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could claim that all their men worked by
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members Of the commission indicated their
| impatience over the fart that the inquiry
desire to hasten II. When tho cross-exam-
| ion 81 Mr.. Mitchell Wa resumed 10y Mr.
| Ross this morning he said
Mr.. Mitchell, you testified yesterday
regarding the resolutions regarding the
murder Of Mr. McSweeny by union men
want 10 ask II the union expelled those
| members for killing him.
| Il AIN not avare that the men who did il
were member ~ The N ion"
You said Mat they rss-Ad resolutions
| regre,,ing u
| Conforming all laplessno.s
| Don't you knO~ that h" was murdered
| by union men,
i do not am having me matter i'll
| v"s' gated "
Had the unions passed ANY resolu ions
"Kp"lling any member from IN" union for
! such an ou'rage''
| The union will not exp-.i q man unit they
ar" assured that h. has committed crime
| We always consider a man Innocent until lac
! l. proved guilty
Mr.. Ross then developed hat no man can
work in the soft coal mines unless hr IL a
| member Of the union, ard that o beCSbno "A
member Of that organization he must pay
| an admission fee Of SIS.
MIR Ross asked Mr.. Mitchell why /, was
that the union had called away force Of
men that was engaged in putting out a
fire at the Jersey mine Mr. i,chel said
that ha never issued such an order and
had never heard Of the matter before
Mr.. Wolverton of the Philadelphia and
Reading company concluded the cross
examination Of Mr.. Mitchell One Of his
limitations vas that Mr. Mitchell had not
had ar much experience in tho anthracite
mines a. the members Of the commission.
Mr.. Mitchell wa- asked what would he sug-
gest 10 tho commission regarding mines
where one-hal { the men employed were
non-union. Would he suggest that the
union rules govern the whole mine'
Mitchell replied IT would be presumptuous
for him 20 advise tha commission how 10
do justly 10y all
Mr.. Darrow consumed about an hours
after lunch in his direct examination Of the
Rav. Peter Roberts Considerable oh iec, ion
was made by Mr. Wolverton 20 tie testi-
mony Of m" latter upon the ground thai the
commission WI. after facts not theories
That the witness was not miner and had
no experience IN the coal mines Better
evidence than he could give was ch'ainable
The companies were willing 20 submit
all data in their possession, pay rolls, pro-
o""ds OF the companies, dc.
Mr. RoBERrs's TESTIMONY
Mr. Darrov frankly admitted that bet
Ter "videnc" was ob'anahio Judge GRAY.
however though thai the testimony =
Mr. Roberts would henef' the Commission.
his testimony was devoted 10 an oSplaui-
rion Of the Dimensions # the anthracite
coal distric' and the number - men ON
rloyei therein He said that 80 900 PEG.
Pile were directly dependent upon this in
dustry. In his opinion tho counties Il
lackawanna, Luzerne and Schuylki!l were
wholly dependent upon this industry.
The witness said that Their" have come
changes in the conditions Of tho mines dur
ing the last few wears The larger veins
L. -, H.
ara being developed The witness charged
that in recent years the size ~ ears has
been increased, but there has been no cor
responding increase IN wages.
Mr. Roberts testified at great length con
corning the character Of the immigration
20 this section Of the country. Up 10 1870
he said people came here from England
VALE, Iceland scotland and Germany.
From 1870 10 1890 they came from Q Ithcrn
Europe. After that came the Influx OF 'he
Poles, Huns and Slavs. For convenience
however, the witness said, all non-Engl'-u
speaking people in the anthracite field ''"t"
called Slavs. Many miners own the
homes, the witness said. In tho southern
fields the companies own many houses
within tho last ten years the uOn-EnRlish
speaking immigrants have been acquiring
property and erecting homes.
IRE COST or LIyISG.
Some interesting comparisons II the
cost of living were given by the speaker.
The Slav will pay per month from s. 10 s.
coal, and from go 10 SIS for groceries for
q family Of five. His clothing will cost
about $40 a year. The cost 10 the Anglo
Saxon per month will be. Rent. from s.
- SO; fuel, from g TO 81; groceries, from
S2j To- IS for family of five Hi. clothing
will cost him from $50 TO $50 year
Among Lbs mine employees he found
siNty-four children, he said A great many
of the daughters Of the miners are employed
in the silk, lace and button factories Of the
region. II Is a general custom that the
children 81 mine employees work.
The witness gave his reason for declar-
ing that mining was the most hazardous
OF all occupations, Official statistics, he
said, showed the percentages 81 death to be
larger than in railroading Among inside
mine employees the percentage of deaths
l. " per 1000.
Mr. Roberts gaze interesting data con-
ceriing III" numb'r of saloons in the mining
regions, In Lackavanna county in 1909
there was one TO every 32s in population;
in Luzorne in 1900, one TO every 23i; in
Schuylkill county In 1901, one TO every 10.
Judge GRAY DO YOU think that there are
enough in Schuylkill county? Laughter
Mr Rob.rts-lt is u singular fact that the
number OF saloon, has, decreased in this
county during tn" past few wears | ascribe
1t 10 the influence ofth United Mine Workers
The witness declared thai there were
great differences in mining in the northern
and the southern districts. He admitted
that II was not practical to pay for the
mining OF coal by weight in the SchuyIkill
and Pottsville districts. Then came the
incident regarding the quotation from
Mr.. Robcrts's book.
DoDGEs A QUESTION
Just before the ad jou,nmcnt hour Mr.
Wolverton asked this question,
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