Show BAERS BAER S PROPOSITION TO TIlE THE MINERS I I Feb 12 Before an audience that tat filled fled every eV r inch inc r of space in the United Unite States circuit court cour room President George GeorgeF F Baer Ber of the Reading company made his closing argument arment for forthe forthe forthe the coal coa operator before the comp strike commission comm today and Clarence S Darrow Darow chief cie counsel for tor the te miners miner also began b n the summing up for forthe forte forthe the te men The two sessions were extremely interesting and the prin principal cipal speakers held the attention of the auditors throughout their re remarks re remarks marks mark The greatest interest was wa manifested in Mr Baers Baers appearance before the commission to plead the te cause cuse of the mine owners ower Many May T 4 prominent persons were present among them President Truesdale of the Delaware Delaware Lackawanna Weste Western railroad Archbishop Ryan Ry judges of the federal and local courts state senators and ad many mining officials from the coal regions Mr Baer Ber concluded his address adress by mak making m T Ting ing ins a proposition to pay pa the contract miners miner on a sliding wage scale 4 their wages wages to fall fail or rise with wit the market arket i price of coal at New York York but in in no case shall the te wages fall below the present basis bis The spokes spokesman spokesman man for the coal companies took up two hours and twenty minutes mute in delivering his address and when he sat down dow he was wa congratulated by oy hundreds ds of ot persons 4 Mr Darrow Daw spoke at the afternoon session for tor two hours hour and an a half hair hal 4 and ad wi will take te up all al of tomorrow In closing the miners case cae The crowd that tat heard him was equally as large lare as that which listened to tor Mr r Baer Bar and he too to was surrounded by an admiring throng when he temporarily suspended his bis speech at adjournment time tim His Hs Hs re remarks r remarks marks today were directed principally at the wage statements pro pre presented pre 4 to Q the committee which he be said could not be b relied upon upon te |