New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-12-13
PAY OF NINE WORKERS.
NTTCHELL'S FIGURES.
Somezehat Higher Than Defa7oarf
and Hudson SHAY Close E1n-
deure for Miners ON Tuesday.

Scranton Penn Dec. 12-The greater part OF To-
davis sessions of the Anthracite Coal strike Coir
mission was taken up in presenting cumulative teS-
tinonv on matters that have already been heard
by the commission. This testimony tended to sho"
that there has been excessive docking: that many
men we're Disseminated against because they went
on strike rather than do the work of strikers that
they are paid price for mine cars OF all SIZES
that thew do not get paid for all the coal mned'
that they should have the eight hour day because
the mines are unheathful and dangerous. ana that
they ought to receive higher wages.
Late in the day President Mitchell was called 10
the witness stand, and presented comparative
figures which showed that men paid by the day re-
ceive from 40 20 per cent higher wages III the
bituminous regions than they do in the anthracite
fields His figures of the anthracite heids were
gathered bv his own officers. and a hurried COM
parison with the figures handed to the cominis-
sion by the Delaware and HUDSON COMPANY ne
said showed that his generally hlsher- Inc
Delaware and Hudson's statistics are the only ones
officially before the commission. and an lh'es'sa
ton by the companys accountants late this after
noon showed that they contained many errors
which will be corrected.
Tbomas Deemer. OF Hazleton formerly employed
as a clerk in the office of the Silver Brook tolH-
many then explained to the commission now thaI
company computed the miners wages In giving MN
the 10 per cent increase in wages granted aS d"
s,,I, If the 1900 strike He testified that 212 per
cent was straight and the other IL per cent was
represented in reduction in the price OF power
hui it was done in such way that the men o'a
not actually get a 10 per cent increase ana some
times II they burned much powder were III
debt the company.
John Williams another witness. testihed 10 tho
hazardous occupation OF a miner and said that IN
1895 there was a cave-ln at the IWln Sha1t' neai
pittston and fffty-eight men were buried anNe-
| The company made no effort TO get theih out'
and their bodies still under the ground MI
| r,arroxy leading counsel for the miners explained
10 the commission that the miners did not accuse
the compauies of not making proper eHorts TO
| rescue imprisoned men, but wanted 10 Siio INC
dangerous condition of mining
Two hodcarriecs who were formerly mine WORK
| ers were called to the stand and gave the wages
| earned by themselves and those earned os oileh
layers and stonemasons Hodcarriers 9 'ie ts
hour time and hall for overtime and double tl e
for Sunday holiday WORK brickldSeIs 49, ort
a. CENTS an hour. time and a half for extra "orh
and double for Sunday or hoany ord Eight
hours DAY. Both witnesses thought tnee miners
oT Paedenf Mitchell was last witness of the
afternoon and occupied the stand tor an noI, ne
nIon and the soft coal operators in Illinois, which
is similar to the w snd Central
Psnnsylvania in all of which eight hours constl-
ge d1 xbc SoS Showad ff ha in
bituminous regions earned from 40 to % per eTnt
and the former only work eight hours a day,
m The sav are His s0a gHGes We're by
own officers and they were generqiiy n1she i
and Hudson company Later In the Io
| Mr. Torrey, for the Delaware ana 1uuSS9t, e.
| nnnnred to the commission that the certified hg-
mres his company handed up had been louno 70
contain many errors. and that a correct set OF
| statistics would be handed up later -
| If the efforts made by the union TO prevent the
| late strike all of which had been gwen 70 tne
| nuhlic from time time during the last ten
| months This was done so that it would be on
record before the commission ,
| Chairman Gray asked Mr. Mitchell what was
done by the miners adjust grievances during me
Mitchell replied that he did not know of any COM
| many refusing to hold conferences with their own
| men hut he did know that in most cases the at
tempt to adjust grievances proved f falture conn
many officials refused district officers of the
| union. nj,
| ware and Hudson company. and Mr.. Mitchell en-.
tered into a colloquy as to the Interpretation OF
the letters sent by the coal road presidents carry
last spring in reply to the unions invtatloa t9ar
| the purpose of forming wage scale MI Tor or,
rev read extracts from the letters ana MT Mltcnel
said his Interpretation was that tney tneddlI ue
| Then you have missed their spirit, SAID MT.
| "Well I know as much about them as you no.
| MI Mitchell further stated that the OPERATORS
had refused the proposition for collective BARGAINING
collective agreements but thae ,eS arreed
| to treat with his employees through a committee OF
| representative. . ,,. :. -, ,,,.,,j.d
| the company has to engage you or any other law
| yer speak for it. ..,...a NJ
| "That's all very pretty and bright retorteo MI
| Torrey, hut it doesn't fit the case -. A..
| GeneraI Wilson. before Mr. Mitchell ieft the
| stand asked him what the initial cause or tne
strike and he replied that 1t originated Win tns
that conventions were called by the district officers
| at their request