The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1902-10-24

has been accomplished. Sooner OF
later the operators would have had
90 back down from their unwarrant-
ed position, their having done 60
now is due 10 the efforts Of Presi-
dent Roosevelt. As President
Mitchell says in his letter accepting
ing the arbitration commission ap
pointed by the President, if the
operators had been willing to sub
mit the matter to arbitration at the
outset, and as they have done now,
there need have been no strike, and
il is hoped that the lesson Of the
anthracite strike of 1902 will burn
ieep and result in calling in Of fair
and disinterested a.bitrators in all
future labor difficulties.
In the November bulletin Of the
Bureau Of Labor appears speeches
made to the President by the oper
ators at their first White House con-
Terence, along with number OF
statistics concerning the industry.
Among other things, the statement
lis made over the signature OF Presi-
lent Baer that, to the 26,270 min
srs employed by the Reading mines,
WAGES were paid which averaged
*296.20 per year. From this
amount must be deducted rent and
the cost Of powder and oil, the as
.ess ment for the company doctor,
etc, leaving a net balance for The
miner and his family Of $l4S, a lit
lie over " rs per week. On the
surface, the miners appear to re-
,eive good wages by the day, but
The number OF days employed re
iuces the weekly income to the fig.
ures given. II there we're plenty OF
miners who were willing to return
10 work at those wages, provided
hey were given adequate military
protection, it is interesting to know
what becomes OF that abundant
prosperity which is the republican
slogan, aud on which Mr.. Hanna
urges the people to "stand pat
While the utmost satisfaction is
expressed with the personnel Of the
arbitration committee the President
nas appointed, il is generally con-
|ceded that the work before the com
mission is of herculean character
Among the contentious Of the min
ers are that they shall have a rep.
resentative at the weighing dumps
vi 0 shall be appointed by their
union and shall be paid by the op-
-rators. They also demand 20 pei
cent. increase Of wages and an eight
hour day for the laborers, the min
ers working by the piece. There
may be no injustice in the present
system Of docking, but in view Of
The figures it is not surprising that
the miners believe there is. Fol-
instance, from one coliery Of the
Delaware and Hudson, there were
mined 234, 1928 tons Of coal, and the
miners were paid for but lSS, ,329.
In another collier Of the same CON-
pany the coal amounted to 497 ,23S,
and The miners were paid for hut
414, ,49I tons. In an Ontario and
Hudson colliery the coal mined
amounted to 2S9, ,956 and the min
ers were paid for 9,269 tons.
These figures are taken from the
report of the state mine inspector.
As a stump speaker, Mr.. Shaw
will doubtless prove diversion, if
not an amusement. II is reported
that at a recent pow-wow in Balti
more, the Secretary stopped abrupt
lly in the midst Of bis harangue and
said "the Band will now play that
republican campaign song, the Star
Spangled Banner. The Band did
so, and the audience was treated to
the spectacle Of the Secretary OF the
Treasury singing in a sadly cracked
tenor, and in key several tones
bove the band, as became one
of his exalted station, the entire
republican campaign song"
When it became a republican song
was not stated. After attempting to
charm his audience with music(?)
the repre- sentative Of the Cabinet
Launched once more into the subject
of reforming the financial system Of
the country, but the general impres.
sion Of his audience was that he
was more Of a troubadour than a
financier.
Senator Morgan, Of Alabama, was
lin Washington recently and did not
hesitate to state his position in re-.
gard to the coal situation. He said
"Senator Hill is wrong and Attor.
ney General Knox is right" The
coal trust and every other trust can
be controlled by the common law,
and enactments perfectly within the
power Of Congress. II remains to
be seen, however, il any republican
majority will dare to enact Q law,
which will give such proper power
- tha proa;donf or his attorney cen.