The Irish standard., 1902-12-20
MORE LIGHT ON Wages.
Testimony Before Strike Commission
Shows How Miners Pay Is
Divided Up.
JvDGE GRAY R-U5ED OVER EATTeR.
Coal Company. Whose i':smrc@ Are
Observation-Disclosures: Gf Child Labor
in Pennsylvania is Again Brought
Out-Mime inspectors Testify.

Scranton, Pa. Dee lo.-The miners
Wednesday put on the wi,ness before
the coal strike c,mmi>s;tn tie fa-
theirs OF two of the Little girls who
had testified on Mon,ay that they
worked all night in silk m'i>
The operators Iue:Gay sui;mit'e ed
wage statements showing ,l.a, one Of
these men and his laborer received
$l6sl and the other and his laburer
were paie, $1,4OO last year. john
Demko. father Of one of the girls. saio
that four ana sometimes six men fig
ured in the division OF the $i.l0O. The
other miner claimed that four men
t.ivideG the Sl.6S1.
Everett Warren. che of the opera
tors attorneys. oll crcs rcs>-eNamina1ion.
tried to show that this wu> not the
case. Both men promised, to take the
girls out of the silk mill!
Judge Gray Asks Explanations.
After the Witne>: es left the stand,
Chairman Gray asked for an eNplana-
tion from the Penns yivania Coal COM
pany. which is controlled by the Erie
roac. regarding the wages Of men. The
wages mentioned by tie company were
Eant,et> to the commission some days
ago. and did not inc.catc that more
than two persons figured in the dis
1r.bntion.
W. y. May. general manager of the
Pennsylvania Coal company, was
called TO the witness. stand. and eX
planned that because Of the system in
vogue in the company'S mine it would
be difficult to show IN every case how
many men shared in one pay.
{. S. Darrow. for the miners. said
The miners huG no confidence in Tx
figures submitted by the company
;nG added TIA, the way they wei,
handed in was unfair
Extent Gf Child I.;,bnr.
The deputy factory inspector for he
Scranton district wa, examined re
m2rGing chile, lab, l. and sait, iI,l;,t 4D,
noys and 1000 girls between the ages
ot Is and 16 years are employed in the
mills in the vicinity. Chairman Gray
.uggestet: that the Pennsylvania legis-
iature be petitioned to improve the
factory inspection laws regarding
child labor.
Mine iDsrccturs Testify.
The state mine N: ptctors then were
called. They were unanimous IN say
ii.g that the mining companies in 1l.ejl
district LaG no rules requiring miners
10 stay in the mines all Cay. One m
SEector said the miners IN his district
did not average five hours work Cay
The same witness said most of the
accidents are cue 10 the negligence
CT mis- judgment cf the worhnen them
selves: Ike inspectors in reply to
questions aske;, by the commissioners
said they sometimes We're ncccni-
ian;eti by company officials. and many
times they Visited he wti kings alone.
At this pu..it {; recess WAS taken.
Zig Demand III China for liihI.a.
Boston. Dee. 1S.Thr n;net y->econd
annual report Of 1hr .Nlme ricSn board
If foreign MISSIONS shows receipts
for the year of &sl5.IG:,. The enormous
t.e!nand in China for the Bible and
irnnsla1ions of all KINDS cf western
BOOKS which has sprung UP DUR
ing the las, two years has been
felt in Tung-Cho to an extent
that has MADE it absolutely inn
possible to supply the demands at
times.