Waterbury Democrat., 1903-02-03
OPERATORS FINISH.
Testimony Before Strike Com- ] mission All Tn.
SOME INTERESTING STATISTICS GIVEN
Rebuttal Evidence Offered by Min- ers to Show That There Was No Reign of Terror Dur
 ing the Strike.

No Reign of Terror Dur
 ing the Strike.
 PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 3.-The op- orators yesterday finished the presen- tation of evidence to the anthracite coal strike commission, and the after noon session was devoted to testimony in rebuttaI on the part of the miners. Much statistical evidence was offered during the morning by the Reading company showing in figures the condi- tions existing in the mine regions and comparing the prosperity of the mine workers and their children with that of persons engaged in other occupa- tions in various cities. w. W. Ruley, head of a statistical bureau conducted by the coal carrying roads, was called to testify regarding the coal produc- tion, the amount of the commodity shipped 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 con- pany on it's property. Fl. |. Newcomb, statistician for the interstate commerce commission, introduced tables showing the average annual earnings during 1901 of workmen employed in several manufacturing towns of the state. The statistics affected 478, ,780 wage earners, and the total wages amounted to $221.- 138, ,149, or an average of $462 man. The average in New York, the witness said, was about $5 higher, but in the New England states the difference is immaterial. The average daily earn ings of anthracite miners, witness said, are about $2.O5, making the yearly av- craze $62O.
 !. J. Michner, in charge of the Read ing company's telegraph office here, said that from investigation he learned that breaker boys worked shorter hours and received better pay than telegraph messengers and boys in de- pertinent stores.
 The presentation of these statistics ended the testimony for the operators.
 The afternoon session was devoted entirely to rebuttaI testimony. R. J. Beamish, newspaper man. was called to refute the statements that a reign of terror existed in the coal regions dur ing the strike. A dozen men who had been hired in this city to serve as coal and iron policemen during the strike said the disturbances were few and of minor character. Daniel T. McKelvy, justice of the peace of Hazleton, tes- tified that the striking miners had of fered to assist him in maintaining or der.
 Cattle Disease Stamped Out.
 BOSTON, Feb. 3.-WitHin short time it is believed that the cattle em- bargo which has been in force in sey- eral New England states because of the foot and mouth disease will be lifted. Dr. Daniel B. Salmon, chief of the United States bureau of animal industry, who has been here since early in December, has returned to Wash ington and will not come back to New England unless there is reappearance of the disease. There are now no known cases of the disease in New England, and most of the places where it has appeared have been disinfected. For some time the bureau has permitted the shipment of cattle from Maine and New Hampshire to Massachusetts for immediate slaughter, and now permis- sion has been given to ship cattle into this state from Vermont.