New-York tribune., 1903-03-22

hereiu il IS also adjudged and awarded: That
al coal operating compsn1es me ef I.bor Ger.
tiSed statement Of the rates Of compensation
pMIs in each occupation known IN their COM
pantes. ss they existed April l. 1S0Z-
DETERMINATION PROHIBITED.
Nints-No person shall be refused employ
-zaent or in any way Disseminated agetnst. on
account of membership non-membersnlp IN
any labor organization; and there snaL DC NO
discrimination against or interference with any
empJove who IS not a member OF any labor
orr1piEation by members Of such organlzatioIi;; ;
Tenth-AH contract miners sha!l pc reQ1 nS, 81
90 furnish within a reasonable time betore each
uayday q statement. OF the amount OF money
due from them 10 their laborers, ana s9Gn %
the contract miner, and paid directly TO eacn
laborer by the company. All employees Nneh
paid shall be furnished with an itemlzeo s''e
Ynent of their account.
EIeventh-The awards herein made shall con-
tfnue in force until March 81, 1905; ana any :.
enpIoye or group OF employees violating any u
the provisions thereof shall be subject 10 [ea-
sonabis discipline by the employer; and. IuI 9
ther. that the violation of any provisions OF
shaU not invaIidate any Of the provisions
thereof. "
The commission also makes a number OF
Recommendations which may be summarized as
follows:
TIE dtscontinuance OF the system OF employ
tre ..tbe Coal and Iron Police" because this
force lie believed 10 have an irritating erect anu
a resort TO the regularly constituted peace 6O
thortt{es in case Of necessity.
A .tr{cter enforcement Of the laws III relation
TO the employment Of children.
That the State and federal governments
sbouId nroyide machinery for the making Of
compulsory investigation Of diffcuites' siIliiiar
to the investigation which this commission mas
made The commission expresses the opinion
that with a few notifications the federal act
OF October 1855. authorizing a commission 10
settle controversies between railroad corpora
tions and other common carriers could De nlaoe
the basis Of law for arbitration in the an
fhracite coal mining business The COMMISSION
however takes a decided position against COM
puIsorv arbitration. On this point 1t ADDS
long commentary, which closes in the following
language:
The rhief benefit to be derived from the sug-
aeFfjon herein made lies in placing the reaI
facts and the responsibility for such conultloN
authortatively before the people: that Punoc ola
opinion may crystalline and make tts PoMel
felt Could such q commission as that suggest
ed have been brought into existence IN June June
last We believe that the coal famine Hlleht nave
been averted-certainly the suffering and dep
rivation might have been greatly mitigated'
These awards and recommendation constitute
the closing part Of the report. The earlier pages
and by long odds the larger portion OF the re-
port. are devoted 10 a review Of the controversy
which led TO the Presidents action IN appoint
ing the committee. to the appointment itself
and to the proceedings of The commission They
review in a general way the production Of an
fhracste coal refer to the small area of country
In which il is produced. and dwell at some
length on the market conditions and the prices
OF coal They also refer to the hazardous nat
ure Of anthracite mining and give an estimate
Of the losses occasioned ty the strike. These
losses estimated as follows:
To the mine owners. S46,100.000.
To the mine employees in wages, S25.0o00o0.
To the transportation companies, S2S,OOO.OOO.
CONDITIONS IN THE MINE REGIONS.
The commission says that in making the in
vestigation it has done whatever was practica-
bic TO become acquainted with the conditions
which brought about the strik. and the follow
ing sumB4sry Of the FoEss "a Enade. a.
- They have gone through mines and inspected
the various conditions which the production Of
anthracite coal involves; they have visited the
breakers. the engine house and pumping sta
tions; 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 economic, domestic. sChO-
lastic and religious phases Of their lives; they
have listened to and directed the examination
and cross-e5aminat!on Of 3JS witnesses; they
have given free scope TO the counsel who repre-
sented the operators, non-unlon men and the
miners. and they have devoted an entire week to
hearing their arguments.
The commissioners also say that while there
have been differences Of opinion among them
selves. there never has been a time in the five
months Of the existence Of the commission when
there was an unpleasant word spoken among
them, 'or any Indication whatever of thought
or desire Of aught save truth and Justice"
The commission then takes up the demands OF
the mine workers and the answers of the mine
operators, giving in detail the reasons for the
N findings In general way they say that the
conditions Of the life of the mine workers out
side the mines do not justify 10 their full extent
the adverse criticisms made by their representa-
tives- They also find that the social conditions
in the mining communities are good. and they
fail 70 find that the wages are so low among the
miners necessarily 10 force them to put their
small children 10 work. The commission also
finds that the average daily rate Of earnings in
the anthracite regions does not compare un-
favorably with that in other industries
AS TO UNION RECOGNITION
In regard to recognition Of the mine workers
union the commission says it does not consider
that this subject is within the scope Of the
jurisdiction conferred on it. 1t says, however,
that the suggestion Of a working agreement
between employees and employers embOdying the
doctrine Of collective bargaining is one which
the commission believes contains many hopeful
elements for the adjustment of relations in the
mining region" Further on ii is said: The
present constitution Of the United Mine Work
ers Of America does not present the most in
viting inducements TO the operators TO enter
into contractual relations with it,
LAwLEssNEss DENOUNCED.
In the letter OF the operators which forms the
basis OF the submission OF issues TO this COM
mission, the signatory parties state that they
are not discriminating against the United Mine
Workers. but they insist that the miners union
shall not discriminate against or refuse to work
with non-union men The testimony proved
that some discrimination, on the part OF both
opera tors and union men, was made, before and
sitter the strike naugurateG and even, TO
some extent, after 1t had heen declared off. 1t
ie dif7cult Of course. 10 determine just how far
the employers declined to re-employ miners,
simply because they were members Of the union,
or fust nov far the miners themselves refused
20 work with non-uniOn men. In the above
mentioned letter il is stated that the under
GfsnGfnr Is that the miners Will return TO work