The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1894-12-21
LABOR ARBITRATION.

| Text of Commissioner wrIght's Bill for
Settling Labor Disputes-A Commission
Provided For.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Labor Com
missioner Wright has sent to Repre-
sentative Erdman, Of Pennsylvania,
| the draft of a bill for the national ar
| bitration of strikes 1t differs entirely
| from the arbitration bill heretofore in
| troduced by Mr.. Springer, being more
elaborate and precise in its details.
1t is modelled after the interstate
commerce act. It provides for the ap-
pointment by the president, with adj
| vice and consent of the senate, of a
commission consisting of five persons,
to be known as 1.-The United States
board of Cancellation and arbitration. !"
Not more than three of the commits
sioners shall be appointed from the
same political party. One of them
shall have had experience in the
management of railroads and the
other is to be selected from some
incorporated association of railway
employees The commission shall have
authority to inquire into the condi-
tions of all employees subject to the act
and shall have the right to obtain from
common carriers all necessary informa-
ton. The provisions of the interstate
commerce act are closely followed in
this respect. The commission has the
power to make all the necessary rules
and regulations and may administer
oaths. The salary of each commission
err shall be $500 per annum; the
secretary to be appointed shall have a
salary of $500. The principal Office
of the commission shall be in Washing
ton, where its general sessions shall be
held, but special sessions may be held
anywhere in the United States. An
annual report shall be submitted and
publication of the reports and decisions
may be authorized and shall be COM
petent evidence in all courts of the
United States.
The bill provides that the system of
arbitration and Cancellation shall APP
ply to common carriers engaged in the
transportation between the states of
passengers and property by railroad
and by water, and to all persons and
corporations leasing cars, use of such
for transportation and all their en-
ployes; that the wages paid in such
transportation and handling the rules
and regulations shall be reasonable
and just, not, however, taking away
the right to make contracts.
Whenever it shall come to the knowl-
edge of the commission that strike or
controversy between those subject to
the act is threatened or has occurred,
it shall be its duty, as soon as practical
BILE, to put itself in communication with
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and Cancellation to effect a settlement.
Likewise upon the request of employees
or corporations, as well as of its own
volition, it may make an investigation.
In section Is, the incorporation of
employees is encouraged, and chapter
SCI, United States statutes, 1885, is
enlarged so as to provide that the con-
stitution and bylaws of such associa-
ton shall contain provision that
membership shall cease by participant
ing in schemes of violence, strikes,
etc, and that the members shall be
personally liable for any acts, debts
or obligations of the organization.
Whenever receivers, appointed by the
federal courts, are in control Of
railroad the employees shall
have the right to be heard
in the court upon all questions
affecting the terms of their employ
ment, and no reduction of wages shall
be made by the receivers without the
authority of the court, after due notice.
It is further made misdemeanor for
an officer or an employer to require
employees to enter into an agreement
not to become a member of a labor
organization, or to threaten an en-
ploye with loss of employment Or dis
elimination because of such member
ship, or to require such employees to
become member of beneficial Or
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