The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-05

tend the association which he represented. All
inoendiary and violent remarks which had been
Imputed to him by witnesses he emphaticaly
denied. Not one-third Of the miners IN this re-
gion were members Of the association, and when
he found that he could do nothing 70 prevent
turbulence, or to advance the interests OF ms
organization, he left the county as peacefully
and as innocenty IA ho had entered IL.
IHE COURTS AND THE TELEGRAPH CoMPANIEs
incidentally to the testimony on Thursday a
point OF considerable inierYst snd lnpoi OF lance
pei the production by telegraph companies OF
dispatches sent by PARTIES other than those d.
rectly concerned In the case.
A telegraphic operator being upon the witness
stand, he was asked to produce copies of any
office by Parks or siney, either in their own
names or handed in by them In the names OF
other parties. Tho objection Of the defence
gave occasion for the discussion to which refer
cnce has been made.
Ex-senat or Carpenter held that such demand
was against both constitutional aud common
law. He argued a parallel between the tele-
graph and the post ONCE, and claimed that the
operator was in precisely tho position OF the
archives OF any individual to procure evidence
against another. The statutes required the tel
sage sent, but the object OF tnis was to protect
the party to whom the message was sent, as In
municstlons in the case OF a third party aud es.
pecially in a criminal case, was violation OF
Fundamental rights.
Judge Orvis ruled to the contrary and direct
ed the operator Co produce the messages called
for. Exception was taken to this ruling.
TuR IMPORTANCE or THE TRIAL
The trial will undoubtedly last well into next
week. II Ia understood that the defence has
witness iist fully as long as that Of the Govern
ment, and the case Of the latter occupied fyc
appeal will be made 70 the Supreme Court,
which, Tor this nart Of the state, sits at PITTS
thus escape the penalties which were Imposed
upon their fellow defendants who were tried In
June, the coal barons OF Pennsylvania will
tha NJ frla
lation which will make more effective In their
interests tho so-called Conspiracy laws OF the
general statutes. 1t is practically the vrility Of
these laws that Is on trial. And the ques-
ton regarding trades unions, aud how far
they are consprscies, because they tend
the several commodities which their mem
bers prepare for tho market, Is delicate
subject for legislators to handle, and one
which involves grave constitutional considera-
tions So, In either event, this trial seems to
have an important bearing on tho future Of the
,bOr problem.
Clearneiei Is not far from that famous barn
where 1t makes 80 vast difference to a drop Of
rain on which side OF the ridge pole II may
chance to fall, the eastern slope OF the roof
draining into the Atlantic Ocean and the west
than indicate the possible parallel between the
verdict in this case ana the ridge pole OF the
Allegheny Oarn.
FURTHER TESTIMONY FOR sIsEY.
CLEAPIELD. Pa, oct. 4.-In the trial of
Sney to-day, numerous witnesses for the de-
fence, including some OF the strikers, were
examined TO show that the men had been
| encouraged by the operators to ask for 10 cents
advance, and that, when the reduction To- 81
cents was made at the time OF the panic, they
agreed to pay the old rates whtn business Inn
| proved that the men complained OF being
| cheated in short weight for coal mined 10y them
that Sincy on every occasion advised the strikers
| to commit no breach Of the peace, and that at
| the Goss Run riot, instead OF leading the crowd
| he was several hunded yards from Capt Clark's
| force when the crowd broke through it; that
| when Siney arrived and spoke at Mosnannon
| the men there had already quit work, and that
| at other times he was dened and repudiated by
| the strikers as "A man OF peace and one VINO had
| no business with them.
| similar evidence was given "a to Parks, who
was shown TO have been III the region at the
| time the strike was inaugurated, and inyariabl,
| spoke against IT, asserting IN bis speeches al
vent strikes by arbitration, and that NJ strike:
| were only TO be resorted to when all otheI
means Of Cancellation had failed, this one could
not be loga,ized ~ it had been without sufficient
| ptovooation. OF the 10 miners OF the region
but 80 were mem bers OF the Union.