Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-22
prompt response when a question Of fair
ness and right is called to its attention"
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MINERS WIN HALF
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Of Cancellation shall be appointed by each
Of said organizations and three other per-
sons shall be appointed by tbs, operators.
the operators In each Of said districts APP
pointing one person.
Decision TO he Final.
The board OF Cancellation thus constituted
uhall take up and consider any question
referred TO Il as aforesaid, hearing both
parties to the controversy and such evil
party; and any award made by a majority
OF such board OF Cancellation shall be final
the said board is unable to decice any ques-
tion submitted or point related thereto. that
question or point shall be referred to an
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.
The membership Of said board shall at all
times be kept complete, either the operators
at any time when a controversy Is not
pending, to gchange their representation
At ali hearings before said board the
parties may be represented by such person
or persons as they may respectively select.
No Suspension of work.
No suspension of work shall take place,
by lockout or strike. pending the adtudica-
ton Of any matter so taken up for adjust
s. Whenever requested by a majority Of
the contract miners OF an colliery. check
shall be employed. The wages of said
check weight 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
required by a majority, of said miners, the
check weighmen and check docking bosses
out OF deductions made proportlonally
from the earnings of said miners, on such
basis as the majority Of said miners shall
determine.
miners, who are at wofk, as uniformly and
be no concerted eTort on the part. Of the
miners or mine workers of any colliery or
collierles to limit the output Of the mines
or TO detract from the quality of the work
performed, unless such limitation of out
put be In conformity to an agreement be-
tween an operator or operators and an
organization representing a majority Of
said miners in his or their employ.
I. In all cases where miners are paid by
the car, the increase awarded to the CON
topping required and the rates paid per
car which were in force on April /, 1902.
Any increase in the size of the car, or in
the topping required, shall be accompanied
by a proportionate increase in the rate
paid per car.
Sliding scale Of Wages.
s. The following sliding scale Of wages
shall become effective April 1903, and
shall areGt an miners ana mine workers
The wages fixed in the awards shall be
the basis of and the minimum under the
For each increase Of 5 cents in the aver
age price of white ash coal Of sizes above
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reported to the bureau of anthracite coal
statistics, above $3.50 per ton fob, the
cent in this compensation, which shall con-
tinue until a change In the average price
Of said Compensation hereunder, but the
rate of compensation shall in no case be
less than that fixed by the award.
That is, when the price of said coal
reaches $455 per ton, the compensation
will be Increased / per cent, to continue
until the price falls below $3.50 per ton,
when the 1 per ceS. increase will cease, or
until the price reaches N.60 per ton, when
an additional l per cent will be added, and
These average prices shall be computed
monthly by an accountant or commissioner
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and paid by the coal operators, such COM
pensation as the appointing Judge may fix,
which compensation shall be distributed
among the operators In proportion to the
tonnage of each mine.
In order that the basis may be laid for
the successful working of the sliding scale
provided herein Is also ad1udged and
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commissioner of labor a certified statement
II the rates OF compensation paid in each
occupation known in their companies, as
they existed April 1. 1902.
Membership in Union.
q. No person shall be refused employment
or in any way Disseminated against on
account OF membership ornonmembership
in any labor organizations, and there shall
be no discrimination against, interference
with any employe who Is not a member OF
any labor organization by members Of such
r0anIzation
10. All contract miners shall be required
to furnish, within a reasonable time before
each pay day, a statement Of the amount
of money due fron them to their laborers,
and such. sums snail be deducted from the
directly to each laborer by the company,
All employees, when paid shall be furnished
with an itemixed statement Of account.
IL. The awards herein made shall continue
in force until March 81, 1905; and any EN-
ploye or group of employees violating any oi
the provisions thereof shall be subject tc
reasonable discipline by the employers. and
further, that the violation of any provi.
sion OF these awards. either by employer Of
employees, shall not invalidate any OF the
provisions thereof.
The commission also makes a number
of recommendations which may be sum
married as follows;
The dlscontinuance OF the system OF EN-.
ploying the coal and iron police because
effect, and a resort TO the regularly con.
d stituted peace authorities in case OF neces
, sity.
l A stricter enforcement of the laws IL
D relation to the employment of children.
That the state and federal government
should provide machinery for the making o.
D a compulsory investigating of difficulties
4 similar to the Investigation which this com
mission has made.
The commission express the opinion tina
with a few notifications the federal &C
OF October, 1888. authorizing a commission
to settle controversies between railroad
corporations and other common carriers
could be made the basis of a law for srbi
tration in the anthracite coal mining bust
ness.
[ Compulsory Arbitration Opposed.
= The commission, however, takes a De
= eided position against compulsory arbitra
. ton. IN this point they add quite
, lengthy commentary, which closes in tn,
following language:
u The chief benefit to be derived from tn,
d suggestion herein made lies In placing tn.
q real facts and the responsibility for sucl
condition authoritatively before the people
y That the public opinion may crystaliz'
& and make its power felt.
q Could such a commission as that sug
gested have been brought into eXistenc
X last June We believe that the coal famin
& might have been averted. certainly tn
suffering and deprivation might have bee
greatly mitigated.
The hazardous nature Of anthracite coa
{ mining is referred to and an estimate give
Of the losses occasioned by the strike.