The Coconino weekly sun., 1894-12-27
LABOR ARBITRATION.

| GAbOh AHbI HA ION.
 Text of Commissioner wright's BIll for | settling Labor Disputas--A Commission
 Provided For.
 WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-Labor Com missioner Wright has sent to Repre- sentative Erdman, of Pennsylvania, the draft of bill for the national ar bitration of strikes. It differs entirely from the arbitration bill heretofore in- troduced by Mir. Springer, being more elaborate and precise in its details
 It is modelled after the interstate commerce act. 1t provides for tho ap- pointment by the president, with ad- vice and consent of the senate, of . commission consisting of five persons, | to be known as "the United States board of conciliation and arbitration. |" Not more than three of the commis- 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 lo lli1ulIC llIO bllC COuul- tions of all employees subject to the act and shall have the rightto obtain from common carriers all necessary informa- tion. 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 nnthC Tho lnru nf aa1h fee CT shall be $7,500 per annum; the secretary to be appointed shall have a salary of S3,j00. 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 conciliation shall ap. 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 cm- 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 ble, to put itself in communication with both parties, and endeavor by mediation and csnciliation to effect settlement. Likewise upon the request of employees or corporations, as well as of its own volition, it may make an investigation.
 In section 13, the incorporation of employees is encouraged, and chapter 567, United States statutes, 1ss5-S6, is enlarged so as to provide that the con- stitution and bylaws of such associa- tion shall contain provision that mem bership shall cease by participat- 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 a 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 a misdemeanor for an officer or an employer to require employees to enter into an agreement not to become a member of labor organization, or to threaten an em- ploye with loss of employment or dis crimination because of such member ship, or to require such employees to become a member of beneficial or. ganization.