New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-01
CLYNN WORKMEN'S
BILL REDRAFTED
Schedule of Pay for In
jurieS Placed at Two
thirds of Wages.
GOVERNOR SAYS
HE is PLEASED
Measure To Be Discussed To-day
in Capital, and introduced
Next Week.

The workmen's compensation bill.
which has been redrafted in many OF it's
provisions by Governor Glynn, will be in
PRODUCED I'm both houses when the Legis-
lature convenes this week. Governor
Glynn. who attended the Army Navy
football game on Saturday, returned yes
terday TO Albany. Before he departed,
however. he declared he was heartily in
favor OF the bill.
The draft OF the measure will be taken
10 Albany to-day for discussion. II was
drawn in New York after series OF con-
ferences in the Governors Office at AL
bany. Besides providing for compensa-
ton on higher schedules than those in
force in any other state, IL is to be limited
TO workingmen in hazardous trades.
The result Of this departure will be
that workmen in a trade called hazard
Gus will receive compensation for injuries,
while employees hurt in a non-hazardous
occupation will have TO sue for damages.
II is on that point that most criticism OF
the measure is directed.
Men interested in the passage Of a work
mems compensation bill said yesterday
that the Glynn bill was not on sound
basis. They attacked 1t, in the first place,
on the ground that ii was not a real well
fare bill, because IL Disseminated against
the non-hazardous trades. In the next
place they argued, il put an inequitable
burden on the manufacturers of New
York, and would prove so expensive as TO
affect price competition between manu-
facturers here and I'm states having less
onerous laws. They directed attention TO
the fact also that the new constitutional
amendment was passed 10 put an end TO
ambulance chasing, litigation and waste.
and that the Glynn bill would end these
only in hazardous trades.
At a conference on Wednesday the main
features Of the bill were formulated. The
session, which was held in Governor
Glynn's office, in Albany, lasted three
hours. Among those who were present.
besides the Governor, were John T. Nc
Donough. ex-Secretary Of State. now at
torney for the American Federation Of
Labor; William Temple Emmett Superin-
tendent Of Insurance, who had bill in
cooperating the ideas Of his department
but which was turned down; Robert f.
Wagner. acting Lieutenant Governor;
James a. Foley and George a. Blauvelt
Tammany Senators; Assemblyman Jack
son, who introduced In the Assembly last
winter the Murtaugh- ackson bill, provid
ing for monopolistic state worllmen's
compensation law, and representatives Of
the American Federation Of Labor
So far as revealed, there were no repre-
sentatives of employers Of labor or of
the casualty insurance companies at this
or other conferences with the Governor
on this proposed legislation.
The principal figure in the conferences
was John T. McDonough, who insisted
upon a compensation of SIS % per cent of
the average weekly wage. This is higher
than the schedules Of compensation es-
tablished in other states. except Ohio He
fought for his scale and for other features
favorable 10 labor unions, which would
he benefited TO the exclusion OF non-union
labor.
IT was said yesterday that McDonough
would be appointed chairman Of the state
commission which will have charge of the
machinery Of the workmen's compensa-
zion If the Glynn law went into effect