The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-12-06
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Chairman Gray, that the steam men
had no separate organization and We're
ordered to come out by the United Mine
Workers unless they got an eight hour
day."
Silence assented to this being fair
settlement Of the situation.
Major Warren spoke briefly to i'm
press on the commission the sgnifi-
canoe of his point that two years ago
the steam men got a raise in wages
without joining in the strike, and that
it follows they would have shared in
whatever victory the miners won with
out sharing in the strike.
The cross examination OF Mr.. Mar
nick was then resumed. Major War
rem elected from him the fact that be
went to Buffalo few days after quit
ting his post at the Sloan, secured a
job at s2.25 for ten hours and worked
at it for five months. yet when the
strike was declared off he hastened
back to Scranton and applied for his
SIS a month. twelve-hotirs-a-day job.
On redirect examination by Mr.. Dar-
row, the witness said he came back
from Buffalo because his home and
family are here.
William Major, chief OF police Of
Moosic, who was refused re-employ-
ment at the Law shaft of the Erie COM
pany at Avoca, testified that Supern-
tendent Henry Mcmillan told him he
was refused his job because he "called
scabs at people, which, the witness
maintained. was a false accusation.
Joseph OBrien. representing the nom
union men, asked a few questions as
to Mr.. Majors whereabouts at various
times. with view of laying grounds
fpr fi,tura cor fCa n iofipp
'TWoULD FUNNY.
Major Warren asked the witness if it
was not true that he had threatened
harm to one Thomas j. Brown. who
was working at an Erie washery in
Pittston. Chief Major admitted having
encountered Brown bound for work, but
denied having threatened him or any
other man. ut would be funny,
wouldn't it," said the witness with
some show of offended dignity, "to see
a police officer of Moosic borough
threatening people?'
The major declined to commit him.
self in an opinion as to whether or not
this would be funny
Tony Lori. a 22-year-old employe Of
Coke Bros. & Co. at Drifton, told that
he was refused reinstatement and that
justify the company in not taking him
back.
You acted as interpreter among the
Italians for the union, a great DEAL
didn't you, Tony" Attorney Mccarthy
asked.
Yes. sir"
That's the only reason, as far as
you know. why you didn't get your job
back, is it?"
The question" was about the limit
thus far in the way of latitude in eX-
amining a witness and provoked loud
laughter among the attorneys. Judge
= Gray was facing Mr.. Mccarthy, appar-
emily bent on gently reminding him
that there was a limit, but Mr.. Nc
Carthy indicated by gestures and mods
that the judge needn't admonish him.
and the two joined in the general
laughter.
Rev. DR.. James Moore. of Avoca who,
it will be remembered, addressed a
number of miners mass meetings dur
ing the strike, was the next witness
put on the stand. He is pastor of the
Primitive Methodist church at Avoca,
and has spent most of his twenty one
years in the ministry in Avoca, Ply
mouth, Shenandoah and other mining
towns. All the adult male members of
his present flock are miners, with the
exception of one, who is a mine black
smith. All of them We're strikers, ex-
cept a superintendent, a fireboss and a
driver boss.
His congregation, he told numbers
200. There are twenty-five household
ers in the number. He believed most Of
these homes were mortgaged. The
miners are, he said, nice. law-abiding
people. "They cannot be surpassed"
he declared.
EXAMINED DUE BILLS.
He examined thrty-nne due bills of
three miners. They We're for the years
1898 and 1899. Averaging them he found
that for 419 ten-hour days the pay was
s4S7.15. They were the due bills, he
understood, of contract miners.
This was insufficient, he thought, for
the support of q family. He knew OF
boys OF miners families being sent to
the breaker when they We're barely able
to carry dinner pail. Daughters OF
the family went into the mills and fac
tories at very early age.
Miners, he asserted do not drink
more than the average workman. Dur
ing the five and one-half months of the
strike in Avoca, ii town of $500 in
habitants, he saw only one drunken
man. Special efforts We're made by
clergymen. mine workers leaders and
other men of influence to promote
sobriety during the strike. The witness
declared he never lived in more
peaceable community than Avoca was
during the strike.
Under cross examination by Mr.. Tor.
rey, DR.. Moore admitted he saw four
efligies suspended in Avoca during the
strike. He contended they We're hung
by mischievous boys, and to indicate
that they were hung indiscrimnately
he told that one of them was suspended
in front of his own house.
Attorney II. C. Reynolds next cross
examined DIR. Moore. Mr.. Reynolds de-
veloped the fact that the best paid
Primitive Methodist clergyman in the
United States receives less than 81, 200
salary per annum, and that the aver
age salary OF the clergymen of this de-
nomination in the local field is 5000.
Dr. Moore said his salary is about $500
year.
Since the strike, the witness has seen
about half a dozen drunks. He saw
them on or Immediately after pay day.
THE miner, you know" said the witt
ness with evident anxiety to qualify
his admission, sis not addicted to drink
and just little will upset him."
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