Show PUBLIC PAYS THE PRICE Some Figures In Coal Suit to Set the Peoolc Thinking New YorlcW W Bute statistician statistic-ian of the anthracite companies wan a witness on Thursday In the governments govern-ments suit charging the coal roads with maintaining an Illegal combination combina-tion Ho was questioned as to the working rofa tlid Ilgro dnmelrf7ollnwidgi l the settlement of the struggle of 1902 through the Intervention of President Roosevelt by which the miners were to receive a one per cent increase In wages fqr every five cents ad advance above 8450 a ton made by the mine owners Mr Bole admitted that the coal companies likely received at least as much from the Increase Inprice as did the minors So that If labor received 17000 000 moro In wages since the strike in 1902 and the operator benefitted equally tho public must havo paid I 34000000 moro for coal I Suppose so said the witness |