“CONSTRUCTION AND REPAIR WORK DURING SUSPENSION.

Sec. 38. During any strike or suspension, it is hereby understood that all men on all kinds of outside construction and repair work, together with all kinds of work inside the mine that is not producing coal, must continue at work; and it is further understood that such miners as are necessary are to be permitted to mine coal for the boilers and domestic consumption on the property; but this is not to be construed to mean to mine coal for shipment.

Sec. 39. When it has been determined a place is a wet place, the operator shall pay 5 cents per ton in excess of the regular rate, 1 cent of which goes to the cutter and 4 cents to the loader.

Places shall not be classified as wet when by ordinary methods of workmanship a mine worker can keep dry.

Sec. 40. The majority report of the bituminous coal commission regarding the introduction of new machinery is adopted. The joint boards will agree upon a commission for making any necessary tests.

Sec. 41. All local rules in violation of this contract shall be null and void, and no local union or group of local unions shall pass any rules in violation; neither shall any company enforce any rule in violation of this contract.

C. F. Keeney (president),

C. H. Workman,

D. S. Ware,
David Fowler,
J. L. Workman,

On Behalf of the Miners.
Werr & Werr Coal Co.,
Ira Werr,
W. V. Werr,

On Behalf of the Operators.“

Reference Data:

West Virginia Coal Fields: Heaings Before the Committee on Education and Labor United States Senate, by United States Congress, 1921, pages 129-130