Show REPORT OF COAL STRIKE commission OIVEN OUT miners to get ten per cent increase in wages and a sliding scale eight hours a work day coal and iron police cited child labor ruled against but union 1 is not recognized washington starch 21 the report of tho cominis don appointed by the president last october to investigate the an coal was made public today the report is dated march isali and is signed by all the member of the commission who arc judge george gray i of delaware labor commissioner carroll D wright and brigadier general john 31 both of tah city bishop john L spalding of illinois taca II 11 watkins of pennsylvania and edw V parker of this cita the report is to be illustrated and it will be accompanied by the testimony taken by the commission o 0 thus far only the report proper has been printed this alone covers eighty seven pages of printed matter in brief the commission awards a general increase of wages amounting in most instances to 10 per cent some decrease of time the settlement of all disputes by arbitration fixes a minimum wage and a scale provide against discrimination of persons by either alio owners or tho miners on account of membership or non mem barship in a libor union and provide that the awards made shall continue in force until starch 31 1906 tio commission discussed to u extent the mat of recognition or recognition non oi iho miners union but declined to make any award measure Following 1 the commissions own summary of the alwarda made that an increase of 10 per cent over and above the rules paid intha month of april 1902 be paid to all contract miners fur cutting coal yardage and other work for which standard rates or allowance existed at that time from and after november 1 I 1002 the life of thi award atie amount of under the award duo under work done between november I 1 1002 and april 1 1903 to be paid on or before june 1 1903 that engineers who ore employed in hoisting water friall have an increase of 10 percent on their carni ngsi between november 1 1902 and april I 1 1903 to bo paid oh or before june 1 1903 and from and after april 1 1903 and during thelise th elife of the award they hall have eight hour shifts with ahe same pay which was in effect in april 1902 and rethey are now working eight hour shifts the eight hour shifts shall have an increase of 10 per cant on the wages which were effective in the elveral positions in april 1002 hoisting engineers and other engi necta and cn other than choso employed in hoisting water who arc employed in positions which ore manned shall have an increase of 10 per cent on their earning between nov 1 1002 and april 1 1003 to be paid on or before june 1 1003 ami from and after april 1 1003 and during the life of the award they shall have an increase of five per cent oil the rates of wages which were effective hi alie several positions tiong in april 1002 and in addition they shall relieved from duty on sundays without loss of pay by a man provided by to relieve them during the hours of day shut eliat firemen shall have an increase of 10 per cent on their earnings between nov 1902 an dApril 1 1003 to be paid on or before june I 1 1003 and from and after april 1 and during the life of the award th ey shall have eight hour shifts with the same wages per day week or month as paid in each position in april 1 and all employed emp loyes or company men other than those for whom the commission makes special award sh all bo paid an increase of 0 per cent on their earnings between nov 1 1002 and april I 1 1903 to bo paid on or buforo june 1 1903 and from and after april 1 1003 and during the life of this award they shall be paid on the basis of o 0 hour day receiving the same bagts as were paid 1002 for a 10 hour day overtime in excess of nino hours anany dayap bo paid at a proportional rate per hour ill during i the life of thi award the present methods of payment for coal mined shall be adhered to unless by mutual agreement in all of the above award it provided eliat all dwarda like those made shall bo paid to the legal i of such employed emp loyes nn may have died since november 1902 i IV any difficulty or disagreement arising under this award to its interpretation terp or application or in any way growing out of the relations of alio employer nd employed which cannot bo settled or adjusted by consultation between the superintendent or manager of the or giue and the minor or interested or ie of a too large to bem shall bo referred to ft permanent join committee to be culled a baird of conciliation confiant of MX per none appointed provided ded chati i to say it there ba detrion of the whole region into di tr in each of which there shall exma benting majority of the boino worker of bubli district one of eaid board of conciliation be appointed by earli of eaid and three other persons aal be appointee by the op erato rit the in each of said district appointing one person the board of conciliation thuat constituted eliell take up and consider any question referred to it aforesaid hearing the parties to the and evi dence laid before it byc ith er party i arid any nard by n ma bority of board of conciliation shall be anarand binding on all I 1 carlies par lies if however the said board is unable to decide any question submitted or point related thereto that question or point shall be referred to an umpire to be appointed at the request of said board by one of tho circuit judges of the third judicial circuit of tho united states whose decision shall bo final and binar ing in the tho membership of eaid board shall at all times bo kept complete cither the operators or miners organization having the right at any time when controversy is not open to change their representation thereon at hearing before said board ahe parties shall be represented by such person or persons as they may respectively select no suspension of work shall cake place by lockouts lock outs or fc pending the adjudication at any matter taken up for V requested by a majority maio rity of the contract miners of any colliery check weigh or check docking boe bo e or both shall be employed alie of raid check ci ehmen and chack dock hiis bosses bo fixed collected and paid bv the miners in baich mannera the said mincia i shall by a majority vote elect and alien bv majority of said miners the operators shall the tapes fixed for check docking boise out of deductions made proportionally from tho carnine 8 of aid miner on betsi ns taft majority majo rily of said miners shall determine vr mine cars shall be distributed alinne tho miners who area at work uniformly and as equitably a possible and there shall ht no concerted extort on jhc thc pait of or mine ers of to the output of anines tn IneS detract from tho quality of he work such limitation of output be in conformity to an agreement between n operator or operators and an organization representing a majority of said miners in his or their employ VII in all ct acs where miners anre paid by the cir alie increase awarded to the contract miners is based upon the care jn use the topping required and the per car which acro in furco on april 1 1902 any increase in tho size of tho car or n the topping required ahall be accompanied by pro port ionato increase jn the rate paid per car VIII the following scale of wage shall become effect e april 1 1 and affect all miners and mine workers included in the awards of the commis aion the facea fixed in the awards shall 1 be the basis of and the minimum under he sliding scale for each increase of five rents in alie averbec price of white ash of sizes above pea coal sold at or near new york between perth and edgewater Edee water and reported to the bureau of anthracite coal above per ton the em aloyes shall have an increase of one per cent in compensation which shall 1 continue until a in the average of said coal works a reduction or an increase in compensation but the rate of compensation shall in no case be less than thai fixed in the award that f when ane price of said coal reaches MS per ton tho compensation wll bo increased one per cent to continue until the price falls below per ton when the one per cent increase will cease or uncil the reaches per ton when an additional per cent will be added and on 1 averlee prices shall bo computed monthly bv an accountant or clerk named bv ahn circuit jude of tho third judicial and anil hv the coal operator such As the anno intine tide neav fly which corn sensation rensa tion shall be distributed a 1 the operators in proportion to the ion of eccli wine in that the may be laid for llie sf worlton worl tin of the slid ine provided harem it is falso ad and awarded that all armi on a file at once tin united bof of the rates of compensation pensa tion paid in each known in companies ae alicy called april 1 1002 IX no shall be refused employment or in any way discriminated against on account of or non in any labor tion and tharo be no di arimina lion or wai anny employed who is not a member of adv labor organization by member of such organization X all contract ahall be required to furnish within time before cadi pay day statement of alie of money due from atheni lo 10 and such shall be deducted from tho due theaon tract and paid directly to each laborer by the company all 1 when paid shall bo furnished wah ari itemized statement of nc count XI tho awards hebein mada hall continue in force until elarch 31 1006 and any employed or group of employed emp loye violating any of the provisions thereof shall be subject to reasonable discipline by tho employers and further tho tion of any provision of these awards either by employer or employed emp loyes not invalidate of the provisions provi siona thereof the commission also makes a number 0 recommendation which may be summarized ae fallows the discontinuance of the system oe employing tho coal and iron police because this force is believed to have an irritating effect and a resort to the regularly constituted peace authorities ill casci of necessity A stricter enforcement of laws in relation to the employment of children that the tate and federal governments should provide machinery for the makina of a compulsory investigation of difficulties similar to investigation ti which this commission has mad the commission expresses the opinion that with a few modifications the federci act of october 1888 authorizing a corn mi ion to settle controversies between railroad corporations and other common carriers could be made the basil of a law for arbitration in the anthracite th coal minina business the commission however takes a decided opposition compulsory arbitration on this point chev add a quite lengthy commentary which closes in the following the chief benefit to be derived from alic herein awde lies in piscina the real facts and tle condition before the leonle that the public opinion may and make its power felt such a ns taut been into existence in tune last we believe that the coal fonkin inist have aen averted certainly the sn nerina and 1 ben 1 and constitute hc cloina tart of the enort earlier nases id bv ions ahe portion of tb report ire de nf hie th wient w in afi and tie of ie coni lurin s deviow i a evv be y nf anal if 1 it d 11 in evet w rIi Hrit IA tiri nf 1 alan tn lin 71 if kiil manir narl 1 nf hp 0 bv ife o afi amne a fallows al fo wine 1 fr stift rn ap in 1 in ke 1 annit OnI IWO tl sav bilut in wean pv eion lav hive done it n to acquaint themselves with the conditions brought the strike following summary of work they have gone mines and inspected the various conditions condi tiona which the production of coal in they have visited the breakers the houses and pumping stations they have examined the maciun ery by ft bich the mines are protected from water and foul air they have talked with the miner at their and in their homes and chev have attention to th e economic domestic of their lives alliev have listened to and directed the examination and cross ex of witnesses they leave fica scope to alio counsel who represented the operators the nonunion non union men and the minere and chev have voted nn antiro week to hearing their ars the also say ahat while there have been differences of opinion there never bas been time the five months ot the ex e x of the when there an an unpleasant word spoken ninona them or any indication 0 thought or desire ef augel save truth and justice the com then take up the demandil ii of alie mine and atie alls era of the mine operators giving in detail alie reasons for the nn dines in ft dav chev sav hat the con dilione of aho life of a mine worker out ade jhc thc does not to their figu the adverse mg ly their the fi i rand eliat the social conditions in the are and aliey fail to and that the acs are so low the miners as to force hem to put their 11 children to tho alfo alf o find that tle daily rate of jn th 0 redions does not commare un with aliat in other industries on the raf the recognition 0 alie mine workers union the sion liiv that chev do not consider that saibi act it i t n th the jil conferred on theiu chev do liow vcr clial hie of and the doctrine of coller lire i one ilicich ili ich the enn tain ganv hopeful for the adjustment of re tin us 1 1 birther on say rp it constitution of the united aline IVo ikera of doci note the mot mo t inviting mene 0 o tn enter into retention with it hafl rpnert biorn limn anen 0 o afke n a ta flota floT 1 f tbt Tn for rnino rn inq of th tir t ir inn nn wt in tn the baft t r rit 11 1 IB w fenre af pf 41 eite coal mine nork n ork STid his capacity they i i i alao call attention tp the fact that the agreement to arbitrate was between tho operators a coal convention abo commission say trades 1 be comins matter of jt alie nt th eni is to 11 mant and of alie amion ike not if iba more al renca nn ali ones they bic an boit boi t le 1 by a coin by ll 11 n employ but alicy adl that in to such recognition labor uon neuel give the lo 10 tho firlit of the employer and ot others which ii 1 for itself aej for it they add the union amt not un lerttie ler tnie to or interfere vw clift a a b alic thov also tc antton that n alic cm plover of an 11 afy lve lv 4 in a union ha do t ra |