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FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Sess. II. Ch. 370. 1898. 427 or circuit court of the United States, and when so acknowledged a copy — =g{z¤w¤•;¤s¤¤ wt of the same shall be transmitted to the chairman of the Interstate °° mg °' Commerce Commission, who shall iile the same in the office of said commission. Any agreement of arbitration which shall be entered into conforming vi$§5°°£¤fo°;ei¤iito this Act, except that it shall be executed by employees individually mmm. P y S ° instead of by a labor organization as their representative, shall, when duly acknowledged as herein provided, be transmitted to the chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, who shall cause a notice in writing to be served upon the arbitrators, fixing a time and place for a —'“°°**¤¤"°‘*°°¤“°** meeting of said board, which shall bewithin fifteen days from the execution of said agreement of arbitration: Provided, however That the Proggsaid chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission shalldecline to `°°° °°' call g meeting of arbitrators under such agreement unless it be shown to h satisfaction that the employees signing the submission represent or include a majority of all employees in the service ef· the same employer and of the same grade and class, and that an award pursuant to said submission can justly be regarded as binding upon all such employees. Sec. 7. That during the pendency of arbitration under this Act it u£°;*·*'*°**°¤· °:°1;*· shall not be lawful for the employer, party to such arbitration, to dis- or srbidiildoiivn Y charge the employees, parties thereto, except for ineiliciency, violation of law, or neglect of duty; nor for the organization representing such employees to order, nor for the employees to unite in, aid, or abet, strikes against said employer; nor, during a period of three months after an ··°*’*°*‘ *******1- award under such an arbitration, for such employer to discharge any _ such employees, except for the causes aforesaid, without giving thirty days’ written notice of an intent so to discharge; nor for any of such employees, during a like period, to quit the service of said employer without just cause, without giving to said employer thirty days’ written notice of an intent so to do; nor for such organization representing such employees to order, counsel, or advise otherwise. Any violation —P¤¤¤i*¥· of this section shall subject the oiiending party to liability for damages: Provided, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to prevent {rams; f f any employer, party to such arbitration, from reducing the number of rm iu2i;.:: ¤:m;i:° its or his employees whenever in its or his judgment business necessities require such reduction. SEc. 8. That in every incorporation under the provisions of chapter m};’°j_:*°¤¤* °*•·*¤ five hundred and sixty-seven of the United States Statutes of eighteen v¤1.·i4,p.ss. hundred and eighty-five and eighteen hundred and eighty-six it must be provided in the articles of incorporation and in the constitution, rules, and by-laws that a member shall cease to be such by participa- ;;Q;j£****gj g{0{::;:· ting in or by instigating force or violence against persons or property m. P ' during strikes, lockouts, or boycotts, or by seeking to prevent others from working through violence, threats, or intimidations. Members of !·i·¤·¤i¤i¤¤·¤¢¤- such incorporations shall not be personally liable for the acts, debts, or obligations of the corporations, nor shall such corporations be liable ’ for the acts of members or others in violation of law; and such corpora- -*1;iP:;·**;x*l°°a*;{)i$_•{__P tions may appear by designated representatives before the board created etc., pmewnngs. by this Act, or in any suits or proceedings for or against such corporations or their members in any of the Federal courts. _ _ Sec. 9. That whenever receivers appointed by Federal courts are in F_§;f{f{";‘_’}c‘_§;§’_;'f"' °‘ the possession and- control of railroads, the employees upon such rail- —-cmplvy ws w be roads shall have the right to be heard in such courts upon all questions h°"‘l‘ aiiecting the terms and conditions of their employment, through the officers and representatives of their associations, whether incorporated _ or unincorporated, and no reduction of wages shall be made by such ;;*lj§,?‘;n{$ef ""“° receivers without the authority of the court therefor upon notice to such ° employees, said notice to be not less than twenty days before the hearing upon the reccivers’ petition or application, and to be posted upon all customary bulletin boards along or upon the railway operated by such receiver or receivers.