Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-09
PRESIDENT MITCHELL
CALLS GRAY TO ACCOUNT.
Takes Exception to Remark Made
by Chairman of Coal Commits
sion-Latter Confesses Him.
self Wrong in Part
self Wrong in Part.

/ PHILADELPHIA. PA, January s.
The prins.pa featurs Of me pTee;Hean1g g
day was the exception taken by Pres1-
lent Mitchell to a remark made by Chair
man Gray that he would like to see the
miners union come up out of the mir
hat is around the baser parts of 1t into
he sunlight. The miners president saio,
the union Should not be indicted. unless
and acts of laws ssness. The. head Of the
commission replied that he die not wish
TO indict the organiza ton, but hoped Il l.
would disentangle itself from Tho
ring the strike. The incident came sud
denly, while witness was on the stand
and caused quite a stir among the law
yers on both sizes 81 me ,S
up in hearing the stories Of non-uniol.
men. or their relatives. of aLsged perse-
cution during the period OF the. strike
The Mitchell incident was brought.
about by Commissioner Parker. Anthony
Ferguson, outside foreman. at the North
Maharoy collery of the Philadelphia ane
Reading Goal and Iron G9mpa ,l y,s tes ar
to work: that he recognized the two
Of his assailants as union men. and that
hey were prosecuted and convicted. Mr.
we're expelled from the union for what
they had done, but the foreman did not
know.
L
yers for the non-union, men called on
Terrence Girley. member of the Exc
cutive Board of the union in the dlstI ..s
information desired. Grley SAID he did
not know whethtr the local union to
which the men belonged took any :, action
THE CHAIRMAN'S REMARK.
Chairman Gray then asked:
"Do YOU wait for conviction by tn,
civil authorities before discipilnine your
men? Do you think you can nave eilec
cations yourself and bring the men W
and punish them in some way? ash
YOU, as a member of the order. and as
nan who would be glad to see your o tf,e
are around the bas~ parts OF 1t. INTO IN
sunlight, and into the aid Of free gov
errn1ent and free country
committed acts of violence. there is nc
question about our discipiining them.
rep!f;d the witness. a..
There was further olss ,isI1 On ra .n.
and asked Chairman Gray about TINS re
mark to the witness 49,,
Chairman Gray: Perhaps n, may : have ave
been misuna1rst tSst Vas was xp nos u
said hoped it would lit itselI out o. ~.
conditions created by these Things WhlcI
have been testified to. around us oasei
parts. or.or;7. tion
nd las in TO n aaf as Of the coal
repl3d Mr.. Mitchell. there is no uouee
in NV mind that many Of the witnesses
are brought here and do not come as
witnesses ordinarily do. to test!iS
against the strikers: and indirect1E
against the uni5s MINI mere IS SOME
eo,,,ec,ion shown between the. United
Mne-Workers Of America and s3,o; aG5s no o.
paseqq S a9SsT aEy fnf fSTEaDE 81
c,,a NJ GRAY said that he did no,
wish Mr.. mitchell, to und tns andaa tnal
anything he said indicted the or r
ton. STA not 1rnoxv that
any NJ member of the union had been ex-
paH and added that until men are :;
Convicted Of violation Of law the tSe organs,
thus their e esiS th ff ts Mr
court, nnini was Well taken. as far
those ~ onSs eom Mas Whether Re
anw IF those men were ever called up.
who WIKI had been notoriousy engaged lsa g s,,h IN
.ilega, acts. and whether they were SUI. SUD
tected to discipline by the organization,
This ended the incident.