The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1886-04-22
HISTORY OFTHE WEEK.

Assessments have been ordered by the
Knights OF Labor for the support Of men
out Of employment, In the struggle against
the Indication for a long, hard struggle.
General Committeeman Hayes of the
Knights Of Labor says, 1--WE have nothing
against Mr.. Gould as an individual, but we
propose to keep up the fight if it ruins the
road" In circular issued by Master
contributions to support the strikers Oh the
Gould Southwestern system, he urges
moderation, and says the order is not fight
ing capital, butmonopolv. "Make ready"
he says, ITO bring the whole power of the
order to bear upon the man who wrecks
the roads, bones, fortunes and lives in his
greed for gold. Let us determine to have it
60 into history that the men of 1886 struck
us grand blow for liberty as the men of
Prof. Foster, Kansas weather prophet,
makes the following prediction: During
the great storm period from April Is and
g, a hurricane will organize on or near the
Atlantic coast. About the same time a
cold wave will appear in the northwest
and run down into the Southern States
followed by heavy frosts as far south as
Tennessee and Southern Kansas.
The committee of the Ohio Legislature,
appointed to investigate Senator Fayne's
election have sent their report to the
Senate of the U. s., asking that a Sena-
torial inquiry he made. Senator Payne
says no corruption can be traced to his
door.
Mr.. Powderly, the head Of the knights
of Labor is in the west on strike business
&c h.
educational bill will pass the Senate.
SENATOR sHERMAN's ARBITRATION
BILL.
Senator Sherman on the 18th offered the
following as q substitute for the labor bill
which passed the house:
Section /. That commission is hereby
created, called the arbitration commission,
to consist OF twelve members, composed as
follows: Two members of the senate, to be
appointed by the president; three members
pointed by the speaker Of the house, and
seven members from civil life, to be APP
pointed by the president of the United
States, by ana with the advice and consent
OF the senate, not more than four of whom
shall belong to one political party, who
shall be selected for superior Intelligence as
70 the industrial and lAboring interests of
the country. The civil commissioners shall
receive Is compensation for their services
each at the rate of SO per day when en-
gagged in duty, and each member Of the
commission shall receive actual travelling
and other necessary expenses.
Sec. ,. That it saall be the duty of said
commission to take into consideration, and
to thoroughly investigate all the various
controversies that have arisen, or are likely
to arise, between the employers and the
employed. whet her they be corporations,
or associations, or private individuals, aud
whether engaged i'll transportation, manu-
featuring, mining or other industrial utter
ests of the United States, so far as they re-
late to such controversies between rival
and competing companies, or between
transportation, manufacturing and min
Ing companies and their employees, and for
the purpose of fully examining the matter
which may come before it, said commits
sion, in the prosecution of its inquiries, is
empowered to visit such different portions
and sections of the country as it may deem
advisable.
Sec. 8. That the commission shall make
to congress final report of its investigation
and testimony taken in the course o. tn:
same, not later than the first Monday in
December, 1886, and especially Of such
measure or measures as in its Judgment
may be expedient and within the constitu-
tlonal power of congress to adopt fo:' the
decision and sc ttlement of such controvar-
sizes, and the proper means to avoid or pre-
vent the same.