The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-06

kNCfkANaON, Ia DEC. 81 ne
lawyers for the mine workers
continued to call Witnesses p
3 today before the strike commission =
= to testify to the alleged black ?
= listing methods pursued by several =
, coal companies in refusing to re- =
? employ strikers who took more =
= or less prominent part in the =
= strike. n most cases, according =
z to the testimony. no satisfactory =
y reason was given why the men =
e were not taken back. Two blind =
> men who were injured by under =
ground explosions were presented =
? as living evidence Of the dangers =
> in the mines When the commits =
y sion adjourned for the day, Rev =
= J. ]. Curran, the Catholic clergy =
. man of WIkesbarre, who took =
= prominent part in the miners
2 cause during the recent strike, =
was on the witness stand
Nothing could be learned here today
with reference TO the reported efforts
at a settle ment outside the commits
sion. None Of the attorneys for either
side prOfessed to know anything about
any contemplated move in that direc-
ton. Wayne MacNeagh, who is rep
resenting the Erie coal properties, was
/ the only attorney in position TO know
who would talk about the matter. He
left here, accompanied by Mr.. Parker,
this afternoon. The testimony now be-
| ing presented to the commission does
not concern Mr.. MaeVeagh's clients
10 an extent which makes his presence
necessary.
MacVeagh's Opinion.
Mr.. MscVeagh before leaving stated
I to the correspondent of the Associated
J Press that a majority of the operators
i thought it better to adjourn all efforts
( to reach by amicable conferences a
/ basis for the award of the commission
until both sides had presented all the
testimony they wished to offer
/ Whether the efforts to reach such a
( basis viii then be resumed can only
J be decided after the testimony shall be
/ closed.
Mr. MacVeagh added that he person
ally thought in view of the eXtraOr-
binary conditions existing in the an
thracite region, that this was mis-
taken attitude for the operators to as
4 sumo. as he feared each days testi-
mony would tend to increase the bitter
ness of feeling. but it was not only
the right, but the duty Of the operators
/ to act on their own judgment of the
/ situation and he sincerely hoped this
would fully justify the conclusion they
reached. From this expression it is
taken that Mr.. MacVeagh was opposed
to the calling of of the negotiations
last week.
The departure of Mr. MacVeagh and
Mr.. Parker for New York gave rise K
a rumor that the distinguished attor-
ney was going there to consult with the
operators on the settlement scheme, bu
when he was seen Just before he Ief
the city he said he did not know whom
he would see there. He denied knOwl
edge of any efforts being made by TIT
large coal companies to absorb the in
dependent concerns. Individual opera
tors who were approached on the sub
iect also said they knew nothing o.
such a move.
Case of an Engineer.
When today's session of the strik
commission was opened a long coIIOqu!
was begun over the objection OF Law
yer Everett Warren Of Scranton {
hearing the testimony of William
MarkOwick. an engineer employed be
fore the strike by the Delaware, Lack
awanna & Western company Thi
witness was on the stand when ad
JOUrnment was taken yesterday H
struck when the steam men were Gale
out and was refused his place when tn
strike was over because it had bee
filed. Mr.. Warren said the witnes
should not be heard. His place ha
/ been filed because he voluntarily LEI
r it and therefore the company was no
: guilty of blacklisting men. Harr
Reynolds, for the Peoples Coal com
/, pany, made the point that the concer
! he represented promised men good DC
= siuons if they took strikers places