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Indiana University Studies 



QUARRY WORK (Cents per Hour) 



Ingersoll and Sullivan runners 

 Ingersoll and Sullivan firemen 

 Ingersoll and Sullivan helper. . 



Wardwell runner 



Wardwell firemen 



Wardwell helper 



Steam-drill runner 



Steam-drill helper 



Breakers 



25 



17 H 

 16^ 

 23 



16 3^ 

 23 



27 M 

 17 



Laborers 



Head powerman 



Powermen 



Derrick runner. . 

 Derrick helper. . 



Stripper 



Scabbier 



Machinist 



20 

 31 



16 3^ 

 27 

 16 3^ 



23 

 19 



Where stone-cutters are employed they get from 50 to 56| 

 cents per hour. 



The industry employs but few foreign laborers and this has a 

 tendency to keep wages up. The fact that the quarries operate 

 only about 9 months per year and the average mill not over 10 

 months, tends to drive away the better class of laborers who 

 desire steady employment. Several of the operators have con- 

 structed closed mills which with the heat of the exhaust steam 

 from their engines are able to run the year round. Such plants 

 have but little difficulty in securing the best grade of labor in 

 the district and this is proving a very beneficial step. In most 

 cases the exhaust steam will heat the plant in addition to heating 

 the feed water, provided the closed type of heater is used. 



A few of the operators in the Monroe county district do not 

 hesitate to hire laborers away from their competitors. This 

 has a tendency to cause the men to become dissatisfied with their 

 employment and to get the habit of wandering around. It 

 would be a good thing for the industry as a whole if all operators 

 would conform to a fixed scale of wages and not attempt to 

 interfere with men in the employ of another company. 



