The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-05-26
ILIABLTFY OF EMPLOYERS
CIVIC FEDERATION WANTS A
NEW MEASURE PASSED.

Not Satisfied WIN nul Whlrh Gov. Iluwhe
Has slgned-uants Cost - bringing
6Ells Rnduaed ekeieisn ma IbFaNI
Up-lt = % Ne Considered F,WtheF
The question ol introducing a nev
employers liability hin IN the I4egi4lut'Ir'
providing for compensation for indus
trial accidents by which employees VIII
not have 20 encounter delays In suit
Tor damages for accidents through failuE,
10 safeguard machinery was discussed
yesterday n a meeting % the COMMITTEES
q the Civic Federation on 'COmpensa-
ton for Industrial Accidents and Their
Prevention In the library Of the Metro
pOhtan Life Building
In a statement issued In references
30 the meeting Il was held that the CON-
pulsory compensation act Of the Vain
wright commission. which Gov. Hughes
signed on Wednesday. did not satisfy
OTganized labor because the prOvisions
In the law were insufficient eHOspt in
trades Chased a. extra hazardoua 10
was charged that IL did not afford Inn
mediate relief and did not eliminate
the great cost Of bringing suits for
damages Among those present were
August Belmont. who presided Otto
EidlitE. George y. EmmOns, Lewis W.
Parker. W. ID. Baldwin. y. w. D. leon.
J. d. Beck. T.. Tecumseh Sheridan, George
l.. sloI.ean. Louis SchramIn and Lewis
I. Bryant.
Mr.. Belmont In opening the meeting
said thai the COMMITTEES WAS appointed 20
come 70 some satisfactory agreement az
10 what kind 81 compensation bill would
DO the most likely 20 he fair and raasona-
ble. The COMMITTEES had held several
meetings and was coming nearer 10 an
aRneetnont. y. Iecumsoh sherman for
said that several u tho members had met
and drafted the skeleton Of a bill He
added:
The substance Of the plan in this bin
II based On the Engliah compensation law.
The plans are very broad. and what We
have drafted Il the merest outline of a
bill subject 10 mOdiacations or improve
ments.'
The draft Of the proposed maanurs
provided that in onae ~ fatal accidents
tho relatives "a the deceaaed were entitled
10 three years u tho wages be had been
earning. not 20 exceed 1901 o. 10 10 laua
than u 90. In case none were actually
depsndont On him the damages would -
leas.
In case Of permanent disability By
accident the I'm provided that ths dis
abled worker would get One-half the
wages he had been earning. not 10 exceed
30 week, for ten years Ia case Of
partial disability he would be entitled 20
one-half Of the difference of the wages
he bad been earning before he Was IN
inred aud those he could earn after his
injury. An Alternative system Of damages
was provided by which II there vas a
plan among che workers % insurance
Tor damages this Ian could he substituted.
IL was decided that when the Legal
Committee on Compensation had agreed
on the tentative draft % the hill 10 should
be submitted 30 members Of the Uniform I
state Law Commissions and % the state
har associations before any action was
'aken and their opinions would lie asked .
~ 20 ita oonstitutionality.
While the meeting was going on IN the .
Metropolitan Life Building a convention .
u representatives 81 the labor unions
md the socialists was In session az Bee
hOven Hall. Fifth street near Third
venue, which was called originally %
tenounce the wainwright bill George
iaiilard Of the Brotherhood uf Carpenters I
presided. Speeches we're made BY AlRar-
ION Lee and Morris Hillqtdt Announcing
he meaaure. A long rsrial 81 resolutions
vas passed oondemnina it a. inadequate.