The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-11-18

grew eloquent in the course OF putting
one Of his questions to Mr.. Mitchell re-
garding the martyred Presidents and
said:-
II only mention these because they are
three victims of the spirit OF anarchy
which is the course of this country to-
day and the only serious course affecting
It,"
The miners president. quick as a flash
came back with the inquiry:
TRADE unions are not held RESPONSE
BILE for 1t, are they?'
To which Mr.. MacVeagh quickly re-
sponded that they were not, and supple
mented this with the remark that labor
unions are most admirable. The bring
ing of the word anarchy into the exam
ination caused a distinct murmur of dis
approval by many of the miners in the
room.
When discussing the effect a yearly
agreement would have on the coal indus
try in the anthracite region, frequent
references was made to the workings of
agreements in soft coal regions.
Mr.. JUST Will Testify.
This led to the announcement by Chair
man Gray that the Commission had de-
/ cided to invite Herman Justi, Commits
sioner of the Illinois Coal Operators AS
| ISOLATION. to testify before this Commits
sion. This was favorably ereceived by
| both sides and the attorneys for the min
ers and operators made suggestions for
additional witnesses.
Mr. Wilcox general counsel for the
Delaware and Hudson Company, after a
conference with other attorneys. handed
UP a suggestion that such other wit
nesses, II any, as the Illinois Coal Oper-
ator's Association may deem proper for
the purpose of showing the effects OF the
trade agreement with the United Mine
Workers of America" be invited to at
tend.
Mr.. barrow, counsel for the miners,
suggested these names: o. l.. Garrison
of st Louis. President of the Illinois BIZ
luminous Coal Association; j. Smith Tai
ley, of Terre Haute, President of the
Indiana Bituminous Coal Association; j.
H. Winder, Columbus, o., manager of
the Hooking Coal Company; r. w. Davis,
Saginaw, Mich. Commissioner of the
Michigan Coal Operators Association.
1t is likely all the men whose names
have been suggested as witnesses will be
invited to come here.
Investigation Dragging.
The investigation is dragging too slow
ly to suit the Commissioners and it Is
learned the Commission probably tomor-
row VIII ask Dotn Sass TO agree Tor some
arrangement for expediting the investiga-
ton. Mr.. Mitchell has now been on the
stand for 'hree days and has been eN-
amined by the attorneys of only two COM
panies. The second attorney, Mr. Mac
Veagh, is not yet through with him. The
lawyers for the Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western or the Philad alphia and
Reading Company will next take Mr..
Mitchell in hand unless the program az
changed.
The attorneys for the non-union men
presented their case to the Commission
tonight. They have asked the Commits
sion to take UP the grievance of the non
union men growing ont Of the strike and
as the non-unionists are not a logical
party to the arbitration scheme their at
torneys have been requested to give rea-
sons why the Commissioners should take
up their case. If 1t is decided to hear
them 1t will inject an entirely new fea-
ture into the investigation and one which
was not expected at the time President
Roosevelt created the Commission.