Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-03
MITCHELL PRESENTS CASE
Hands Arbitrators Details Of Union De-
mands for Consideration.
BOARD SEES HAzLETOa CoLLtRY TO-DAY
Operators wish Them to visit one
aud miners Another-Dispute May Il,
he settled by Commission
Making Selection.

SCRANTON. Pa, Nov. 2.--The commits
sioners left today for Hazleton to spend
four days in further acQuainting themselves
with the physical affairs of mining. They
had not decided up to the time of leaving
how they would divide their time in the
middle and lower districts. II was def
nitely decided, though, that not more than
four days would be devoted to the trip.
Assistant Recorder Neil was left behind
to receive the miners statement from
President Mitchell tomorrow On Thursday
it is expected the operators counter state
meut will be presented. The commissioners
will then take recess until Friday, No
vember IA, by which time The two parties
will be expected 10 have completed the
preparation Of their cases and be ready to
go on with the hearing.
The commission will also devote the
interim to preparation for the hearings by
acquainting themselves with the details
of the two statements.
Bishop SPalding preached al the late mass
in st. Peters cathedral this evening. His
fellow commissioners attended the service
and occupied front pews. The sermon was
based on the tenth verse of the thirteenth
chapter of st. Paul's Epistle to the Romans:
Love worketh no i'll to his nelghbor;
therefore, love is the fulfilling of the law
No reference was made to the work of
The commission and only in a most general
way could the sermon be made applicable
thereto.
The commission will remain in their
sleeping car all night and will be met at
in the morning at Pond Creek, about nine
miles north of Hazleton, by Thomas Duffy,
the president OF this district Of the mine
workers union, who will represent the
miners.
Mr. Warriner, general superintendent of
the Lehigh Valley. and Mr.. Richards. gen
eral superintendent of the Lehigh q
Wilkesbarre company, will represent the
operators. The mines which the commits
sion will visit have not yet been decided
upon.
Mr. Warrinor has suggested the No. 20
shaft, operated by his company. The min
ers prefer to have the arbitrators inspect
colliery Of c. Pardee & Co. There are
twenty mines In the region and all
but No. 40 shaft are entered by means of
a slope
The Harwood is typical mine Of this
region. and as the commissioners have thus
far only visited mines with shafts and have
not gone down slope. the miners think
they should select the Harwood.
The commissioners on Saturday requested
both sides to agree on one mine. and IL
they fail, they themselves will probably
decide the matter.
WILKESBARRE, Pa, Nov. ct. ].
Duffy, district president of the United
Mine Workers for the Lehigh district, left
for Hazleton this evening and will accom-
pany the investigation commission on its
tour OF the Lehigh region. MIR. Duffy had
conference with the general superin-
tendent Of the Lehigh Valley Coal com
pany relative to the alleged dismissal OF
some union miners from the collieries OF
the company in the Lehigh region. Neither
party to the conference would give out
anything for publication.
The trouble at the mines OF the King
ston Coal company remains unsettled A
committee OF the United Mine Workers
waited on the general superintendent and
tried to have him give his consent to allow
the check weighmen employed by the
miners to remain on the company's prop
erty. Mr.. Williams said he would give a
reply In a day or two.