The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-01

Bishop SpauldinE TO Preach on
Sunda,-MOre soldiers 90 Nome.
SCRANTON, Pa. Oct. 81. With the same
diligence with which the members of the
Anthracite Strike Commission conducted
heir researches on Thursday. they con-
tinued their Investigations to-day. They
went deep into the mines. they asked all
conceivable questions Of nearly every
one they saw there, they made men, al
notes Of a vast number Of matters, and
then they took trolley ride about Scran-
ton and suburbs, and had their frs. look
at the miners homes. II was day of
great activity with them and one that was
full NJ interesting developments
Before the party broke up for the day
this afternoon, { member o. the commits
sion lct drop tho interesting informal ion
that the commission will return to Scran-
ton by the middle of next week and begin
he taking Of testimony here. That the
beginning would b. made here Is not sur
prsing, in view OF the fact that the com
mission came hero to got their first inside
view Of the mines
The OF her announcements made con-
cerned their programme for tomorrow
A. 2 O'Clock the commission will take the
Delaware, Iackawanna and Western train
for Wilkes Barre. where. during the morn
ing, they will visit the Prospect colliery of
The Lehigh Valley company, which is said
20 he one Of the largest and the finest in the
region In the afternoon the commits
sion will take The trolley cars for Ashley
and Sugar Notch. so that they will be able
to get "A view of the homes Of the miners
in that vicinity. In the evening they will
come back TO this city and will spend their
Sunday here.
On Sunday morning Bishop Spaulding
will preach a, the ST. Peters Cathedral
here and all the other members will attend
tho service TO hear him. During the day
the commission will visit Moses Taylor
Hospital in this city. Their movements
on Monday have not vet been decided but
il is likely that they will visit the Hazleton
region.
There were n number of interesting
developments during the day. One was
the laugh during the morning al tn" er-
penes of Judge Gray The latter and
Bishop Spauding had become fa'igued
with the long stay in the mine and came
10 the head of the shaft 10 await the Others,
While they were in the en CINE house a num-
Der of slate pickers employed about the
breaker came in. The two Commissioners
began to ask searching questions of them
how much they earned how old they were
and the number Of hours that they worked
each day
Finally, Judge Gray divided 80 cen,
among the boys and they went out. Shortly
after the other members of the party came
to the surface the boys reapprared looking
as if they were looking for cash contribu-
tons Judge Gray asked them what they
had done with the money that he had given
them. One of them answered that they
had spent it for cigarettes. Judge Gray
and Bishop Spaulding looked shocked
while the other members of the party. who
were somewhat acquainted with the habits
of the slate pickers. laughed
Judge Gray administered severe lee
ture to the boys on the evils Of cigarette
smoking Bishop Spaulding then divided
some more money among the boys, after
putting them on their honor that they would
spend i, for apples.
Another feature was tho rebuke that
Gen. Wilson administered To n secretary Of
mine workers local who accompanied the
PARTY. Gen Wilson was asking some ques.
lions while in the Manville mine abou,
details Of the business. The secretary OF
the local several times interrupted Mr.
Nichols while he was seeking to reply and
once con,radicted him point blank. Gen
given 10 expressing his thoughts in good
vigorous English. He informed the score.
rary of The local that the Quest ions that were
being asked were asked of Mr.. Nichols
and he alone was expected to answer them
Nothing more was heard from the offending
mine worker after that rebuke
Az soon as he came down 10 breakfast
in the morning Recorder Wright handed 70
the reporters the follow ing copy Of q motion
adoptei nv the commission and the re-
pprder'. eypAnati ion of the
If the commission. al the conclusion
Of its hearings and deliberations. makes
any award affect ing existing rates Of wages
such award shall take effect from Nov. /,
1902
The recorder of the commission said
that this resolution was adopted by the
commission because il felt that it was i'm
portant to make its investigations delib-
crately. and that It might he well, in order to
relieve itself from pressure from any source
which might cause undue haste. 10 inform
the operators and the miners that should
he invest igation and the elaboration
following II warrant any change whatever,
either in the way Of increase or reduct ion
Of wages, such change should be from a
certain date thus enabling all parties
TO facilitate their calculations
The members Of the commission climbed
into carriages Al $40 O'Clock and proceeded
10 The Manvillc breaker az Green Ridge
which they had on the previous evening
decided 10 visit to-day. This miae is oper-
ated jointly by the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Company and the I.ackawanna com.
panv. II is an old mine and one of the poor
est for he miners. II tolally lacks modern
improvements and the breaker stands
directly over The shaft, something that il
forbidden 10y law in he erect ion of break
ors to-day, for fear of another such dsas eI
~ that AT Avondale
Because the mine was one Of the strongest
- owinys that the miners can make in
b half Of their contention for shorter
hu and a wage increase it was selected
by the commission for their visit to-day
All the members Of the commission were
present with the exception OF Recorder
Wright, who was kept away by rheuma-
tism.
There are three veins IN the Manville
mine and il was proposed 10 visit No. 2
hrst After jumpers and ovcralls had been
been donned the party in the cage were
dropped down a distance Of $50 feet. They
found themselves in a mine where there
was no electric lighting and whore the cars
were drawn by mules, II was a peep
into the mining methon Of ten years ago.
The object of the commission was 10
reach a vein two and half feet thick
Az the men were moving along the gang
way they passed car Of coal in which
the coal was even with the top. Supt
Phillips of the Iackawanna company
Immediately called attention TO il. He
was one of the two men sent along by