The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-03-22
COAL REPORT.
Continued from First Page.

workers included in the awards OF the
commission .
The wages fixed in the awards shall be
,bs basis Of, and the minimum under. the
sliding scale.
T"r each increase Of 8 cents in the
average price OF wmte ash coal OF SIZES
above pea coal. sold at or near New York,
h,tween Perth Amboy and Edgewater, and
r.norted to the Bureau of Anthracite Coal
Statistics, above s45O per ton I. o. b., the
EMPLOYEES shall have an increase OF per
cent in their compensation, which shall
continue until a change In the average
nric, of said coal works reduction or
an increase in said additional compensa-
tion hereunder. but the rate OF oompen-
sation shall In no Case DO less than that
fixed in tn award. That In, when the price
Of said coal reaches Sass per ton. the COM
pansation will be increased per cent, TO
continue until the price falls below NS
nar ton, when the I per cent. increase will
cease, or until the price reaches $3.50 per
ton, when an additional I per cent. will
ho added, and so on.
These average prices shall be computed
monthly, by an accountant or commissioner,
named by one Of the Circuit Judges Of
the Third Judicial Circuit OF the United
States and paid by the coal operators
such compensation as the appointing Judge
,ributed among the operators In proportion
10 the tonnage Of each mine.
In order that the basis may be laid
for the successful working Of the sliding
scale provided herein, IL Is also adjudged
ana fie at once with the United States
Commissioner Of Labor a certified state
ment Of the rates OF compensation paid in
each occupation known in their companies,
a. they existed April /. 1902.
No Boycott.
X The commission ad judges and awards:
That no person shall be refused employ
ment or in any way Disseminated against
ship in any labor organization, and that
there shall he no discrimination against
or interference with. any employee who Is
not a member OF any labor organization
hy members Of such organization.
Y The commission adjudges and awards
furnish within a reasonable time before
each pay day q statement OF the amour
Of money due from them to their laborers.
and such sums shall be deducted from the
amount due tho contract miner, and paid
directly to each laborer by the company:
All employees when paid shall be furnished
with an itemized statement OF account.
For Threc Years.
yI. The commission adjudges and
awards: That the awards herein made
shall continue in force until March 81,
1903, and that any employee, or group OF
employees. violating any OF the provisions
thereof shall be subject to reasonable
discipline by the employer; and. further.
that the violation OF any provision OF these
awards, either by employer or employees
thall not invalidate any Of the provisions
thereof
Coal and Iron Police Condemned.
The commission makes these general
recommendations as TO the enforcement OF
law and protection Of property:
The commission thinks that the practice
Of employing deputies, upon the request
and at the expense OF employers, In
stead Of throwing the whole responsibility
of preserving peace and protecting property
upon the county and State officers. Is one Of
doubtful wisdom, and perhaps tends TO
invite conflicts between such officers and
idle men. rather than TO avert them. Peace
and order should be maintained at any
cost but should be maintained by regularly
appointed and responsible officers and
deputies. at the expense OF the public, and
reonforced as strongly as may be necessary
by public authorities. rather than by guards
hired by corporations or individuals. The
fact that deputies are. to all intents and
purposes, the employees OF one Of the parties
usually works injury to the cause In which
they are engaged-that OF preserving peace
and protecting property.
The employment OF what are known az
Goal and Iron Policemen by the coal
mining companies. while necessity as
things are. initiates against the very pur-
pose for which they are employed. Al
though the testimony before the COM
mission proved that. as a whole. the Coal
and Iron Policemen were men OF good
character, there were a sufficient number
az bad characters, taken from cities, TO
discredit the efforts of the whole body.
The employment OF this body OF police is
authorized by law. but they are really
the employees Of the coal companies. and
thus do not secure the respect and ODE
dience 10 which officers OF the law are
entitled. Their presence In an irrltant,
ana many Of the disturbances In the coal
regions during the late strike grew out
If their presence. Should this matter be
remedied by legislation. 40 that the laws
could be enforced and peace preserved by
a regularly constituted oonstabulary, APP
pointed and paid by the county or State.
the commission believes that much OF the
disorder which accompanies strikes would
b. wooded.
Employment q Children.
Another subject, not q matter Of sub
mission. but CONCERNING which much testi-
nony was offered. is that OF the employ
Insnt Of children. Boys are employed Ia
the breakers. The attention Of the com
mission WAS called to the painful fact that
IN other indust ries boys and girls are EN-.
plpyed and work long hours both day and
nigin While ths lac proscribes the age.
q ~hich boys may he employed Ia and
around the mino~. and at which ohildre q
may h. employed la factories az mills. .,
spJsAr. from the eyid.noe that tie age Is
hm plAo-d sufhoiently high InfAnc,
should IL protected Against the physical
1ud moral inhuenc.s ~ such employment
AZ there ought Ia he a more rigid enforce.
meg II the Laws which nos -kist
q sn,pslsss, tssess,ss,isa.
a.. culnmis~lon in closing f.pons a.
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