The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-23
Propossd Railwav Lerislation.

/ Two important pieces Of railway legisia-
f ton are pending in congress. one is a
+ substitute for Labor Commissioner
I Wushrs arbitration bill. prepared by At
/ to-ney General Olney; the other is a bill
1 % provide a system Of supervision Of the
+ mana cement of railways, prepared by
Representative Straus Of Sew York.
Auti-adnTnist ration newspapers and poll
iucIans have Iabored Increasingly 10 show
Air. OIney up in tho light Of a corporation
lawyer solely. and without sympathy for
the Iab0riue classes. Yet in his substitute
bin SIR. Oluey recognizes and defends the
right Of labor 10 organize. and proposes
arbitration for difficulties between rail-
roads and their employees. the arbitration
10 bee by commission on which the la
Dor element shall have a direct representa-
tive.
Commissioner Wrighrs arbitration prop
os'tion was that "a commission 81 five or
seven members. al salaries of $500 each.
he appointed by the President AIr- Olney
proposes that "a temporary commission.
composed OF the chairman of the inter
state commerce commission and the fed
cral commissioner Of labor, shall first
make am attempt to effect "a settlement
between tho parties TO the dispute. lf the
temporary commission does not succeed.
the plan is 10 submit the matter TO a
board composed of the chairman of the i'm
terstate commerce commission and two
commissioners one of whom shall be
chosen by the railroad and the other hy
tine employees. Tile findings ana orders of
this board are 90 Doe renewable IN the
courts only on matters Of law apparent
in the record. Pending the arbitration
matters are to remain as they
were at the time of the arising
Of the trouble. Employees who aid or abet
O. strike pending the arbitration. or leave
their employment without thirty days no.
tIce. and railroad men who discharge men
i'm the same time without giving thirty
days notice. are to DE guilty Of INSIDE
meanor and punished by fine or
Imprisonment After the award has
been made it must be adj
hered to 10y the employer for two years,
and the employees affected must give three
or six months notice of intention to quit
work Employers who make it a condi-
ton of employment that men shall not be
long TO a labor union. or discharge or
threaten to discharge them, for belonging
TO such union. are to be guilty of a INSIDE
meanor and punished by a fine Of 500 to
$1,000.
Such a bill. which looks as though it
might have besn suggested by a labor
leader refutes the charge that the admin
isuatou is disposed to favor corpora
tons as against their employees.
The straus railroad bill is one TO prevent
railroad wrecking II seeks to apply TO
railroad corporations engaged i'm inter-
state commerce the system of examina-
lions that is applied to national banks.
IL provides against misetatements OF the
earnings ana assets of railroad corpora
lions ana fixes heavy penalties on any at
tempt to msead the public rs to the &c,
tual condition Of the roads. The admins
tration Of the law is to be in the hands of
the Interstate commerce commission. one
examiner is TO be appointed in each ju-
dicial district. and he shall have access
| to all the books. papers. accounts, etc, OF
an r,i,..,.i ,..,,,o,,tions I'm bie district
,.a,,...r ~ co,,,,sl tbe attend
NO. af ,,ttnasso. when there Is owl
| dence of wrong doing, the attorney gem
| eral is to direct prosecution.
| r,,ar, ts 4, nratt,, etron,, onipion in Ger
/ ,,,, ,,,,.,to.s mat o,, cg,,sa of the beavv
4 dr,i, ~ oo1d iron, This country Is .
for,i., 1oes Of confidence in tbe manage
Mani ar come. of tho Mo American railway,
co,norattore ne that as il may. the recent
nost has shown exannles Of railroads
wrecked hv unscriptllous manipulators
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