The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-03-14
MINE SCREEN BILL
! PASSED BY OHIO
lSENATE YESTERDAY
Civil Service Bill Was Also Passed
by the senste-LlVe Wires on
the Ohio Assembly.
I~ntsingeaeer Bureau.
Columbus, o.. March IL.

Columbus, o.. March IL
The Senate to-day. by a vote OF 81
10 9. passed the Green mine screen
bin. which provides that coa must be
weighed In the mine before IL passes
over the screen.
The Senate also passed the Freibo-
lin civil service bill. This places
State. county and municipal employees
under civil service. as was provided
tn an amendment TO the constitution
adopted last fall.
A bill was offered in the Senate
which fixes eight hours as the maxi
mum day for employees Of railways
n union depots.
Another bill limits the jurisdiction
of Justices OF the peace 10 districts in
which they are elected.
Never In the history 81 Ohio have such
powers been vested IA an individual or
In a board a. those conferred On tu- pro-
posed state Industrial commission. the
bill providing which was raised by the
mouse yesterday az u came from the
senate. Citizens generally IA ans.yztus
the. measure are ~astounde'l and Labor
leaders. who fought the measure with
all their might IN the long hattl" IN the
house. hut who went down To defeat at
the hands OF the cox machine are ap-
palled. Labor stood with COX IN the re-
cent campaign. u went down befo-e him
in the fight in the house YESTERDAY. \
80 NAA U.s. Wv Hff-f
Is doomed To- defeat because COX Intends
20 have a board OF his own choosing 60 fiN
inc number OF hours a persqn must WORK
II n labor union makes an eight hour
agreement with an employer, can the
state board force the employees TO work
That is the question labor leaders are
asking.
The only limit on the commission
which will be composed 81 three persons
Is that II cannot interfere with tho eight
hour law maximum On public contracts
and tine nine hour maximum foe I'm
ployed women.
Labor leaders see danger In the COM
mission To the short hours which they
have gained by negotiations ami strikes.
The commissioners viii take over the
seven state departments dealing With
labor. An effort was made 90 have their
acts subject 10 a referendum. bat tuis
proposed amendment as submitted ry
RepreSeutattve Tetinw, OF ColumbianA
county. was voted down. He and others
DECLARED that no commission 10 the first
place should have such powers as the
state %conrers on this AMI Furthermore
thar its acts. once this power Is glvrn.
pie.
The hin goes into effect September T..
and on that date the departments or fhr
state labor commissions. state mine in
spector. state liability board u awards.
state board OF arbitration. state luspc,-
TOR ~ workshops am factor -. state in
spector ~ steam engineers AMI stat. TN
spector ~ boilers viii h- abandoned. tho
duties "f 'acf 20 Doe taken over uy the
new commission.
Governor COX .as appointed Eno-v
Lattannrr. 81 befiIrlr county. an exam
inor. a. assistant sup-r.nf'u1'nt ~ the
state banking department lir VIII u. iu
charse until a., governor appoints 70 sIr-
cessor Co p T.. Baxter. r,s-utI 10 is
possible tat Lattinr'T vl succeed %
that T'- ton before Ions
The senate comm tt-e wr..l heard 'he
SharScs of eNtravasancc aKalr~t toe
state militia - now irving Go frame a
report. hut the mTmHsrr are Wt.ti. lf-