Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-08
BISHOP DoNAtluE, of ~ Tssoe1o,
CHURCH. VARIES 'ro''y
OF WEST v'Ro's sosI.
SAYS MINERS HoMs,s ;oAe-
PORTABLE, MEN DiscoNrErIo
oseIarss Unions Are oreanlssd -
Benefit Labor Officials and Furnlsh
Fat Salaries ~ Wsil % 70 Benefit
Werkmsn-Minsrs Wanted Fine
Homes and Automobiles.

Warrington. Sept. s.-0reed az coal
operators as well as tho miners. Bish-
op =. J. Donahue. Of the Catholic
church. told tho senate inyestirntinv
committee today was the fundumentaI
cause OF tho strike. Exorbitant pric.s
IN the company stores he gave a. IN
Instance " the attitude Of the opcr.-
tors.
Vhe bishop was on the commission
"hich Investigated conditions on Paint
and Cabin creeks. He was agreeshly
surprised by tha living conditions OF
miners.
or course We did not find Turkish
rugs nut We did find comfortable
homes"
Were the men contented?. asked
Senator Kenyon.
i can best answer In tho words of
Griffith. who said the men would not
DO satisfied until they owned the
mines"
Going to the cause Of the strike the
pishop quoted from tis1o psalms:
The rich man naunts his wealth
and sets the poor man on Are." and
uoIiaTed Il applied a. West y.rS.s!:
Minors Taught infidsiity.
He added that infldelity had been
, taught the miners. that they had been
taught the saying. poor we have with
us always" was a farce and that
miners have just as much right to au-
tomobiles and to live In kanaw.la
street as the coal operators.
Senator Borah contended that II la
boring men were not ambitious they
would become industrial slaves.
'.Ah. but not so II property owners
ars not filed with greed" returned tho
bishop. Il believe men should hold
property not as their own but ~ trus-
tees for others and that trustesship
should be shown by acts"
Raps the Walking Delegate.
Senator MARITIME asked tho bishnp l1
labor unions were not organised In hia
opinion for tho good OF the members
The bishop hesitated until the quso-
| tion was repeated. and then said:
THAT may bo one reason. another -
to furnishe fat salaries to officialA"
Did you ever hear Of an official that
| was worth 10000 demanded Att
| torney Steadman. OF tho mine workers,
Il did not speak OF accumulations.
referred to salaries" returned the
bishop.
Attorney Monnett. also for the min.
Calling guns. armoured cars and
bloodhounds were some tho things that
set the souls Of the miners on fire
The bishop replied that no consid-
cred tho use OF these weapons best
| qualified by common law. when tho
| user OF guns was backed to the wall.
Money Doesr't Make Religion.
The bishop denied having como to
test against Former immigration
Commissioner O'Keefe stopping immi-
grants going to the West Virginia
! mines because the mines were not
unionized. The bishop declared he camo
| on his own instance.
The immigrants were possibly Cath
olics. but they were not working as
hard"
'Wel1 they pay up. and that Is what
| you want" suggested tho attorney.
ooh. no. paying money does not
make n man religious. He must go to
/ church and i've up to his religion.
! Take away n mans religion and you
| make him little more than an animal
You get these horrible ideas OF infidcl-
ity and doubt and socialism worked
out OF the miners minds. much as you
work out beer ut Carlsbad. and nurture
wholesome religious view OF life. and
| conditions viii be better"
| Bibles Better Than Machine Gums.
| The bishop denied that either ind;--
vidually or officially he was Interested
in West Virginia coal lands or mines,
Senator MARITIME asked the bishop
what he would do to remedy conditions
| IL he had the power.
First I would require operators and
minera to go 10 church twice every
Sunday. 1 would give each n bible 40
a steering chart and then give them
about eight beatitudes and make them
hang two or three in their bedrooms, aN
'hlessod are he poor In spirit and
blessed are the neck These would
cause them to forget to use the ma
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