The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-12-12
MINERS Case NEARLY ALL IN,
THEIR TESTIMONY no M FIN
INHED rms UEEk.
District Superint cndents Not Likely 10
BE talled-JudEe Ora, and a Priest
Have Colioauy on the Boycott rs a
strike Weapon Testimony on Wages.

afternoon session there was a discussion
between Judg" Gray aud the Rev. Father
y Donnoll, priest Of Olyphait. Pa rela-
tive to boycotts
u has become known that when the
operators come Ia the examination of Wit
posses they viii call 10 the stand s,pnc Of the
corieSpoudenlS of tie leading Jar"r~ of
New York and Philadelphia 80 show where
they got the report, oi violc'.r that they
lent TO their papers during IN" ,'rik.
j l.. Crawford, president of tine Peoples
Cav company. one Of the ind. istdra coal
olrra' urS, WAS H." first wtnes, called this
Forming. IL" Was asked when hr shipped
coat and hc answered ye>terta, Asked
! oW much h" received for It ne -aid HAT La
cid not know. H. could pretty nearly 'cll
if h" wanted 20, hut hc did not ihink it peril
mont
y do not think il Is anyh,-iy, business. e"
!" lad hlun'ly.
He a(terwGrd -aid that Ne sold hi- inst
coal 70 the Lackawauna cnnrany and re-
c"iNsd IL per cent. of what they got Mr.
Crawford was asked To give as nearly a. be
could the wholesale prices of coal. hut / n
Burn~, e counsel for The independent
operators. objected
Mr. 10 : Y also objected, saying that it
gave gro. latitude for examina; ion and if
persisted in would prolong the inquiry.
Mr. n"ri"w s"!d hat the commission had
right 10 know something about the pros
parity of tho" operators. lie said:
We hGv" heard what they got for their
g, al al ON" time and the counsel for the
miners expect 10 show that they ara now
getting more
MIR barrow thought that the question
had bearing upon the whole matter
Suppose" queried Mr.. Burn. Eve
want To know the size of each miners bank
d, count"
Mr. Darrow said that he would favor
max ng it known. Here W. l.. Cornell.
Mayor Of Scranton, and one of the indie
pendent opera or> said that the operator,
naVC paid fair wage. Whether the opor-
a'ors sell n profit or a los, doe, not enter
into the matte at all.
We are not here" lie said. "to show.
Nj. Darrow our bank accounts. Whether
We maxi a profit or loss in ia" conduct of
our business
judy" Gray said that the commission
would tab" the testimony for what it wa,
worth. II WIS aware that the prices of
coal were higher at this time owing TO tie
strss of the coal famine Mr. Crawford,
IN answer to Questions, said that in the last
ten days lie had sold 900 tons Of coal a dav
He did not know exactly what he was get
ting for il and would not particular %
further
Later Mr. Crawford said that for almost a
month during the strike he got 500 a ton for
coal in New York All he could mine he
sold for that, he said. The selling price
Of coal in that case was not pertinent,
Judge Gray said Mr. Crawford said that
when he rctailed coal here he got s32j a
ton for i. He said he has enough 20 fill
all orders.
John SherbaCk, the next witness, a miner
for the Pardees, said that lie made from
$40 to $40 month there and the air was
bad.
Harry Williams, aged %. had lost leg
in the mines bur the Par,icc coupanv did
not assist him. Andrew McHugh, an ON
lIpyec of the Pardece. who has seven
children said that since the 1900 strike h.
had been able to earn less than so "A week
II" air in the ihnc j. bad, There i,
company stor" a, 'hi~ min" and if there i
y mlstal;r made against IN" men and they
60 To Law" II COTr"Cfed ihov are ordered
out cf tine storr He afterward admitted
thai w" was not Obliged 80 trade at tho
CO... DaUN'- store.
Here Ar. barrow informed tho COM
iu->iuu mat IN" miners expected to I've
ar" 10 clos" their cas-" by the end OF the
week =" that ia" operators could begin
ih'ir -'dc 10y MOuClav. Mr. 1orrev arose
and said thar ho wished to suggest that il
might -" necessary 10 TAX" a short recess
10 pr"psr" their case a. IN" operators and
their attorneys have been busy every min
VI since IN" commission began the hearings
preparing the statements that the COM
II l~>i"n wished To have. and that, a. a re-
sui. the companies and their LAWYERS have
had u" opportunity 10 prepar" their case
Judge Gray responded that he hoped that
they would b" able 10 find something to
occupy the time unit the HOLIDAYS. How
ever. III" commission would have some
!, gard for the suggestion.
Edward Jackson OF the S'Orr- miuc OF tic
l1"kawanna company vas called To the
stand and said that the company had prom
iscd 4 Committc" that they would right the
nwit"r OF some cars being larger than
others. bur they had not done so On cross
examination tine witness admitted that the
company raised IN" price on the cars com
planned of one cent
TIA" witness was asked about his wages
and y" did not think that the figures of
Mr., Warren were absolutely correct. They
showed that he drew a. high a. $l2O ~ in
one month and that his gross earnings
for the year were 81 ,od6 %. TIL" witness
attcrward declared that he would not say
that the figures were not absolutely correct
similar testimony. Judge Gray asked sew
cral questions regarding the measurements
of the cars.
The Rev. J. J. O'Donnell, rector Of ST
Patrick's Churcn OF Olyphant, tcstifcd
to the pcaceablr atti,alde OF miners Dur
ing the strike he said he saw only one man
drunk, and four saloons closed their doors
Father ODOnnell testified that the only ACT
Of violence h" witnessed was on one occa-
sion when deputy fired seven or eight
shots at "A man who was picking flowers
for church. The deputy. he said pointed
tho gun at him.
Regarding the soldiers under command
of Col Watres, Father O'Donnoll said thcv
wore kept under strict discipline and well
behaved. Father O'Donncll. referring TO
Board Member R"ap'S episode in 81 Pat
ricli'S Church, said the reports of il were
greatly exaggerated Mr.. Reap, he said ,
offered az sufficient an apology a. any Chris
tlan man could DO.
Edward Jackson. employed at the = orr
shaft of the Iackawanna company, was re-
called to the stand after luncheon. tie ~ ia
that he did not get his hlacksmithug done by
the company men because il cost more and
he bought his oil elsewhere. David p
Davis of the Holden mine Of the Iackawannn
company said that he got ol cents n car for
mining coal, hut h" should got 90 cents
On examination by Mr. Warren il was
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