The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-06
TWO VICTIMS OF MINING
PUT ON WITNESS STAND
PitiabIe Spectacle Presented by Blind Men Who
Were Manned as Well as SightIeSs
No Further Effort at Compromise Between the Operators and
Miners So Far as Known.

They came and the company felt 1T was
bound to protect such men
1t was decided that where it was adj
mitted by the operators that some men
whose places had been filed or in whose
cases there was q special reason for
not re-emplOying them, il would be a
waste of time TO hear further testimony
and that such facts may be laid before
the commission on request OF the Op-
posing side The witness was permit
ted to continue. inasmuch as he had
already started his testimony, but moth
ing new developed.
Before the examination OF witnesses
was resumed Chairman Gray said the
commission had decided to present to
both sides tomorrow certain blank
forms which would indicate what in
formation regarding wages the COM
mission wanted
Half a dozen witnesses, all Of them
mine workers, were called to the stand
in rapid succession TO testify to the al
legged blacklisting Of themselves by the
companies. All Of them were employed
before the strike, but when the suspen-
sion was ended-they were refused work
The companies. the witnesses said, gave
various reasons why they refused 20 re-
employ them, none of which was salts
factory to the WOrkmen.
Victims of Mining.
Mr.. barrow for the miners then pre-
scented two witnesses who had been in
! jured in the mines. Both were blind
and had 10 be led 10 the stand One OF
them, who had lost both eyes in an ex-
/ piOSiOn, had lost one arm and the other
hand was rendered useless. The other
4 blind man lost part Of one Of his ears
/ in the explosion in which he was
] caught.
! After they had left the stand the at
1 2
| a gainSt bringing those unfortunate men
/ TO the witness stand. They were in
| jured before the strike and had no d.
! rect bearing on the matter before the
! commission. They sympathized with
! the men, but thought IL was not the
right thing TO have them appear before
/ the commission Mr.. DarrOW said he
| ton Of such witnesses, but he wanted
to bring the commission TO a realizing
sense OF the danger OF coal mining
/ Chairman Cray here broke in and
said he hoped the thing would not be
/ Overdone. we have a realizing sense
! of the conditions" he said. and / may
say that never saw a sadder spectacle
than that presented by these two men
Father Curran's Testimony
Rev. J. J. Curran. the Roman Catholic
clergyman of WiIkesbarre, occupied the
witness stand during the remainder Of
the session He read a statement in
which he said he had made every ef-
fort possible to prevent the recent
struggle and that after the men had
concluded to strike he came out and
strongly espOused their cause, because
he thought they were being unfairly
dealt with and deserved more money
for their labor
Father Curran then gave a descrip-
ton of the conditions under which the
mine workers live, which was some
what similar to that given yesterday by
Father Hussie of HazletOn- In answer
TO questions put by Judge Gray, Father
Curran said he was opposed to the boy
! colt and the blacklist This sentiment
raised the approval Of the chairman
who said that If bOycOtts were permits
TED the country would go TO pieces"
MacVeagh Was Emphatic.
New York, Dec. 5.-Wayne Mac
Veagh arrived from Scranton tonight
and went to the Waldorf-AstOria.
When asked whether there was any
possibility OF a settlement OF the strike
by an agreement outside Of the com
mission, Mr. MacVeagh said emphat-
ically:
There is no such possibility. and
there viii be no further conferences
outside the commission, except such
as may occur between counsel for the
t clearing up Of minor details. The com
t mission viii go on with its work 10 the
? end
Mr.. AIacVeagh viii go to Washing
ton tomorrow His visit, he said, was
= on private business in no way con-
I. nected with the coal controversy.