Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-11-19
70 HASTEN settlement.
Judge Gray Makes a Suggestion for
the Shortening Of the Coal
Strike Conference.
Attorney McVeagh Finishes His Cross
Examination Of President Nit
& VI. chell Today.
President Of Commission Suggests
That Other Lawyers Shall Touch
i New Subjects Only. II

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large crowd was in attendance when
the arbitration commission began its
fourth days sitting. Mr.. Mitchell,
who has been on the stand since last
Friday, took his place in the witness
box and his cross-examination by
Wayne MacVeagh, for the Erie com
pany, was resumed. 5,t 4 s
Mr.. MacVeagh, in resuming his
crOss-examination, said he would be
glad to get an expression as to the in
fluence Of acts Of violence upon the
temper and disposition of the union
men said to have committed them.
The witness said that he would not
assume that the acts of violence are
true. "If," said he, Forest City, which
had been referred to, would be an ex-
ample of all towns and cities in the
anthracite field, it would indicate that
we were very law-abiding, religious
people,"
tsThe question:" Mr.. MacVeagh said,
'is whether or not you have taken the
proper methods to prevent a repetition
Of violent acts when they have oc-
Cured" He did not care, he said, by
whom these were committed.
what am trying to show he con-
tinued, ''is that there is a growing
spirit of violence and disregard of law
in your organization and that your in
duence over them Is insufficient to
keep them law-abiding and peaceab1e
1,o,, oc;,.1 ~,
Under this arraignment of the union
Mr.. Mitchell retained his complete
composure The question met with a
ready response. "The fear that my in
fluence," said he, is not sufficient to
deter men from the commission of
crime is a contradiction Of the claims
often made about me- 1ts-s &
Setback to the Strikers.
He was free, to say that some men
may have been deferred from going to
work because of violence, but the
strike itself lost more in public opin-
ion by reason of that than it could pos
sibly gain.
The cross-examiner and the witness
then plunged into spirited colloquy
over the question of whether one man
has right to prevent another man
from selling his labor. 95
The best answer Mr.. MacVeagh
could draw from the miners chief was
4 that he did not approve of anyone
committing an unlawful act. N
Mr.. MacVeagh read q statement re-
garding the right to strike as belong
ing to the personal freedom of work
ingmen. He also took the view that in
exercising that freedom those who
cease to work must not interfere with
the liberty Of others who wish to work.
I'VE do not want anarchy" said Mr..
Mitchell, land that is anarchy, pure
and simple the right.of every man to
do absolutely as he pleases regardless
Of its effects on society.
DIV This is the language Of a very care
fully disguised anarchy Mr.. Mac
Veagh remarked. Because it is the
language ofsArchbis shop Ireland. z fSSs
Answering a further question Mr..
Mitchell declared that if Arch bishop
Ireland's statement meant that men
b have no right to picket he disagreed
with him. Mr.. Mitchell added that he
did not believe Archbishop Ireland was
& AS6dlu % d lOluC Ou duSS
union matters. rs
Mr.. MacVeagh concluded his cross
a examination at this point. Il y
Judge Gray Makes Suggestion.
AS soon as Mr.. Macveagh had fin
ished Judge Gray announced that the
\ commission did not wish to limit the
4 liberty of anyone appearing in this
case as representing others, but they
believed they had obtained as much
information as they are likely to get on
the subjects touched upon,
Judge Gray announced, however,
\ that If there was any new line of ex-
4 animation the commission would not
object to hearing the testimony.
Former Congressman Simon p. VOL.
u yerton, representing the Philadelphia
and Reading Coal and Iron company,
! Informed the commission that future
examinations would be very brief.
Francis r. GoWen, representing the
4 Lehigh Valley Coal company, followed
Il Mr.. MacVeagh and questioned Mr..
Mitchell regarding his comparison oi
wages paid in the bituminOus field as
. against those paid in the anthracite. 8
For the first time during the session
d the members of the commission then