Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1903-03-26
COAL STRIKE REPORT
The Findings Of the Anthracite
Commission Made Public.
AGAINST COMPULSORY ARBITRATION
A Board OF Cancellation Recommended
the Discontinuance OF Employing Pc
iics Urgea-Earilsr Pages Devoted
20 Review Of the strike.

| Washington, March 21.-The re
port Of the commission appointed by
the president last October TO investi.
gate the anthracite coal strike was
made public to-day. The report Ia
dated March IS and Is signed by MI
the members Of the commission. In
brief the commission raises @ gener-
al increase Of wages amounting in
most instances TO ten per cent. ;
some decrease Of time; the settle
ment Of all disputes by arbitration;
fixes Q minimum wage and q sliding
scale, provides against discrimina-
ton Of persons by either the mine
owners or the miners on account of
membership or non-membership in q
labor union and provides that the
awards made shall continue in force
until March 81, 1905.
The commission discussed to some
extent the matter of recognition or
non-recognition Of the miners union,
but declined to make any award on
this measure.
The commission says:
Any difficulty or disagreement
arising under this award as to its
Interpretation or application, or in
any way growing out Of the rela-
tons of the employers and employed
which cannot be settled or adjusted
by consultation between the super
intendent or manager Of the mine or
mines, and the miner or miners d.
rectly interested or is Of o scope too
large to be settled shall be referred
to a permanent joint committee to
be called board Of conciliation, to
consist Of six persons. appointed as
hereinafter provided. That is to say,
il there shall be q division of the
whole region into districts in each Of
which there shall exist an organiza-
ton representing q majority Of the
mine workers Of such district one Of
said board Of Cancellation shall be
appointed by each Of said organiza-
tons and three other persons shall
be appointed by the operators, the
operators in each Of said districts APP
pointing one person.
The board Of Cancellation thus con-
stituted shall take up and consider
any question referred to 1t as afore-
said, hearing both parties to the
controversy and such evidence as
may be laid before it by either party,
and any award made by majority Of
such board Of conciliation shall be
final and binding on all parties. If.
however, the said board is unable
to decide any question submitted or
point related thereto, that question
or point shall be referred to an UNI
pire, to be appointed, at the request
of 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.
No suspension Of work shall take
place, by lockout or strike, pending
the adjudication Of any matter
taken up for adjustment.
Mine cars shall be distributed
among miners, and there shall be no
concerted effort on the part of the
miners or mine workers of any col
liery or collieries to limit the out
put of the mines or to detract from
the quality of the work, unless such
Of output be in conform
lty to an agreement between an oper-
ator or operators and an organiza-
ton representing majority Of said
miners in his or their employ.
The commission also makes o
number of recommendation which
nav be summarized as follows:
The discontinuance of the system
IF employing "the coal and iron po-
Ice" because this force is believed
10 have an Irritating. effect and re-
sort 70 tine regularly constituted
,eace authorities in case of neces-
Iity.
A strict enforcement Of the laws in |
.elation to the employment Of chill
lren.
That the state and federal govern |