Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-02-07
THE scATES ORDER.

An Of0er, introduced by Representa-
tive Seates of Westbrook, received
unanimous passage in the House,
Thursday morning, allowing the OPP
posing factions in the Bangor &
Aroostook trainmen's strike just
week before action by joint commit
tee Of three members from the senate
end seven members from the House.
The order provides that unless the
Bangor & Aroostook Railroad Com
pany and such of it's employees as are
roH engaged in a strike shall. before
Thursday, Feb. IS, 1913, submit their
controversies 70 arbitration. and un-
less, pending said submission, both
parties to the controversy shall use all
reasonable endeavors to enable said
railroad to fully resume its traffic,
said railroad and said employees
through the labor organizations repre-
senting them shall be summoned to
appear before said committee forth
with. and in case said parties are then
unwilling to submit their con-
troversies TO arbitration and en-
dcavor to resume traffic as aforesaid,
said committee shall proceed forth
with to investigate the causes of such
suspension of traffic and the merits of
said controversy, and report to the
Legislature by bill or otherwise on or
before Feb %, 1913"
The committee is authorized to en-
ploy counsel and experts to compel
attendance of persons and the produc-
ton of books and papers
MIR. Scates explained that the order
had been ready at the time Of the i'll
PRODUCTION of the Irving compulsory
arbitration bill but that he had be-
lieved its essential provisions covered
in the bill. He declared, however,
that he could discover no definite
commission named though he believed
the public utilities commission might
be the one to which reference was
made. Mr.. Scates further averred
that interviews with able lawyers had
revealed the fact that the provision
making it misdemeanor for refusal
to abide by the Governors decision.
punishable by fine or Imprisonment, is
unconstitutional. NJ. Scates called
upon Judge Smith of Presque Isle for
confirmation and received an assent
ing nod
Mr.. Scates read kilograms from
prominent business concerns in the
towns of Mars Hill, Limestone and
Fort Fairfield demanding immediate
introduction of emergency measures
for compulsory arbitration, with fines
or Imprisonment for the strike leaders
or agitators. He read from the
Aroostook Times carrying assertion %
responsibility resting upon President
Todd of the b. & A. for his stand
against overtures of any kind. He
described the enormous loss to the
road and employees but declared this
nothing to the loss incurred by
Aroostook county, and closed by pic
turing Great Business" as caught be-
tween "Capitalistic Trust and Labor
Trust
Representative Irving, father of the
compulsory arbitration bill, protested
that the bill was already on the way
to the judiciary committee and that he
considered the members amply capa-
bic to make any desired changes. Mr..
Irving declared that other eminent at
torneys had declared the misde-
meanor section could be amended to
constitutional status and yet preserve
its effectiveness.
He stated that the board of con-
Citation and arbitration is the one re-
ferred to in the bill
Mr.. O'Connell read from Bangor
paper correspondence of the hauling
by teams because of the impossibility
Of getting cars and compared this
with the reports given out by the rail-
road company
From a letter, decrying the state
ments made by Harry Virgin, the fol-
lowing alleged examination of a candi-
date for engineer was read by the
man from Milford, causing much
amusement:
Examiner: What is that?"
Applicant: THAT is an engine
Examiner: "That is right! Go to
work."
Representative Durgin of Milo told
Of conditions in Piscataquis rivallinG
those in Aroostook, taking as an ex-
ample one factory in Milo employing
900 men who are on the verge of being
thrown out Of employment because
raw material cannot be hauled to
them.
The majority report of the commit
tee on towns that the Boothbay divi-
sion act fought not to pass" was ac-
cepted, after motion by Mr.. Pack
ard of Newburg that the minority re-
port. ''ought to pass be substituted.
The complete House proceedings,
Thursday. with passage to be enacted
of several acts, will be found in the
stenographic report elsewhere in this
Issue.
The Day In the Senate.
A number of resolves. appropriating
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