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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-20
BURNS BRINGS UP
A NEW COMPLICATION
Concluded from Page 81

region instead of communicating with
the heads of the organization at Indian
apolls. outside Of this district entirely?
Not Desirable.
a. II would neither bc possible nor de-
sirable. The anthracite miners want to
be members Of the United Mine Workers
of America The anthracite miners
have had an Independent and separate
organization in the past. they have had
several OF them, and they have gone,
they are not here now: they do not
want any more of their organizations to
20 the same way they went in the days
that are gone by
Mr.. Torrey brought out that strikes
can be declared by bare majority
vote: that boys under 1G years of age
have a half vote. and over 16 full
vote. and that the last strike was de-
clared by less than a seven per cent.
majority
Mr.. Torrey also put in evidence a
copy of Mr.. Mtchells statement of the
day following the Shenandoah riot Of
July 81. in which he declared no one
had been killed or seriously injured:
that the stories had been greatly exag
gerated and the facts distorted, and
that the trouble could have been avert
ed If the deputies were cool and dis
Greet.
Mr.. Mitchell explained that the state
ment was based on information which
he considered reliable at the time
Mr.. Darrow at this juncture made
to the commission a statement of the
reasons trades union does not want
to be Incorporated. Principal among
these was that If an onerato for in
stance sued union and got judgment
against 1t. which the union was finan-
cially unable to meet, the operator
could apply for receiver and wind up
the organization. a trade union, un-
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Rv Mr.. Darrnw:

BY Mr.. Darrow:
q. MFR. Mitchell when this strike was
| declared. did anybody excepting the an
thracite, mine workers vote upon the
| question? a. No. sir. O. You did not in
| augurate this strike yourself? a. No. sir.
U. Something has been said as to the
| majority by which this strike was de-
clared. Was the division of sentiment
purely as to the time of striking? "A.
| Yes. sir. The division on the date was
| caused purely by my advice that the
strike be not inaugurated at that time.
q. You thought It would be more fa-
vorable to delay It? a ! had two p,lr-
poses In seeking the delay. One was the
| lingering hope that we might be able to
secure better conditions of employment.
or better relationship by mediation or
by conference with the operators. Fail
ing In that, the other was that we would
inaugurate the strike at a more propitious
time.
Q. Your opposition or any opposition in
the organization had no reference to the
injustice of these demands? A. None at
ALL simply that we might more speedily
remedy the conditions that the strike
would not be so protracted IL inaugur-
ated later In the year.
Q. Now, some questions were asked as
to cases of contract. Supposing where
a contract existed any local organization
should fail to carry out that contract,
then what would be done as to that or
ganzation? A We should reprimand
them at once, and Immediately advise
them to carry out the contract. q. On
failure to do It? a. On failure. to carry
out the contract, we would either sus-
pend them from the organization or re-
woke their charters. q. All these orsani-
cations have a charter from the general
body? a. Yes. sir. @. And the way you
discipline the locals, the last discipline,
is to revoke their charters? a. Yes. sir.
Q. Then. in case that happens, would
other union men go on and carry out the
contract? a. If any part OF the employ
cr's particular men were willing to carry
out the contracts. we would Immediately
reorganize and allow them to carry out
the contract. If none of them We're will
ing to do that. we would take the char
ter and make the mine non-union. Q. SO
the work would so on? A. 1t would go on
as a non-union mine.
@. One clause of your constitution,
believe. speaks of no miner being al
lowed to have more than two laborers. a.
Yes. sir. Q. What Is the purpose of that?
A. Well, one purpose is to prevent favor
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-20
Acquiring Homes.

During the last ten years these peo-
pie have been rapidly becoming own
ers of their own homes.
In Olyphant and the Second ward of
Blakely, the witness said. there are
Abs mine, employees. In this same
community there are siXty-four boys
mines. Twenty four under II years,
and ten working under ground who
are under IA years of age.
The witness also told, incidentally,
that daughters of miners are working
at night i'm silk mills, and asked that
it be formally protested against Sin the
name of humanity"
The average age at which miners
children leave school, taking Mahanoy
City and Taylor as criterions, is 11Ia
years. In the mining regions, of the
pupils In High schools, less than 5 per
cent. are miners children. and less than
per cent. are among the graduates.
The average number of paupers in
Pennsylvania Is 17S in 100000. In the
anthracite region the average is 1873 in
100 600
To show the hazardous character of
the miners employment, DR.. Roberts
gave a mass of figures and COMPARE
sons. The average number killed in
the anthracite mines Is greater than
the average among railroad employees.
though, as to accidents. the conditions
are reversed. In the last twenty-one
years, the number of inside employees
in the anthracite mines who We're ia
tally injured was i.42 to the 1000.
The region has numerous churches.
and the people are, generally speaking,
regular church goers, the witness said.
There are many Catholics among the
people, possibly a majority, and all of
these attend church very religiously.
There are eleven hospitals in the reg
Ion, only one of which, the Moses Tay-
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Conditions in This Region.

Rev. DR.. Roberts took the stand when
Mr.. Mitchell stepped down at 12.15 and
was still on at adjourning time, under
cross-examinaton by Mr.. wolverton,
counsel for the Reading company. DR..
Roberts was examined in chief by Mr..
Darrow. He began by giving a raft of
information concerning conditions in
the anthracite region.
Some of his information was as fol-
lows
The coal region is 4S0 square miles in
extent, embracing eight counties. The
total population Is $4,000. OF this
number 100000 are directly dependent
on the coal industry
In arriving at his findings regard
ing wages, Rev. DR.. Roberts said he
had consulted due bills mainly. EN-
| treme cases where a miner earned $3.50
| q month or worked month without
any net earnings were discarded.
Mr.. Wolverton protested this was not
good evidence. 1t would be necessary
he said to call in each miner to find out
how it happened he earned so little or
SO much. The companies, he said,
would put in primary evidence showing
what every miner received. Mr.. Dar-
row agreed that his side would be con-
tent If the companies would do this.
The witness was next asked il condi-
tions had changed in mining conditions
of general character. He said there
had been. The big veins have been
worked out and the thin ones are be-
ing developed. AS Mr.. Burns had stat
ed, the independent operators are work.
ing the more difficult veins.
There are four methods of payment,
car. weight, yard and day. The wages
are not at all uniform in the region,
and discrimination makes very dissim-
liar wages in the same mine.
Ten or fifteen per cent. of the total
production of the northern coal fields is
paid for by weight: in the middle field
none by weight, and in the southern,
30 per cent. by the car, and 70 per cent.
by the yard.
The size of the car has grown stead
lily since the car method was adopted.
After the strike of 90. the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western. Delaware
and Hudson and Pennsylvania conf
panies, which refused to adopt the
sliding scale fixed with their employees
OH a rate of 931s cents car for the
Diamond car The witness said the
Diamond car originally contained from
"a to rs cubic feet and was to have six
inches of topping. The present car
varies from so to 92 cubic feet.
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How Topping Is Lost.

car loaded in the mine seldom has
the same topping" when it reaches
the surface. Miners some times Crib
their cars in loading. putting in the
coal so that it will leave large spaces
This will cause a settlement when the
car is iolted in transportation. Some
times car that is fairly and properly
loaded will have it's topping scraped off
by low roof The natural shaking
down" of coal in transportation from
The breast to the breaker averages five
per cent. A miner is never allowed
anything extra if there is more than
six inches of topping. Payment by the
car has been the cause of dissatisfac-
ton and complaint ever since 1850 said
the witness.
In the early days of mining the
miners We're principally Irish, Welsh.
English, Scotch and Germans. In 1870
Southern Europeans began to come in
large numbers. In 1890 this immgra-
tion began to fall off. The mode OF
living of the early miner and the new
conner is vastly different.
In 1S7O-'15 the emigrants We're single
men. After that married men and their
families began to come. All the South
ern Europeans, excepting the Italians.
who came after 1875, as a general rule
can be considered settlers.
Strikes began in 1868. Just after the
war for the S-hour day. For two years
there was almost constant friction. In
1870 the Southern Europeans began to
flock in here.
In answer to a question by Commits
Sioner Watkins as to whether or not
in his Investigations he had found any
evidence of the corporations being in
terested IN the importation of these
immigrants. The witness said that
Slavs, themselves. had told him that
coal operators, especially the independ-
ent operators. had been instrumental
in bringing these people here. They
had ship agents in Europe gathering
them up and sending them over, and
other agents in New York turning them
into the coal fields.
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this field has been absolutely vicious. and
1t often develops into an unfair distribu-
ton of the cars, SO that a man having
several laborers may receive cars to load
to the exclusion of some other person who
has not several laborers, and the earnings
OF the men not having a lot of laborcrs
are very low. because of the custom OF
allowing one contractor TO have several.
O. DO you know of some instances of
larger numbers of laborers being en-
ployed7 A, ! know In a general way.
do not know of specific instances. q.
How high do some of them run? A. As
high as twenty.
Tho Chairman: In the anthracite re-
gion?
The Witness: Yes. It has been so that
one man would have twenty laborers
think that that is not true. however, since
the union came here.
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like business, can not be run by a
receiver.
Major Warren drew attention to the
fact that in Pennsylvania there Is a
special statute for Incorporating trades
unions. which does away with Mr.. OAR
| rows difficulty.
Paid for by Weight.
Attorney John j. Murphy here intro
duced the act of March 80. 1875. provid-
ing that all coal shall be paid for by
weight, where practicable to weigh 1t,
and pointed out that while ii might be
the case that it was generally supposed
this act was repealed by the general
mining act Of 1891. such was not the
case. The only repeating clause in the
general act was one to the effect that
''all acts or parts of acts inconsistent
herewith are hereby repealed" Mr..
Murphy pointed out that there was
nothing in the general act with which
the act of 1875 could be inconsistent.
Commissioners Gray and Parker ex-
pressed surprise that such an import
ant act should have been lost sight of.
and declared ii would be an important
factor in determining the commission
ers' action on the question of weigh
ing coal, providing it was sustained.
None of the companies attorneys chal-
lenged the accuracy of Mr.. Murphy's
claim.
On redirect examination Mr.. Mitch
ell. in answer to Mr.. Darrow's ques-
tions told, among other things. that
the division of sentiment at the Halle
ton convention was not as to whether
or not to strike, but as to the time to
begin the strike. Mr.. Mitchell. himself,
favored the strike this year. but ad-
vised that it be not entered upon until
later.
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year, and at maturity loan can be ex-
tended without additional cost.
mentS can be made on instalment
plan; so much per week or per month
We deal honestly and fairly with all.
Come in and talk il over or send for
one of our confidential agents.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-20

Are you in need OF money!
We loan any amount from $40 up, on
household goods, pianos.
The goods remain in your possession
Money in your hands two hours after
Loans made for one month or one
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-20
Look at the Prices of
Underwear and Hosiery

Boys and Girls Fast Black Hose ............12 121ac
Boys and Girls Black Cat Hose. ............... csc
Misses Fine Ribbed Hose.
LADIES' Fast fack Hose. 15c
Ladies Fine Black Hose. 25c
Ladies' Maco Black Hose. 25c
Ladies Fancy Hose in great variety. Specials
25c., 35c. SOC, 75c Soc $1.OO
"ChildrenS Fine Fleeced Underwear. to SOC
Ladies' Heavy Fleeced Underwear. ............. 25c
Ladies' Fine jersey Ribbed Underwear. .......... soc
Ladies' Natural Grey Underwear. r.............. 75c
Ladies' White Wool Natural Underwear. LOO
Ladies' Extra Fine Underwear wcar.................S1
Ladies Union Suits. SOC. $50
Mems Fast Black Hose, pairs Observation-Disclosures. o5c
Mems White Foot Hose. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 15c
wen fNtTa flne ROSE plack or fancy......... 25c
MeNS LARK fleeced CnderWear soc
mems l.Snt fleeced CnderWear 39c
IlchS fah'! tleeced Underwear.. Soc
"iehs Na'urai OnderWear. soc
ElehS Jersey fiipped underwear ...............
Mems Heavy Wool Underwear ..................s10O
Mems Light, Fine Wool Underwear .............s1OO
Mems Heavy Double Breasted Underwear ~
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-28
WITH ONE ACCORD.
Peace. Prayers. Throughout. Great
Britain Marks Good Friday.

Peace. Prayers. Throughout. Great
Britain Marks Good Friday.
London. March 2S.--A prayer for
peace" was the only novel feature in
the observance of Good Friday in Great
Britain. The bishops of London, Ro-
chester and st. Adams issued special
appeals to their dioceses to unite In a
prayer that both the British and Beers
be granted the temper of peacemakers,
and pointing out that similar prayers
are being offered in the Dutch
churches OF Pretoria. A Sunday at
mosphere pervades in London today.
All business is suspended and churches
and open air resorts in the neigbbor-
hood of London are crowded. NO news
papers are published and every one
who could leave town until April !
has departed. The government Offices
are closed and the war Office has an
nounced that even Lord Kitchener's s
dispatches will not be issued today.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-28
PREHISTORIC RUINS.
Homestead Entry on Pueblo Bonito
and Other Ruins Cancelled.
MUST NOT DESPoiL.

The officials of the federal land office
in Santa Fe yesterday received notice
to cancel the homestead entry of Rich
ard Wetherell, manager of the Hyde
Exploring Expedition, who had made a
homestead entry on the Pueblo Bonito,
Chatro Kettle and Pueblo del Arroyo
three of seventeen prehistoric ruins in
Chaco canyon, southern san Juan coun-
ty. The reason for the cancellation is
that the entry was not made for the
purpose intended that such entries are
to be made. but for the exploitation
and despoilation of these prehistoric
ruins. The Hyde Exploring Expedi.
ton had erected on the amended home.
stead entry in question number OF
buildings worth $4,000 and was run
ming a stage line to the hotel at the
place. 1t had been carrying on sys-
tematic excavations on the land and
according to sworn statement of
Manager Wetherell to Special United
States Agent j. S. Holsinger had taken
from those excavations $4,000 pieces OF
turquois, 10000 pieces of pottery, 5000
stone and wood implements, IA skele
tons and other relics which were sent
W tne AueTlCdu MuSeuDl Oh NdluTd
History at New York.
Pit excavations were made at 49,
places and 500 rooms have thus fan
been excavated. When it was found
that the original homestead entry die
not take IN all the ruins as amended
entry was filed by Wetherell.
The Hyde Exploring Expedition
since coming to the territory of New
Mexico has branched out into other
business besides that of exploitation
of prehistoric ruins and is conducting
prosperous farms at Pennington and
ether points in San Juan county and is
Carrying on active trading with the In
dians, has made several fine New Mex
leo exhibitions at different eXpositions
and has proven itself enterprising and
a benefit TO New Mexico.
II is to be regretted that in this one
instance it engaged in business tha
is objected to by the people of thi!
territory who take pride in its pre-
historic ruins and believe that all rel
les excavated therefrom should re
main in the territory.
The Hyde Exploring Expedition Il
the largest taxpayer in San Juan coun
| ty. This year it will De assessed upoI
property valuation of $23,145. mos
of which is new property in that coun
| tV
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-28
LEGAL DELAYS.
Goad Wyoming People
to Lynch.
Father J. H. Brinker Fatally
Shot.
Convict Claims Crime Tor Which a
Man is Condemned.
CABINET MEETING.

Casper, Wyo., March 2S.-Charles
Francis Woodward. the condemned
murderer of Sheriff William c. Kicker,
was hanged early today by an infuriat-
ed mob of 200 men. Under the cover
of darkness an organization was form
ed during the night. Crowds began to
gather in the vicinity of the Jail early
in the evening. About o'clock the
mob descended on the Jail and the
leaders demanded the keys of the
sheriff He refused to give them up
and the crowd then secured a number
of sledges and hammers and beat the
Jail door down. Once inside the Jail,
the rope was quickly thrown around
Woodward's neck and he was roughly
dragged from the building. He was
hanged on the gallows which had been
erected for his legal execution today.
Less than half an hour was occupied
by the hanging. Considerable excite
ment prevailed, but little was said.
Woodward attempted to talk to the
leaders, but they refused to hear him
An immense crowd witnessed the
lynching. Several hundred sheep and
cattlemen came to town during the day
yesterday and every corner was the
scene of discussion of the reprieve
granted by the supreme court.
After the lyinching the mob dis
persed and the greater part of those
from out Of town left for their homes.
Sheriff Tubbs this morning found the
following note pinned to the scaffold:
THE process of law is a little slow.
This is the road you will all have to
travel. Murderers aud thugs beware" "
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-28
Twentieth Century Club.

Members of the Twentieth Century
club met last night in Grants hall. in
goodly numbers. Dancing began at
$3.50 and lasted until the wee hours of
the morning. About IL o'clock a recess
was declared and those present par
took of a bountiful supply of delightful
refreshments which had been provided
and spread on long linen-covered table
which was placed in north end of the
hall. This is probably the last dance
the popular club will give this season.
Although the club has only been or
ganized since the first of the year, it's
many entertainments have been very
enjoyable and the members will look
forward to the opening of another sea-
son with anticipation. Mrs. Rose
Berry furnished the music last night
in her well-known becoming manner.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-03-28
LOCAL PARAGRAPHS.

J. ID. Lucas, a well known citizen OF
Cerrillos, is here today on business.
This is Good Friday, and observed
as an anniversary of the crucifixion of
Christ.
H. N. Butterfield. OF Chicago. and
travelling agent for the ID. l.. & w. rail
road. is in the city
Only taxpayers can vote for the is
suance of $4,000 in bonds for school
purposes. Remember this!
Mrs. l.. A. Ceilings and daughter in
charge of the Congregationalist mis-
sion school at Cubero, are in the city.
Simon Neustadt, the Los Lunas gen.
eral merchant and postmaster. is here
this afternoon, having driven up TO the
metropolis in his blackboard at noon.
The Gentlemen's Driving association
will meet tonight at Ieiger's Cafe TO
make final arrangements for their Sun
day race meeting.
Andreas Romero, the West Gold ave-
nue. butcher. will build a two story
brick residence on that avenue oppo-
site the Congregation Albert temple.
Dodd & Lembke have the contract.
IL. W. Kellogg, the travelling agent
Tor the Duplex 1TlnlluB IItSS CUM
pany, Battle Creek, Mich, is in the city,
and made a call at The Citizen office
this afternoon. Mr., Kellogg will re-
main here today and tomorrow, leav-
ing tomorrow night for Ell Paso.
II. f. Kettler, who resigned his po-
| sition as cashier at the Equitable Life
Assurance society's office. will leave
on an overland trip TO lei Paso, where
! he expects to open an insurance and
real estate office. Mrs. Kettler will
stop at Camp Whitcomb until Mr.. ket'
tier has become settled in the Pasa
city.
Smoke was discovered issuing from
the gable end of one of the Torlina
cottages, on West Atlantic avenue, at
about IL o'clock this morning and a
still alarm was turned in. When the
department arrived and the loft was
broken into it was found that the stove
pipe had become disjointed and the
smoke was coming from the pipe.
Lovers of basket ball will have the