. The National Civic Federation review . 12 NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION July, 1904. 1. w. Fr ink probably different from that existing in any otherindustry. It is impossible in our trade to put a con-dition of employment upon an operator, or for anoperator to pass conditions upon a miner, that willbe unsatisfactory to him. That is to say, in ourconventions we cannot vote a condition of employ-ment upon an operator or a miner without his con-sent. In our inter-State conventions we make a representation based upon all the miners in Pennsyl-vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and we give to eachof t
. The National Civic Federation review . 12 NATIONAL CIVIC FEDERATION July, 1904. 1. w. Fr ink probably different from that existing in any otherindustry. It is impossible in our trade to put a con-dition of employment upon an operator, or for anoperator to pass conditions upon a miner, that willbe unsatisfactory to him. That is to say, in ourconventions we cannot vote a condition of employ-ment upon an operator or a miner without his con-sent. In our inter-State conventions we make a representation based upon all the miners in Pennsyl-vania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, and we give to eachof those districts four votes—that is, the miners havefour votes from each district, and the operators havefour votes from each district. Before a motion canbe carried that fixes or affects our scale of wages,it must have the unanimous vote of all the minersand all the operators in that convention. If oneminer or one operator vote in the negative, the votewill be lost. So you see the interests of all partiesare protected, because itrequires their consent be-fore a motion can be
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