Wheeling majority. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1907-192?, 1915-09-16

lblage, or parades In streets and pub
Tic highways or elsewhere. except un
der due recess Of law. 81
b. Every military officer undei
whose ordeF civilian is arrested
shall VIII twenty four hours there
after report in writing to the com
lmanding officer the name of the pris
oner. the offense with which he is
charged and what disposition has been
madesof HIM. Failing.she shall be Tia.
BILE to such punishment as . court
martial may direct.
I i. In times Of industrial disputes no
private guards, detectives nor EN-,
ployees Of either Of the coptending
parties shall be enlisted or employed
as members of the militia, and all per
sons found by the commanding Off
Ger 70 be in the employment of either
party to- al dispute or actuated by ami
mostly OF personal Ill will toward
either of the contending parties shall
be forthwith released from active ser
vice ~
1.-The Governor may, in times Of
disturbance, by proclamation, forbid
the sale or transportation Of firearms,
ammunition, and intoxicating liquors,
| and may ! require all firearms and
other weapons to be deposited with
the military at certain places, re-
ceipts being given therefor Proper
search warrants may be issued to dis
cover concealed weapons.
g. That the States and municipali-
ties should provide by law for the full
est use Of schools and other public
buildings for public meetings and lee
lures and for other similar purposes.
Migratory Workers.
One important part of the report
deals with the problem presented by
large number Of migratory laborers,
many Of whom find difficulty in OBJ
tanning employment during several
meuths in the year. - -
The following recommendations to
improve their condition are made:
/. The Interstate Commerce Com
mission should be directed by Con-
gress to investigate and report, the
most feasible plan of providing for
the transportation Of workers at the
lowest rates and, at the same time,
measures necessary to eliminate the
stealing of rides on railroads. "
If special transportation fates for
workers are provided, tickets may be
issued only is those who secure en-
ployment through public employment
exchanges.
3. The establishment by States.
municipalities. and, through the De-
partment of Labor, the Federal Gov
eminent, of sanitary worhngmen's
hotels in which the prices for acco-
mediation shall be adjusted to the
cost of operation. II such working
mems hotels are established, the Post
Office Department should establish
, branch Postal Savings Banks in con-
nection Herewith. e tsA'~ ~
g.. The establishment by the muni-
cipal, State and Federal Govern
mentsl of colonies or farms for down
and-outs" in order to rehabilitate
them BY means. Of proper food. regular
habit Of living. and regular work that
win train. them for lives of usefulness.
Such colonies should provide for hos
pital treatment of cases which require
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Other subjects treated at length by
the report are: Unemployment; or
ganization, methods and policies Of
trade unions; methods and policies Of
employers associations; joint agree
! meats; agencies Of mediation. inyes-
litigation and arbitration; sickness in
lsurance; scie9tific management; pris-
on labor: Immigration; labor condi-
Itions i'm colonial possessions; and
Chinese exclusion.
Labor conditions in Porto Rico are
lseverely criticized BY the report.
| Wages are declared to be too low:
housing and sanitary conditions bad;
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