The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-11-18
Commissioners Tire of Use
less Cross-Examination,
and So Inform Counsel for
the Coal Operators.
Mine Workers President
Successfully Parties All
InsindauonS AS To An
archistic Tendencies.

SCRANTON, Pa. Nov Is.-When thu
ccal strike commission sat this morn
ing. Attorney John T. Lenahan. for the
non-Union men. offered a list OF names
CT the parties he represented with a
short plea fer recognition. He asked
thai the names be not made public BY the
commission for reasons il IS hardly
necessary TO state" Ju5gs Gray ae-
cepted the names but declared that any
thing Sled with the commission would
become a matter OF public record and
could not be keDe secret.
Mr. Lenahan then submitted the
names. The commission had required
that he show definitely the parties he
represented
Attorney MacVeagh then took up the
crcss-examination Of Mr. Mitchell. the
object being TO show the effect on the
community Of the acts ef lawlessness
and that IN the United Mine Workers OF
Ag-erica there. is a growing spirit OF
Is ~lessness and violence and. I desire
70 show said Mr.. MacVeagh. that
your inference over your men IS not
sufficient TO prevent them committing
violsnt acts"
i do not pretend said Mr.. Mitchell.
Ito have any such influence over the
men Is is attributed 10 me. I do say
this. that have time and again declared
-here is no worse enemy OF the union
than the union man who commits viO-
Ie=-e''
Regular ChuIchgOers-
OF the religious feeling OF the coal re-
gion. Mr Mitchell said:
TIE uumber or ehurchgoe-s IN the
anthracite field is greater for each 1000
OF the population than in any Industrial
field
Attorney MacVeagh read a statement
declaring that every man has a right 10
40 as he likes and work as be likes, and
that right Is the greatest granted an
American citizen. said Mr.. Mitchell:
1T is contrary 20 every principle for
any man 10 do as he wants without re-
ianoa 20 its effect on society, that is
anarchy. l. there is any"
Then" said NIr. MacVeagh. 1T is a
carefully disguised anarchist who says
it, It was written by Archbishop Ire
lard"
few minutes later in discussion OF
the same question Mr.. Mitchell said: u
admire Archbishop Ireland He is fns
gentleman. but he is not a supreme court
on trades union matters"
Speaking CT the feeling OF the union
men toward the court. Mr. MacVea-h
this growing disrespect for the 'judici-
airy the first step toward anarchy
Mr. Mitchell did not admit this. but
declared that the decisions Of some
courts il relation 20 the union tended
10 destroy the confidence OF the union
men in the imDartiality Of the courts
On the question OF anarchy, Mr..
among the union men; the anarchists
are all among the non-union workers
MacYeagh Gives Up.
Nj. Macveagh ended his examination
al II O'Clock and Francis I. Gowan. Oh
Philadelphia. representing the Lehiga
Valley Coal Company. arose.
Judge Cray Interrupted. He said:
The commission believes from this long
accumulation OF Mr. Mitchell that
t is very well informed upon general
conditions and that any further long ex-
animation en- the same general condi-
tions VIII not further enIighten il:
therefore while not desiring 70 rush the
hearings or trea. either side unfairly.
. I would suggest that the attorneys con-
( fine their CroSs-eXam.Gatlon 10 new fea-
lures. il possible
/ Attorney WoIvertcn said that he IN
/ derscood the attorneys intend only 10
examine M-- Mitchell with regard to the
conditions affecting directly the mines
I they represent
THAT will be satisfactory" said
Judge Gray
Mt Gowan began his examination on
technical features Of mining and the
paying for the enai mined.