The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, March 22, 1903, Page 19

MINERS GIVEN WAGE INCREASE BY THE COMMISSION’ S AWARDS Minimum Pay Is Fixed and a Sliding Scale Established, but No Provision is Made for Enforced Recognition of the Union. re paid In each position in organization representing a ma- HINGTON d all employes or company f said miners in his or thelr em- e report A nthr, 1 thoze for the ¢ b i i s special awards sball be p Tn all cases where miners are pald by ar, the increase awarded to the ! contract miners is based upon the care in use, the topping required, and the rates | paid per car which were in force on April 1, 1902, Any increase in the size of the a1t on their earn- . 1962, and April before June:l, paid on or A ‘ be pald on th car, or In the topping required, shall be = accompanied by proportionate Increase in . were ¥ the rate pald per car. en of a [ -1 day. O \e in excess of nine hours in | “VIli. The following scale of wages il become effectiy shall affect all miners' in of a minimum April 1, 193, and and mine-workers uded in the awards of the commission. “The wages fixed in the awards shall be the basis of and the minnmum under - the sliding scale: For each increase of 211 of the above awards it 1s provided | b cents in the average price of white ash cards )ike these made shall be | coal of siz above pea coal sold at or | representatives of such | near New York, between v have died since Novem- | and Edgewater, and reported to the Bu- reau of Anthracite Coal Statistics, above pald at & proportional rate | { of this award the | of payment for coal | 1l be aghered to uniess changed | mt agreement.” e life i § £ 5 s&y $450 per ton, the employe shail have mmit BaEy . BOARD OF CONCILIATION. an increase of 1 per cent in compensa- S x| Die e - _ | tion. which shall continue until a change . @ispu ; e Permanent Point Committee to In-| W0 B C Bl Conid coal works a ré. terpret’ the Awards. | duction or an Increase in compensation; Te - s som “IV. Ar r disagreement aris- | but the rate of compensation shall in no Re mived 1o 8 ¥, figd to its Interpreta- | case be 1.‘.~=)man‘llhm fixed in fn.o ol ardi SR, L T when the price of said coa & ners . but or ar Ry WAY EIOWS Lo 465 Dirton, the. SotipehNananiy - of the of employes and | gq; po jncreased 1 per cent. to continue oy 3 . which ecannot be sgttled or ad- | until the nrice falls below $4 50 per ton, 7 T M X teq by consultation between the super- | when the 1 per cent incre; will cease, g ' 8 " er of the mine or | or uniil the price reaches ${60 per ton, : stre i or miners directly | When an ]mmmmul 1 per cent will be - too large to be e average prices shall be com- Sor ’ ! ermancut | ,uted monthly. by an accountant or clerk elght v-se. age king i a board of | nameq by the Circuit Judge of the Third € IX persons ap- | Judicial District and pald by the coal ope- P N mine 15 hereinafter provid That IS rators such compensation as the appoint- t =hali be a division of the | jng Judge may fix, which compensation . 2 ts in each of | shall be distributed among the operators 5 ! ist anorganization | in proportion to the tonnage of each mine. & me, wit t 2 majority of the mine “In order that the basis may be laid for 1 pera such district, one o 1d | the successful working of the sliding scale - and conciliation shail be appointed | provided hereln, it is also adjudged and [ ke, |} t rganizations and three | awarded at all coal operating compa- mis I appointed by the once with the United States . 8 work " in each of said oner of Labor a certified state- ment of the rates of compensation paid in a Saoir: cills each occupation known in thelr compa- re and nies, as t existed April 1, 19 = e 15 afor 3, hear- | No person shall be refused em- TEN PER CENT INCREASE. he controversy and or in any way diseriminates by a ation on account of membership or non- embership in any labor organization, shall be no discrimination interference with any em- Wages Are Awarded to act Mi All ard there binding ers. on all parties g i mmis s oW aid board is unable to a member of any labor | question submitted or point members of such organ- r reto, that question or point eferred tv an uirnplr s 'l "lki" WAGES DIRECT TO LABORERS. < he request of sald board by e 4 s A drcult Judges of the Third | Contract Miners Must Furnish State- . g S} ¥ et s LnAlE ments of Money Due. i * N - > Ry | “X. All contract miners shall be re- The ghsabiisilh o board shai | 4uired to furnieh, within a reasonable » f increas th times be kept comy either the | time, before each a statement . s = rutors miners’ organization hav- | of the amount of from them to ” the rig at any time when a contro- | their Jaborers, and sums shall be . ¥ en, to change their re deducted from the amount due the con- . « -3 tract miners and paid directly to each gineers w s before #aid board t Iaborer by the company. All employes, 3 & 2 ted by whe paid, shall be furnished with an 5 G p, may re: itemized statement of account. o : A o'k of work " The awards herein made shall A e Stk ue in force until March 31, 1996, and ot b A Cher | any emvloye or group of employes vio- 2 lating any of the provisions thereof shall - A vd enever requested by a majority | be subject to reasonable discipline by the - 5 the econtract miners of any colliery, | @mployers her, the violation of > X ol v he hmen or check docking bosses, | ? these awards, elther . 0 or iner all be employed. The wages of ver or employes, shall not invai- & = ik wélghinen @nd check -docking v of the provisions thereof.” - s be afl be ed. collected and pald he eommission also makes a number >commendations, which may be sum- sting eng v h manner as 1 of a 2 e . b y 1 by a majority vete eleet, ced as follows: ¢ r.ow * en majority of sald of the system of em- o 2 s Aelier> pay the wages | and iron police,” be- « = xed r check weighme check this force is believed to have an ir- = & b No- | doc out of deductions made | ritating cffect, and a resort to the regu- i April - | prepe Ally from the earnings of said | !arly constituted peace authorities in case June ers, on such basis as the majority of | of necessitr, A stricter enforcement of the laws in relation to the employment of children. That the State and Federal govern- ts should provide machinery for the making of 2 compulsory Investigation of dificulties, similar to the investigation which this commission has made. rs shall determiy N0 LIMIT TO OUTPUT. ibution of Cars Among Mine:s to Be Uniform. shall be Mine ears aistributed miners who are at work, as uni-| . the mong SRR ) as possible, and | that, with a few modifications, the Fed- . i e roee he hall be no concerted effort on the | eral act of October, 18%, authorizing a . ngs between N ' .rt of the miners or mine-workers of | commission to settle controversies be- 4 jers or collieries to limit the oyt- | tween raflroad cormorations and other the mines or to detract from the | common carriers could be made the basis of the work, unless such limitation | of a law for arbitration in the anthra- 1 | cite coal mining business. The commis- be in conformity to an agree- | 3 operator or operators | sion, however, takes a decldéd position Wash Suits tions are now complete and You windows a display of wash suits. our Spring line of goods gurate a sale in these ve are prepared early isc assortment at popular the little fellows lesirable are very summer months. The stock we are carrying They have tie or embroidered designs on shield are red, blue, white, tan, navy, ox- 1d pink in solid colors and striped effects; 1 sailor sty Russian blouses. 1 and whistle a ar ; the princig ar colors rown r fast ; the principal materials are madras, ass linen, crash cloth, The Russian blouses come and the sailors from 3 to 12 years; sale price $1.50 nade of same material as used by United States Norfolk coat and long pants; sizes 3 to 14; 1iteed absolut K1 suits, ent soldiers; Children’s straw sailors in rough and split- straws, from 45¢ to $2.50. Boy " Boy " yacht straw . 45¢ to $1.00. the latest style, new this season “edoras aw telescope hats, SNW00D5(D 718 Market €treet -$1.00 and $1 MAIL ORDERS. We fill mail or- for anything " outfittings. ders in boy Perth Amboy | The commission exnresses the opinion | against compulsory arbitration. point it adds a lengthy commentary, which closes in the following language: “The chief benefit to be derived from the suggestion herein made Mes in plac- ing the real facts and the responsibility for such condition authoritatively before the people, that the public opinion may erystallize and makey its power feit. Could such a commission as that sug- gested have been brought into existence in June last, we belleve that the coal | famine might have been averted. Cer- tainly the suffering and deprivation might have been greatly mitigatec LOSSES OF THE STRIKE. Estimate Made Places Total at Nearly a Hundred Millions. These awards and ratifications consti- {ute the clozing part of the report. The earlier pages, and by long odds the arger portior of the report, are devoted to a review of the controversy which led to the nresent action in appointing the commission, to the appointment itself and to the proceedings of the commission dur- ing its existence. They review in a gen- eral way the production of anthracite ccal, refer to the small area of country in which 1t Is produced and dwell at some length on the market conditions and the prices of coal. They also refer to the hazardous nature of anthracite coal mui- ing, and glve an estimate of the losses occasionéd by the strike. These losses they estimate as follows: ers, $46,100,000; to the mine employes in wages, 825,000,000, to the transportation companies, $28.000.000. The commission say that in making thelr Investigation. they have done w ever it was practicable to do to acquaint themselves with the conditions which brought about the strike, and they muke the following summary of their work: They have gone through mines and in- spected the various conditions which the | production of anthracite coal involves; they have visited the breakers, the en- glne-houses and pumping stations; they have examined the machinery by wkich the mines are protected from water and foul air; they have talked with the nun- ers at their work and in their homes, and they have given attention to the nomie, domestic, scholastie and religious phases of their live: to and directed the examination and cross-examination of witnesses: they have glven free scope to the counsel who represented the operators, the non-union men and the miners, and they have de- votéd an entlre week to hearing their ar- guments. The Commissioners also say that while there have been differences among them selves, there never has been a time dur 200- the commission when theére was an um- pleasant word spoken among them, “or any indication whatever of thought or de- sire of aught save truth and justic The commission then takes up the de- mands of the mine workers and the an- ewers of the mine operato glvi in de- tail the reasons for the findings. In a general way they that the conditions | of the life of a mine worker outside the mines does not justify to their full extent the adverse criticisms made by their rep- resentatives. They also find that the so- ! cial conditions In the mining communiiies are good, and they fall to find that the wages are so low among the miners as necessarily to force them to put then small children to work. The commission also finds that the average daily rate of earfiings In the anthracite regions does not compare unfavorably with that Ian other industries. RECOGNITION OF UNION. Subject Not Within Jurisdiction of the Commission. the sibject of the recognition of the Workers' Union, commission « Mine the that it does not consider that this subject is within the scope of the juris- diction conferred on it. They do say, however, that ““the suggestion of a work- ing agreement between employers and employes embodying the doctrine of col- lective bargaining is one which the com- mission believes contains many hopeful the most inviting inducements to the ope- rators to euter into contractual relations with it.” The commission reports more than once their incapacity to make an award on the demand of the miners for a recogni- tion of their union because, they say, the union is not a party to the submission. Attention is called to the fact that Mr. Mitchell appeared before the commission as “the representative of the anthraclte coal mine workers',’ and not in his of- ficlal capacity. They al=o call attention to the fact that the argreement to arbi- trate was reached between the operators and a coal miners' convention. The Com- missioners say that “trades unfonism’ is rapidly becoming a matter of business. If the energy of the employer is directed to discouragement and repression of the union he need not be surprised if the more radical ones are the ones most fre- quently heard. They expre: the opin- jon thet differences can Lest be settled by consultations by the employver wit a “committee chosen by his employe: but they add that “in order to be entitled to such recognition the labor organiza- tion must give the same recognition to the rights of the employer and of others which it demands for itseif and for s members.”" They add: “The union must not undertake to as- sume or to interefere with the manage- ment of the business of the employer.™ They also pronounce as untenable the contention that *a majority of the em- ployes of an Industry, by voluntarily as- goclating themselves in a union, acquire authority over those who do not so asso- clate themselves.” LAWLESSNESS CONDEMNED. Concerted Attempt at Boycott De- clared to Be a Conspiracy. Touching the effect of discriminatory lawlessnes§, boycotting and blacklisting, the commission states that during the continvance of the late strike disorder and lawlessness over the whole reglon and throughout the whole period. Continuing, the commis- sion ays: “It is admitted that thls disorder and lawlessness was incident to the strike. Its record stained with riot and blood- shed, culminating in thres murders, un- provoked save by the fact that two of Jaw, was performing his duty in at- tempting to preserve the peace. Men who chose to be employed or who remained at work were threatened and they and their familles terrorized and Intimidated. 1In several instances the houses of such workmen were dyramited or otherwise assatled and lives of women and children put in jeopardy. The armed guards em- men who worked them appear not to have been an unnecessary precaution, and the Governor of the State was, as the evi- 1 On this [ To mine own- | they have listened | amendments for the adjustment of rela tions."” ¥: “The pr ent constitution of United Mine | Workers' of America does not present existed to some extent | the victlms were asserting their right to: work and another as an officer of the ployed to protect the collieries and the | MARCH 22 190 AFTER Women Fear La Grippe and Caterrh—Pe-ru-na a Re- liable Protection. ITHOUT raising the discussion as ! to whether la grippe is produced i by a specific microbe or not, at least this much is certain and admitted by allz it will produce chronie catarrh 1f not promptly and properly cured. i It leaves a person haggard, weak. sal- |low, frazzled-out, muc-us membranes 1all congested, appetite changeable. | aigestion capricious, and Jjust about | empties life of all meaning or desira- | bility. | There is no remedy | meets the conditions grippe better than the remedy, Per Peruna strengthens as it renov: soothes while it stimulates, heals expurgates, Peruna is not a purgative or cathartic or sedative, or stimulant, nor a vegeta- ble or mincral poison. in the world that produced by | Pe=ru-na Reaches the Source of Catarrhal D s:ascs—Unheal:hy Mucous Mcmbrares. Tt reaches the source of ail diseases of the mucous membranes by its ac- |tion on the vasa-mctor system of | nerves. | Every person who has had la s3:ippe | during the last year should take a course of Peruna. No one need ecxpect . perfect recovery unless they do so. T¥ | grip has produced catarrhai inflamma jtion of the whole mucous membrane, |#and good health is impossible until | these are restored to a normal condition. This Peruna will do. A great many remedies have been -suggested for th conditien from time to time, but Peruna | appears to be the only remedy tha | @any substantial value in these c It has stood the test of forty has | experience and still occuples the unique position of being the leading (f not the fatal results. Hartman from 3¢ ““I suffarad this Peruna in such cases the secona cay, e Schmitt, wife of Wabzash | only) speeific remedy for the after-ef- | fects of la grippe. 1l At the appearance of ths first sym ‘lnms of grip people should stay indoors {and take Peruna in small doses (t | spoontul every hour) uatil the | toms disappear. This will prever | long, disastrous sick: and pe i | i i [ Omaha, Neb., January 23, 1900. Obhio : Gentlemen: “I cm 68 years cld, | am hale and hearty, and Peruna has | | helped me aitain it. |l had/a of. Peruna saved me.””—J. R. Guill. I G e o d- est and most esteemed men of Omaha, { Neb., coming to that city in its early {days when it little dreamed of being a | metropolis. Me has done much to make Two years ago EFFECTS Pe-ru-na a Specifi;:* la o the ex-Secretary of t / thought | would try it. The Peruna Meaicins Co., Columbus, | grippe— my fife was cespaira | ADVERTISEMENTS. I | MRS. THEOPHILE S SIS German avenue, Chicago, IlI: it what it is, serving on public boards a number of times. The above letier writen by him to The Peruna Medicine Co. of Columbus, O | endorsing their remedy, Peruna for ea- tarrh, consequentiy es with it con- siderable weight and importance. | . La grippe Is acute, epidemic ca | There is no remedy in the world that meets this form Iy as Peruna. T ring the first stages |1a grippe Peruna is an unfalling rem- =x|y{ People who have had la grippe anc have partly recovered, but remain half sick, will find Peruna exactly guit- ed to their case. Thers is no remedy devised that will so quickly and thor oughly dispel the disagreeable and catarch as lhr\ruu!h;- OF LA GRIPPE CURED OF LA GRIPPE BY PE- Pe-ru-na Not Cnly Cures tl;iirip (Epidemic Catarrh) But It Leaves the System in a healthy Condition. consulate, | The | Ohio. Restorative That Has Stoed ihe Test of Time. = SCHMITT OF CHICAGO RU- NP NA, writes a ¢ wint:r with a severe atiack of /a grppe, and having repeatedly heard of the valus of ) I ussd it faithtully and bagan to fes/ a change for the botter and in the courss of a wsek | was very much improved. Attar using three bottles | rot orly tound that ths gripps haa disappeared, but my gecnsral health was muc’ bettsr. a wonder.ul fmuy remsdy and gladly endcrss it.””— Mrs. Theophile Schmitt. B e U U S ARG S A ! em satisfied that Pzruna is e e s e A e ) afier-effects of la grippe as Pe- Peruna is the acknowledged catarrh remedy of the age Hurtman. the * | compounder of Peruma, has written a book on the phases of catarrh peculiar to women, entitled “Health and Beauty.” It will be sent frea to any ad- dress by The Peruna Medicine Co., Co- lumbus, Ohio. If you do not derive prompt and satis- tactory results from the use of Peruna write at once to Dr. Hartman, giving a full statement of your he will ve 3 be pleased to g viee gratis. Address Dr. Hartman ou his valuable ad- President n, of Hartman, S Columbus, nitariy dence before the comm | tified in calling out the ace. ntment expressed by many | persons over the presence of the armed i ds and militla of the State «oes not well for the ceable character | or’ purpose of such pers: No peace- i able or law-abiding citizen has reason to fear or resent the presence of elther. It is also true, and justice requires the statement, that the leaders of the or- ganization which began and = conducted | the strike, and notably its president, con- | demned all violence and exhoried thetr | followers to sobriety and moderation. It would seem, however, nate local organizations and their lead- ers were not so amenable to such coun- sels as to prevent the regrettable occur- rences to which reference has been made. “In making this arraignment we are not unmindful of what appears to be the | foct, that the mine workers of the anthra- cite region are in the main well disposed and good citizens of Pennsylvania, and it is in the power of a minority of less responsible men and boys, together with the idle and vicious, unless properly re- | strained, to destroy the peace and good order of any community.” Regarding the boycott, the commission ssfon shows, jus- soldiers to s “What is popularly known as the boy- cott (a word of evil omen and unhappy origin) is a form of coercion by which | & combination of many persons compel others to abstain from social or business intercourse with a certain person or per- sons. Carrled to the extent sometimes practiced in ald of a strike, and as was in some instances practiced in connec- tion with the late anthracite strike, it is a cruel weapon of aggression and its use fmmoral and anti-scoial, and the con- ! certed attempt to accomplish it is a con- spiracy at common law and merits and should recelve the punishment due to such a crime. xRS MITCHELL IS PLEASED. Says Decision Is Decided VHctory for the Miners. DETROIT, March 21.—"The decision of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission i< on the whole a decided victory for the miners and 1 am pleased with it,”” sald President John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of America in an iater- view to-night with an Associated Press representative. “The anthracite miners of Pennsylvania have reason to be much pleased with the colmission’s award, and I am sure they are,” he added. “The most Important feature of the award,” he continued, “is, of course, increase of 10 per eént given to the min- ers. This will result in an annual in- crease of wages of 140,000 anthracite min- | ers of Pennsylvanian of $6,000,00. The sliding scale provided for by the commis- sion is very satisfactory, inasmuch as a minimum of $4 50 per ton is fixed. With white ash coal at $5 50 per ton at tide- water, the increase provided in the slid- ing scale will be equivalent to Z. per cent more in the miners’ wages ' < President Mitchell was asked if hel was aisappointed because the commission did not recognize the unfon formally, and he replied that he was not, because the de- clzion of the commission and its awards . were in themselves recognition of tne | power and influence of the United Mine | Workers. “After the increase of wages given the miners.” sald Mr. Mitchell, “the most important awards from the miners’ stand- point are the ones fixing 2 nine-hour day and providing for a board of concillation. The award gives a nine-hour day with ten hours’ pay directly to 90,000 and pra tically all of the other employes of tHe anthracite mines will get a nine-hour day that the subordi- | of their comrades shorter “How will the miners receive the de- | cision of the commi: n that in case of a deadlock in the board of conciliation an vmpire shall be appointed by the Judge for the Third Judicial Circuit of Pens |sylvania?’ was asked of the miners president. “This will be entirely the men,"” he replied. uch appoint- ment, if made, will come from Judge Gray, in whom ths miners have every fidence." /ntil I have read the ontire report. | Mr. Mitchell said, in concluding the in- terview, I cannot tisfactory to comment on it or discuss it at any length. It is manifest- ‘l,\' impossible for me to do this, but I repeat that on the whole the awards of the commission are very satisfactory and a,decided victory for the men. The in- credse In wages is the most important of thege, of course. Next in order are the'nine-hour_day and the provisions for a board of conclilation.” “Will the miners stand by the commis- ston’s report and award “They unquestionably wi President Mitchell arrived from Bay City at 10 o'clock to-night and left at 10:30 o'clock for Cincinnati on his way to Huntington, W. Va., where he will attend the district convention. ek bl 2 NICHOLLS DISSATISFIED. Firemen’s Union Official Calls It 4 Great Victory. . SCRANTON, Pa. March 2L—T. D. Nicholls, district president of the United Mine Workers of America, Is disatisfied with the report of the Coal Strike Com- misfon. 1le regards the question of pay- ing miners by welght as the most im- portant before the commissioners and says their neglect to meet this squarely will greatly vorable reception with wnich the award will be recefved. 1. H. Burns, counsel of the independ- ent operators, said he regarded the award as eminently satisfactory. He found his princlpal source of satisraction in the detract from the otherwise fa- | recommendations for boards of comelll- ation to interpret the commission’s find- ings. He believed at eventually the non-unien ‘men wifl get resentation on rengthen their Mu one s Union, of the officials regards the m as one of the ganized labor, as arduous toil per greatest vietories of it means four hours’ les: day for the firemen. AMOUNTS TO MILLIONS. WILKESBARRE, Pa, March 2. Roughly estimated, the 10 per cent in- érease granted the miners by the strike commission will amount to nearly $3,000,- 00. The miners have worked about 120 days since November 1, which is the basis for the above estimate. The coal com- panles say they probably will haye the dccounts of the men ready by April 1, and until that date the amount canhot bs | definitely stated. Because of the abnor- | mal prices for coal, it is difficult to say what advance the sliding scale will make. There is no standard on which to base the calculation because of the increase of 60 cents a ton made by the big coal com- panies last fall. This additional increase, it was said, would continue until April 1. INCREASE IN WAGES. NEW YORK. March 21.—The miners of the anthracite ®oal regions affected by the decision of the strike commission an~ nounced to-day, judging by present prices | for coal, will receive an increase close to 2 per cent in wages, the average tide- water orice of hard coal at Perth Amboy bging about $ a ton. Mr. Dickinson of ckinson, & Eddy, coal agents of the Ontario and Western, said to-day that the tidewater orice here of grate coal was 3 | 347 and of egg, stove ana chestnut $. This would make the average price of sizes above pea coal almost $ and allow the miners 9 or 10 per cent in addition to the 10 per cent minimum advance allowed. piece of Furniture. All cars lead to our store. We furnish houses complete Country orders solicited. 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