The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-21

All hearings before SAID board the par
ties may be represented by such person
or persons as they may respectively
select.
No suspension of work shall take place
by lockout or strike pending the adjudi-
cation OF any matter taken up for ad-
iustment.
v. Whenever requested by majorits
on the contract miners of any collierv
check weighmen or check docking
bosses, or both. shall be employed. The
wages of said check weighmen ana
check docking bosses shall be fixed. col
lected- and paid by the miners in sucE
manner as the said miners shall by
majority vote elect. and when requested
by q majority of SAID miners. the OF
orators shall nay the wages fixed for
check Welshmen and check docking
bosses out of deductions made proper
tionately from the earnings Of said
miners, on such basis as the majority
of SAID miners shall determine
W. Mine cars shall be distributed
among miners, who are at work. a S uni
formly and as equitably as possible. and
there shall be no concerted effort on the
part on the miners or mine workers of
any colliery or collieries. to limit the
output of the mines or to detract from
the quality of the work. unless such
limitation of output be in conformity
TO am agreement between an operator or
operators and an organization repre-
senting majority OF said miners in his
or their employ.
VII In 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 ear which We're in
force on April. 1902. Any increase in
the size of the car or in the topping re-
quired. shall be accompanied by a pro
portionate increase in the rate paid per
car.
VIII The following scale of wages
shall become effective April l. 1903 and
shall affect all miners and mine work
/ Included ha +7,-
mission.
The wages fixed in the awards shall
be the basis Of, and the minimum under
me sliding scale: For each increase of
fiNe cents i'm the average price of white
ash coal Of sizes above pea coal sold at
or near New York. between Perth AM
boy and Edgwater and reported to the
bureau of anthracite coal statistics
above say $3.50 per ton for 3, the en-
plOyeS shall have an increase of 1 per
cent IN this compensation, which shall
continue until change in the average
of said coal works a reduction or an in
crease In compensations but the rate Of
compensation shall in no case be less
than that fixed in the award That is
When the price of said coal reaches "a. So
per ton, the compensation will be in
creased / per cent, to continue until the
price falls below 81. 50 per ton when the
] per cent increase VIII cease or until
. the price reaches S4. 90 per ton, when an
additional 1 per cent VIII be added, and
so on.
These average prices shall be compu-
ted monthly. by an accountant or clerk
named by the circuit judge of the Third
judicial district and paid by the coal
operators, such compensation as the ap-
pointing Judge may fix which conpen-
satlous shall be distributed among the
operators ~ proportion TO the tonnage
of each mine.
In order that the basis may be laid for
successful working OF the striking scale
provided herein, it is also adjudged and
2Warded- That all coal operating COM
panies file at once with the United
states commissioner Of labor a certified
statement of the rates of comoensa ton
paid in each occupation Ia wn in their
companies as they existed April. 1902
TX NO person shall be refused en-
4ioyment or in any way Disseminated
against on account of membership or
nels-fiefnb bershlo in any labor OTganiza-
tions and there shall be no discrimina-
ton against or interference with any
emDlO5e who is not a member Of aDv
labor orga nization by members of such
organization.
X. All contract miners shall be required
to furnish within a reasonable time he 70
fore each pay day statement of ths
amount OF money due from them to
their labOrers, and such sums shall be
deducted from the amount due the con-
tract miners and paid directly to ca ach
/ laborer by the company. All employees
when paid shall be furnished with an
/ ltemized statement OF account.
Al ne awards neEeln made shall
commune IN force until March 81. 1906; /;
and any emDloye or group of employees,
violating any of the provisions thereof
shall be subject to reasonable discipline
by the employers and further that the
violation of any provision of these
awards, either by employer or employees,
shall not invaldate any of the proNis-
ions thereof
The commission also makes a number
+ of recommended tions which may be sum-
married. as follows.
The discontnuance of the system of
employing the coal and iron police
because this force is believed to have
an irritating effect and resort to the
regularly constituted peace authorities
i'm case of necessity.
A stricter enforcement Of the laws in
relation to the employment of children.
That the state and federal govern
mentS should provide machinery for the
making of a compulsory investigating of
difficulties. similar to the Investigation
which this commission has made. The
/ commission express the opinion that
with few notifications the federal act
of October, 1888. authorizing commits
sion to SETTLE controversies between rail-
road corporations and other common
carriers could be made the basis of a
law for arbitration in the anthracite
coal mining business. The commission.
however. take a decided position against
compulsory arbitration On this point
they add quite lengthy commentary,
which closes in the following language:
The chief benefit to be derived from
The suggestion herein made lies in plac-
ing tbe real facts and the responsibility
Tor such condition authoritatiVely be-
fore the people that the public opinion
may crystalline and make its power felt.
Gould such a commission as that sug-
gested have been brought into existence
In June last. we believe that the coal
famine might have been averted-cer-
tainly the suffering and deprivation
might have been greatly mitigated.'
These awards and ratffications con-
stitute the closing part of the report.
The earlier pages and by long odds the
larger portion Of the report are devot-
ed to a review of the controversy which
led to the present action in appointing
the commission, to the appointment it,
self and to the nrncaaair1es Of The cnrla-