The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-11-20
BARONS HATE UNION
Will Never Recognize Miners Or-
ganization in Any Form.
Their ANSWERS MADE PUBLIC
,v,, pesist TO the Utmost Every TT
fort of Arbtrators to Make
Recognition Of Union
an Issue.

That the anthracite coal nllne o"''
-,;,, resist to the utmost every
effort to make the recognitlon u a o
80 Mine workers of America an ISSUE
- tho arbitration which is no" ~
nrogress is made evident oy 'ne ~
nlies TO the statement OF fresioen'
Iobn Mitchell of the miners orsaui
oo+ion which have been filed with Inc
the strike commission. There are siA
~ these answers and all dwell WIN es'
pecial emphasis and marked unanl a
;+v. IN this point. they also agree
IN resisting the demands or 1he inin
orc for increase of pay for piece "orh'
. reduction of hours for time WORK.
and for the weighing rather than 'ne
measurement of coal.
recorder Wright left washington
for the anthracite regions wednesday,
taking these replies with lin. III ao-
dition to the statement made Tor tne
Reading company by President Baer
tho LIST comprises the replies OF tne
delaware and Hudson company the
Delaware and Lackawanna, the Ae
high Valley, the Pennsylvania anu
Scranton coal company.
The reply of the Delaware and LACK
awanna railroad cop pany to president
Mitchell's statement to the anthracite
coal strike commission was maoe pun.
lie Wednesday morning. 1t was slsneo
nv w n. Truesdale, president OF tne
company, who says that the company
owns 25 anthracite collieries and en-
nlovs $4,000 workmen in this Drancn
Of it's business. Mr.. Truesdale, like
Mr.. Baer, objects to making the rec
IGNITION of the union one of the issues
to be considered by the COMMISSION.
saving that in the proposluon made
by the company for arbitration one or
the express conditions was that tine
findings of the commission should nno
the condition of employment between
it and its employees"
He adds: "This company unequlV-
ocally asserts that It will rnder no
condition recognize or enter into any
agreement with tie association KNOWN
as the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea or any branch thereof. Nor will 1t
permit said association or its officers
to dictate the terms and conditions un-
der which it shall conduct Its ousl~
ness"
Referring to the recent strike, Mr.
Truesdale says that he IS reliably IN
formed that so per cent of its en-
ployes were opposed to the strike, but
were forced to enter upon 1T by ma
jority vote Of the mine workers IN
other fields. MIR. Truesdale follows
closely the lines OF Mr.. Baer's argu-
ment as to the dissimilarity in the
work Of the anthracite mines and that
in bituminous mines. he declares
that it Is impossible to adopt uni
form rate to be paid to the miner for
a unit of coal mined at all mines. He
says:
"Prior to the Introduction of agita-
tors and mischief makers the anthra-
cite workers were on an average as
prosperous, comfortable and content
ed as any body OF workers in similar
employment in this country"
The wages, it is added, are such
that frugal employees have saved SUBJ
stantial amount every year.
Mr.. Truesdale resists the demand
for reduction of 20 per cent in hours
of labor, saying that no such branch Of
business employing thousands of men
| can hope to compete successfully in
the markets Of the world If It's hours
Of labor are restricted. He declares
that there is no unjust discrimination
in the weighing of coal, as It is meas"
ured rather than weighed, and he as
serts that the demand is out Of all
reason, and its effect, so far as this
company is concerned, is demand
for additional increase in the wages
now paid miners Of from 5 to 40 per
cent,