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I11sk;gkstio\s to hi: made by t . s.COM MISSION OX 1XD1STRI AI,HE1,ATI(K\S.i* IColorado Exemtlve Notified Before Taking; Office Strike AYa* to Be Called in Coal Mining flexion of Hla State — Proposedl.eglalntlon.Denver, Colo., Dec. 10.—-The federal commission on industrial relations, after completing ten days of testimony relating to the industrial situation in Colorado, will begin tomorrow its third week of hearings. It has fixed!upon, provisionally, December 16 as|Jits closing date in Colorado, but it has announced its intention to continue it i | until it has heard the last Important witness. It has postponed the hearings at Dallas, Texas, and will leave j here direct for Washington, where it j will begin hearings on or about December 28.A compilation of suggestions for the solution of the Colorado situation made to the commission, would include:State compulsory arbitration.A state industrial commission.A conciliatory board of employes and executive officers.Permission for unhindered union organization.Rigid enforcement of existing statelaws.A federal mediation law.Settlement of industrial disputes in civil courts.Employers' liability law.Repeal of the Moyer decision.Ammoun Notified In Advance.Governor Ammons, in his story of the strike, told for the first time by any investigating body, said had been informed before he took office in January, 1913, that a coal miners* strike in southern Colorado probably would be called during his administration. He suggested the enactment of a federal mediation law, or the settlement of industrial disputes in courts of law on the basis of civil disputes.J. O. Osgood, chairman of the board of directors of the Victor-American Fuel company, testified that he had worked for four years to establish a state employers’ liability commission and had supported it lor two years. Inability to collect state funds appropriated for its support had killed the effort. He opposed collective bargaining: argued that the miner as an individual had the right to choose or reject his place and conditions of employment.An industrial commission, to serve without compensation, to arbitrate a 11 ] 8 industrial disputes in the state, their decision to he binding, and a centralization of all appointive power in the(Continued on Page Three.)
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Helena Independent Record
Helena, Montana, US
Mon, Dec 14, 1914
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