Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1902-11-01
OFFICIAL DECISION Of
STRIKE COMMISSION
Should There Be Any Change
Wages will Start Nov. 1.
WRIGHT MAKES ANNOUNCEMENT

Each Side TO the Controversy viii
Doubtless Take Determined Stand
Should the New Rate Of Wages &C
Into Effect.
Scranton, Pa, Oct. 31-The anthra
cite strike commission has officially
decided that if any change is made in
the rate of wages OF the men, it shall
date from tomorrow, Nov. l. This
announcement was made by the com
mission through Recorder Wright il
the following brief statement given
out by him at 8 o'clock this morning.
Voted unanimously, that if the com
mission, at the conclusion of it's hear.
ings and deliberations, make any out
ward sign affecting existing rates OF
wages, such awards shall take effect
from Nov. /, 1902.
The recorder of the commission stat
ed that this resolution was adopted
by the commission because it felt that
1t was important to make its investi.
cations deliberately, and that 1t might
be well in order to relieve itself from
pressure from any source which might
cause any undue haste to inform the
operators and the miners that should
the investigation and deliberations
following it warrant any change what.
ever, either in the way of increase or
reduction of wages, such change
should be from a certain date, thus
enabling all parties to facilitate their
calculations.
The action of the commission in
taking this step at this time will save
the commissioners a lot of time. 1t
is known that each side to the contro-
versy would take determined stand
on the question when the new rate of
wages, If one is made, shall go into
effect. The operators in their orig.
inal proposition to President Roose'
welt wanted the commission to fix the
date The miners wanted the pros
pective new rate to be retroactive and
go into effect on the day when the
miners returned to work, which was
a week ago yesterday, Oct. %. Pres
ident Mitchell, who was here over
night left for Wilkesbarre today be
fore the announcement was made, II
IS not known here what he thinks o.
the commissions action.
International Coffee Commission.
New York Oct. 31-Recommenda.
tions have been made by the Interna.
tional American Coffee commission,
now in session here as follows, in the
hope of restoring favorable conditions
in the coffee-raising countries Of the
world: Prohibition by the means
most efficient of the expectation by the
producing countries of low grade cof.
fees and the prohibition of the impor-
tation by the consuming countries Of
coffee of such low grades or any sub.
stances bearing the name Of coffee or
destined for it's adulteration. Adop.
tion OF effective measures to obtain
from consuming countries a reason,
able reduction of the customs duties
and other taxes affecting the importa.
ton, distribution and consumption Of
coffee. Organization of an interna.
tional union, comprising the greatest
number of counties interested, espe.
cially maintaining constant propa-
ganda by means of the press and
otherwise so as to develop to the max
imum the use Of good coffee in the
whole world. Elimination from the
opening of the all-British Pacific ca.
tity of the universal production, to re.
duce the supply to such limits of con
sumption, and besides balance of a
certain quantity of coffee to be with
drawn from the visible stock Of the
world.