The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-12-18

the United Mine Workers, but insist
that the miners union shall not dis
criminate against or refuse to work
with non-uaion men; that there shall
be no deterioration in quantity or quail
ity of work, and that, owing to the va
rying physical conditions of the unth-a-
cite mines, each colliery is a problem
by ITSELF
1T will be noticed that the questions
at issue are not between the operators
as a body and the workmen as another,
but are between the respective compa-
MES and their own employees.
I'VE claim that, according to the
terms of the submission, any question
as to wages should be settled by an ex-
animation of the complaints and con-
ditions at each separate colliery, and
that the only issues involved are those
between the operator of each mine and
the men actually in his employ.
Again, we think the commission, be-
fore taking any action locking to an in
crease of wages, should carefully con-
slider upon whom such increase must
fall OF course, any increase in cost of
production ultimately rests upon the
consumer. There is no authority to tax
one class of the poor in order to con-
tribute to the comfort Of another.
LAS We understand it, one of the chief
duties of the commission in this case is
to ascertain the value Of labor in and
about the mines. 1t is purely q bust
ness proposition. 1t is the value of la
Dor, and not the necessities Of the la
borer, that we are trying to ascertain.
The Iaborer is worthy of his hire, but
the hire is fixed according to what he
does, and not by what he needs.
LAS to the length of a working day:
This is a matter in which the individual
operators are particularly interested.
AS a rule their workings are deep, and
veins of coal are thin. 1t may we'll be
that the difference between an eight
hour and a ten hour day, to the opera
tor, might mean the difference between
profit and loss.
1 IF any award is made by this COM
mission in favor of United Mine work
ers, we claim, that as condition pre-
! cedent there should be some substan-
! tial assurance that they will refrain
| from interfering or molesting persons
who wish to work in or about the
mines, but who do not belong to the
union.
| "The wanton persecution of non
union men is a shame to those who
commit or allow such persecution, and
a blot on the administration of justice
in Pennsylvania. Without the assist
ance of mob violence and terrorization
no strike could exist for any length OF
time"
The statement is signed by I. H
Burns and H. C. Reynolds, counsel fol
the individuals.
1t was arranged that the attorneys
representing the non-union men should
first call their witnesses and five were
produced who testified that strikers
had killed one man and denounced tive
others who worked during the suspen
sion. The first witness was Mrs. Jane
Wenston, the wife of the murered mai
and the second was her son-in-law. MI
barrow asked the son-in-laW who wa
paying for the lawyers who are repre-
senting the non-u union man. Then en-
sued the liveliest tilt that has occurred
: during the sessions. Counsel for tn
witness objected. Mr.. Darrow insiste
= he and the commission had right t
know who were back of the non-unio
= men but Chairman Gray said it mad
no difference if the operators wer
paying for the lawyers, and that
matters nothing in court Of justic
who pays for the prosecution, so lon
as justice is done. The colloquy wa
carried on for some time. FINAL
Chairman Gray, after consulting hi
colleagues stated that the commission
ers thought it immaterial who wa
back of the non-union men. At 8 o'cloc
the commission adjourned until to-mor
row