DRIVERS RULES TO GOVERN.

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 ending 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 bringing 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.

The methods at present existing covering the harnessing, unharnessing, feeding and caring for the mules, shall be continued throughout the life of this agreement; but in cases where any grievances exist in respect to the same, they shall be referred to the subdistrict meetings for adjustment.

When the stables at which the mules are kept are located on the surface and the mules are taken in and out of the mines daily by the drivers, the question of additional compensation therefor, if any, is to be left to the subdistricts affected for adjustment at their joint subdistrict meetings.

YARDAGE AND DEAD WORK.

Twenty-fifth. All yardage and dead work on which a scale has been established shall be reduced 5.55 per cent.

OPERATOR TO KEEP PLACES 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, through the neglect of the company, they shall employ said miner doing company work when practicable, and provided that said miner is competent to do such work, or he will be given another working place until such water is taken out of his place.

WHERE TRACK IS LAID BY OPERATOR.

(b) Where it is an established condition or agreement that the track shall be laid by the company, and 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 until such time as such track is laid in his place.

MACHINE DIFFERENTIAL.

Twenty-first. (a) Except at the basing point, Danville, the differential for machine mining throughout the State of Illinois shall be seven cents per ton less than the pick mining 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 warrant, 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 shall be fixed in joint subdistrict meeting.

SHEARING MACHINE AND AIR OR ELECTRIC DRILLS.

(b) The established rates on shearing machines and air or electric drills as now existing, shall remain unchanged during the ensuing two years.

RULES FOR USE OF CAGE BY EMPLOYEES.

Twenty-second. Any underground employee not on hand so as to go down to his work before the hour for commencing work, shall not be entitled to go below except at the convenience of the company. When an employee 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 employees, less than a cage load, who have been prevented from working as above, a cage shall be run midforenoon, 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 two dollars and eightyseven cents, and for shift leaders three dollars and eighteen cents per day.

The scale for top men handling dirt at sinking mines shall be the same as that of dumpers in the subdistrict in which the mine is being sunk.

DEFINITION OF EIGHT-HOUR DAY FOR DAY LABOR.

Twenty-fourth. All classes of day labor are to work full eight hours, and the going to and coming from the respective working places is to be done on the day hand's own time. All company men shall perform whatever day labor the foreman may direct. An eight-hour day means eight hours' work in the mines at the usual working places, exclusive of noontime, for all classes of inside day labor. This shall be exclusive of the time required in reaching such working places in the morning and departing from same at night.

DRIVERS RULES TO GOVERN.

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 ending 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 bringing 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.

The methods at present existing covering the harnessing, unharnessing, feeding and caring for the mules, shall be continued throughout the life of this agreement; but in cases where any grievances exist in respect to the same, they shall be referred to the subdistrict meetings for adjustment.

When the stables at which the mules are kept are located on the surface and the mules are taken in and out of the mines daily by the drivers, the question of additional compensation therefor, if any, is to be left to the subdistricts affected for adjustment at their joint subdistrict meetings.

YARDAGE AND DEAD WORK.

Twenty-fifth. All yardage and dead work on which a scale has been established shall be reduced 5.55 per cent.

OPERATOR TO KEEP PLACES 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, through the neglect of the company, they shall employ said miner doing company work when practicable, and provided that said miner is competent to do such work, or he will be another working place until such water is taken out of his place.

WHERE TRACK IS LAID BY OPERATOR.

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(b) Where it is an established condition or agreement that the track shall be laid by the company, and 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 until such time as such track is laid in his place.

In the table following is shown the number of males and females employed in 1899, 1900, and 1901 receiving each specified weekly earnings:

PERSONS EMPLOYED IN 1899, 1900, AND 1901, BY CLASSIFIED WEEKLY EARNINGS.

SWEATING IN THE GARMENT-MAKING TRADES, ETC.-This part of the report deals with conditions in the garment-making industries of Milwaukee. The part opens with a general discussion of the sweating system, explains the conditions to which the term "sweating" is applied, and gives a short review of its history. There is also a discussion of the housing problem in which some of the evils of bad housing are set forth and possible remedies presented. Conditions of employment and earnings in Milwaukee, as based upon these investigations, are fully set forth and analyzed. The following statement shows by occupations and classified weekly earnings the number of employees of each sex in the garment-making industry, during the last weeks of 1900 and the first weeks of 1901:

EMPLOYEES OF EACH SEX IN THE GARMENT-MAKING INDUSTRY, BY OCCUPATIONS AND CLASSIFIED WEEKLY EARNINGS.

Of 79 shops inspected, 26 were located in one-story frame buildings, 13 in one-story frame with basement, 33 in two-story frame buildings, and the remaining 7 in a better class of buildings.

A brief history is given of the National Consumers' League, organized on May 1, 1899, the first and great specific task of which is to aid in the abolishment of the sweat-shop system of manufacture. An account is also given of the operations of the State and local leagues of Wisconsin.

WOMEN EMPLOYED IN FACTORIES.-This is a study, made in 1901, of the conditions under which women are employed in factories and workshops of the State. The material for the study was obtained through personal visits, and is presented both in textual and tabular form.

Of the total of 769 women coming under this inquiry, 549 were born in Wisconsin, 86 in other States of the Union, 98 in Germany, and 36 in other European countries. Weekly earnings were less than $3 for 64 of the total number, $3 or under $4 for 215 of the women, $4 or under $5 for 216 of them, $5 or under $6 for 115 of them, and $6 or upward for the remaining 159. The cost of room and board was under $2 per week for 37 of the women, $2 or under $3 for 250, $3 or under $4 for 167, and $4 or over for 43, the remainder not reporting. Out of the total, 143 reported that they were able to save something out of their earnings and the remainder that they were not able to save anything.

FREE EMPLOYMENT OFFICES.-This part of the report deals with the work of the free employment offices in Milwaukee and Superior, which were established under the provisions of the law of 1901. There is a brief review of the work of such offices in other countries and in other States of this country. Then follows an account of the work of the offices in the above-mentioned cities during the first year of their existence, showing number of applications filed, positions filled, etc.

During the year ending June 28, 1902, the Milwaukee office reported that the male applicants for employment numbered 3,936, that the applicants for help numbered 3,424, and that 2,674 positions were filled, while the female applicants for employment numbered 673, the applicants for help 866, and 511 positions were filled. During the same period the Superior office reported 4,077 male applicants for employment, 4,257 applicants for help, and 3,916 positions filled, while the female applicants for employment were 316, the applicants for help 504, and the positions filled 279.

LABOR ORGANIZATIONS.-A historical review of labor organizations introduces this part of the report. In 1901 75 organizations in the State reported a membership of 5,330. The hours of labor per day