The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-22
Board of Cancellation.

A board of Cancellation is provided
for to settle disputes arising out of the
Interpretation or application Of the
commission awards, to consist Of three
members selected by the operators and
three by the miners organization, and
an umpire in case Of a tie, to be ap
pointed by one of the circuit judges of
the Third judicial district of the United
States.
No strikes or Iockouts shall take
place pending adjudication by the
board.
The commission declines to recognize
the United Mine Workers of America,
as such, by compelling the operators to
enter into any contract with that or
ganization, but modifies this in the
manner above stated, by providing that
the miners organization shall have
hand in the machinery whereby the
findings of the commission shall be put
into effect.
The third demand Of the miners,
which was that coal be paid for by
weight wherever practicable, was re-
fused, the commission refraining from
making an obligatory award.
No Discrimination.
It declines to fix a standard. ton
where coal is paid for by weight, and
declines to impose upon the owners of
collleries where the coal now mined is
paid for by the car the obligation to
pay by weight and to make changes in
the plans necessary therefor.
A check Weigher shall be employed
when requested by a majority of con-
tract miners Of any colliery, their
wages to be paid by the miners
The sliding scale of wages is pro-
Vided, whereby miners may increase
their earnings according to the in
crease in the amount and the price of
coal, the amount above the rates
awarded being in all cases the mini
mum.
There shall be no discrimination
against any workman because of his
membership or non-membership in a
labor organization, nor shall there be
any interference by union men with
non-union men. The awards made
shall continue in force until March 81,
1906.
The commission finds that the condi-
tion of the life of the mine workers
outside the mines do not justify the
contention to a full extent that the an
nual earnings Of the mine workers are
insufficient to maintain an American
standard of living. The commission
also finds that the social conditions OBJ
talning in a community made up of
miners are good.
The commission does not find that
the wages of contract miners in the an
thracite fields are lower than those
paid In the bituminous fields. The av-
erage daily rate of earnings does not
compare unfavorably with that in
other industries requiring skill and
training. The annual earnings Of con-
tract miners range between $3.50 and
5000.
Disorder and Boycottina.
1T is admitted" says the report.
that disorder and lawlessness were
incident to the strike. Its history is
stained with record of riot and blood
sned, eliminating in three murders.
unproVoked save by the fact that two
OF the victims were asserting their
rlght TO work, and another as an Off
Ger OF the law was performing his DUTY
IN attempting to preserve peace Armed
GUARDS employed to protect collieries
ana the men who worked In them an
pear not to have an unnecessary IRE
caution, and the governor was justified
IN calling out citizen soldiers
Inc boycott is condemned as i'm
moral and anti-social, cowardlv and
closely allied with it as a blacklist
Inc employment Of coal and iron" no.
nee by the companies, While a neces
slty as things are, initiates against tha
very purpose for which they are en-
ployed. CAV Gill
The commission cannot see its wav
10 recommend the adoption of commit.
sorry arbltration. but believes the state
ana FEDERAL government should nrovida
the machinery for what NAV be called
the plan of Charles Francis Adanos
proposing an act for the investigation