MILLERTON MINERS

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 160, 1 April 1919, Page 6

MILLERTON MINERS

DEMANDS nrtTTTvrn BY UNION /♦PRESIDENT. By Tclcerapli.—Press Association. Westport, March 31. As the causes ot' the trouble at present existing at, LMillerton have been misconstrued and «■ false impression created, n representative of the Westport -times interviewed Mr. W. Davidson, president of the Miner's Union, and got tho iollowin,r information in Connection with tho matter: —Tho demands of the miners at Millerton have been greatly misunderstood. Tho facts are that the miners have usually made personal arrangements with tho managers to tho detriment of miners, in general. Heretofore tho custom prevailing at the Millerton mine in connection with trucking has been very •unsatisfactory, in so far as tho men were required to come out from two to four hours per day. The miners desired that all arrangements in regard to working the mine that need readjustment should be. submitted to Urn management, and three of tfie their representatives. Tho management insists that it should bo empowered to make arrangements as regards payment, etc., in connection with matters not provided for. in tho agreement at present in operation hotween tho company and the. union. The union maintains -that all arrangement? should be made not l\v individual members of the union but directly through the activities of the union. Every miner at. Millcton is prepared to truck providing he is kept at that particular employment for the whole of the shift. The men do not wish to di>tn<"i to the employers as to the amount of work they shVuld do in the mines. The demand* simply amount to the followin,". viz., agreements to be made between the union and. tho eom;panr. and not bv t.he individual mem'Vr. a practice which has prevailed, and has been entirely unsatisfactory; Ihe, miners. If ronwired to leave the face, are mepuvnd to do so for th.c period of a fWt. The action of the miners relieves the pressure under wMeh the. ennnnnv is ,«">nrtinT throimli sliorlace of truckers. Kvorv miner placing himself pf the eomnanr/d pen-i<v> is prepared to do a full shift's t.r'ielrine. Info'-mati-'i AfitVvten I" 1 "' movnHiet H>" wrn a>'e s i;l l nut. The West.rnrt r '-"' inst, v "" BSM lons, and the SlwW ton outnul nil.