The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-22

when paid shall DO furnished with an
itcmizcd statement OF account.
H. The award as herein made shall
continue in force until March 81, 1906:
and any employe or groun Of, employees
violating any OF the provisions thereof
shall be subject to reasonable discipline
BY the employer; and, further, that the
violation of any provision OF these
awards, either employer or employe.
shall not invalidate any OF the provisions
thereof. %55
The commission also makes number
of recommendations, which may be SUM
married. as follows:5
Tho discontinuance of the system Of
EMPLOYING "rhe Coal and Iron Police
because this force Is believed to have an
Irritating effect and q resort to the regu-
Iarly constituted police authorities In case
of necessity.
A stricter enforcement of the laws in
relation to tho employment of children.
That the State ana Federal Govern
ments should provide machinery Tor the
making of a compulsory Investigation OF
| difficulties. similar to the investigation
which this commission has made,
| NO COMPULSORY ARBITRATION, s.
The commission expresses the OPINION
| that with a few notifications the Fcderal
act Of October, 1855. authorizing COM
| mission to settle controversies between
railroad corporations and other common
carriers. could DO made the basis OF a
law for arbitration in the anthracite coal
mining business. INle commission, now
over. take a decided position against COM
nulsorv arbitration. On this point tney
| odd quite n. lengthy commentary, when
closes in the following language
.rrho chief belief to be derived from the
euyrestion therein made lies In placing
tho real facts and the responsibility 10
such condition authoritatively before tlls
neople that public opinion may DO cry ,
tal,zcd and make It's power felt. Coult
s,at, a commission as that suggested
Nave bcen brought into existence m june
iaet we believe that the coal famine
| nirht nave been Notwithstanding, th'
suffering and deprivation might nave peel
greatly mitigated."
These awards and recommendations con ,
! stitute the closing part of tho report. Ih
4 earlier paCes. and by long odds the large
| ,,ortion Of the report Is devoted to re
| view Of the controversy which led TO TN
PRESIDENTS action in appointing the com
mission, to the appointment itself ana I'M
proceedings of the commission during ~
existence. They review In general wa!
the production of anthracite coal. rele
10 the small area OF the country III "nle,
! II is produced, and dwell at some, lengtl
on tho market conditions and the prices
If. coal. They also refer to the hazardous
nature of anthracite coal mining. and CIV
an estimate of tho losses accustomed D.
the strike. These losses they estimate a
follows: -.
TO tho mine owners si61oo,Ooo; to tn
mne employees in wages. S25'U wv ,o
the transportation companies, S!s,ooo'ooo'
NNOR * ED HARD, atFtE.s1E
Tho commission say that In maxim
their investigation they have done "hh'
ever 1t WAS practicable to do to acqua,i'
themselves with the conditions "hlc
brought about the strike, and they lnak
the following summary OF thelr Wo,h'
They have gone through 1nit'es 49,, az, -,
snected the various conditions Whlcn "
production of anthracite coal Involves
they have visited the breakers, the 81
glno houses and pumping stations; INC
have examined the machinery ny wh'c
the mines are protected from Whtef ~
foul air; they have talked win inc Wilel
j at their work and In their homes AZ
they have given attention to the cconomi
domestic. scholastic and religious phase
! of their lives; they have listened TO an
directed the examination and crosses
animation of t5S witnesses; they hay
given free scope to the counsel VINO rel
resented the operators, the non union me
ana tho miners, anu tHtS Ha'S 'S'o'Nh -
entire week To hearing their arguments
The commissioners also say That Will
!, there have been differences of opinio
|. among themselves, there never had bee
a time during the five months or the e'
istence of the commission when ther
! was an unpleasant word spoken anon
= them, "or any indication whatever
thought or desire Of aught save truth an
Justice
: Ihe commission then takes up the d.
!. mands Of the mine workers and the al
swers of the operators. giving In deta
r the reasons for the findings, In gel
eral way they, say that the CONDITION
, In Tho life of mine workers outside OF tf
, mines do not Justify to their full extel
/. the adverse criticisms made by Their rel
y resentatycs They also find that II
social conditions in the mining comm
mites nrn good, and they fail 10 find thu
= the wages are SO low among the minel
as necessarily to force them 10 put the
small children 10 work,
q The commission also lind that the av'
q rage daily rate Of earnings In the anthri
!. cite regions does not compare uniaVo
= ably with that In other industries.
Q NO JURISDICTION
i On the subject of the recognition Of ii
:, Mine Workers Union. the commisslo
say that they do not consider that tn
subject Is within the scope Of the juri
= dictpn conferred IN them, They do sa
however, that "the suggestion Of a worl
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