Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-11-18

MacVeagh much desired "A form OF asree &c
ment such as the union proposed with tne
operators Mr.. Mitchell had not prepaie. -
one, except the h &c, general nam4 ohe
Il wish you would let us nave one; ~
we can see what you allow us. w M sna.
be thankful for small favors' 80, saiu shn"ia
Veagh Later he again said: we shouio
be glad to look into this paradlse YOU ~
wife us to enter -
There was laughter on several occa-
sions Mr. MacVeagh was WITTY, anu 50
was Mitchell The latter. illustrating me ne
fact that a saving bank deposit OF sl.o,voo
in the Forest City Bank dld NOT heG ,.,.'.
rily denote prosperity among ,he i hilisi
said: why, suppose you hao uepo'''e"
Fi .E;ye,i IS. me; cried Macveagh. II
never deposit more than 5000
Then suppose did" said Mltcne,,;
Later MacVeagh said: In TINS couii,iS
we are ali lawyers except the judges
Conditions were here cohpaIeu NJ;
conditions under union agreements III m
nois which Mr.. Mitchell had declared oiie
| Of the best unionized states, ana Mac
Veagh lead from operators reports tnt'
the quality of the coal had steaaily , ue-
| Perforated and consumers c'ii'''
| were increasing. -, r A.,
! on the whole. the day was fun of the
effort to show that conditions under I'M
| recognized unionism were worse 'lidi
where none is recognized, as IN III. ,, US
| trict: that the wages are equai 10 those
| rjven other manual workers; tnat me
/ hours OF work are detrimental 10 'he
! men ard many of the accidents que u
careIessness 1t showed that the operat .
! ors are armed at every point Ihey VIII
combat Mr.. MitchelrS assertion that there
was no serious violation of when union
] men We're guilty by presenting hnhureds
! of eases collected in a book OF q pages.
They have masses of reports, aihdaVits
| and miners resolutions, showing IN
stances where locals diSobeyed the union
| laws and of printed books, colleclioii
| ;.l - al % No.
weeks to examine. Judge Gray Jokingly
smoke of this. We do not want to ac-
| tlally have to weigh the evidence, he
said.
are eminently satisfied with the union S
showing in the case SO FAR. Some OF the
attorneys connected with the case are oil
the opinion that some arrangement VIII
have to be agreed upon to expedite the
proceedings. Each side is anxious for a
speedy ending of the hearings, but TINS
is impossible if the present plans OF the
cOntending parties are carried out. Inc
miners have large number of witnesses
to be heard. and the attorneys for eaeh OF
the coal companies are ANXIOUS TO cross
examine them. After the miners have
closed their case the companies VIII also
present a long line of persons to testify,
and it is the intention of the lawyers on
the miners side to crosS-eXamlne the
witnesses for the companies.
After the opening of the morning Ses-
sion Chairman Gray addressed John i.
Lenehan, one of the attorneys for the
non union men. AT Fridays session Mr..
I.enehan said he represented the nom
union men who worked during the strike,
and wanted to know what their status
would be before the commission. Judge
Gray said the commission would not give
a decision until after it had carefully
considered the matter.
In addressing MIR. Lenehan the chair
man said. The commission has consic-
cred the matter of your application and
has decided that it will ask you to submit
to it a statement showing whom you rep
resent, by what authority, what point
others than those already at issue be-
tween the formal parties to this contro-
versy you wish to inject into this hear
ing. and concise statement of what You
claim or what your position is in regard
to the general proposition between the
formal and logical parties to this COM
mission, and also state that you guaran-
tee submission to the award of this com
mission"
How soon must this be done?" asked
Mr.. Lenehan.
LAS soon as you can" replied Judge
GraV.