Show ANTHRACITE f AGREEMENT T- T IS REJECTED ChecK Chech System Demanded I I by Union Evidently the Stumbling BlocK NEW EW YORK May 2 The Tho Tho full com corn committee of or anthracite operators and miners min mil ers today voted down the a agreement t submitted th the that was Wa to them by t subcommittee of the tho and aud n mm min miners ers to settle the controversy over the Question of increased and other Questions in the thc anthracite rc region on It was announced t that the suspension the anthracite anthracite sion aba of work throughput throughout cite fields would continue The rue agreement tl thus us rejected follows I in iu part To 10 the joint committee of or miners and operators It Gentlemen Tho The the subcommittee appointed d by vou sou at It rity your ur session in Philadelphia on ou April 1 10 O. O bl beg to recommend for your Jour consideration an adjustment of the following following fol fol- fol lowin lowing terms tenus and ana conditions That the tho terms terras and conditions awarded by the anthracite coal strike commission and supplemented by the tho thoa a agreements remen subsequent thereto to be continued for a further period of four years ending March 31 1916 except in n the following ing particular to wit Ten Per Cent Increase T The Thc 1 c contract rates and wage s scale le for all an employees shall shan b. b be in increased r a ased 10 nor ncr cent over and above the tho contract rates rate's aud and wage wago scales adopted by the an anthracite coal oal Strike commission ii n as efT effective April J 1 L 1003 The Tb pro provisions o the sliding in s sule scie 5 ue urn are bv liv mutual m c consent abolished At each aoh mine there shall be a avrie committee consisting p of fD not ot t moro more than three thre employees and luchI such uch I c committee fake faTto up for tor adjust adjust- I i nent ent with the roper proper officials ts of f the Ithe I oDman y all aU- aU sr grievances referred to them h bv who have hare first taken un up said said grievance with the tho fore fore- I man nan and arni failed to effect proper settlement settle settle- ment meat of the same Contract miners shall have hare tho too to employ chick check wei and check docking bosses as provided by the he award of the anthracite coal conI strike commission and the decisions of the board oard of cp con and when so BO em em- their rights shall be he r recognized co and ind they thc shall not be interfered with within in n the proper performance of their work vork provided the they do not interfere with the proper operators of the col col- lienTo lien lien- To Prepare Rates of or Compensation For the purpose of f facilitating the of grievances company officials at each cach mine shall shaH meet with the grievance committee of employees and I arenare a statement setting forth the rates of compensation o n paid for each tern item of work under the provisions pro of this his agreement and certify the same samen to n tho the board of conciliation within sixty days ays after the date of this agree agree- ment Preliminary to the conference re representatives re es of the three anthracite dis district dis- dis conferred with the subcommittee of the miners miner anti and protested that the agreement nt failed to give cie the union the check cheek system which windi the union rated to comp compel 1 tim tho th minin mining companies to lo from each minors minor's envelope on T nay Day av day hl hj his dues due to tr t fi tit The committee of oC miners which has agreed to tho settlement rou sought ht to get representatives of the district board to but hut th the thc board insisted that c check eck system should be DI a part of th their lr a agreement |