The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1919-09-08
Witnesses Before Senate Investigating Committee
Assert That Prompt and Effective Cooperation
From the u. S. Railroad Administration Is
Essential IL Coal Problem Is to Be Solved.
ATTITUDE OF RADICALS IN LABOR
RANKS ALSO is DISCUSSED
Public Will Face Cold Winter if Miners Decide on
- Nationwide Strike and Shut Down Mines
in the Bituminous Districts.

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eleven million sons week during
The remainder Of the year.
IF VIC yet busy right away can
VIC save the situation in Ting de-
nlandcd Senator Trclingiiuyscn.
Absolutely We cam said Mr..
Taylor. This confidence on his
I part was shared in by all the wit
nes,es who appeared before The
Senate committee during The
first day Of tho coal hearing. But
all agreed with him that il woa,d
take The most Intelligent kind OF CO.
operation on the part OF the Rail
read Administration and an immo-
diatc reduction of the car shortage
iI.sl is holding up production at The
iaincs TO save that part Of The pub
lie which i,as DELAYED in buying its
coal from suffering irnm The cold
his winter. All agreed. loo. that IL
llw radical clement which is at
tempting 10 stir up troable smong
The or2sniycJ hituminpas coal
iaincrs Of Inc couetry succeeds in
calling general strike this fall or
winter The result would 5s ca.ani-
inns.
Miners to Meet.
The bituminous miners have cali
c,l a convention in September At
Cleveland snd according to Mr..
Tatlor iliey plan To formulate de-
u'auds there similar TO the demands
nsde br tlr English miners nn the
English coal opc-asr~s. According
Ia The pror~~d demands the pres
rnf con'r=ct Tor an eight hour dsy
sianu.d bc cut dpwn 10 8 six hour
day and instead ot working six da,s
week they intend mly 10 work five
DAYS week A substantial in
crease IN the present wage will also
be includcd in HE demands
In compliance With request
from the Committee concerning tho
present wages paid 10 .he cal
miners Of This rountrv. Mr.. Taylor
said that the dar wage scale paid to
the man who drives . mule is prae-
sicallv nnifnrm all over the country
and thst the men who work hv the
s,sv. WHO are known around the coal
mines ss -dsv men ret 4 fixed
rate per day OF eight hours
The miner. however. said Mr.
I'arinr. gets fixed number Of
.crn.s pfr ica for producing The
coal NJ his warking place. and t'lrt
ra,arally varies in accordance With
lis ability and ,ccnrdine to In"
Thickness nf the scam That is. in
HE thickest seams where he can yet
, down more cuaI with less rndeavor
liz gets pnid less number Of cents
st~r ton and in the thinner seams
The rate per ton is higher. heeause
~slc cntlcavor 10 get the coal is
rrrslev Those men arc supposed
ttr rnrk riali, hours n day. ;hc same
~ the 'dav mcn' work. but src-
o,aentlv il is almost impossible to
kern man working eight hours
aln fact. would sav. that tho miners
do not work eight hours regularly
hecansc thew regulate their own
earnings on What they produce
The Wage Scale.
Whist DO The miners make on an
a,er>gc;" asked Senator Myers OF
Montana.
WELL" said Mr.. Taylor. as The
seams range up their wages range
up There arc some miners that
make MS much as fifteen dollars =
iar and there arc nther miners rsil
make as low as hvc dollars DIV
ihccausc ihev are The type that cruli
n,i make any more mooney in mi';c
digging coal than thcy could picl.-
ing slate oil = car. aud they re,
sfvc dollars day doing that"
In response 10 a, question con
ccrning tho nationality II The urn
employed in the mines Mr.. Taylor
said:
Y "Thsi varies IN different section,
~ ih. country VIC hare rima>s
sall na,innnli,i~s Thrvr are ! grss,
many Italians Arslrians. S,ovrks.
4 Lilhuaniars. Er-list aud Scotch"
(. Arc anv Of them what vou wau'd
call distinctivrlv American. with
cut hvphen." asked Senator
sFreiinghuysen
. YES" answered Mr.. TAYLOR.
'and va,'t 10 say this--that some
3 OF The hrainiest and most upright
sncn ! have eyer known wcs.. cs.al
miners men al The best Ames;can
instinrts In facf The Ore.k r..