Show rl Sr G GL L R T OU Lf Washington 6 Bishop Ing IlIg of a l member of ot the an nn anthracite coal strike commission today UI d the plan of ot arbitration contained In tho Foss I o s bill before be foro the house com on labor The rhe bill provides for forn or n 1 permanent board of arbitration to t which shall be referred disputes be bl between tween labor and capital Volney W Fester briefly concluded his remarks begun Ht the last hearing of the bill hili Mr Foster If took rs of the tho Federation of ot Labor to 10 for tor opposing the bill He Ire quoted Mr Oom 1011 per arbitration In a II h before tho civic 1 In New NewYork York In December 1001 then re rc t 1 to Mr nt be hr before tore fore tho committee nt the tho last meeting Id to the effect that strikes arc Me a 1 good thing John Mitchell of or the coal coni miners millers MIl and Duncan 1 nut first vice president of the American Federation of 01 I Ibor WI re tinted In favor tor of arbitration In their public utterances The latter statement of 01 Mr r also nil of ot Daniel Davenport Doel ort the anil Inti In favor ot of strikes and lockouts Mr Fos lioe Foster ter Inspired In III the first by II the personal Interests Interest of 01 tho gentlemen making them Answer Int questions by hy Acting Chairman Bishop m hop wild It wan nut nol bin hi opinion that the proposed tri trl tribunal bunal would ever evel be called upon to determine tho question nf ot what whaL Is III n 11 legitimate profit for lor the tho Investment of capital Its 1111 province would be to set Itt settle tle tin 1111 to tn hours treatment and andi i ny 1 of 0 by II the tM r A fair he said 11 was demanded In Inthe the tho suit Un con conI mines nf the west Iut by b tho Iho conditions In III the mines and tho cost el t of living Where it II did not lIot permit of ot a 1 living wage according in l tho American standard of ot living Uit ought ou ht to close up liP declared the bishop I would My he continued l us salil aU of at wn WM that tit strike Is III hell Men who wont out on u 11 strike went I 1 back Injured morally morall and not the tamo men The children of ot strikers hud had been t tn taught to taunt children of ot other work workmen men mell Tho rho condition between bel capitol capital and labor was Willi not improving ho sald although he believed the anthracite coal strike commission had accomplished good results result Ho 1111 referred to 10 tile the pic ent labor troubles In III Colorado San Francisco Chicago Th e condi condl conditions were blocks to bettering the tho gen oral crill conditions of ot the country It was becoming more und moro mort manifest that capital and labor were Interdependent on each Asked If h M did not think condi conditions were Improving ns to lawless lawlessness S ness Spalding that It dill did not Ilot so to any nn extent He ald I Ithe the riotous conditions condition during the an anthracite strike were 11 not all bud bad In this respect HH 1111 the newspapers had made thorn them although there ther waH picketing and always alAS would be bl in strikes I dont think there Is II In America any class clus of or employers h deliberately do their men wrong wron declared The fhe bishop said he believed tin Amer mer Iran lIall people r In 10 be a n people of ot Bod 11 win toward and tho d He III believed he the people free tre from tic hll and HaM tant the tendency to Socialism Is III only In a 1 way Va He lie regarded a n permanent nt tribunal greater one treated for oDeh rate 1 of ot dispute He dill did not believe he ht said In sym IIII sympathy I pathy when It Ir he hI would deny labor lator org to strike was us the thC one of oC lator organizations and to deny that right rt ht would be b to de do deny don ny n the right to but the grent object t ho added n Is III to bring admit peaceful lh without Labor he fald hall had accomplished much good He li II satisfied that any president would point u II nonpartisan lie HI had asked Mr MI Mitchell If It lanor organ orlan would thrive thrle If It they th y lost the approval of oC public opinion Mr Ir Mitchell replied that they the would not but bUI would disintegrate |