| Show MINE W WOD CASE i St Filed With The Tho Commission SET I au Jhu I i i jd by Held 1002 11 Ia Nov of the anthracite work case which wes l Iliad d with lie strIke con com on night IS made PUblic today Copl s mIt he statement have IJ been furnished t to the thu operators who wil reply In thre or tour days The statement In ful full Is as I folos To the tho Anthracite Cool Coni Corn Com mission lon llio ho workers luk make of at lh Ito operators time the following which were y the thu hin hold 1924 I ald amid for tl the of which the strike was WAGES ot of 20 celi cent up upon upon ler on the Paid during the tho year clr lout loot to employee contract or work orl This demand 11 lii on account of the nm reasons rate of oC wages Is much than time tho rote ot of wages paid iii tim coat caul for tor substantially work rate of waKes wages Is low lowen ur en is paid in other occupations ro cc qUi quiring rinK equal mimi lerlo average annual catalogs In Inthe the tho anthracIte coot coul fields are much less ices titan time tho earnings In thu for work average earnings In Iii til the anthracite coal holds are ure mich les lee than th the average annual earnings for tor occupations equal skill amid training rAte of wages In hit the clo cite cool coni Is he to COl corn ale the minI mine workers In vie view of Iho he ot time the then In relation to accidents tie time 10 ito to serious and die dis disease ease the high death Ite rate the short shott graie ICu life incident to this employment annual earnings or of the thc workers are to maintain the of lIving cost or of living has hns made It to maintain I a fair standard ot of le upon the basis of pree emit waKes anti lies has not nol only prevented the mine from 8 securing nay from increased prosperity but line made their condition poorer on no ac account count of oC I it Tlc wages of the anthracite mine mineworkers workers arc so o low that thai their children are permanently forced Into time the break breall ore en mills instead of being support I a arid 1 educated upon ullon the earnings of are below time tho fair and just of oC maine workers In title this In HOm SecondA reduction of at 20 per cent In hours haunt of labor any reduction of oC earnings for ni all paid l liy by I It hour days or weeks TIme de Is similar to tie time lust In html It ItIs itis Is designed to 10 increase the hal hourly 11 rate ot of wages wageR ot of workers hy by bythe the hour tiny dllY or week and ni all the rca ra lons cons applicable to 10 time diet are asked to 10 lie be applied to time the second wih repel It tout toutIn In we ve submit the following day Is to tIme the health le life safety timid lug Ing of the blue workers hours improve the men mental til arid moral conditions of time workers hourI hours increase the siti lint ant of labor tendency of national and state of organized trade and production generally Is shorter hours HA working or of eight hours I Is long for time the best interests ts or of orthe the hue working men an and of the continual community ty 1 adoption of n a system by which coal roal shall he be weighted anti ami raid for tor b by weight whenever practicable the minimum rate per ton to b be CO cents for forn fora n a Irgal ton of 2210 rounds the now how existing ut at the various mines to bo FOIl FOn DI ThIR li is malle on account of the reasons Ie b by the leAI legal ton he ever practicable 1 Is time the only honest Ind and ju just t system of m measuring the earnIngs or of mine workers 2 When herm the sell or trans port coal It Is on nit the basi bael of a legal lega ton of oC 2240 2210 pounds 3 The Tho excessive ton Was original originally ly Intended to compensate the operator for tor the weight of smal small sizes of at ceal which were then thell discarded but which are now utIlized ant and eld sold Ind and there therefore tore fore there thero Is he no present necessity for forthe the tho use or of any other than the legal ton 4 1 The adoption ot of title this system remove nn an incentive both to the operator and the worker to 10 cheating nM anti dishonesty t anti would allay jani OURY among time tho miners and prevent Un Unjust just discriminatIon and favoritism 5 The rhe change of the present eye ter tern to tIme ono one asked for would prove it a strong trong factor In allayIng und and among the OF NT Fourth The Tho Incorporation In nn an agreement between the Mine MineWorkers Workers or of anti time the anthracite cool coal companies of the wages which shall obtain together wih with satisfactory methods for tho adjustment of grievances ances which may arise arhe from Crom time to toline line to the end that t strikes and lock lockouts lockouts outs may be unnecessary IN OP OF DEMAND In support or of this demand we sub suli submit roll mit the l I The he anthracite mineworkers not lie ho to make or Ir sign individual agreements but should have the to form mulch Huch ion and cho choose c luch such agents anti 01 otil ton cars ns as the desire to 10 act collectively instead of individually when they teem deem their best liest Interests ae are 1 thereby 2 Agreements between employ eM era antI employee through work organizations are the ord many tact met hot hon If of regulating wages In the anti In other large Industries are beneficial mind In keeping wih with the spirit or of time the ious 3 Unions of earl to the heter better discIpline of the men and to the of oC their physical atonal and mental and to the Preservation or of friendly relations be between between tween and 4 4 I shows hows that the trade agreement is 18 the anI only effective method motho b by which I It I is possible to Ic hues tons thons arising between employers and employee In large districts and that a trade agreement I is the only way ay to the relations between the employers and tim In Inthe inthe the anthracite fields on in a Juit perma permanent font nent basis and all as far ns as possible to do causes for the recurrence of lIuch O as those you OU fhe the anthracite coal coni strike commission have been bean tn called In to settle let Respectfully submitted JOHN of the tho Mine lne |
