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either side shall refuse TO be bound by the
scale OF wages finally fixed by the President.
what remedy has the other side' Can dam
age be recovered?
The Fourteenth Amendment pledged TO
non union miners in Pennsylvania the pro-
tect ion of equal " W.. but not the equal exec
cut ion OF tho-n laws which, In the theory of
the mendment. the nat ion could not SUPER
wise. That execution by Pennsylvania of1i-
Gals has discriminated against the nom
union miners "a a class, a. enlh'ilht'd
negro", were Disseminated against ~ South
Carolina. or reConCentrHdo~ In cuba. Yet.
when u railway OIL osi stood mGnfully hS
them. in the presence OF the President. there
were pcr-ons found TO -ay j." Wa impoh'e.
b"Cau-e. in defending faithful sut ORIGINATES
aud CLIENT. he did hot crook tie IN, cildnt
hinge, OF the knee.
Nevertheless II the Anthracite Coai strike
Commission shall b. alb, 10 devise and "nioIc"
indemnity Tor injuries suffered by uon-umon
miners 1t the hands OF Ga" union-. and prevent
similar injuries in the future. the new con-
triyaucc of arbitrct ion may have useful III"
But lively imagination may picture
the possibility that Il manipulated strike III
great industry. even In banking, who-e hnhlr'
intimately concern the public may riIhoh
mana cement on, OF the hand of the owners
into the control oil a oomni' ion. whenever
the Pre,id OF the United States shall put
be pressure of his high office on on" side.
or the other or Oh both. or whenever so
ciali.tic purchase" under due process OF
law. by right OF eminent domain. shall be
made or whenever by an underlined and novel
suit. growing In n mysterious way out oil ~"
strike. The property shall bc put IN litigation.
and receiver appointed to manag &c the mine.
railway. factory. farm. bank OF trust COM
panv.
n
rs -ouders To- perform.
Il p,ar,5 It's footsteps ia the SEE.
aud rides upon the storm.
Among the questions OF law to l.a an-wercd
and acted on by the commission az" these:
/. Has any law OF the United States. either
Con .titut!ona or statutory. been violatsd by
either party to tho strike: If not. then whit
are the rights. powers and duties OF the red
eral Government IN the affair;
!? Has any law Of Pennsylvania. either
Constitutional or statutory, been violated
by either party to the strike? II any, what
j. the text thereof, and what are the right,
powers and duties OF the Federal Govern
ment growing out of the vioationsf
3. What legislation by Congress. perm'ssi-
bile under the Constitution, II necessary.
proper and feasible to prevent a recurrence
of n similar strike in the state of PennsylHa-
MIA, or arrest IL after II has begun?
What percentage of the labor or the
United states has been 30 organized that a
ina Jority can dictate to the minority when
a nd low il shall toiii Does not the coal miners
association, led by Mitchell. demand that
unornanizsd labor shall not be protected III
property. and right to work. by those equity
powers OF the courts. state and Federal
which have been expressly and irreNocabiy
ordained as our fundam entail laws VIII
the Gray commission advise a yielding 10 the
q. mand. and an attempted suppTes-ng by
Congress of the writ of Injunction in proper
Ca-c where property rights are In peril, aud
unorganized labor has no other remedy at
law? Law
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