The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1903-02-03
OPERATORS CASE CLOSED
MINERS NOW PUTTING IN TEsTf-
E. M0NY IN REB UTTAL.
Much Statistical Evidence offered BY
siae Reading Co.-Prosperity OF Miners
and Persons Engaged in Other Rusi-
4 nesses Compared- Breaker Hoys Re-
ceive Better Pay Thsn M ssse d gsr Roys
ana Boys In Department stores.

(, Philadelphia, Pa. Feb. 1.-The oper-
ators to-day finished the presentation
of evidence to the anthracite coal strike
commission and the afternoon session
was devoted to testimony in rebuttal On
the part of the miners. Much statisti-
cal evidence was offered during the
morning by the Reading company,
showing in figures the conditions exist
ing in the mine regions and comparing
the prosperity of the mine workers and
their children with that of persons en-
gagged in other occupations in various
cities. w. w. Ruley, head of the sta
tistical bureau, conducted by the coal
carrying roads, was called to testify
regarding the coal production, the
amount of the commody received and
the prices received. The data, he said,
was furnished by the coal companies.
A. c. Wilson of Pottsville, land agent.
for the Reading company, presented
statements showing the property valua-
tions and the taxes paid by the COM
pany on it's property. III. i. NeWconb,
statistician for the Interstate COM
merce commission, introduced tables
showing the annual earnings during
1901, of workmen. employed in several
manufacturing towns of the state. The
statistics affected 478,7S0 wage earners
and the total Of wages amounted to
1921 ,138, ,149, or an average of $462 a
man. The average, in New York, witt
ness said, was about S. higher but in
the New England states the difference
was immaterial. The average daily
earnings of anthracite miners, witness
said, about $2,05, making the yearly
average about $500.
Statements were presented showing
that in four counties in the hard coal
region the total bank deposits amount
to S58,261,3 1886 or a per capita deposit of
$3.50. In eight counties of the bitunl-
inous region the bank deposits are s41,-.
820,611, Ger capita of $60.49. In seven
agricultural counties the total deposits
amount to $55, ,7S9,241, a per capita of
$77.S3. In. cour counties in the anthra-.
cite region the value of taxable prop
erty was given as $215, ,5S9,152; In eight
counties in the soft coal region, $244,
S3,136; in seven counties in the agri-
cultural district, $3S6,O1s,2o
J. J. Michner, in charge of the Read
ing company's telegraph office, said
from information he learned that
breaker boys worked shorter hours and
received better pay than telegraph
messengers and boys in department
stores.
The presentation Of these statistics
ended the testimony for the operators.
Counsel for the Reading company noti-
fled the commission that President
Baer desired to correct the statement
that he had charged the mine workers
with the responsibility for twenty-olle
murders during the strike.
Counsel for the miners also took oc-
casion to deny the published statement
that the union had Withdrawn its de-
nand that the miners in the Schuylkill
region be paid by weight. The demand
for weight, he said, did not affect the
Schuylkill district, where it is imprac-
ticable.