The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-03-24

RESERVATION lIGlttHr
At all hearings before said board
the PARTIES may be represented by such
person or persons as they may respec-
lively select.
No suspension of work shall take place,
by Lockout OF strike, pending the adju-
d~ication Of any matter so taken up for
adjustment.
5.-vhoncver requested by a majority
OF the contract miners Of any c%oiliery,
check wcigh-men or check docking bosses,
or both, shall be employed.
The wages OF said check-weighman and
check-docking bosses shall be fixed, col
lected, and paid by the miners in such
manner as the said miners shall by a
majority vote elect; and when requested
by d majority OF said miners, the opera
| tors shall pay the wages fixed for check
weighmen and check-docking bosses out
of deductions made proportionatcly from
the earnings of the said miners, on such
| basis as the majority of said miners
shall determine.
6.-Mine cars shall be distributed
among miners, who are at work, as uni
| formly and as equitably as possible, and
there shall be no concerted effort on
the part Of the miners or mine-WoTkers
OF any colliery or collieries, to limit
the output of the mines or to detract
from the quality OF the work performed
unless such limitation of output be in
conformity to an agreement between an
operator or operators and an organization
representing a majority of said miners
in his or their employ.
I'm 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 ]. 1862. Any increase In the size
of car, or in the topping required, shall
be accompanied by a proportionate in
| crease in the rate paid per car.
8.-The following sliding scale of wages
| shall become effective April l. 1908. and
shall affect all miners and mine-Workers
included in the awards of the commits
sion:
The wages fixed in the awards shall be
the basis of, and the minimum under the
sliding scale.
For each increase of five 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
Ccal Statistics, above $500 per ton, f. o.
D., the elnpiOyeS SHALL IdN di lilCI tdSS
of one per cent in their compensation,
which shall continue until a change IN
the average price of said coal works a
| reduction or an increase in said addi-
tional compensation hereunder; 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 $3.50 per ton, the comper sation
will be increased one per cent, to con-
tinue until the price falls below $4.5
| per ton, when the l per cent increase
will cease, or until the price reaches
S4.60 Per ton when an additional ] per
| cent will be added, and so On.
These average prices shall be com
puted monthly, by an accountant as COM
missioner, named by one of the circuit
| Judges of the third judicial circuit court
! If the United States and paid BY the
coal operators. such compensation as the
! appointing Judge may fix. which compen-
sation shall be distributed among the
operators in proportion to tho 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 ad
Judged and awarded: that all coal operat-
ing companies file at once with the Uni
ted States Commissioner of Labor, a GER
tilted statement of the rates OF compcn-
sation paid in each occupation known in
their companies, as they existed April
1, 1902.
9.-No person shall be refused employ-
| mcnt, or in any way Disseminated against
on account OF membership or
bership in any labor organization; and
there shall be no discrimination against.
Or interference with any Cmploye who is
not a member of any labor organization
by members OF such organization.
10.-All contract miners shall be re
! luired to furnish within a reasonable time
| before each payday a statement of the
! amount Of money due from them to their
! iaborers 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 statement
Of account.
l-11.-The awards herein made shall con
| tinue in force until March 81. 1906, and
my employee or group of employees, VIC
! lating any OF the provisions thereof,
| hall be subject to reasonable discipline
| by the employer; and, further, that the
violation of any provision CT those
awards, either by the employer or en-
,Ioyees, shall not invalidate any of tn
| PROVISIONS thereof.
The Commission also make a number
# recommendations which may be sum
married. as follows:
| The discontinuance of the system of en-
| Toying the coal and iron police be
ausc this force is believed to have al
irritating effect, and a resort to tn
| cegularly constituted peace authorities
II case of necessity.
A s%trictcr enforcement of the laws il
citation to the employment of children
That the State and Federal govern
1ents should provide machinery for the
making of a compulsory Investigation o.
difficulties, similar to the investigation
which this commission has made. Tho
commission express the opinion that with
, few notifications the Federal act o.
october, 1883, authorizing the Commits
ion to settle controversies between rail
Dad corporations and other common car
'iCrs could he made the basis of a Law
or arbitration in the anthracite Goa
mining business. The Commission. how.
nver, take a decided position againsl
compulsory arbitration.
On the subject Of the recognition o
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