The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-11-26

about SIPS. After that his wages Is from S2-5O to 8 a day, according to his skill and good fortune fin securing a desirable position.
 Compare this long period of work and small earnings with the apprentice ship of the miner. An immigrant, just landed on American soil. speaking one or two words of English, utterly ignor- ant. is eligible as a miners Iaborer, to a position which gives him the opportu- nifty to learn and acquire his miner $ certificate. while earning between g. and $40 per day. Is there any compar- isOn?
 Let the commission bring out these matters. This testimony can easily be secured. Its presentation and the pub licity which can be given to it will be of infinite service to every mining com pany. The public will have an oppor- tunity of seeing the other side. The men themselves will talk about it. about how much miner can earn. The mechanic, who finds that he is working more hours for less money than the miner, will talk. Unemployed labor will learn of the opportunity for comfortable earnings, and will talk. and the miners, when they enter into a discussion with other workers. will not be long in seeing that they have had the opportunity for comfortable earnings, and will talk, and the miners, when they enter into dis cussion with other miners, will not be long in seeing that they have had the opportunity and have made good earn ings. and become jealous that their field will be entered by others who wish for equally good fortune.
 Thus far the general effect of the testimony presented has given undue prominence to Mir Mitchell. In the four and one-half days in which he was kept on the stand, the only point of value ascertained was that he was in sympathy with the miners and was not familiar with anthracite mining. Half an hour would have served the same purpose, and prevent so much sympathy-creating generalities. He said that others knew the situation better-they would be called. Probably these persons are to be the next wit nesses for that side, and if they are men with good record for faithful work, cross examination will show what we have already stated-that their earnings are sufficient-and this could then be supported by our own witnesses. But our local attorneys, and the superintendents of the col lieries are best fitted for such ques- tions. They are familiar with the de- tails and can bring out the proofs.
 ;yoTr I,s any attempt at a compromise should immediately stop, that the investiga- tion should continue and that one or two of the individual operatorsA with your representatives, should collect and ,tabulate figures of earnings for the purpose of presenting them in evil dence. After that our witnesses can appear.
 After struggling, through the past five months, with their losses and an- noyances it is little matter to wait short time more. A good fight is never useless and if in the end, we should not win, it will be better to have ended with the dignity of strong effort than to weakly go on our knees now, when we know the other side has prac- tically exhausted it's resources
 The meeting of the independent op- orators and railroad officials lasted about an hour and at its close, Presi- dent Fowler, of the New York, Ontario & Western said that President Baer of the Reading was preparing a state ment. Later the statement, as given above, was issued and MT. Baer left at once for Philadelphia.