The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-09-29
PER oAPITA ouTPuT.


PER CAPITA OUTPUT.
Although this statement does not admit
Of any such construction it IS stu possible
that Mr.. Baer refers TO the per capits
output, but even here he errs, careful
calculation OF the per capita output from
the Pennsylvania State bureau OF mines
shows that despite Mr., Baer's assertion that
the miners worked only from four to six
hours, six days despite the assertion that
the men restricted the output, the per
capita production in 1901, the year com
planned OF, was greater than the per capita
output for any single one OF the thirty
years OF which we have record from 1870
to 1900.
In attempting to account for the in.
creased tonnage the operators point 10 the
installation OF labor saving machinery
which reduces the proportion Of men and
boys employed by the day II we disregard
all mine workers whose labor must be
saved by such appliances and take simply
the output per certincated and employed
miner, we end that the production per
miner was 1871 tons In 1897, 1898 tons IN
1895, 1883 tons in 1899. 1891 tons In 1900
while In the year 1901 It was 1885 tons,
refer Mr.. Baer to the annual reports OF
the Pennsylvania state bureau OF mines
and ask II these figures do not refuto the
statement that organization In the coal
mines Is inimical 20 good workmanship
Since the very inception Of this strike
the aims objects aud ideals of the United
Mine Workers Of America have been vii
fully distorted by the operators. We
therefore take this opportunity to repeat
specifically that we do not seek to inter
- al.
critics: but we do demand;
DEMANDS OF THE MINERS.
]. An Increase In wages for men EN-
ployed on plecework.
A reduction In the hours Of labor for
men employed by the day.
B. Payment for a legal ton OF coal.
That the coal We mine shall DO hon
estly weighed and correctly recorded.
O. we favor Incorporating in the form OF
an agreement the wages that shall be paid
and the conditions OF employment that
shall obtain for specific neriod.
AS to the reasonsbleness Of these de
mands. we have proposed to submit to and
abide by the award Of an impartial board
OF arbitration.
There could be no grosser perversion OF
truth than the assertion Of the operators
that the Mine Workers union is lawless
organization. During the past twenty
weeks the whole power OF the union mas
been exerted TO preserve the peace among
a voluntarily idle population OF three-qusr'
ters OF Il million; and II Is a tribute TO the
activity of our officers and the loyalty and
eifrestraint OF our members that we have
been more successful in aliaying violence
than the coal and iron police In melting It,
pespite all our precautions, we regret that
occasional violence has resulted, but Il
would DO as logical 20 charge any one OF
the religious, social or political organizations
or even the United States government with
being an unlawful organization when some
Of It's adhereuts transgress the law as It
Is 10 charge the United Mine Workers OF
| America with being an unlawful organiza-
hou because some Of its members violate
/ the law. The officers Of the union are as
I severe as the operators in their earnest
condemnation OF any and every act Of yio-
! ,ence upon the part Of a striker; and no
attempt has been made or win be made
10 eondone any ofrense OF this sort The
| pubIlc should be made aware, however, that
| the operators aud a certain section OF the
nress are By no means discriminating In the
uNluW OF IttpuhniNAllNN anu Nttfit NAatt-f -
violence are laid at the doors Of strikers
when the imported guardians Of law and
f., order, the armed coal and iron police, are
clearly at fault; and challenge the oper-
ators or their friends 70 point 20 one single
utterance on their part In disapproyal Of
| the iawless actions Of their hired guards.
! some time ago the Bellevue washery a.
| scranton was destroyed by fightning; a re-
ward was offered by the coal company for
the arrest and conviction Of the pcrson who
set FIRE to the washery. This IS an example
Of the manner in which the strikers are
maIlgned-
TWO STRIKES WERE SEPARATE
| Mr.. Bear assumes that the punpmen,
enpireers and hreInen were called out 30
that @the mines would be dstroyed and With
their destruction 10000 men with theiy
wives and children dependent upon their