, 1885-09-17
TALKING IT OVER.
An ex.D Director Now President
Adams Assistant,
Investigating the Situation in
the u. P. Coal Mines.
His Opinion as to the Results
in Case of a Strike.

III NDa1O vi ~ NJ IhOa
Special Dispatch to II LEADER
EVANSTON NYo'' sept lo'-Mr'
Isaac H. bromley assistant % iresideht
Adams oil the Union Facihc rallroad' has
Deen engaged Tor tue past TWO days IN
~vestlgatlng the recent disturbances at
hock springs ana the massacre oil I'm
nese miners lie was met NJ MOCK
Spnhgs yesterday oy a committee oil ci'l-
Iens' TWO OF 'hfee Oh whom were miners
WHO nae Deen informally deputed by a
puo'e meeting nelu Don aiter tne maSsa-
ere 10 present tue facts III inc case 10 the
representatives oil the company. WIN
men was nr Nearsham' oil the hnights
OF Laoor ORGANIZATION oil tue Union ra
cue company. Inc nearing TOOK place
,r' bromley ; car ana was connhed OK
olusiVeiy 10 a statement oil grievances on
tue part oil tnenl'nerS' "hen questioned
concerning ,ne Duraing oil the OhlheSe
quarters anu the Nlllng oil the Ohlnamen'
."ey ueh'"eu 70 answer saying that was
III Tue "'nuS u '"o e''n "u'"orl'ies ior
n'es''Raoo anu 'ha' 'hey snouiu say
morning ABOUT II until called upon In
court mt Pne'anSes presenter were
ena' ia'or'usm hau peen SHOWN the
T"ine9e III GIVING ',eln .ne oes' roons III
u m4"e ~ "oiA' 'u'' lucy seVu'eu 'nesc
privileges " paying Tue PIT oosSes ior
."e", '"a' ""''e nie' "e'v "o' given d
'air NO" 'na' 'nere hau oen irauu III
Tue use VI isise weighs "y Tue oosses
""o "eiK"eu 'ie 'oa' as II was ",neu' 'o'
~nicn 'ne miners are pa,u oy tue un'
enA' 'ne miners oiu not 'hen compia' ior
ia. Vi oei"s discouraged, "uu 'na' tue
Sn'nese "e,e uece''eu "nen 'hey were
o'ousn' UaoA' oe'"E '7iu 'n"' 'ney were
so'"s 10 0"n Francisco, thA' 'hey wouIu
DC g'au 10 go away " 'ney were iurn'sneu
transportation Inc testimony CONCERN
lug 'ne pi''nehes was iIou Two OF lhiee
C~ninauieu' VINO saiu 'neF hau pa'u sioo
ioi d 'ooin' LUIS 'u'neu ou' 10 pe u
men. one gang purchasing from ano,ber
,nere was iur'ner testimony 10 Tue enec'
privilege. but it appeared that when com
plant was made to Tisdel. the superin.
tendept. Mcbride. was discharged. Tisdel
saving if there was any more room buyinp
they would have to buy of him. This was
construed seriously. though there was no
attempt to show that Tisdel had ever done
anything of the kind. A miner named
Davis made a statement of his personal
grievances to the effect that he had been
in the employ of the COMPANY seven
years and had been put to work in rooms
which Cinnamon had abandoned and as
signed work where he could not make a
decent living. He had earned money
enough to build A house, upon which he
said he had spent SLIGO. and when he
was DISCHARGED. early in August. he was
offered only $3.50 for it. He said he would
fire it before selling it at that price. He
was discharged a month before the dis
turbances took place 4 miner named
Hicks stated that he had acted temporl-
rily as weigh boss and had found false
weights in use; that he had reported the
fact and the false weights had been taken
away, but that whereas he had expected
to be permanently employed a. weigh
boss. he was disappointed. and attributed
it to his having reported the false weights.
Other miners present intimated that this
had been going on for a long time and
that they had been dcfrauded in conse-