The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-01-02
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IN SWAY N
Mines
BerWind White Company Faces
Grave Accusations d
Probers
lcontInued from Firat 80

Continued from First Fage,l
feudaiistic control against the com
pax1y.
Striking miners charged the com
j. with giving false weight On
coal mined and paying the miners
for only d part Of the coal they
3. with refusing To let the miners
see the scales on which their coai
was weighed.
8. with maintaining company
stores III defiance of the law against
their maintenance and forcing eIr-
EpIoyea to trade there under threat
Eof dismissal
4. With Overcharging employees 20
to Hooper cent on merchandise pur
CHASED at the stores and with falsi-
flying accOunts. frequently charging
for merchandise not bought.
5. With keeping the employees IA
4 state Of economic subjection 90
they never received any cash Tor
their labor. but were always IN debt
to the company.
s. With controlling the miners
votes. presenting them with marked
ballots on election days and threat
9U1n& 4UCly1 as " AtAA AAA14 - @MAAAr%
they voted as ordered
The Investigation came as re
suit of the Alliance of the Berwind
EWhife Company with the InterbCr
IouRIa Ra6id Transit Company, Of
New York
Report Brands BerWlEid.
d. Berwind, multi snnil lionaire
head Of the Berwind White Coal
ICompafly, and chairman Of the board
lof directors 81 the InterbUrOuglb to
lgether with other Officials of the
coal company, ii charged ia the re-
Ifairness and democracy 3erWfnd
himself Is reputed to be the largest
Isfockholder IN the InterbCrOugh. The
city Of New York has $500 900 900
Invested In the New York subways.
ssTherefore the report BtateE.
Issthe cost 81 coal and all the items
lof expense III connection with the
I0nerafion ofs the subWays BY the
tTrterboroug Rapid Transit Com.
ipaFty are vitality material to the city
and its citizens.
the committee advocated the
Inationalizing Of all the coal fields
TN the United states ana the taking
lover and operation BY the city Of
New YofIxss transit lines
on April 1922, the miners of the
lBerwind- White mines Joined ~ the
general coal miners strike An
s0reer1eaf was reached August is,
1852. between q majority Of the SOFT
IopaI s0nerators and represent f1VeS
81 llie Tinted Mine Workers. q
lAmerica. The BerWind bite com.
lpany refused To Join Ii the confer
fence. and the. strike. st that COM
Ipany's mines is still In effect.
Spiss Utilized.
"A system Of spying and espionage
directed ut members OF Mayor Hy-
Ilan's COMMITTEES investigating the
conditions OF miners in the Berwind-
White coal fields, was Instituted by
the company in attempts to hamper
the investigators, the committees re-
port declared
Having established headquarters
at the Fort StanWix Hotel. Johns
town, Pa, members Of the COMMITTEES
found themselves not only under the
constant surveillance Of company
spfes, but had their rooms ransaCked,
their personal and official belong.
| ings tempered with, and their mail
! opened.
When the investiga ton was begun
the miners readily accepted the In
yitafion TO lay their case before the
committee, but the company Off
Gals held aloof The report charges
That the company put every possible
obstacle in the way Of the committee
which was seeking to estabaish the
truth Of conditions In the district.
The report declared further that
ssAt Mine No. 40, located 81 Scalp
Level, about thirty-two families, in
Guiding $50 children, were found liv-
ing in tents on the bare ground,
without stoves or other protection
i from the cold.