The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-11-22

fGDnIlnueQ from rage l.
While Mr.. barrow was saying this
the commissioners were all attention
and no one outside of them and few
representatives of each side of the case
knew what was coming.
Judge Gray. In reply to Mr.. barrow,
said that the commission would be very
glad to cooperate in bringing about
the accomplishment of the end by
which the miners could have time to
examine the books of the companies.
Judge Gray's Statement.
I'VE have been aware for some time,
he said, that while the testimony that
has been adduced has been very inter-
esting and I viii not say that it has
not been of value, yet it has not yet
borne directly on the points at issue
between the parties to this contro-
yersy.
According to the suggestion just
made by counsel that an interval of
time be taken for the preparation of
the documentary evidence and for
possible agreement as to certain facts
and figures which would forward the
work of the commission. the commits
sion desires to express the hope that
an effort will be made by the parties
to come to an agreement upon nearly
all, if not ALL the matters now in con-
troversy, and that they viii adopt the
suggestion heretofore made by the
commission TO counsel on both sides,
that we aid them in such an effort by
our conciliatory offices. 1t seems to us
that many of the conditions complained
of-and which have been the subject
Of the explanation-migh be better
remedied by the parties to the contro-
versy approaching the subject in the
proper spirit and with the purpose of
fsas Il
tlemen, that the interval of time to be
granted may be availed of with this
end in view. OF course in the mean
time we shall proceed with the work
before US as we have begun it,
After this announcement Everett
Warren of counsel for the Pennsyl-
vania Coal company and the Hillside
Coal & Iron company stated the diff
Guilty of his company in being able to
present their payrolls and other evil
dence in a brief time, and approved
Of an adjournment of a week or ten
days. This was all acceded to and in
order to give all parties an opportun-
ity to confer on the state of affairs an
adjournment was taken at 12:45 until
IL tomorrow morning.
Not All Have Consented.
1t was learned tonight that all the
large companies have not yet assented
to the proposed outside agreement, but
that in all probability they will con-
sent and continue to work as a unit
as they did during the strike. The
Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron
company it is understood, has not yet
been heard from on the matter. Those
who are said to be in the agreement
scheme are the Delaware, Lackawanna
& Western, the Lehigh Valley, the Del
aware & Hudson and the Erie COM
pany, which controls the Pennsylvania
Coal company and the Hillside Coal &
Iron company. The attorneys for some
of the other companies are hourly ex-
pecting to hear from the head officials
Of the corporations they represent.
There is wide difference of opinion
as to whether the proposal to settle
the differences among themselves will
meet with success. AS a general pro-
position it is believed by the officers
that it will succeed, but that some of
the controversial points will have to go
before the arbitrators. 1t has been re-
allied that at least two of the four
demands of the miners-that of the
uniform wage scale and the weighing
of cOal-cannot be satisfactorily set
tied in the hearing room, but must be
fixed at the mines. There are more
than $50 collieries and there are hardly
any two of them alike.
Must Be Elastic Scale.
It is argued by the operators that
there must be a different scale for each
one on account of the varying con-
ditions, and that a uniform scale,