The Jersey City news., 1898-12-23
NOTHING ARBTRAT[D.
State Board Of Arbitration's S
Report Shows Utter USE
lessness Of That Body.
TWENYY-F -FOUR STRIKES DURING YEAR
Yet No One Interested Called
Upon the Commits
sioners to Act.
TWENTY -FOUR STRIKES DURING YEAR
Especial 10 ..The Jersey city News

TRENTON, Dec. 20, 18ss-Tne annual re.
port Of the State Board Of Arbitration
mas just come from the printer.
The report besides containing SUM
mary of the Boards work for year, con
tains comment to which the attention Of
the Legislature is specially invited.
The main thing about the comment is te
emphasize the fact that the Board has nc
compulsory powers as an arbitration body.
Neither has 1t the power to summon wit
nesses where it might be considered ad-
visable to conduct an investigation
The Board makes no suggestion on these
points except TO say that it is for tl.e
Legislature to decide whether it shall be
vested with increased powers.
The summary of the Boards work for
the year shows that not a single strike
was arbitrated. In most instances the of
fers of the Board to act as an arbitration
body were either ignored or declined In
the few cases where there was an ex-
pressed willingness to accept the Board 5
services, the response came from only one
side, and it therefore became useless to
interfere.
The law, says the report, contemplates
an application from zone side for the
Boards services, and that unless the otEez
side consents to arbitration, the Board
cannot hope to do anything. Speaking
further on this subject the report says
Sat present, as. already stated, the
board Is merely able to offer its services
and If these are not accepted by both
sides nothing can be done. It is for the
Legislature to determine whether sworn
inquiry shall be held in connection with
each strike and if so to provide the
necessary appropriation and to confer
upon the board the power to compel the
attendance of witnesses.
1T is likewise for the Legislature te
determine whether or not the time has
come to adopt in whole. or in part, the
prin,aole of compulsory arbitration.
There is only one compulsory arbitra-
ton law in the world It is that of New
Zealand, and was first published in this
country in last years report of this
board Judging by serni-ofIicial reports
the law appears TO be working satisfac-
toriIy They have local boards of arbi-
tration representing both employer anc
employees. These boards have no power
to enforce their decisions.
An appeal may be taken to the Gem
eral Court composed of one member
elected by the trades unions, one by the
employers associa lions and the presi-
dent is a Supreme Court Judge This
court has power to enforce the payment
of a penalty not exceeding E590 if its
laws are violafed In case a. penalty fails
upon a trades union unable to pay 1t each
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Cn NoNe.ADer Z, 1891, y loHs-ufdHsiie eoelt
strike at the American Sheet Iron Com
,,ay,,,s nm sa4 paii3issl,i1rg was sett1etI
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bE the eInpioyes agreeing 70 submit 70
q slight reduction in wages. The Board
had d3us1eeessft,llv arbItrated this strike.
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Early II tEe same MORN enc ncnafea
ernploves in the cigar factory of Htrseh-
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struck. An offeF by the boafd ol les
services was not responded to by the en-
,,,crvzs an, tta f;r,, answered thar mat
pios % as 'i - - - : =
ters are correcting themselves anu thsle
appears no good reason to tax you in
VOW oood officas,
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An oItef also II SoseiiipSi io9i' 70 " a. - -
trate in the case of a strike in the shirt
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trenton, fIorslhcfease oi WdSes, hiet "isti -
the response from the employers that the
.+r;,.ars. b,d oope IL xvoyl- AZ tIfa old
seaihei7 no. - ,oo-
price. An offer on NoNeihpeT D lest 70 % af-
bitrate a strike at the Simpson SILK Mill
~ p. tarsar aI;e-ted the resuonse from
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the nrm taat most OF the "olAeiS iisu
returned to their places and that, there
$40 +,,a str;lra was virtually AT an end
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fne oiref OF tne bodru u ies sei slses y
arbitrate a. strike began by two hundred
x,a,x,ers ~ estrarsye,s silk mills Paterson.
~, y T,,5,f,e, 1Ss7 AGAINST a Threatened
n ,araeses MGR with a declir1a-
t;rs,s bn4l, from tsl,a prnnloyes and employ-
~ ~, 4 tT,ro,1gh their commits
sata tl,afin their fI1flsrnafal1t ssit would
- II 1sass5hle fo SETTLE our dis
nc = usitho11t the ilteryention of the
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