The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-11-02
ANOTHER MINERS HOLIDAY.
No tOiI CTR BECAUSE iT WiS
All SAINTS DAY.
Plans VI the Arbitration commissioners
Inicriercd WIN to some extent
They Examine n Mine Wear NiihC..
HARE and Inspect the Miners Houses

] the TACT that a." country needs coal badly,
. tlroc-four'ls of the mine workers STAYED
! at home to-day. The others reported
! for work, and although some If them went
| INTO the mines and cut coal, the lack O;
| facilities, the missing driver boys, the
I absence of abor,r, and other cause, due
/ to the holiday soon stopped the work,
| and 10 coal was mined. Til, makes the
second holiday this week that the miners
! have taken, Mitchell day and All Saints
! Day. The operators pointed this out
/ to the Arbitration Comm, ~ioucr-, who
! made 10 comment, although they incurred
I with much interest h.tn the condition.
J which such enforced idlcnc.s brought
| about
/ The arbitration Commissioners left Scran-
! ton on their -,cCiai train at O'Clock this
! morning aud reached the Prospect coliicry
of the l. hi-h Valley Coal Company in this
! city at 1880 O'Clock. There President
I Nichols Of the mine workers found that a
man whom ho dc-.'yu 20 have escort the
party through the mine was not working,
and he accordingly asked that a chang.
he made IN the programme and that the
party should 90 down the Doriauc- shaft.
When the party reached the Dorrancc
il was found that few men were working
there. but JudEr Gray and Mr.. Wright
ended It by saving that it made no diifer-
cucc which min" they entered. and. bein,
at the Dorrance, they would 60 into it.
!, was NOR" novel experience than the
party Ia, yet had, and more dang, rous
one. The mine is gaseous and the party
carried safety lamps of the Wolf yattern,
which cannot bc opened once they are
locked. These lamps are lighted ana
furnished AT the lamp house, near the top
Of the shaft where the lampman lock,
them, and they cannot he unlocked again
un''l brought 10 the surface. The Com
ml-eon"r- were much Interested in the
precautions taken. and the lamp was ex-
planned carefully 10 them.
They went down 600 fce' o the Baltimore
vein and in this walked for distance Of
about, a mil", going under The Susuu,haura
River D"-rit" THE the mine proved the
dr'o-t they have Vet visited
Too dry" said one Of 70" VI tr Workers
The dust il sometimes nuisarcr"
The commissioners met few workers and
'h"-" they questioned as to the nodc #
work. The veins We're from seven 10 fifteen
feet high and the commissioners did not
find their progress SO laborlous a. on the
two previous days.
with them for the Mine Worker, were
District Superintendent Nicho'l, and Ma
tioual Board member john Ta.,n; and for
ia" operators General Manager 5 u. Mar
riuer and Division Supcrinterd dent +. II.
X"rby the LehighNai"yCoalCo rpaup and
General Superintendent ". j. Richards of
the LohiEh and Wilkes Barre Coal Company
An hour and half was spent in Ia. mines.
"a. L..
there was 80 see e the new conditions.
At this mine the miners get sllS a ear /
and pay their labor 81 cents a car out Of il. /
hey pay $50 kcg for powder and it re- |
Quirea a keg. they lay, To niuo eight cars 1
The average number Of cars a day. accord !
ing 10 the miners, is four. and the miners /
clear about $40 week. The breaker boys .
get from SO TO - cents a day
Several mine workers, sanding about the
top of the shaft, gave their views readily
a. 10 IA" commissioners. Bishop Spauld-
ing, hey thought, would look after the boys
b",aI~" "a" seemed ever 80 much Interested /
III tn" Youngsters Mir Clark, they were I
sure. being a labor man, would stand 10y
them. Nr Wright, too, they felt, Wa with
: them Mr.. Watkins they were afraid Of
lie was al operator once they said, |
with -haE" Of ihair heads. Gen Wilson, /
the" b." "'" viii Io' 10" very murh i'm
prose- with the dangers they encounter,
n"'"u-. part 81 u.- uu-l.c~> TO lace
danger. They ar" dubious about Mr
Parker
The commissioners spent an easy after.
noon. After luncheon In their car they
went on street cars 90 Ashley and Sugar
Notch inspecting the houses of the mine
workers owned 10y the Lchigh and Wilkes
Barre. Supt Richards explained that an"
company got 500 "a month rent from each
Bishop Srtuuiug got hold Of some children
and cues loned them. lie was impressed
wi h their cleanliness aud the manner in
which the house. were kept
Tonight IA" commissioners returned to
scranton last night az IA" Dorrauco
SHAFT, VIII u they descended to-day, a man
wa killed II" fell into TIA" place whore
n" water heated by th" steam squirting
IRON the "Nhni~; pipes, was at the boiling
point. In thrc" days this l. the second
man 10 b" killed IN "A mino the commits Toner,
Nl-li"d. Thy hav" been In only lhr", mine,
~" commission has not vet received any
replies from the Independent operators 10
Whom Invitations were sent TO appear
'"!or" ~" commission some Of them
mr." expected 10 appear, Tat many viii
~, NallE Just agrC" iu abide 10y th" de-
.l-ion az tho commission \ -'rko i
hroo'"-"d ~ -" Kingston Coal Company
."'n.'"-. Nl"t" two check vriEhiGc.
harE"d last night. \ committee waited
"a The c"rrarv officials to-day and asked
Tor their lnW"i8'c reinstatement. The |
'pnpduy viii consider the matter. IF !
Pc mon are not taken back by Monday
~" local viii meet again 10 consider the
oI'.3I't'y If g'i'E or strike
y iurHrr y. v"'n"ri of troops took place ! ,
today. Tie S .uud city Tpop # Phila-
I'ip".a Vac .".t home from Aul"uricd
ana tie sheridan Troop from Tyrone ~
placed them The First Regiment viii
remain on duty ~ Ii32'rton owing 70 the ,
ln~'"'. - 'i -" strike ''nr" oor'i lIilP
To-day III" Grand jury IN this city COM
Di.'"o N- weeks work, making the remark ,
ih.' record Of finding a tru" till again.t
every 'n'i and Iron policeman accused of
hrrllug concealed weapons and of ignoring ,
il' cases OF every striker charged with
rot or other str,H" violence. There were ,
mny -luNyr-' cases, and an wrrc allowed /
% g lrD", lHCr' wcr" six tOal and Iron ,
'pho" cases, ana all were held. The Oh.
FR'",~ iid other cases To present TO the :
iaud Jury, tut, seeing how things were
gong, III" ca>"- w"r" held back. They viii | Z
De- presented Ia th" next Grand jury
ON" body of mine workers, moi coutap,
Nlih waiting tor the strike commission tn
axe lis own TIM" To pass upon the mine .
WORKERS grievances, will ask the commission
Nh'u y reaches ll12"tou ON Monday ia
Rhr luiu'd Ht" action. They are the mon
II IN" No. 90 -nait OF he lohgh Valley Coal ,
"inrdiF, and Snuc seventy of their mum.
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