Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-03-23
MORE OF THE DETAILS OF
STRIKE COMMISSION REPORT
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Better Conditions Follow.

said districts appointing one person.
The board of Cancellation thus con-
st1tuted shall take up and consider any
question referred to it as aforesaid,
hearing both parties to the contro-
versy, and such evidence as may be
laid before it by either party; and any
award made by a majority of such
board of Cancellation, shall be final
and binding on all parties. If, however,
the said board is unable to decide any
question submitted or point related
thereto, that question or point shall
be referred to an umpire, to be APP
pointed, at The request of said board,
by one of the circuit judges of the
third judicial circuit of the United
States, whose decision shall be final
and binding in the premises.
No suspension of work shall take
place, by lockout or strike, pending
the adjudication of any matter so
taken up for adjustment.
Employment of Check woIChmen.
V. Whenever requested by ma
jority of the contract miners of any
colliery, check weighmen or check
docking bosses, or both, shall be en-
ployed. The wages of said check
| weighmen and check docking bosses
! shall be fixed, collected and paid by
the miners in such manner as the said
miners shall. by a majority vote, elect.
and when requested by a majority of
said miners. the operators shall pay
the wages fixed for check weighmen
and check docking bosses out of de-
auctions made proportionately from
the earnings of the said miners, on
such basis as the majority of said
miners shall determine
VI. Mine ears shall be distributed
among miners, who are at work, as
uniformly and equitabIy as possible,
and there shall be no concerted eff
| fort on the part of the miners or
mine workers of any colliery or col
| lierieS to limit the output of the mines
or to detract from the quality of the
work performed, unless such limita-
| ton of output be in conformity TO
an agreement between an operator
or operators and an organization rep
resenting a majority of said miners
in his or their employ.
VII. II all cases where miners are
paid by the car, the increase awarded
to the contract miners is based upon
the cars in use, the topping required,
and the rates paid per car which were
in force on April l, 1902. Any in
crease in the size of car, or in the top
ping required, shall be accompanied
| by proporticnate increase in the rate
| paid per car.
Sliding Scale of Wages.
VIII. The following sliding scale
of wages shall become effective April
1, 1903, and shall affect all miners and
mine workers included in the awards
of the commission.
The wages fixed in the awards shall
be the basis of, and the minimum IN
der the sliding scale:
For each increase of cents in the
average price of white ash coal of
sizes above pea coal, sold at or near
New York, between Perth Amboy and
Edgewater and reported to the bureau
of anthracite coal statistics, above
$3.50 per ton f. o. b., the employees
shall have an increase of / per cent
in this compensation, which shall con-
tinue until a change in the average
of said coal works a reduction or an
increase in said additional compesa-
ton hereunder; but the rate of COM
pensatiOn shall in no case be less than
/
when the price of said coal reaches
$4.J5 per ton, the compensation will be
increased / per cent, to continue I'M
| til the price falls below $3.50 per ton
when the / per cent increase will
cease, or until the price reaches $4.6O
per ton, when an additional per cent
will be added, and so on.
These average prices shall be COM
| h. Mt
commissioner, named by one of the
circuit judges of the third judicial
circuit of the United States and paid
by the coal operators. such compen-
sation as the appointing judge may
| fix, which compensation shall be dis
tributed among the operators in pro-
| portion to the tonnage of each mine.
In order that the basis may be laid
| for the successful working of the slid
| ing scale provided herein, it is also
adjudged and awarded: That all coal
operating companies file at once with
the United States commissioner of la
Dor, certified statement of the rates
of compensation paid in each occupa-
| ton known IN their companies, as they
existed April /, 1902.
No Discrimination I'm Employment.
TX. No person shall be refused en-
ployment, or in any way Disseminated
against, on account of membership or
non-membership in any labor organiza-
ton; and there shall be no discrimi-
nation against, or interference with
any employee who is not member of
any labor organization by members
of such organization.
Y. All contract miners shall be re-
quired to furnish within a reasonable
time, before each pay day, state
ment of the amount of money due
from them to their laborers, and such
sums shall be deducted from the
amount due the contract miner, and
paid directly to each laborer by the
company. All employees when paid
| shall be furnished with an itemized
/ Gtatnnannt of acnnlIrlt