Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-11-17
Mc Veagh Gets
cAHe1 MHcheA
IN ssdent Voice Asks # He Does Not Know That Whole
c4uhsacae Region Has Been Having Fosetase of
Heu- He Didn't Then He Tells HIM He gVM Know
Betose lie is Through


promptly Inquired, TRADE unions aie
not held responsible for II. are thsv9o
NO, certainly not" said MFR No.
Neash, trade unions are most admir-
aDle, out you make a demand upon
US that we shall prohibit every man
IN our employ from working more than
eight hours. That strikes US as per-
fectly inadmlssable."
In answer to further questions Mr.
Mitchell entered into "a detailed desorin.
lon OF the workings Of the union.
CONFERENCE WITH HANNA
MT Mitchell upon the request Of
Judge Gray said that the officers Of the
union under pay had contributed 81 ner
cent per month of their salaries for the
benefit of the striking miners The fact
was brought out that Mr. Mitchell mad
had telephone conferences with senator
Hanna just previous to the settlement
of the strike of 1900.
"Of course, that was the year in
which MIR. Bryan was again a candI.
date for the presidency" said Mr. Mac.
Veagh "and you were conscious of the
great apprehens0ns entertained By the
financial Interests Of the country as TO
the possibilities Of his election"
"Well. | understood they were very
apprehensive'
Mr.. McVeagh asked II any advance
secured by the miners was not due to
that apprehension,
II believe said Mr. Mitchell that
the fact that an election was pending
had something TO do with the early set
tlement Of the strike
Mr.. Mitchell denied that ne had had
any conference with the coal operators
at that time and said that during the
strike Senator Hanna had spoken 20
him over the telephone and had sent
Daniel Keefe, president Of the lnterna-
tonal Longshoremens union, to see
/ him, He denied that It was through
that Mr. Keefe he agreed that II the 10
per cent increase was granted the
strike would be called of. but said Sen.
ator Hanna had told him the operators
had decided TO make the offer of 10 per
cent.
Mr. McVearh here took up the sug-
gestion for q yearly agreement and at
tempted TO show that the union could
not control It's members and therefore
an agreement is Improbable
Mr.. Mitchell said there were many
differences that both sides justly COM
| plain OF and which he had hoped
would be wiped out by agreements
Il dare say" Mr.. Mitchell remarked
III our union violates the contract the
people of this country will take good
care that we have no union left There
will be no question about that and II
the operators violate 1t the people Of the
United States will see that they regret
! IT,"
Mr.. Mitchell said this was a country
of majoritles, whereupon Mr. McVeagh
replied
Eyes, but God with one is major.
ity. II a man is doing right he is on
his side"
MITCHELL'S GOOD REPLY.
The courtroom was conyused when
Mr. Mitchell answered that he would
be willing to leave the whole dispute to
God
Reverting for a moment TO the yearly
agreements Chairman Gray announced
that the comIlission had decided TO in
vite Herman JUST, commissioner Of the
| Illinois operators association 10 appear
before the commission and TO state the
! conditions existing under the yearly
agreements between the soft coal oper-
! ators and the Illinois miners who be-
long TO Mr.. Mitchell's organization.
alr. McVeagh seeking dlrect answer
10 his queries regarding boycotts ask
ed the witness why he could not use his
Influence to put an end 10 boycotting
and to further intimidation of men,
women and children whose lives nave
been made uncomfortable
Mr.. Mitchell responded that II was
the very fathers and'husbands Of these
people who had themselves made thelr
families lives uncomfortable. Mr. Me
Veagh, driving himself closer TO where
the witness was sitting, said to him;
McvEAGH ASKS QUESTIONS.
IF such cases are shown you unit
you grow weary of them as VII
! show you. viii you then agree to taxi
, drastic, thorough going effectual meas
ures to root it out as you would any
3ther deadly. unmanly, un-Ame1oal
cowardly practice"
This question Mr. Mitchell answered
by saying that people have a periec
eight To do whatever they choose pro
yided they come within the law.
When asked II he c0untenanced IN
stoppage OF funerals, the preventing
a physician attending q non-unlo rs
or any member Of his family MI Ml'
chell declared that he aid not
Mr.. Mitchell was handed a phoI'
graph of a young woman school ieach'
who. II was alleged, had been dismlsse
from her position because her iath'
bod been 2 unionist. and was asht
II It was fair to rob her OF her place I,
that account. Judge Gray repeated u
question.
AS a general proposition, SAID NJ
Mitchell, IL should say no. II Is soH
to an extreme which no labor Organic
ton advocates"
lie said. however, that under son
conditions Il would impair the eillclen,,
Of the teacher, because the pupils "
children OF men on strike. would NJ
obey and therefore II was proper 70 y
utlon for the teachers removal al YEA
until matters had quieted down 49,,
Mr.. Mitchell In response to question
by Mr.. Mcveagh and Judge Gray a
clared that member Of a trade unl'
who was a member OF a state mint
should not escape service but SNOW
willingly perform all the duties OF "
zenship and accept all the responsloI
| Ties that go with Them
ILLINOIS OPERATORS TO TEsTlf
Scranton, Pa, Nov. 1.-THE strike
Vestigating commission has decided
send invitations to representative
The Illinois Coal Operators assoclau
TO appear before the commission a
yell OF conditions in that state ung
the system Of yearly agreements WI
? the union.