The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-07-26

->u@ workmen's Compensation
Commission IL IN session at its
headquar-ters Madison avenue.
1t is IA regular morning meeting,
such as is held every day of the week
except Sunday, and open to the public
Chairman Robert T.. Downing presldes
at one end Of the long table and at his
right sits John Mitchell. to Mr.. Mitch
els right is Howard T. Mosher OF UP
STATE. on the left sit Or Thomas OAR
llngton. ex-IIealth Commissioner. and
ex-State Senator j. Mayhem VAIN
w-isht.
Al the foot OF the table is Secretary
FINK \. Spencer behind high pile OF
reuers and reports. There is a stcnog-
rapher up near the chairman similarly
forified. Sitting back in a chair away
from the table is i. Spencer Baldwin,
manager of the state Insurance fund,
carrying q sheaf of papers, and near
him In Daniel A. Golden. chief OF the
bureau of claims. Interested citizens
occupy chairs along the walls or wait
In the hallway outside for a chance to
get in.
When the Stare OF New York on
July began the operation OF the work.
mems compensation act it affected
state and Directly or Indirectly 1000 900
persons--a large proportion OF the total
population. There are really 1000 900
employees. II is estimated. but the rami-
fication brings in the others. Naturally
1t imposed an immense burden on the
commission, as any one who attends a
session for an hour can Judge.
They have new law to consrue, new
presidents to establish. new rules to
promulgate. and everything Is coming
at them In avalanche style
Letter from the - Insurance Com
pany asking the commission what in
terest it will pay on the deposit re-
CURED Of IT," reads Mr.. Spencer.
Mr.. bowling receives the letter and
there is a minutes talk. The commits
sion directs that answer be made that
It has not provided for any interest to
he paid. 1t Is explained that interest,
II any. VIII be credited to deposits.
Are butcher shops and drug store
employees under the act?" is another
query. The law is read. Group 80 re-
fers to the meat men and II specifies
packing houses. abattoirs. manufacture
or preparation OF meats or meat prod
ucts or glue" Group IS includes manu-
facture Of drugs chemicals. medicines.
dyes. extracts, pharmaceutical or toilet
preparations, soaps. candles. perfumes.
&c"
The questions are asked by the oom-
missloners among themselves. Has the
ordinary butcher shop any machinery?
Docs the ordinary drug store make
pharmaceutical preparations? The de-
cision is that the commission will await
case before deciding
The attorney for the hotel men writes
that he believes the hotels are exempt
because the bulk OF the employees are
domestic servants. The matter Is left
unsettled. There is pronounced opin-
ion that hotel employees working about
the engines, boilers, dynamos and such
things are under the act. The decision
in that case is held subject 10 case
which will come up tomorrow. A
woman working in restaurant was
scalded. The question is. can she re-
cover?
There is a communication from Gov.
Glynn. He has been visited by a dele
cation OF union men who declare that
some employers are discriminating
against the married men by getting rid
OF them. The Governor asks that an
investigation he made. The commits
sion will investigate this.
II is not exactly clear what II can
do II T. discovers this TO be true Chair
man Bowling remarks that In other
States and countries competition