Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1903-03-27

| 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.
No person shall be refused employ
ment or in any way Disseminated
against on account of membership or
non-membershipi in any labor organiza-
ton; and there shall be no discrim-
inatioa against, or interference with,
any employe who is not a member of
any labor organization by members of
such organization.
Other RecOmme dations.
The commission also makes num-
Der of recommendations which may
be summarized as follows:
The discontinuance of the system
of employing "the coal and iron po-
lice," because this force is believed to
have an irritating effect, and resort
to the regularly constituted peace au-
thorities in case of necessity.
A stricter enforcement of the laws
in relation to the employment of chill
dren.
That the state and federal govern
ments should provide machinery for
the making of compulsory investi-
eating of difficulties, similar to the in
vestigation which this commission has
made. The commission express the
opinion that with a few notifications
the federal act of October, 1888, au-
thorizing commission to settle con-
troversies between railroad corpora
tions and other common carriers could
be made the basis of law for arbitra-
tion in the anthracite coal mining bust
ness. The commission, however, take
decided position against compulsory
arbitration.
The Boycott.
Regarding the boycott, the commits
sion says: what is popularity known
as the boycott Ga word of evil omen
and unhappy origin) is form of
coercion by which a combina ton of
many persons, seek to work their will
upon a single person, or upon n few
persons, by compelling others to abb
stain from social or beneficial bust.
ness intercourse with such person
or persons. Carried to the extent
sometimes practiced in aid of
strike, and as was in some instances
practiced in connection with the late
anthracite strike, it is cruel weapon
of aggression, and it's use immoral
and anti-social, and the concerted
attempt to accomplish it is a con-
spiracy at common law and merits
and should receive the punishment
due to such crime"
Cost of the Strike.
The commissioners review in gen.
/ eral way the production of anthracite
COAL refer to the small area of coun-
try in which it is produced, and dwell
at some length on the market condi-
tions and the prices of coal. They also
refer to the hazardous nature of an
! thracite coal mining, and give an esti-
mate of the losses occasioned by the
strike. Those losses they estimate as
| follows: AS TO mine owners, $46,1O0,
600; to the mine employees in wages,
| 25,000,000; to the transportation com.
panies, S2s0O0O00. The commission
says that in making their investiga-
tion they have done whatever it was
practicable to do to acquaint them
selves with the conditions which
brought about the strike and they
make the following summary of their
work:
They have gone through the mines
and inspected the various conditions
which the production of anthracite
coal involves; they have visited the
breakers, the engine house, and pump
ing stations; they have examined the
machinery by which the mines are
protected from water and foul air;
they have talked with the miners at
their work and in their homes, and
they have given attention to the eco
nomic, domestic, scholastic and re-
| ligious phases of their lives; they have
| listened to and directed the eXamina-
tion and cross examination of 55S wit
nesses, they have given free scope to
the counsel who represented the op-
orators, the nonunion men and the
miners, and they have devoted an en-
tire week to hearing their arguments.
On the subject of the recognition of
the Mine Workers union, the commits
sion say that they do not consider that
this subject is within the scope of the
| jurisdiction conferred on them. They
do say, however, that "the suggestion
of working agreement between en-
ployers and employees embodying the
doctrine of collective bargaining is
| one which the commission believe con-
tains many hopeful elements for the
adjustment of relations in the mining
region" Further on they say "the
present constitution of the United
Mine Workers of America does not
present the most inviting induce
ments to the operators to enter into
contractual relations with it."
Protests Against Joint Admission.