Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-08-06
CANCELLATION
BOARD WILL MEET
Check Weighman Controversy May
Be Settled at Wilkesbarre.
NICHOLS ANSWERS WARRINER

iation board. called a meeting of that
tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock, when
1t is believed that the check weighman
controversy in district No l will be
practically settled. probably by refer
ence to the entire body of the anthra-
cite strike commission, or to its presi-
dent. Judge Gray. for binding inter-
pretation of the check weighman clause
in dispute.
District President Nichols issued a
statement in reply to that given out
by Superintendent Warriner on behalf
| of the operators on the conciliation
board on Friday last Mr.. Nichols re-
views the controversy in an exhaustive
manner and temperate spirit.
He claims that he never regarded
the letter of Umpire Wright. finding
that the operators should deduct pro
| rata share of the check weighman's
| wages from each miner, where a ma
jority made a demand as an official
| decision. and did not bring it to the
attention of the board of conciliation.
Mr.. Nichols charges Superintendent
Warriner with inconsistency when the
latter charged Umpire Wright with
having exceeded his duties. He says:
"If we admit that the umpire decided
question or point which was not spe-
| cifically referred to him. we can also
show that the operators. through the
N 0rn n1v
guilty of doing the very thing that
they charge the umpire with doing,
namely. adopting a resolution regard
ing the question of assignment for the
collections of check-docking bosses
wages, whereas the grievance under
tion of deductions. or paymen of wages.
The grievance merely complained that
Coke Brothers & Co. refused to allow
a man selected by the miners to act
as check docking boss. because he was
personally Objectionable to the COM
pany.
While the question of collection,
deduction or payment of check docking
bosses wages was not involved in the
grievances of the miners of Coke Bros
& Co., it was directly involved in the
grievance presented by the contract
miners of the Pennsylvania Coal Com
pany, which was denied by Umpire
Wright
"To sum up the whole matter: The
operators contend that the umpire de-
cided certain questions not referred to
him. in answer to which we show that
grievance No. Is did involve those
questions.
"They claim that he considered a
point disposed of by the board of con-
ciliation. namely, the question of as
signment
Before the last meeting of the
board of conciliation adjourned the
miners suggested that the defendants
before the umpire in grievance No
Jog could petition the umpire for a re.
opening of the case. and claimed that
they were only the parties who could
do so.
1--WE also offered to submit the whole
question in controversy. that is. the in
depreciation of award No. 5. to the
anthracite coal strike commission as
body. and to abide by their decision.
"There is no provision in the awards
of the anthracite coal strike commits
conciliatiOn reversing the decision of
an umpire. and upon that ground we
are compelled to refuse to consider
such proposition in any form"
Another Allentown Tragedy.
Allentown. Pa. Aug. 2.-Not since
the Bechtel tragedy was Allentown so
excited as when Edward Ritter,
butcher, shot his wife Lille
On account of many misdeeds on his
part. she was about to leave him. and
started away from Allentown on Le-
high Valley express.
At Lehighton he shot her twice with
revolver. wounding her mortally
Then he turned the revolver on him
self. sent bullet through his brain
and died a minute later.
Kent Loomis' Body Arrives Here.
New York. Aug. 4.-The body of r.
Kent Loomis, who is supposed to have
lost his life from the steamer Kaiser
Wilhelm H. off the English coast. on
June 10 last. was brought here on the
American line steamer st. Paul which
arrived from Southampton and Cher,
bourg Francis B. Loomis. assistant
secretary of state. brother of the
dead man. arrived here from Washing
ton and took charge of the boody of
his brother, which he shipped to Par