The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-01-18
A NEW LABOR LAW.
Arbitration Will hD tho Louding
Method OF Sattlcment
THE RIGHTS OF ORGANIZED LABOR
VIII bo sospcCtcd-rhc Provisions Of
tho Bill-Sonator Sherman Intro.
duccs n New Financial Measure In
tho sona,c-Fhc Day Ia tho House
Devoted to tho lodinn Appropria.
ton Bill.

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WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. ia labor
arbitration plan has been devised by
Attorney General 0lnoy and was intro.
duced to-day by Chairman McGann, OF
tho house committee on labor, aud In.
tended rs substitute for tho one
framed by Labor Commissioner Carroll
D. Wright as result OF tho labots Of
tho Chicago strike commission. In
several points tho bill is moro far.
reaching in It's proposition than any
that has been brought forward.
The wages paid to employees. it is
stipulated, shall DO reasonable and Just.
In case OF wagc controversies tho
chairman oi tho Interstate com.
lncrco commission and tho chair.
man OF tho labor committee arc to
communicate with the parties cndGavor.
ing TO eject an amicablc settlement, aud
L this mediation fails the controversy
may be submitted to board OF arbitra-
ton which the chairman OF tho inter-
state commerce commission shall he
chairman and which shall consist also
OF one commissioner chosen by the en-
ployer and ono by tho labor orcaniza.
tion to which the employees directly in.
tercsted belong.
Other features are:
H. Tho parties shall stipulate in
writing that pending the arbitration
the existing statuJshnll not be changed.
10 III hof Tho IL Oh, II Iva upnl
less set aside for error OF law apparent
on the record.
(3. That tho parties shall faithfully
execute it and it may bo enforced in
equity so far rs the powers OF a court OF
equity permit.
~ Employees dissatisfied with the
award shall not quit work without,
three months notice In writing
(5.) The award shall be continued in
force for two years and during that
period no new arbitration between the
same parties on the same subject shall
be had.
Aiter-iilins the award witt, the clerk
OF the United States court OF the dis.
trict in which the difficulty occurs,
thirty days shall be allowed for filing
exceptions in matters OF law, after
which it shall 90 into ctlect If no excep.
tions are taken. II they are takenis
goes into force ten (l0l days after the
decision.
II an agreement Of arbitration shall
rbe ontorod into-bys employees individ.
ually instead OF organizations, the board
shnll not be created uniess the chair
man is satisfied that they represent
their associations.
STRIKES AND BoYcoTTs UNLAWFUL.
During tha. time i, would be unlawful
for organizations or employees to order,
aid or abet strike or boycott, or to
leave their employment without giving
thirty days notice in writing. nor
can they be discharged without thirty
days notice, except for the causes mem
toned.
Violations oi this provision are made
misdemeanor. punishable by $1,000
fine or one years imprisonment.
Membership in incorporated labor
organizations. it is provided. shall be
terminated by indulgence in lawiess.
ness, violence, destruction OF property,
intimidation or threats by members
during strikes. but they nrc not to be
held individually responsible ior debt OF
the organization.
The employees OF roads mjnagcd by
receivers appointed by tile federal
courts shall hnve tho right to be heard
through the otlicera Of the organization
or their representatives In the federal
courts on questions affecting the terms
OF their employment. Employers who
make it condition OF employment that
incn shall not be members Of any labor
organization. or discharged or threaten.
cd to discharge men for such member.
ship or discriminate against them bo-
cause OF it. or enter into contracts com.
pelling the men to contribute to any
fund for charitable, social or beneficial
objects or after dischnrging men con.
spirc TO prevon. them from obtaining
employment, shall bc guilty OF n misde-
meanor, punishable by fine OF from
500 to $1,000. II disputes threatening
10 injuriou,ly affect tho interests OF the
people Of any section arc not submitted
to arbitration the attorney general, the
bill provides. shall be authorized to ap-
ply to tho district court for receivers OF
the railroad to ,al;o possession OF tho
property and run IL in the interest oil
tho public and may make tho employers
and employees and any persons or organ.
izntions aiding or abettinG them parties
| 10 the suit.