Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-21

I any question referred to 1t as aforesaid, | hearing both parties to the controversy
 and any evidence as may be laid before
 1t by either party; and any award made
 by majority of such board of concil-
 iation. shall be final and binding on all parties. If, however, the said board is
 unable to decide any question submit
 ted or point related thereto, that ques-
 ton or point shall be referred to an
 umpire, to be appointed, at the request
 of said board, by one of the circuit
 judges of the third Judicial district 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 or miners organizations
 having the right, at any time when a
 controversy is not pending, to change
 their representation thereon
 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 or strike, pending the
 adjudication of any matter so taken up for adjustment.
 ,. Whenever requested by major I ity of the contract miners of any col liery, check weighmen or check dock ing bosses, or both. shall be employed. The wages of said check weighmen and check docking bosses shah be fixed, collected and paid by the miners in such manner as the said miners shall by majority vote elect, and when re- quested by majority of said miners. the operators shall pay the wages fixed for check weighmen and check docking bosses out of deductions made proportionately from the earnings of the said miners. on such basis as the majority of said miners shall deter 1 mine
 6. Mine cars shah 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 work
 CTS of any colliery or collieries, to linn it the output of the mines or to detract from the quality of the work per formed, unless such limitation or out put be in conformity to an agreement
 between an operator or operators and
 an organization representing majority 4 of said miners In his or their employ. 7 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 car which were T in, force on April 1, 1902. Any in
 crease in the size of a car, or in the top
 ping required, shall be accompanied by
 a proportionate increase in the rate
 paid per car.
 T g. The following sliding scale of
 wages shall become effective April I,
 1903, and shall affect all miners and mine workers included in the awards of the commission:
 The wages fixed in the awards shall
 be the basis of, and the minimum un-
 der the sliding scale
 For each increase in the average price of white ash coal of sizes above peacoal, sold at or near New York, be tween Perth Amboy and Edgewater and reported to the bureau of anthra' cite coal statistics, above S4.5O per ton
 f. O. b., the employees shall have an in. crease of per cent in this compensa ton, which shall continue until
 change in the average of said coa
 works a reduction or an increase 1T said additional compensation hereun der; but the rate of compensation shal : in no case be less. than that fixed II the award. That is, when the price of said coal reS 1hes $455 per ton, tht , compensation will be increased 1 pel , cent, to continue until the price fall! , below $4.50 per ton when the pel Z cent increase will cease, or until tht t price reaches $4.60 per ton, when aI additional i perc ent will be added , and so on.
 These average prices shall be com puted monthly, by an accountant ol } commissioner, named by one of the cir cult judges of the third judicial cir cult of the United States, and paid b! the coal operators. such compensation : as the appointing judge may fix, whicl , compensation shall be distributed 1, among the operators i'll proportion t the tonnage of each mine.
 In order that the basis may be lait for the successful working of the slid , ing scale provided herein, 1t Is also ad ! judged and awarded: That all coa ! operating companies file at once witt the United States commissioner of la
 bor a certified statement of the rate , of compensation paid in each occupa : ton known in their companies, as the. : existed April i, 1902.
 9. No person shall be refused em r ployment, or in any way discriminate $ against, because of membership 0 D non-membership in any labor organiza D ton; and there shall be no discrimina ! tion against or interference with an,
 employe who is not member of an I labor organization by members of sue r organization.
 $ 10. All contract miners shall be re
 quired to furnish within a reasonabl ,- time before each pay day, a statemen e of the amount of money due fror r them to their laborers and such sur e shall be deducted from the amount du
 the contract miner and paid directly t t each laborer by the company. A o employees when paid shall be furnishe n with an itemized statement of accoun $ H. The awards herein made sha h continue in force until March 31. 19ot r. and any employees, or group of en f ployes, violating any of the provision I thereof, shall be subject to reasonabl |. discipline by the employer: and, ful - ther. that the violation of any provi!