The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-03-22
THE AWARD OF
 THE PERPETRATORS
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Continued from Page one.) by the employer; and further that the violation of any provision of these awards ! either by employer or employees, shall not invalidate any of the provisions | thereof.
 Summary of Recommendations. The commission also makes a number | of recommendations which may be sum- | marked as follows:
 The discontinuance of the system of employing the coal and iron police," be- | cause this fore Is believed to have an irritating effect and a resort to the regu- | larly constituted peace authorities in case | of necessity.
 A stricter enforcement of the laws in | relation to the employment of children. Against Compulsory Arbitration. That the State and Federal govern ments should provide machinery for the | making of a compulsory investigation of difficulties. The commission express the opinion that with few notifications. the federal act of October. 1888. authoriz- ing a commission to settle controversies between railroad corporations and other common carriers. could be made the ba- sis of law for arbitration in the an thracite coal mining business. The com mission, however, take a decided position against compulsory arbitration. On this point they add a lengthy commentary, which closes In the following language:
 'The chief benefit to be derived from the suggestion herein made, lies in plac- ing the real facts and the responsibility for such condition authoritatively before the people that the public opinion may crystaIze and make it's power felt. Could such commission as that suggested have been brought into existence in June last. we believe that the coal famine might have been averted-certainly the suffering and deprivation might have been greatly mitigated.'
 Controversy Reviewed.
 These awards and recommendations constitute the closing part of the report The earlier pages, and by long odds the larger portion of the report. are devoted to review of the controversy which led to the Presidents action in appointing the commission, to the appointment itself and to the proceedings of the commis- sion during its existence. They review in a general way the production of anthra- cite coal refer to the small area of coun- try in which 1t Is produced and dwell at some length on the market conditions and the prices of coal. They also refer to the hazardous nature of anthracite coal mining and give an estimate of the losses accustomed by the strike.
 Losses of the Strike.
 Those losses, they estimate as follows:
 As to mine owners. $4s.1O0OOO.
 To the mine employees in wages S25,- GOO OOO
 To the transportation companies. S2S.- 900, ,OOO
 Patient Work.
 Tho commission makes a summary of their investigation of the conditions which caused tho strike, including their personal observation of tho conditions which the production of anthracite coal involves, and comes down to the exami- nation and eross-examAnatian of b5s wit nesses. They have given free scope to the counsel who represented the opera tors tho non-un1on man and the nainars, and they have devoted an entire week to hearing their arguments. The commissioners also say that while there have been differences of opinion among themselves, there never has been