Show BLIND MEN ON STAND Sad Spectacle Presented to Anthracite Anthra-cite Coal Strike Commission by Two Witnesses Scranton Pa Dec 5The lawyers for the mineworkers continued to call witnesses today before the t strike commission com-mission to testify to alleged blackllst Ing methods pursued by several coal companies In refusing to reemploy strikers who took a more or lest prominent promi-nent part In the strike Half a dozen witnesses all of them mineworkers were called to the stand In rapid succession during the day to testify to the alleged blacklisting of themselves by the companies All of them were employed before the strike but when the suspension was ended they were refused worls The companies com-panies the wltncHHes said gave various reasons why they refused to reemploy them none of which were satisfactory to the workmen Mr Darrow for the miners then presented pre-sented two witnesses who had been inJured In-jured In the mines Both were blind and had to be led to the stand One of them had lost both eyes In un explosion had lost one arm and the other hand was rendered useless The other blind man lost part of one of his cars In the explosion In which he was caught After they left the stand the attorneys attor-neys for the operators protested against bringing those unfortunate men to the witness tand They were inJured In-jured before the strike and had no direct di-rect bearing on the matter before the commission They sympathized with the men but thought It was not the right thing to have them acpcar before be-fore the commission Mr Darrow paid he did not Intend to overdo the presentation pre-sentation of such witnesses but he wanted to brlnr the commission to a realizing sense of the dangers of coal mining i Chairman Gray here broke In and said he hoped the thing would not be overdone We have a realizing sense of the conditions he said and I may say that I never saw a sadder spectacle than that presented by these two men Rev J J Curran the Roman Catholic Catho-lic clergyman of Wlll < e barre occupied the witness stand during the remainder remain-der of the session He read a statement state-ment In which he said he had made every effort possible lo prevent the recent re-cent struggle and that after the men had concluded to strike he cam out strongly and espoused their cause because be-cause he thought they were being unfairly un-fairly dealt with and deserved more money for their labor Father Curran then gave a description descrip-tion of the conditions under which the mineworkers live which was somewhat some-what similar to that given yesterday by Father IIusslo of Hazleton In answer sWer to qucxtlonp put by Judge Gray Father Currnn saul he was opposed to the boycott and the black llU 1 This sentiment raised the approval of the chairman who said that If boycotts were permitted the country would go to pieces A |