Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-11-01
The Anthracite Strike Arbitrator
Are at Scranton.
TO GO INTO THE MINES TODAY
Tribunal viii Try to Get First Hand know-
edge Of the Industry Safeguards
Against Danger.


will make an inspection of the mines
and the homes Of the mine workers,
arrived here last night over the Cen
trail Railroad Of New Jersey. Commits
sioner r. Fl. Watkins, whose home is
in this city, came here early in the
Gav and arranged some of the details
for the first days tour Of the upper re-
gion. The commission's headquarters
are at the Hotel Jermyn, where the
party occupies II rooms.
Today will be spent in the region
north of this CITY At 8. 10 A. M. the
party left via the Delaware and Hud-
son railroad for Forest City, a mining
town in Susquehana county, the upper
edge of the hard-coal fields. % miles
from here. The opera tors will be repre-
sented by General Manager Brvden,
of the New York, Ontario and West
ern Company superintendent Rose.
of the Delaware and Hadson General
Manager Thorne, of the Temple Iron
Company, and General Manager May.
of the Erie Company. District Presi
dent r. d. Nichols, of the miners
union. will be the principal represen
tative of the miners. President Nit
chell will not come to this city unless
sent for. The train will travel slowly,
so that the Commissioners can get.-a
GOOD idau oF +ba country
At Forest City the party will be low
cred into one of the Erie Company S
mines. and it is expected that the en-
tire morning will be spent under
ground As "A precaution against ac-
cident a superintendent. fire boss or a
practical miner will accompany each
member of the party through the work
ings. Lunch will be had in Carbon
dale, four miles south of Forest City
A coalsbreaker will be visited at Car
bondale, and then the return journey
to Scranton will be made over the On
tario and Western railroad. The Com
missioners will stop at ELEPHANT, six
miles north of Scranton, for the pur-
pose of visiting other colleries and to
look at the homes and surroundings of
the mineworkers.
Friday the Commission will spend the
day visiting collieres in and about
Scranton and viewing the mining SUI
burbs. Saturday they will go to Viii :
kesbarre.
Mr.. Watkins in an interview SAID
that the Commission will probably
not sit to take testimony until after a
tour of the region has been completed.
1t is possible, though. that a session
will take place Monday in Wilkesbarre
to receive the statement TO be present
ed bv President Mitchell of the mine
workers to which the operators have
agreed TO make answer within three
DAYS 1t is almost certain that no tes-
timonv will be taken in Scranton this
week.
The purpose of the Commission
lust at present." Mr.. Watkins said,
sis to get general view of the phys
ical conditions of .anthracite mining.
with the idea of giving the members
of the Commission unacqu ainted with
coal mining an opportunity of seeing
what mine is like. how the miners
work and live and how the product is
handled. With all the Commissioners
having "A general knowledge of these
subjects before we begin taking testi-
monv to have their statements intelli-
gently appreciated. -
Twenty five accountants were brought
here from New York by the Erie Com
panv. They will assist the company 5
clerks in this city in arranging data
for presentation to the Commission.
None of the members of the commits
sion is willing to be quoted in predic-
lions of the length of time the work
of the commission will consume. They
say that they will go into the subject
exhaustively, and one Of them said
privately he believed the report would
be ready within two months,
If either of the parties to the con
troversy should refuse to abide by the
decision of the commission, what
could be done?" this commissioner was
asked
II do not regard that as a possibili.
ty," was his answer. eve see nc
reason to anticipate ANYTHING of the
sort do not believe that either side
could face the force of public opinion
bv rejecting the conclusions which
they have agreed III advance to ac
cept
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severe cold which refused to weld t.
any tretment until we tried Foley
Honey and Tar He was completed.
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