Book/Printed Material Report of the Industrial Commission on the relations and conditions of capital and labor employed in the mining industry, including testimony, review of evidence, and topical digest
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 57th Congress I HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES j Document 1st Session j j No 181 REPORT OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION ON the relations and conditions of CAPITAL AND LABOR EM PLOYED IN THE…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 MEMBERS OF THE INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION Mr Albert Clarke Chairman Senator Boies Penrose Senator Stephen R Mallory Senator John W Daniel Senator Thomas R Bard Representative John J Gardner Representative L F Livingston…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 Industrial Commission December If 1901 To the Fiftyseventh Congress I have the honor to transmit herewith on behalf of the Industrial Commission a report on the Relations and Conditions of Capital and…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 IV TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Review oe Evidence v Contents of Topical Digest op Evidence xxxvi Topical Digest of Evidence xxxix Index of Review and Topical Digest clxix Topical Plan of Inquiry…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 V REVIEW OF EVIDENCE The following review of evidence covers the testimony taken before the Industrial Commission and its subcommission on mining Most of the testimony regarding the conditions of capital and…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 VI INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES Several witnesses referred to the great improvement in the machinery used in mining and especially to the increased use of electric machinery They believed that the…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE VII One witness claimed that the firm of M Guggenheim Sons which owmed smelters in Mexico New Jersey and one very large plant in Colorado had a capital hack…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 VIII INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION I THE MINING INDUSTRIES Petroleum industry of ColoradoTestimony on the petroleum industry in Colorado was submitted in 1899 by exSenator Hill who is engaged in oil refining and Mr…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE IX that the smeltermen have not been long organized the great strike in the smelters during 1899 having been conducted by a newly formed organization 1 Mine operators and…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 X INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES of the miners organizations however declared that strikes can ordinarily be insti tuted only after a secret vote of the members of the unions and that…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XI its dealings with labor generally since part of the plants could be closed while the business was still carried on profitably in others 1 BlacklistsSeveral representatives of labor…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XII INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES evidence to the effect that wages have fallen in coal mines daring the past 10 or 15 years but the fall does not appear to have…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XIII they were rare in connection with preciousmetal mines In Utah company stores seemed to be rare in the coal mines as well as the metal mines although some…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XIV INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES especially disposed to criticise the system although it was asserted that smelter workers in Colorado were inclined to consider it an abuse The hospital system is…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XV Sunday laborIt appears that Sunday labor is almost universal in smelters in the Western mining States Smelter operators stated that it was necessary to run the smelters continuously…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XVI INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES of living and character of the miners and other workingmen of the mountain States had improved materially during the past 20 years that they had more…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XVII the company increased wages to 350 for miners and 3 for mine laborers and work in the mine continued for a few days until April 29 1 The…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XVIII INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONTHE MINING INDUSTRIES the members of the mob was merely to make a demonstration or to see what was going on and that only a comparatively few particularly those who…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OE EVIDENCE XIX Mr Young the deposed sheriff on the other hand declares that he did all in his power to prevent the riot There had been no further violence after…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XX INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES persons arrested were so numerous that it was impossible to sift their cases in a short space of time but just as rapidly as any were…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XXI Several witnesses representing the miners denounce the requirement of the permit and the conditions contained in the application They declare that in their opinion and in the opinion…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXII INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES lawless acts but admit that members of the unions have been guilty of such acts Mr Sovereign editor of the Idaho State Tribune at Wallace declares…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OE EVIDENCE XXIII cite at 10 mills a ton a mile and particular instances of much higher rates are cited while bituminous coal is said to he hauled at 2J mills…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXIY INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES same policy as the anthracite roads of charging high freight rates and so diminishing the value of coal at the mine while raising the price to…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XXV strike of 1897 The general upward tide which has been flowing during these years has of course contributed to it Widely varying statements are made as to the…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXVI INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES in the year by 10 The number was in 1894 180 in 1895 189 in 1896 176 in 1897 132 in 1898 141 in 1899 158…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XXVII that his coal must be cleaner and if the miner does not do better he is discharged Other witnesses state that they follow the same practice 1 There…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXVIII INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONTHE MINING INDUSTRIES Two influences are mentioned as contributing most powerfully to the decay of the company store systemgrowth of population and the consequent increase of trading facilities and the…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XXIX mining because of the unhealthfulness of the work is emphasized Among other arguments for shorter hours it is alleged on the one hand that they tend to the…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXX INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONTHE MINING INDUSTRIES The use of mining machinery is steadily spreading in the bituminous mines wher ever the use of it is practicable One witness in 1899 estimated that 40…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XXXI with the officers of the miners organization When any dispute arises the pit com mittee of the men and the pit boss try first to settle it If…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXXII INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES were caused by the refusal of operators to abide by the agreement which the associa tion of operators had made with the miners union and by…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XXXIII Others on the other hand desire an investigation of disputes by State authority with compulsory attendance of witnesses and in general with such procedure as compulsory arbitration would…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXXIV INDUSTRIAL COMMISSION THE MINING INDUSTRIES One or two witnesses consider strikes injurious to all classes either always or in most cases Among the representatives of labor organizations however there is no…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 REVIEW OF EVIDENCE XXXV Immigration and importation of laborSeveral witnesses state that the injurious effects of immigration were more marked in earlier years than they are at present It is generally agreed…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 xxxvii CONTENTS OF TOPICAL DIGEST OF EVIDENCE I CAPITAL IN WESTERN MINES Page A Preciousmetal mining xxxix B Preciousmetal smelting xlii C American Smelting and Refining Company xliii D Conditions of capital…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXXVIII CONTEXTS VI SUNDRY LABOR PROBLEMS Page A Child labor cxlv B Convict labor cxlvi C Immigration and foreign born cxlvii D Labor organizations cxlix E Strikes and boycotts cli F Conciliation…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XXXIX TOPICAL DIGEST OF EVIDENCE Prepared by E Dana Durand and Charles E Edgerton I CAPITAL IN WESTERN MINES A Preciousmetal mining1 ColoradoMr Grant exgovernor of Colo rado says that it is…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181 XL INDUSTRIAL COMMISSIONTHE MINING INDUSTRIES have increased the value of all ores but in particular they have given a value to ores which could not otherwise be economically mined The process of…- Contributor: United States. Industrial Commission - United States Congress. House - United States. Government Publishing Office - United States. Congress. House
- Date: 1902
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Title
- Report of the Industrial Commission on the relations and conditions of capital and labor employed in the mining industry, including testimony, review of evidence, and topical digest
Other Title
- Cited as: H. Doc. 57-181
Names
- United States Congress. House
- United States. Government Publishing Office, publisher, distributor
- United States. Congress. House, author
- United States. Industrial Commission
Created / Published
- [Washington, D.C.]: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1902.
Headings
- - Arbitration, Industrial
- - Blacklisting, Labor
- - Boycotts
- - Child labor
- - Coal mines and mining
- - Convict labor
- - Employers liability
- - Independent regulatiry commissions
- - Freight and freightage
- - Industrial policy
- - Hours of labor
- - Industrial accidents
- - Industrial safety
- - Antitrust law
- - Trusts, Industrial
- - Labor laws and legislation
- - Labor unions
- - Mine accidents
- - Mines and mineral resources
- - Occupational health libraries
- - Occupational health services
- - Quality of life
- - Sanitation
- - Strikes and lockouts
- - Wages
- - Witnesses
- - Work environment
- - Coeur d'Alene Miners' Strike, Idaho, 1899
- - Immigrants
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- Legislative materials
- Government publication
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- 1 online resource (924 pages). tables.
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- KF12
- 57-1:H.DOC.181
- Y 1.1/2:SERIAL 4342
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- United States. Congress. House
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- Antitrust Law
- Arbitration, Industrial
- Blacklisting, Labor
- Boycotts
- Child Labor
- Coal Mines and Mining
- Coeur D'alene Miners' Strike, Idaho
- Convict Labor
- Employers Liability
- Freight and Freightage
- Government Publication
- Hours of Labor
- Immigrants
- Independent Regulatiry Commissions
- Industrial Accidents
- Industrial Policy
- Industrial Safety
- Labor Laws and Legislation
- Labor Unions
- Legislative Materials
- Mine Accidents
- Mines and Mineral Resources
- Occupational Health Libraries
- Occupational Health Services
- Quality of Life
- Sanitation
- Strikes and Lockouts
- Trusts, Industrial
- Wages
- Witnesses
- Work Environment