The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-05
STRIKE SETTLEMENT UNTRUE
FALSE REPORTS AGAIN COME
FROM THE COAL REGION.
Operators Determined to show the Weak.
ness Of the Miners Case Clergyman
on the stand VINO Finally Refused to
Answer QuestiOns-finers Testify.

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Answer QuestiOns-Miners Testify.
ochANloN' Fa'' Dec H'-ihe man VINO
has heard that there is another chance of a
settlement of the difficulties between the
coal operators and their ,iror. wi,bou,
,ax;, ~ a.. r.,i.naa ~ H. .n;,..,;o 'o
''o r". VI wv Wv, o''o'i .O'"
mission any further Is again IN evidence
with his interviews with Wayne Mac Neagh.
There il no, the least chance of n So, tle-
men, bowav.r ui,bou, ooIlino ,,or a.,
a'aiH. % -. t.i ~" 'le
"sS'S'ance Va 'he eoiiini"sion' anu hoie
oil SUCH desire on the part OF the operators.
previous to getting their side OF the story
before the public.
Tho opera,ors sav ,bev are dstsrm;nad
-, ~, ai,..n,. ~ -. 80
W ta"e "u'an'ase % me preSen' opPor-
tuili'y 10 sho" up the hohowhess OF some
of the pretensions of the United Nine
Workers and the falsity of q great majority
Of tho cbaroes ,bs, tbev hr;no agairs,
,hai- .,o,Ia,,..,
'".h ,inP'o'o,''
AT the opening OF the morning session
Andrew Matti. Hungarian, testified that
he was ali employee Of Coke Bros. The
burden of his test imonv was thu, ,ba com
nanv orarod him a Mac a. forausn !,
he wo,,ld ouit ,he union1 ia va nr.sidsn,
of his local at the time. He ssid thai he
would not do wbat was askaI an ,Ia, ~ nu
he IN "a hat dol
~ Door q ret,,,n that no could NO; n,aka
n living there and was forced to mi, ,b.
nina Fr,is witress said ITO, ' Wy
III. own home.
Timothy Walo, ev Of Sh.p,o, n soo,ror
omnlovsd nv Cove Hros he ssora,or, 20
his local union laid that he wos e,;?y,. ~,
from a comnanv house and could uo, aa,
amniovmsnt since tha :, r;ko andnJ -
ca,,.e he vas active i, H. oroaui,n,;o
John r Jenaban asked tho wi,na.s - 81
,%a :, r;ka Walonev d.r;ad ~ ~, .ns
ward admired Ina, wban ha va .,';o,,,l
rror, n co,nnanv hn,ise M. 49, GO ,n.',L
ront '''
.iscLson Anshacb sr.ron for C
M 30 ~, a,;.,a, h. lani ,oL .oSe
:; srar,an n, a, so q jo, VIA. ne
,weive hours a dav and everx o,bar sn mo,hs
~. , ~ - H"y "nu otneI sunday
9 ,Menf lou t nov oT HlIe'rn, Every other
,Ia;,, ~, noy,ar -, 'a III 'nu'n COLI
p ,a'mJ " ar,Lo,rL 20 ~ es aoiJ 70 se' 10
Snu !, 10, H., a;J ~, W SApiain
, ,om wa .'av ~ ne ''' ho' S' Vi. 'he sunday
'ia1 NC VOC oh.
Inc witness was induced 10 admit that
ne mas saved money OUT OF ms salary and
mat ne had pald s'U IN SIX years on
properly ina, ne owns >,
me rev. ratIer James D. iussie was
'heh caneu 70 ne stand lie Ii the catholic
dean OF the lower Lu2erne region; he said,
ana has lived IN The coal regions all his life.
- % re ''I =" 90 ~ 'oi ~" S'i" nc mas
100 tainihes ana w per cent. OF male resi-
dents mere are mine workers; lie comes
in the most direct contact with the people
working at the mines There are about
5000 total abstainers from liquor in his
parish. he said half Of whom are men.
During the last strike he gave the pledge
TO all the members OF his congregation.
during TINS strike ne could safely say he
had not seen five drunken men.
The condition Of the families of the mine
workers in and about Uazleton was do
rlorohlo no saiJ Tho, h,r,l, 81, -,
p'o' apir, ~, s,. my icy, phaiuy enls' anu
w .Iliiee wa, 'i',F S"li MONIES aie mere
habltatlons lie declared them TO be
lruHa! Peope' CnhS'r'a,iV., reasonable ana
Eod-iearlhg. Their CHILDREN are forced
70 toddie carry from schooi 70 work IN IN"
MINES or go 10 ,he cities. me girls either
go 10 the cities OF are employed al mills