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Conciliation and arbitration of railway disputes in Great Britain-Concluded.

Report of the royal commission.......

Criticism of the report of the royal commission.............

Amendment of the conciliation scheme of the royal commission...

Attitude of parties and the public toward conciliation and arbitration..

Appendix I.-Report of the royal commission appointed to investigate

and report on the working of the railway conciliation and arbitration

scheme of 1907.............

Appendix II.-Scheme recommended by the royal commission for deal-

ing with questions affecting wages, hours, or conditions of service of

railway employees in the manipulation of traffic.................

Appendix III.-Railway conciliation and arbitration scheme of Nov. 6,
1907....

117-120

Appendix IV.-Conciliation and arbitration agreement of Caledonian

Railway Co.....

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Methods of conciliation boards for final settlement of differences.......... 129–132

Provisions against violation of agreements.....

Cases dealt with by Board of Trade under the Conciliation Act, 1896 to

Mediation work of Board of Trade....

Work of permanent conciliation boards and joint committees.

Indirect effect of conciliation act............

Appendix III.-Rules of London Labor Conciliation and Arbitration

Appendix IV.-Durham Coal Owners' Association and Durham County

Mining Federation Conciliation Board and Durham Coal Owners' Asso-

ciation and Durham Miners' Association....

Appendix V-Cleveland Mine Owners' Association and Cleveland

Miners and Quarrymen's Association..........

Appendix VI.-Agreement between Shipbuilding Employers' Federation

and Shipyard Trade-Unions.......

Appendix VII.-Building trades conciliation boards.

Appendix VIII.-Brooklands Agreement.....

Appendix IX.-Agreement of North and Northeast Lancashire Cotton

Spinners' and Manufacturers' Association and Amalgamated Weavers'

Association....

Attitude of employing interests toward conciliation and arbitration in Great

Britain, by A. Maurice Low, M. A.:

Introduction.....

Voluntary character of provisions for conciliation and arbitration...

Distinction between conciliation and arbitration.....

Railway conciliation and arbitration scheme of 1907..

Attitude of employing interests toward conciliation, etc.-Concluded.

Opinions of employers concerning conciliation, etc.-Concluded.

Sir Samuel Boulton, chairman London Labor Conciliation and Arbi-

Thomas Costigan, secretary London Master Builders' Association ... 171-173

Sir Hugh Bell, ironmaster.....

Employers' associations for defensive purposes

Attitude of employers toward arbitration.

Conclusion......

Attitude of labor toward conciliation and arbitration in Great Britain, by

Arthur E. Holder:

Introduction..............

Iron-ore miners........

Attitude of General Federation of Trade Unions...

Comments and criticisms of individual workers and organizations .

Gas workers and general laborers.

Boiler makers and shipwrights.

Amalgamated Society of Engineers..

Steam Engine Makers' Society

Cotton spinners...

Compulsory conciliation and inquiry into disputes.....

Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry

in New York City, by Charles H. Winslow:

Introduction.....

Strike of 1910...

Agreement in settlement of strike..

Text of the Protocol Agreement..

Parties to the agreement..

Preferential union shop..

Limitations imposed by Protocol upon the manufacturer.

Limitations imposed by the Protocol upon the unions..

Agencies of the Protocol....

Board of Grievances...

Plan and scope of work.....

Rules and plan of procedure of the Board of Grievances.

Machinery of the Board of Grievances..

Method of procedure in adjusting disputes..

Cases of grievances, Dec. 12, 1910, to Dec. 11, 1911.

Descriptive analysis of typical individual cases.

Advantages growing out of the Protocol Agreement..

Board of Arbitration

Joint Board of Sanitary Control

Work of the board..........

Plan of work adopted...

Cost of inspections..

Conditions shown by inspections...

Light, ventilation, and sanitary conditions.

Establishment of sanitary standards....

Enforcement of sanitary standards.

The sanitary strike...

Conciliation, arbitration, and sanitation in the cloak, suit, and skirt industry,

etc.-Concluded.

Joint Board of Sanitary Control-Concluded.

Industrial courts in France, Germany, and Switzerland, by Helen L. Sumner,

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Industrial courts in France, Germany, etc.-Concluded.

Industrial arbitration courts of Basel, Switzerland-Concluded.

Judicial functions....

Jurisdiction.....

Rules of procedure.

Method of appeal.

Other functions...

Industrial arbitration court of Zurich, Switzerland..

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Appendix I.-Statistics of industrial courts (20 tables)..

Appendix II.-Laws concerning councils of prudhommes in France... 454-464

Decisions of courts affecting labor:

Decisions under statute law——

Assignments of wages-rates of interest-police power-constitu-

tionality of statute (King et al. v. State)

Contracts of employment-advances-intent to defraud-involun-

tary servitude-constitutionality of statute (Latson v. Wells)..... 466-468

Employers' liability-"act of superintendent" (American Manu-

facturing Co. v. Bigelow)..........

Employers' liability-railroad companies-Federal statutes-in-

juries causing death-persons entitled to sue (Fithian et al. v. St.

Louis & San Francisco Railway Co.)....

Employers' liability-railroad companies-Federal statute-power

of Congress-effect of Federal on State laws-jurisdiction of State

courts constitutionality of statute (Mondou v. New York, New

Haven & Hartford R. R. Co.)....

Employers' liability-railroads- hours of labor-violation as negli-

gence (St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Co. v.

Decisions of courts affecting labor-Concluded.

Decisions under statute law-Concluded.

Employers' liability-railroad companies-Federal statute-power

of Congress effect of Federal on State laws-jurisdiction of State

courts constitutionality of statute (Mondou v. New York, New

Haven & Hartford R. R. Co.).................

Employer's liability-railroads-hours of labor-violation as negli-

gence (St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Railroad Co. v.

Employment of labor-employment of aliens by corporations equal

protection of the law-constitutionality of statute (Ex parte case). 479, 480

Injunctions-boycotts - conspiracy-jurisdiction-labor organiza-

tions-liability of members (Loewe et al. v. California State Federa-

tion of Labor et al.)......

Mechanics' liens rank-mortgages for money advanced-constitu-

tionality of statute (Page v. Carr et al.)....

Mechanics' liens-waiver by contractors-rights of subcontractors-

constitutionality of statute (Kelly et al. v. Johnson et al.)......... 484, 485

Railroads safety-appliance law-interstate commerce-cars used in

intrastate traffic-power of Congress (Southern Railway Co. v.

United States)..

Decisions under common law-

Contracts of employment-breach-grounds for discharge rate of

wages (Haag v. Rogers)...

Contract of employment-term-grounds for discharge-satisfactory

service-measure of damages-action before expiration of term-

single recovery (Bridgeford & Co. v. Meagher).....

Employers' liability-safe place scope of employment-questions

for jury (Williamson v. Berlin Mills Co.).......

Labor organizations-interference with interstate commerce- -tres-

pass--injunction (Illinois Central Railroad Co. v. International

Association of Machinists et al.)................

Labor organizations-restoration of membership-boycott-injunc-

tion-restraining orders-dissolution (Allman et al. v. United Broth-

erhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America et al.).......

Relief departments-sick benefits-color blindness of railroad em-

ployee as sickness evidence (Kane v. Chicago, Burlington &

Quincy Railroad Co. et al.)........

Prices of commodities, 1911, and December, 1911, compared with pre-

vious years back to 1890..

Prices of commodities, by months, January, 1900, to December, 1911..

Influences affecting prices..

Explanation of tables..

Table I.-Wholesale prices of commodities from January to December,

Table II.-Average yearly actual and relative prices of commodities,

1890 to 1911, monthly actual and relative prices, January to December,

1911, and base prices (average for 1890-1899)....

Table III.-Yearly relative prices of commodities, 1890 to 1911, and

monthly relative prices, January to December, 1911..

holesale prices in Canada, 1890 to 1911...

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