Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-11-01
STRIKE BOARD ruling
If Wages Are Changed, Change Will
Date From Today.
ANOTHER MINE EXAMINED
At Request of Union, Arbitrator
Visit the ManviIle COlliery anu
Clad In OveraiIs and Jumpers,
Investignte Conditions There.

Scranton. Pa. Nov. 1.-The anthra-
cite strike commission has officially de
cided that if any change is made III the
rate of wages of the coal miners II
shall date from Nov. /. This announce
ment was made by the commission
through Recorder Wright in the fol
lowing brief statement:
Voted. unanimously. that if the com
mission at the conclusion Of its hear
ing and deliberations makes any
award affecting existing rates of wages
such award shall take effect from Nov
l. 1902
Recorder Wright said that this reso
luton was adopted by the commission
because its members felt that it was
lnluortant to make the investigation
deliberately and that it might be well
in order 10 relieve itself from pressure
from any source which might cause
undue haste. TO inform the operators
and the miners that should the invcsti
CATION and the deliberations folloWin.
it warrant any change whatever, eli
Their in the way of increase or reduction
OF wages. such change should be from
Il certain datc. thus enabling all par
ties to facilitate their calculations.
The action of the commission in TAX
ing this step at this time will save the
commissioners much time. 1t is known
that each side to the controversy WoulG
take determined stand on the ques
ton of when the new rate OF wages. II
one is made. shall 60 into effect The
operators in their original proposition
to President Roosevelt wanted the com
mission to fix the date. The miners
wanted the prospective new rate to be
retroactive and to go into effect on the
day when the miners returned to work
which was Oct %. President Mitchell
who was here over night, left fol-
Wilkesbarre before the announcement
was made.
The Days Programme.
The programme of the anthracite
for an inspection of the Manville col
liery at Green Ridge. two miles from
this city. and a drive through the near
by territory for the purpose of viewing
the halitations of the men who toll IN
the mines.
The members of the party we've up
early, and left their hotel soon after
the arrival of Commissioner Watkins,
whose home is in this city. Mr.. Wat
kins. owing to his intimate knowledge
of mining in this region, is the guiding
spirit of the party. He has general
charge of the present tour. In this he
is assisted by the superintendent Of
the companies located in the vicinity,
and also by President Nichols of Dis
.rict l of the miners union.
The Manville mine is operated jointly
by the Delaware and Hudson and the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
companies. This colliery was visited
at the suggestion of the Mine Workers
representatives.
Commi ssiOners Don Overalls.
The commissioners party drove to
the Manville mine. After DOMINIC
overalls and jumpers, rubber shoes and
miners caps, the party proceeded I'M
foreground.
Accompanying the commissioners
We're Assistant Recorders Moseley and
Neil, General Superintendent Rose of
the Delaware and Hudson and General
Superintendent Phillips of the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western.
which companies operate the Manvile
colliery on alternate months: District
President Nichols Of the United Mine
Workers, P. W. Tolen. president of the
Manville local of the United Mine
Workers. and William Watkins. fore
man of the mine. Commissioner Wright
did not go into the mine, but returned
to the hotel to look after correspond
ence.
The Manville shaft is 400 feet deep.
The conditions at this colliery are
claimed to be the worst in the Scranton
region, the veins averaging less than
three feet in thickness. The mine has
been in operation twenty-five years
and is built in the old style; that is.
the breaker is directly over the shaft
instead of being 200 feet from the
mouth Of the opening. as the law now
requires.
Rochester Fire Fighters Hurt.