of print)...

1895-96. Eleventh, Work and Wages of Men, Women, and Children (out

1897. Twelfth,

1898. Thirteenth,

1899. Fourteenth,

9. Fifteenth,

1. Sixteenth,

Economic Aspects of the Liquor Problem.............
Hand and Machine Labor (2 vols.) (out of print).. 1604
Water, Gas, and Electric-light Plants under Private
and Municipal Ownership (out of print)

A Compilation of Wages in Commercial Countries
from Official Sources (2 vols.)

983

1642

Strikes and Lockouts (Jan. 1, 1881, to Dec. 31, 1900). 1053

SPECIAL.

Marriage and Divorce (out of print)

275

). First, 1:2. Second,

1074 pages.

Labor Laws of the United States (second edition,
revised, 1896).

OF THE

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR.

No. 43-NOVEMBER, 1902.

ISSUED EVERY OTHER MONTH.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
1902.

CONTENTS.

Report to the President on anthracite coal strike, by Carroll D. Wright, Com-

missioner of Labor....

Page.

Origin of the present strike

Demands of the mine workers..

Claims and complaints of the employees..

The demand to have coal weighed..

Wages and cost of production....

Profits on coal mining, and production.

Question of freights

General considerations..

1147-1228

1148, 1149

1149-1151

1151-1153

1153-1155

1155-1159

1159-1162

1162-1164

1164-1166

Suggestions that seem reasonable and just.............

1166, 1167

Appendix A.-Statement of the Delaware and Hudson Company showing

position of the operators, September, 1900.

1167-1173

Appendix B.-Correspondence between Mr. John Mitchell, president of

the United Mine Workers of America, and Mr. Olyphant, president of

the Delaware and Hudson Company, relative to proposed conference in

March, 1901

1173-1175

1175-1187

Appendix C.-Correspondence between United Mine Workers of America

and operators; letters and telegrams; operators' claims..

Appendix D.-Report of Mr. E. E. Loomis, superintendent of the coal-

mining department of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad

Company

1187-1202

Appendix E.-Report of interview of Commissioner of Labor with Messrs.

George F. Baer, R. M. Olyphant, E. B. Thomas, and David Willcox. 1202-1213

Appendix F.-Statement of Mr. E. B. Thomas, representative of Erie Rail-

road Company and Lehigh Valley Company..

1213-1215

Appendix G.-Statement of Mr. David Willcox, vice-president and gen-

eral counsel of the Delaware and Hudson Company..

Appendix H.-Contract of bituminous coal miners and operators..

Agreements between employers and employees....

1216-1218

1213-1228

Italian bureau of labor statistics.

Digest of recent reports of State bureaus of labor statistics:

Massachusetts...

29-1232

253, 1234

+27, 1236

Statistics of manufactures in Massachusetts: fourteenth and fifteenth annual

Laws of various States relating to labor enacted since January 1, 1896.... 1298-1324

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