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Page xxxiv
... wages were to rise and fall with the price of coal at tide water . The basis was at the price of $ 5 per ton . For every advance or decline of 10 cents , wages were to rise or fall 1 per cent . The price of coal fell so greatly that the ...
... wages were to rise and fall with the price of coal at tide water . The basis was at the price of $ 5 per ton . For every advance or decline of 10 cents , wages were to rise or fall 1 per cent . The price of coal fell so greatly that the ...
Page xlii
... wages , but that it was unsuccessful , and that wages have since remained unchanged . These witnesses further assert that the Western Union Telegraph Company is strongly opposed to labor organizations ; that after the strikes of 1870 ...
... wages , but that it was unsuccessful , and that wages have since remained unchanged . These witnesses further assert that the Western Union Telegraph Company is strongly opposed to labor organizations ; that after the strikes of 1870 ...
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... wages of common sailors in the coastwise trade are stated by these officers to be usually $ 25 , those of firemen $ 40 , and of coal passers $ 30 . The representative of the Seamen's Union also says that wages are about $ 25 for seamen ...
... wages of common sailors in the coastwise trade are stated by these officers to be usually $ 25 , those of firemen $ 40 , and of coal passers $ 30 . The representative of the Seamen's Union also says that wages are about $ 25 for seamen ...
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... wages on liquor . Wages were extremely low , and there were many serious abuses . At present the International Longshoremen's Association has an annual agreement with the managers of the ore and coal docks on Lake Erie , providing for ...
... wages on liquor . Wages were extremely low , and there were many serious abuses . At present the International Longshoremen's Association has an annual agreement with the managers of the ore and coal docks on Lake Erie , providing for ...
Page clii
... wages after the strike of 1900 amounted to from 13 to 16 cents per ton . Eighty - five per cent of the cost of producing anthracite coal goes to the wages . Mr. Saward explains that the largest part of the increase in price after the ...
... wages after the strike of 1900 amounted to from 13 to 16 cents per ton . Eighty - five per cent of the cost of producing anthracite coal goes to the wages . Mr. Saward explains that the largest part of the increase in price after the ...
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Page ccxcvi - Labor shall make uniform rules and regulations for carrying out the provisions of this act, including the collection and examination of specimens of foods and drugs manufactured or offered for sale in the District of Columbia, or in any Territory of the United States...
Page 2 - No act of the General Assembly shall limit the amount to be recovered for injuries resulting in death, or for injuries to person or property; and, in case of death from such injuries, the right of action shall survive, and the General Assembly shall prescribe for whose benefit such actions shall be prosecuted.
Page ccxcvi - Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such territory and another, or between any such territory or territories, and any state or states or the District of Columbia or with foreign nations, or between the District of Columbia and any state or states or foreign nations, is hereby declared illegal.
Page 35 - ... from obtaining employment, is hereby declared to be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction in the district in which such offense was committed, shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars and not more than one thousand dollars.
Page 52 - New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, west Virginia, and the District of Columbia...
Page ccxcvi - An agreement or combination by two or more persons to do or procure to be done any act in contemplation or furtherance of a trade dispute between employers and workmen shall not be indictable as a conspiracy if such act committed by one person would not be punishable as a crime.
Page lxxvii - Investigation to determine what would be reasonable class rates throughout the territory lying north of the Ohio and Potomac Rivers and east of the Mississippi River and the west bank of Lake Michigan.
Page ii - That it shall be the duty of this commission to investigate questions pertaining to immigration, to labor, to agriculture, to manufacturing, and to business, and to report to Congress and to suggest such legislation as it may deem best upon these subjects.
Page lxxviii - States, namely, the official classification, which governs the class rates generally in the territory north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers and east of the Mississippi River...
Page 2 - That we, members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, Order of...