The Bessemer indicator., 1894-11-17
ed States statutes of 1sS5-sG, or under

/ ed States statutes of 1SS5-SG, or under
state statutes, upon the other. each
side shall have the right to select n
representative who shall be appointed
| by the president 10 serve AS n temper
AIRY member of the commission in
hearing, adjusting and determining
| that particular controversy.
| t'Th!s provision would make X for
the interest of labor organizations to
| Incorporate under the law and TO make
the commission Il practical board of
cancellation. II would also tend TO
create confidence In the commission
and To give 10 that body in every hear
A, Ing the benefit Of practical knowledge
of the situation on both sidcs)
"C-That during the pcndency of n
| proceeding before the commission In
augurated by national trade unions or
| by an Incorporation OF employees. 1t
shall not be lawful for the railroads
TO discharge employees belonging there
to except for ineiliciency, violation of
law or neglect of duty; nor for such
unions during pcndcnsy, TO order.
unite. aid or nbet strikes or boycotts
against the railways complained of.
nor, for Il period of six months after
n decision for such employees in whose
| places others shall be employed, eN-
| ccpt for tho cause aforesaid: nor for
any such employees during n like per
| iod 10 quit the service without giving
| thirty days written notice Of intention
10 do 50, nor for any such union or in
| corporation To order, counsel or advise
otherwise.
"D-That charter IG7 of the United
| States statutes of 1SS5-S6 he affirmed
50 rs to require national trades unions
10 provide In their articles of incorpor-
alton and In their constitutions, rules
and bylaws that Il member shall
cease TO be such and forfeit all rights
and privileges conferred on him by
law as such, by participating in or by
| inStigutiug force or violence, threats
or intlmilation; also that members
shall be no more personally liable for
corporate acts than are stockholders
in corporations.
''Thre-Thr commission does not
feel warranted. with the study it has
been able 10 give the subject. to rec
omncnd positively the establishment
Of license system by which all the
higher employees or others of railways
engaged IN Interstate commerce should
be licensed under due and proper ex-
animation, but 1t would recommend
and most urgently, that this subject be
carefully and fully considered by the
proper committee Of Congress. New
York railway employees and some rail
way officials examined and many 9th
ers who filed their suggestions in writ
ing. are ia favor of some such system.
II.
"One-The commission would srg-
g,-st the consideration by the states of
the adoption of some system of con
ciliatipn and arbitration like that for
instance In Massachusetts. That sys-
tom might bc reinforced by additional
provisions given the board of arbitra-
tion, more power to investigate all
atrikcs whether requested 10 do so or
not and the question might be consid-
cred rs TO giving labor organizations
as standing before the law as hereto
fore suggested for national trades un-
ions.
''Two-Contracts requiring men not
10 join labor organizations, or to leave
them as conditions of employment
should be made Illegal. as is already
done in some of our states.
III.
"One-Thc commission urges en-
ploycrs TO recognize labor or-aniza-
tions. that such organizations be dealt
with through representatives with spe-
cial reference to conciliation and arbi-
tration when difficulties are threat
ened to arise. II is satisfied thar en-
ployers should come in closer touch
with labor and should recognize that
while the interests of capital and labor
are not identical, they are reciprocal
tive
"Two-Thc commission is satisfied
that If employees everywhere will en-
deavor TO act in concert with labor;
that if when wages can be raised un-
der economic conditions they be raised
voluntarily and that when there are
reductions, reasons he given for the
reduction. much friction can be avoid
ed. 1t is also satisfied that if employ
crs will consider employees as thor
oughly essential to industrial success
as capital and thus take labor into con-
sultntion at proper times much of the
severity of strikes can be tempered
and their number reduced"