83.32 per month. 
 
 Class C. Mines with a daily capacity of less 
 ^ than 200 tons and more than 100 tons, employ¬ 
 ing one or two engineers, first engineer $94,428 
 per month, second engineer $80.54 per month* 
 each for a nine-hour working day, and each 
 to do his own firing. 
 
 Class D. Mines with a daily capacity of 100 
 tons or less, employing one or two engineers, 
 
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 each engineer $77,766 per month, for a nine- 
 hour day; the engineer to do his own firing. 
 
 The classification of a mine cannot be 
 changed during temporary idleness. 
 
 Where a mine is out of commission and is 
 not to be resumed within 90 days, the engineer v 
 shall, at the option of the operator, be paid the 
 scale of Class D mines; but in the event that 
 said mine resumes within said 90 days, then 
 the compensation to the engineer shall be re¬ 
 adjusted to the basis previously existing for the * 
 entire period affected. 
 
 Engineers employed at mines in course of 
 sinking shall be paid $3,336 per day of eight 
 hours, and shall do their own firing when re¬ 
 quired. 
 
 2d. It is understood and agreed that, except 
 as provided in Class C and D the foregoing 
 scale is for eight hours’ work* seven days in 
 the week; but that any mine in Class A or B 
 can establish a nine or ten-hour day for one 
 or two engineers, by paying therefor a propor¬ 
 tionate rate, and any mine in Class C or D can 
 establish a ten-hour day by paying therefor a 
 proportionate rate based on the above nine- 
 hour scale. The eight hours’ work at mines in 
 Class A and B and the nine hours’ work in 
 Class C and D shall be exclusive of noon or 
 dinner time, where one or two engineers are 
 employed; but where the engineer is required 
 to work during the noon or dinner time he 
 shall be paid accordingly. 
 
 3d. No engineer shall lay off or exchange ' 
 shifts without the consent of the operator. 
 
 At mines working three engineers, the first 
 engineer shall complete the hoisting shift,, 
 where desired, without overtime, and the re- 1 
 mainder of the twenty-four hours shall be di- 
 
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 vided between the other two engineers and be 
 paid for the same as two full eight-hour shifts. 
 
 Provided, that where it is mutually agreed, 
 the engineers may exchange shifts or the sec¬ 
 ond engineer may complete the hoisting shift; 
 and should the question of competency arise it 
 } may be taken up through the proper channel. 
 
 4th. It is understood and agreed that 
 where the above scale of wages is paid, 
 there shall be no charge for overtime by 
 * the engineers except as hereinafter pro¬ 
 vided; any or all engineers shall perform 
 ■such work when required. 
 
 The hoisting engineer being generally in 
 charge of all the engines and machinery on 
 top, such as dynamos and compressors* and 
 engines for shaker screens, box car loaders, 
 dirt dump haulage, etc., it is understood to 
 be a part of his duties to repair them (with 
 the exception of electric repairs to dyna¬ 
 mos) in cases of emergency without over¬ 
 time or extra pay; but it is further under¬ 
 stood and agreed that where any engineer 
 not on duty is required to come to or re¬ 
 main at the mine on account of a breakage 
 or accident to the machinery, which is not 
 attributable to the negligence of the engi¬ 
 neer, such overtime shall be paid for at an 
 bour rate based on his monthly salary. 
 
 All engineers will attend to the ordinary 
 incidental repairs without overtime, even 
 though some overtime has to be worked. 
 But if an engineer at a mine where two or 
 1 more engineers are employed is required to 
 come out or to stay out to do some work 
 on another shift, on account of breakage 
 or accident, as stated herein, he shall be 
 sallowed overtime; or if, where only one 
 engineer is employed, he is required to 
 work overtime repairing a breakage or ac- 
 
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 cident not attributable to his negligence, he 
 shall likewise be entitled to overtime on the 
 same basis. 
 
 It is also agreed that in case of sickness 
 or unexpected absence of any engineer the 
 other engineer or engineers shall perform 
 his duties, and if desired by them his wages 
 for time so absent shall revert to the engi¬ 
 neers performing such extra services. 
 
 5th. When the mine is in active operation 
 hoisting coal, it is, of course, understood 
 that the engineer’s place is in the engine 
 room; but otherwise when not so employed, 
 and he is on pay, he shall perform any 
 work, not herein specifically excepted, in 
 connection with the boilers, machinery and 
 appliances directly under his charge, that 
 the operator or his accredited representa¬ 
 tive may direct, except patching boilers, or 
 inserting new flues. 
 
 No engineer shall be required to clean 
 boilers without assistance; such assistance 
 to be selected by the operator. 
 
 6th. A licensed engineer shall be em¬ 
 ployed at all times when steam is required 
 at the throttle, in compliance with the State 
 law. He shall, at the option of the opera¬ 
 tor, do his own firing in Class A and B 
 mines, except the engineer that hoists the 
 coal on days when the hoisting is in excess 
 of an aggregate of fifty tons of coal per 
 twenty-four hours for railroad chutes or 
 wagon trade, and except when the mine 
 shuts down in the middle of a shift. The 
 engineer shall do his own firing at. mines of 
 any class (except as herein provided) ex¬ 
 cept when compressors or haulage engines 
 are running or dynamos are operated for 
 other purposes than furnishing light for the 
 
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 company’s premises or for operating the- 
 ventilating fan of the mine. 
 
 7th. In case of either local or general 
 suspension of mining, either at the expira¬ 
 tion of this contract, or otherwise, the en¬ 
 gineers shall not suspend work» but shall,. 
 i when mining is suspended, fully protect all 
 of the company’s property under their care, 
 and operate fans and pumps, and lower and. 
 hoist such men or supplies as may be re¬ 
 quired to protect the company’s property,. 
 # and any and all coal required to keep up 
 steam at the company’s coal plants; but it 
 is understood and agreed that the operator 
 will not ask them to hoist any coal pro¬ 
 duced by nonunion labor for sale on the 
 market. 
 
 Should the interest of the engineers be- 
 directly involved in any issue at the expira¬ 
 tion of this contract and any engineers- 
 cease from work, the United Mine Workers 
 of America will provide competent men to* 
 perform the emergency work above re¬ 
 cited, at the scale price in effect at the 
 time of suspension, subject to any subse¬ 
 quent settlement; the operator at his option 
 to retain only such engineers as are re¬ 
 quired, but with the understanding that all 
 of the engineers employed at the time of 
 the suspension shall be entitled to an equal 
 division of the work. This does not con¬ 
 template that in case of suspension the 
 operator can lay off engineers and use top 
 boss or other labor to keep up steam for 
 pumps or other purposes. 
 
 8th. It is also agreed that in case of any 
 dispute or trouble arising between the en- 
 gineer and the operator by whom he is^ 
 employed, work shall not be suspended, but 
 
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 the grievance shall be taken up by the pro¬ 
 per officials. 
 
 9th. As rapidly as the requisite corps of 
 competent engineers is provided at the dif¬ 
 ferent mines, the engineers shall become 
 members of the United Mine Workers of 
 America and thereafter only members 
 thereof shall be employed as hoisting en¬ 
 gineers when such members competent to 
 fill the position can be obtained. 
 
 10th. The capacity of the mines shall be 
 determined by the operator and the engin¬ 
 eer or engineers of each mine, and in the 
 event of their failure to agree it shall be im¬ 
 mediately referred to the officials of the 
 respective organizations, whose decision 
 shall be final and binding upon both 
 parties. 
 
 11th. No hoisting engineer shall be subject 
 to the authority or supervision of the local 
 union or pit committee. It is not the intent of 
 this contract either to enlarge or to restrict 
 their duties and privileges as heretofore exist¬ 
 ing or exercised, or to change any established 
 condition. In case of any dispute between 
 any engineer and operator which they cannot 
 adjust it shall be referred to the operator or 
 his superintendent and the miners’ sub-district 
 president for adjustment; and upon their fail¬ 
 ure to agree it shall be referred to the state 
 officers of the respective organizations for ad¬ 
 justment. The provisions of the state contract 
 between The Illinois Coal Operators Associa¬ 
 tion, The Coal Oeprators Association of the 
 Fifth and Ninth Districts of Illinois* The Cen¬ 
 tral Illinois Coal Operators’ Association and 
 the United Mine Workers of Illinois, shall ap¬ 
 ply to the engineers to the extent that they are 
 in harmony with this contract, and with the 
 
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 conditions and practices heretofore recognized 
 between the operators and their engineers, and 
 the mode of settling disputes arising between 
 them. 
 
 12th. First engineer in Class A and B mines 
 will do no firing, except where the mine is idle 
 r for a period of two days or more. The other 
 engineers shall continue as at present. 
 
 The Illinois Coal Operators Association: 
 
 » W. L. SCHMICK, President. 
 
 F. C. HONNOLD, Sec’y.-Treas. 
 
 The Coal Operators Association of the 
 Fifth and Ninth Districts of Illinois: 
 
 THOMAS T. BREWSTER, President 
 C. H. KRAUSE, Secy. 
 
 The Central Illinois Coal Operators Asso¬ 
 ciation : 
 
 C. H. HURST, President. 
 
 GEORGE A. WOOD, Sec’y. 
 
 The United Mine Workers of America, 
 District No. 12: 
 
 JOSEPH POPE, President. 
 DUNCAN MCDONALD, Sec’y-Treas. 
 
 Executed May 13, 1914. 
 
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