Evening journal., 1903-01-21
.DARROW GIVES HIS
VIEWS OF UNIONS
Lively Interchange OF Opinion
Between Him and Chair
man Gray
mo PARTICULARLY NEW TESTIMONY

Miners Attorney Claims They Have
Right to Prevent Non-Union Men
From Working BY Moral saaslcn.
D. L. g. WIS. Wage Statement.
Philadelphia, Jan. 21.-When the an
thracite coal strike commission adj
iourned yesterday the 40Oth witness
summoned before the arbitrators was
being examined or the 400, ia were
called by the striking mine workers,
1876 by the non-union men, 63 by the
operators, and Sght by the commis-
sion. Tho Delaware. Lackawanna and
Western Railroad Company concluded
it's case. and the Temple Iron Com
pany began the presentation of its
side OF the controversy The compan-
les yet to be heard are the Leh!gh Val
ley Coal Company Lehigh and Wilkes
barre Coal Company, Marlde Broth
ers and about GO other Independent
operators, and the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal and Iron Company. At
ter the coal companies end their case
the miners will take up some time in
examining witnesses in rebuttal.
Yesterdays testimony did not bring
out anything that was particularly
now. There was n lively interchahge
Of opinion between Chairman Gray
and Attorney c. S. Darrow, for the
miners. on the question of the rights
of the union men. Mr.. Darrow safd:
"The right TO discriminate and 10
say that its members viii not work
with non-union men Is the strength of
q labor union. and it in part represents
the strength of the United Mine Work
ers OF America. and | content that the
exercise of this right Is not incompati
bic with the greatest good to the
greatest number.
"Why. the union has the right tc
object to working with red-headed
man ii It so elects added Mr.. Oar
row, addressing his remarks alter
natcly to the commission and 10 Maiol
Warren. Of counsel for the Delaware
Lnckawanna and Western Company.
"But has the union the right to pre-
vent a red-headed man from working
if he so desires?" interjected Commits
sioner Wright
"it has the right to prevent him by
moral suaslon. OF course. 1t hasn't
the right to XIII him. or assault him. OF
even TO assail him with abusive Ian
guage. The civil courts are open tc
the slandered man, whether he be O
union or a non-union man.
During the examination I'm chief OF
Superintendent Williams, of the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western Com
pany. he said the steam men do not
work very hard at night, and that they
get a chance to sleep. On oross-eX
animation he testified that the com
pany does not permit its men 70 sleeT
~hile on duty The day engineers
hoist cars from the bottom Of the shaft
to the surface, a distance OF 500 feet
at the rate Of 20 cars a minute. Engl
neers have 15 minutes for lunch. They
worl, 10 hours a day, and when they
are on duty at night they work i.
hours.
AIS. Baker, of Scranton, auditor o
the mining department of the Della
ware. Lackawanna and Western Rail
road Company presented to the com
mission the wages statemea. showing
the wages paid 20 all OF It's employees
A summary Of the wage statement O
the contract miners for 1901 is az
4 follows:
Two hundred and forty-thre'
men earned less than 500; 90 betweeI
500 and $3.50; $50 between $3.50 an,
5000: CO between 5000 and $3.50; 81
between $3.50 and $500; 112 between
5000 and $3.50; 40 between $3.50 an,
$500: 1863 between siO0 and $3.50; 19l
between $3.50 and $500; 200 between
$500 and $3.50; 329 between $3.50 an'
5000: 1886 between 5000 and $3.50; 2S
between $3.50 and 800; 226 betweeI
$500 and $3.50; l4O between $3.50 an'
$500; IS between $500 and $3.50: 81
between $3.50 and $500, and 121 owe
5000.
A statement giving The wages of al
classified company men. that is mel
who work by the day OF week, wa
also presented. These men have dc
manded a 20 per cent. reduction in tn
hours of labor. with no reduction Il
!. pay. The average wages paid thes
men in 1901 ranged from $15480 70
slate pickers (boys) to $93iO4 70
boiler inspectors.
The Lackawanna Company her
rested its case and the Temple Iroi
Company began calling It's witnesses
The attorneys called five men on be
half of the Temple Company, all o
them mine foremen, who testified 4
conditions in and about the collierie
over which they have charge. Mucl
Of their testimony was in contradiction
Of evidence adduced when the min
workers were presenting their side o
the controversy to the commission a
Scranton.