The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-19

| three per cent, out OF which the check
wcighman Is pad-and that may amount
to one-third of that three per cent.--and
| the other two per cent. going into your
treasury; that that Is for the purpose Of
raising a fund to fight them in the flu
[ ture. And there are quite u number OF
other reasons that you Know Of
A. Yes, sir. Can ! say that we do not
have that fund; we have never had a
larger fund than s200000 In the national
| treasury. At the present time we may
have considerably more than that, but
we have not any defense fund-we have
no strike fund in our organization at all.
| When a strike Is on, and IL becomes me-
cessary to support people, we levy assess
ments. Only the money In the national
| treasury Is used for the national pur-
| pose. When I speak of million and u
half dollars, I am referring to the money
| In the treasures of the districts and sub
districts and the national treasury, alto
gether. The amount held In the national
treasury Is usually about 100000.
BY Commissioner Watkins:
q. Have YOU or your representatives
prepared any data that gives exactly the
number Of days In which the breakers
or mines work eight hours. seven hours or
ten hours, during the year 1901 for In
stance? A. No, sir
q. You know that there is a great deal
of broken time. Sometimes they work
d
that that there , nre .aS unavoidahle % things causing
| them to stop, and there are great many
| holidays. / think 1t would be interesting
for the commission to know--and 1t bears
directly on this eight-hour subject here
aa " NV many uass ''c enAp,o. ~,
ouLinE ,he sear-th,ee, Iou1, hve. W. sese, ,.e,,,
that during the year 1891 the collieries
| worked nearer t,p to their full capacity
.lial eve, uelo'e. ma. @ slio "I'.' . ~.
more co'i' .ha!' ever oeioi.' aau =,
ialr year 10 'ake as ui eNaiipe H.,
| you restrlcteo the ou.pu, any .o.e '. a',
l.st sear YOU Mou'a p,noy ~ ,.,,;n. a. e. nn+
siuerapie Suiierihs 10 .ne pup,e' 10 NV
'h.'' So ines ... '..u,.oi a., ,vor-
a. I.s, c"s ..es o's Wv, W, 500 I,
| age ol io aa!s iust sea'. ~, n,,,d
,ileS WorNeu elsn.-nou. a, uass .n't 'ne' "''
| ha'c Workeo more t.llu li'a., ,, an, ;,.
~. but tne ulilicul'iss "o"'. -, s'.. -. 80
WIN lhe elEh'-ho.r ;',.t. uas, -, 'o rn,ran;ro
securing cars 'tlu atsiu1,s - .,. +. ' ,,.a,,ia -.
| ana my own opiIlioh 10 'n.e ~ .,,,.;o,
interesting lor you anu 'ne ~. ''.,,,,
ana the otner side 10 Know INV .aas Wy,
| uaHs We're broken uays' anu ~. .,,
not the miners qua actual!y sun, .,, =, st.ta tne
| eAte't ,nat !. 10 aupp"e ~ ,a,,.a ~ . ,,n,,
,,e"t nt.. .iaa .nes ti,nt ,he,. Ala not VOL.
| NJ! iihPressio'l Is 'ii'l' tnes vi" nv wa
wa -'o' .''' '
r.s NJ. r;o,,+ 1r,,rs
~" No' <AveA"se
| A agree with you. We have not the
data as to the number of hours the
breakers ran. but | am in accord with
| YOU that a great many of them did not
| work eight hours. on the average.
@. And that they did not work ten
hours many DAYS? A. / think you are
| uuite right. I think a great many COM
panics did not work ten-hour days.
| O. And in making q change to eight
hours. the question is whether it would
| not work out an Injustice to the miners?
| That is a question that comes up in con-
| nection with that, and it has occurred
| TO me that YOU or your officials might
have that information A. No, we haven't
IT: but the companies have 1t.
Mr.. Brownell: We will give it to you.
| By Commissioner Clarke:
| @. In those 1876 days that they worke d
| during. 1901 believe that 1t what YOU
stated? A. Yes. sir. O. Does that mean
| 1916 days in which they started to work
and worked more or less. or does it mean
1os full ten.hour days? A.. 1t means 196
| full ten-hour lays that they started.
| commissioner Watkins: [ wish we
fairly % representative @ Of the average con-
ditions; perhaps YOU could agree with
the companies as to how that would DE
| made uo.
Mr.. Brownell: We have all that data.
BY Commissioner Wright:
q. VIII you tell the commission what
| you mean. from a trades union point OF
| view. by the recognition OF the union!
| A. Yes, sir. The recognition or the ufloi'
| as l understand 1t, means that the en-
| ployers shall make agreements resuiat-
ing the hours of labor, wages. etc. win
the unions, and that the union as sucil,
1 hall hn hn1
compliance with that agreement.
.. That is different from the popular
idea of recognition of the union. IS 1t
| not? A. 1t is very much so, indeed. IT
also means that employees shall select
whomever they choose to represent them
! In their meetings-that they snail eXer-
| else their own Judgment about IL. Inc
unions themselves prefer that ADJUST
| ments should take place between the en-
| ployes themselves and the companies IL
that can be done, that the actuai ehl-
j ployes will adjust grievances; but where
| they cannot do 1t. rather than strihe' We
| prefer the officials or the unions gong IN
| and adjusting the differences. u. Ihat IS
| what you mean by recognition from the
trades union point OF view. "A. YES SIT.
|
For Dlsclpl1n1nS members.
| q, Another matter. Are there any pro-
visions in YOUR constitution and bylaws
| for the discipline of your members for
| anv acts which Individual members may
| commit? A. The constitution itself has
not got that provision; we may have
| those in tho agreements-our district
agreements may have them in some
places. I am not so we'll acquainted with
| that feature; but our local unions disci-
pline their individual members-they have
that power. They may expel their men,
| bers from membership. Q. For acts COM
mitted outside of the union? A. Yes.
| acts that would be contrary to the best
| interests Of the union.