The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-18

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declared that he did not.
Mr. Mitchell was. handed photo
graph OF young woman school
teacher, who. ii was alleged, had been
dismissed from her position because
her father had been a non-unionist,
and was asked if it was fair TO rob
her of her place on that account. Judge
Gray repeated the question.
AS general proposition, said Mr..
Mitchell u should say not. 1t is going
10 an extreme which no labor organiza-
ton advocates
He said, however. that under some
conditions it would impair the efficiency
of the teacher. because the nupils, the
children of men on strike, would not
obey, and therefore it was proper to
petition for the teachers removal, at
least until matters had quieted down.
Mr. Mitchell. in response TO questions
by Mr. MacNeagh and Judge Gray. de-
clSred that d member OF a trade union
who was member of a state militia
should not escape service hut should
willingly perform al the duties of cit
izenship and accept all the responsible
ties that go with them.
At the afternoon session the ques-
ton of b0ycotts was taken up again,
and Mr.. Maeyeagh pressed Mr.. Mitchell
hard for a straight out expression on
boycotts. The attorney read a list of
fourteen men who were killed during
the strike, and Mr.. Mitchell said that
a number es these We're killed by coal
and iron police, and that Of the four
teen, ten of them did not belong to
the union. a list of the seriously
injured was also put in evidence by
Mr.. MaeVeagh.
Reign of Terror.
Judge Gray took hand in the ex-
a nd aSlra NFy nIl II
how large a degree does the success
Of a strike depend upon the existence
Of such a reign of terror or such con-
ditiens as have been characterized as
intolerable?"
L should say" Mr. Mitchell replied,
that its success would not be de-
pendent upon it at all. The very con-
reduce the chances of winning the
strike
In my Judgment" he continued.
violence never contributed to the sue
cess of a strike because it loses for
those on strike the sentiment of the
public"
Judge Gray-It has an influence on
those who are willing to work. in de-
terring them from work, has it not?''
Mr.. MITCHELL have no doubt it does
deter them to limited degree. / don't
deferred from work. who would work
for the reason that in the vicinities
where the largest number of troops
were there were no disturbances of our
men, So it would indicate that the
men were not on strike because they
feared to go to work, although a man
may have been deferred because Of
ostracism.'
81 don't think Mr.. Mitchell replied
to a question, that the mines could
have been started this winter, or any
time during the summer, even in the
absence of one act of lawlessness. I
don't believe a sufficient number of
men would have returned TO work on
the wages paid for year."
Question of Dynamite.
Mr.. Mitchell, after further questions.
said that any man who would use dyn-
amite for the purpose of destroying
property ought TO be sent to the peni-
Tertiary, no matter whether ne was
union or non-union man, an operator
or anybody else. He said miner was
we'll versed in the use of dynamite,
and knew when it could be exploded
without injury. 1T is a peculiar thing"
said he, that no one was hurt and no
building blown up. The miners, if thss
wanted to blow up property, knew how
to do it"
Don't you see you have given your
whole case away?" inquired Mr.. Mac
Veagh.
q don't see how" responded Mr..
Mitchell.
They did not want to kill people,
sarcastically remarked Mr.. MacVeagh.
They wanted to intimidate them with
out having their necks on the gal
lows"
DO you think they sought to intim-
idate the railroad bridge men?' Mr..
asked his inquisitOr.
They sought undoubtedly to prevent
the movement of troops by exploding
dynamite under the bridges"
mo, Mr.. MacVeagh,' was the wit
ness reply, 4 don't think they did
1 don't think your people were averse
to trying to create a sentiment against
the strikers
I'VE did not need to do so. They
created it against themselves only too
rapidly"
We'll" said Mr. Mitchell. "if the
public had been voting on it you would
have found a considerable majority on
the other side
Mr.. Mitchell closed his testimony for
the day by stating. in answer to a
question, that the alleged acts Of in
and violence did not con-
tribute to the success of the strike
at all