The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-04-10

of coal was i'm a great measure, TO he attrt- !
butcd to the coal trust and j Pierpont
Morgan was. In the main responsible for the
condition of affairs IN the anthracite region.
What DO You know about that
A. That ] don't know anything about but
! don't think Pierpout MOrgan's interests in
the coal business goes back far enough to ht
our case.
q You scarcely think it possible for any
set of individuals to corral the anthracite
coal trade
A. don't think so.
@, Don't you suppose that the develop
meuts in the anthracite region aud influx OF
new men is in the main, instrumental for
the increased production Of coal
A. / think yOu have the idea exactly.
@ Have you any knowledge Of hitumi-
nous coal coming into competition with an
thmcite2
A. Not any further than the anthracite
companies are using il ON their railroads
The Reading aud Lehigh Valley burn the
coal ON their engines.
that
A. 1 suppose because they think IL is
cheaper But IL is like hanging sign ON
your door, Don't buy at my place, 90 next
door,
Upon examination by Senator Roberts the
witness stated that he remembered when
large quantity of lump coal used TO be
shipped from this region, when at least one
third Of it used to be Of that size and two
thirds went TO the Catasguqua Iron Works.
The witness added IF there was as much
lump and steamboat shipped as at that time
there would be more work"
HENRY sCuRIER
Grocer, Mahan0y City. sworn. lie tcstl-
fled that times had been growing worse tn
last two years When asked the average
wages Of miners for two weeks lac replied
that IL ranged from 8 and 4 and up TO 10 ana
IL dollars. Aside from this his testimony was
either of q hearsay or indefinite character
and of no Importance.
WILLIAM HERsEEB,
Hard ware merchant MahauOy City, was
equally indefinite and the most direct evil
dence he gave was "All ] know is that there
is dull times around here, and not much
work"
PATRICK o'DoNNELL,
Teamstor, Mahanoy City, said, THE miners
In this district are In pretty poor circum-
/ stances. Almost poverty stricken" As to
the cause no said, Il would suppose that the
soft coal region is running coal through here
aud selling in the markets cheaper than an
thmcite coal"
J. NJ KUTz,
Grocer Mahanoy City, i'm answer to the ques-
ton, Give your idea of the distress and
want that existsin this vicinity 3" said We
have considerable Of it. lguessit is the com
plant all over. We have II more so in some
\
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2. 10 what eNtentE
month
Ine Wlluess salu .,, me kne" ol peoPIe pP, III 'ile
had helped them.
/ O. What DO you attribute tho condition tot
/ A. First, the over production Of labor
next. Che stagnauon Of the country next,
] In6 'Ie'ls'
/ " Nan @ uu lsiI W'''i' ene'' '"o trusts n'' q
on INC coa. .Si.l ItgIoHs MI. il, .,
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onebt to ,e be sioTnpd uoy' U'S ''''"N 'i"'' ''iO
~ Nv, fa, bacil docs tIo groot ipauv o+
laborars extend ?
A rive or six vears
o what natiopalities are these people2
4 Hnns poles. Italians Greeks. etc
O. Yon You'd don't 9II' have many of tbe Germans
welsh or Irish coming in now.
a Verv few
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PETER EiClMAH,
MerGhaht, hlanahoy NlIy' ne men am
e1!t,lns euoIgu anu leIo - lo5s ol ulsvIoss
"1Sness Co,,'H au -sSsy l,, 10 ,5 S
Al 7.l5 D. m. the committee reconvene6
and John Hersker hardware dealer, Maha
noy City, was the FIRST witness called and hi
testimony was TO the effect that men in thu
mines do not get enough money and work
and he supposed the cause was that tine
comuanies were not able to sell the output O
coal
William Y. Webber, tinsmith. Mahanoy
CITY. said he knew there were great MANI
people in want He never saw such times in
Mahanoy City during his residence Of thirty
years, but saw worse when he was in Phia.
delphG In lSg3.
@ What is the cause Of this condition O
atiairs2
A. In the first place it is because there are
too many idle men we buy too much from
the foreign manufacturers. We keep Other
factories going and ours closed The con
sequence is our factories and machine shops
fOundries and furnaces are closed and thai
requires less coal. Aud another is there ar,
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