The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-11-04
DEMANDS OF THE MHN
Each of the Coal Companies
Furnished with Copy.
John MariEle Has wordy War WIN
Strike Leaders Because Of Csn-
tinuance of Struggle at
HIS collieries.

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strike commission spent the entire datA
in the Lehigh Valley region. wishing ona
mine ana several Of the mining Villages
While most Of the commissioners wera
looking over the territory. Rscordse
Wright was kept busy on the train e.
tending to the correspondents Of the oouae
mission. Among the matters he disposs1
Of was the sending Of copy Of Press
dent Mitchelps statement Of the minerta
case which was filed with the commission
Sunday night to all the coal companton
involved. The operators win make 9 re-
ply In three or four days.
An Interesting Trip.
The trip Of the commission through thfa
region was an interesting one, the condi-
ton Of mining being somewhat difYerann
from those existing in the Lackawanna
and Wyoming Valleys. The commissions
ers were met at Pond Creek early In thu
forenoon by District President Duffy ana
National Board member p. @. GallagheE
Of the miners union. who represented the
mine workers. The operators Interests
were taken care of by General supsFin~
tendent 8. d. Warner Of the Lehigh yal@
ley and Wilkesbarre Coal Company
road of New Jersey.
A conference was held at Pond Creek
between the company and miners repre-
sentatives and for some time they coasa
not agree as to which mine the arbitxa-
tors should visit. After some arguments
the matter was compromised and tns
Audenreid colliery of the Lehigh Valley
and Wilkesbarre Company was selected.
| The commissions first stop OF the day
v.yao NJ Yahe oh rvt4 n a.
| ring. Superintendent OF the Upper LehiRh
Coal Company took the commissioners for
drive through the town. While in this
place the arbitrators visited one OF the
homes Of the miners, the first they have
i been in since they have been touring the
regions.
| Drifton was the next place visited and
there a crowd gathered about the COM
mission as Superintendent Smith of Coke
| Brothers Company, whose mines are To-
Gated there. explained the trouble between
| the company and its men. AN the miners
| employed at these mines are still on
strike because the company insists upon
them returning to work as individuals
and not in a body.
john Marlxle Talks.
| At Jeddo, John Markle, the independane
operator. Joined the party escorted tl1H
commissioners to the mining village tk
Oakdale. near Jedd0. Mr.. Mafkle eho yea
them the club house which he maintains
there for the benefit OF the men.
On the run into Hazelton where the
breaker of No. 40 shaft was inspected
Messrs Markle. Duffy and Gallagher ha&
| a spirited discussion over the differences
existing at the Markle mines. None &C
the men of the Markle ooiliery has retaTn-
ed to work for the same reason as thosa
which are keeping the men out of thu
Coke mines. Mr.. Marhle told them he
was running the Markle company anA
would maintain discipline.
Luncheon was served at the Ce2&1GS
Hotel here and the entire afternoon w@l4
spent in the Audenreid mine. The cnEns
missioners were lowered into the workA
ings $50 feet below through an 1.lo0 fcon
slope One of the new physical fea3S
ures' they saw was vein Of coal with a
very steep pitch which was difficalt o.
mine. While they were inspecting TIN
and the lights. carried by those who -.
NAMED in the gangways below were &c
tinguished by the rush Of air. Some a
the party were timid for a moment wons
dering what had happened. but they wess
quickly assured that there was M
danger.
After they came to the surface the arha-
traitors visited q stripping which 10 q
place where the coal lies SO near the SUR
face that the earth can be taken on with
a steam shovel, exposing the coal and
thus making its mining an easy matter
The commissioners leave for Shamokin
tomorrow morning