The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1902-11-13

Commissioner of Labor Carroll D.
| Wright, recorder of the mine strike
| commission. accompanied by Assistant
Recorders Mosley and Nell and the
official stenographers arrived here last
night. over the Jersey Central at 1870
o'clock. and repaired to the Jermyn.
The other commissioners will come to-
day. Fourteen rooms on the second
floor of the Jermyn have been reserved
for their accommodation.
Recorder Wright will proceed this
morning to arrange the preliminaries
for the sessions OF the commission,
which begin tomorrow in the Superior
court room of the county court house.
Allotments of space for the counsel,
parties in interest, newspaper corre-
spondents and witnesses will be one of
his chief concerns. On account of the
limited dimensions of the court room it
is possible that admission will be regu-
lated by tickets.
The sessions of the commission will
take place each day from 10 to 1890 and
from. 2.SO to 4.3O. 1t is possible that the
afternoon session will be shortened by
half an hour to permit of the commits
sioners having more time for confer
ences. 1t has been arranged that all
the commissioners shall lunch together
in a private room at the Jermyn, that
they may have a. daily conference dur
ing the noon recess.
Mitchell Comes Today.
President John Mitchell, of the United
Mine Workers, with District Presidents
John Fahy and Thomas Duffy and the
headquarters force engaged in the work
Of preparing written evidence for the
commission, will come here from Wilkes
Barre this evening, and take up quar-
ters at the st. Charles. Six rooms and
a parlor have been engaged for them.
No less than twenty lawyers will at
tend the hearings as representatives of
the various parties to the controversy.
On the operators side there will be
Francis /. Gowan, of Philadelphia. gen.
eral counsel for the Lehigh Valley
Coal company; A. H. McClintock, of
Wilkes-Barre, for the Lehigh and
Wilkes-Barre Coal company: S. p.
Wolverton, of Sunbury. for the Phila-
delphia and Reading Coal and Iron
company; II. A. Fuller, of Wilkes
Barre, for the Independent operators;
General Counsel David Wilcox, of New
York, and James Fl. Torrey, Of Scran-
ton, for the Delaware and Hudson
company: Wayne McVeagh. of Phila-
delphia and Major Everett Warren, Of
Scranton, for the Erie company: Gem
eral Counsel w. w. Ross of New
York, for the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western company; General Coun-
sci John b. Kerr, of New York, and
ex-Justice Alfred Hand and j. f. Burr,
&c
ern company. Joseph OBrien, of
Scranton. and John II. Lenahan. of
Wilkes Barre, have been retained to
present the case of the non-union men.
The miners will be represented by
Clarence S. DalTow. of Chicago: James
L. Lenahan, John and James Shea, of
Wilkes-Barre, and John j. Murphy, of
this city.
Arrival of Wilcox.
General Counsel Wilcox, of the Del |
aware and Hudson company, who is
also vice president of the company,
arrived yesterday and had a confer
ence with Attorney Torrey and Super
intendent Rose. President Truesdale
and Vice President Loomis, of the |
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
company, Slopl'Sti oiL Ilcic SN'leluoS
afternoon, on an inspection tour to |
have a conference With Superintend- !
ents Phillips and Tobey.
/ is not known whether or not Pres |
ident George f. Baer, of the Reading, !
will attend the hearings. 1t is prob
able, though, that he will run in oc-
casionally to look on. The other coal |
road presidents, it is quite certain, will |
not attend, unless summoned.
Commissioner Wright said last night |
that, as far as he knew, the commits
sion will at once enter upon the taking
of testimony from the miners side.
The pleas of all the parties are in the
hands of the commissioners and some
brief discussion as to the method of
ought TO be the only thing
to delay the immediate taking up of
the task of hearing evidence.
How long the commission will be in
Sc ssion here, or where, If any place.
it will sit next, no one knows. The |
commissioners, it is understood, are
ready for a long session. The likeli-
hood is that the Scranton session will |
not end for at least three weeks.