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34 THE COAL TRADE BULLETIN.
• harge the cost of same to the machine crew
equally.
10. All dirt must be thrown back a sufficient
distance to allow machine to pass, and that coal
may be loaded free from such dirt, same to be
regulated according to local conditions at the vari­
ous mines.
GENERA-*, RULES.
1. Wherever single work now* exists in District
No. 21, 68-cent mining rate, one loader shall be
given two standard rooms, or at the option of the
operator the company shall give two loaders (wo
rooms of not less than 30 feet in width, equipped
with two roadways. The term "standard room"
herein used means rooms of not more than 24 feet
in width.
2. Wherever double work now exists in 68-cent
coal in District No. 21. two loaders shall be given
two standard rooms. In the event the company
elects to put two roadways in such places, their
right shall not be abridged.
3. The company has the right to double-shift
machines.
4. If any loader should absent himself from his
regular working place and it become necessary
to load the coal out of such place in order to cut
room in its regular turn, the foreman or man in
charge will have the right to employ an extra
loader to load out such coal, and in that event,
the extra loader so employed shall perform the
same labor that the regular loader would have per­
formed. In other words, there should be no loss
sustained by the regular loader.
5. In case the machine is idle the machine crew-
may be placed at work loading coal under the same
conditions as set forth in Rule 4.
6. The allotment of loaders in narrow work
shall be left to local settlement, subject to revi­
sion by the commission hereinafter provided for,
with the understanding that coal made each day
in such narrow work shall be loaded each day,
subject to eonditions of turn.
7. Where machine loaders and pick miners work
in the same mine, it is the intention of this con­
tract that such turn shall be given that will, as
near as possible, equalize the earning capacity of
each.
8. It is understood by all parties hereto that
all the rules and regulations set forth in the inter­
state and district agreements, covering conditions
of employment, shall remain io effect, except as
set forth in this agreement.
REFERENCE CLAUSE.
11 is hereby provided that a commission consist­
ing of two members shall be aiipointed by P. R.
Stewart, president District No. 21, U. M. W. of A..
from members thereof; one member shall be ap­
pointed by John P. White, president of the Inter­
national union of the U. M. W. of A., and two
members shall be appointed by W. R. Ryan, com­
missioner of the Southwestern Interstate Coal
Operators' association. Said commission shall
make personal investigation of the operation of
machines and if necessary reapportion the division
of the rates for machine runners, helpers and load­
ers, and adjust such other matters as have been
referred to them.
It is hereby provided that miners and operators
on the commission shall each have an equal vote,
meaning thereby that the mineis shall only have
two votes. In the event of their failure to agree
on any point, said point of disagreement shall be
referred to John P. White, president of the II. M.
W. of A., and Charles S. Keith, president of the
Southwestern Interstate Coal Operators' associa­
tion, for final settlement.
The above apportionment ot the rate to runners,
helpers and loaders shall prevail until final settle­
ment is effected by the commission herein provided
for.
Signed on behalf of the United Mine Workers:
JOHN P. WHITE, President,
International President, U. M. XV. of A.
JAMES MULLEN,
International Board Member, District 21.
P. R. STEWART. President Dist. 21.
Signed on behalf of the Southwestern Interstate
Coal Operators' association:
CHAS. S. KEITH, President.
W. D. RYAN. Commissioner.
J. E. FINNEY. Assi. Commissioner.
COAL LAND SALES FROM RECORDS
John R. and Joseph W. Steel of Greensburg, Pa.,
have sold to Rockwell Marietta, of Connellsville,
Pa.. 138 acres of coa! in Ligonier township, West­
moreland county. Pa., for $147,984.37.
J. V. Thompson, of Uniontown, Pa., has sold to
William H. Donner. head of the Cambria Steel Co.,
752.401 acres of coal in Monongahela township.
Greene county, Pa., for $50,000.
Lester Noble, of Claysville, Pa., has sold to J. L.
Walker, of Bentleysville, Pa.. 85 acres of coal in
Blain township, Washington county. Pa., for $5,600.
Mr. Thomas Thompson, aged 77, of Irwin, Pa..
one of the pioneer coal men of the Irwin district,
died at his home Feb. 23. from a stroke of par­
alysis. He was superintendent of the Shafton
coal mine at the time of his death and had held
the position for the past 15 years. He is survived
by his widow and five children.