| Show AMIOt Coal Strike Commission 11 1 Md McI al af 2 p in of ami and Coal Roads Sides lg to fo Their in Malter of Pla Place of Hearing cs s to fo the Scope of tJ e I Washington Oct Oot 27 log InS are quite IL a number of details to ho arranged the tho ot of the anthracite coal strIke commission are hopeful that the they will be e able to corn com Piete the preliminary arrangements at their sitting thIs So fur far furas faras as the operators und and miners have ex cx pressed ressell themselves the they have indicated u a willingness to their tie de sires Ires In the tho matter ot of time and of It hearing to the wish of the commis commission sion elon It Is the general understanding that lilt all the meetings for taking ot of testimony will be lucid hehl In the anthracite regions and It in III believed that the commission would be able to get at work during the tue Wt week ek Another nother question which will require attention Is that all as to this the que questions to b be taken up b by the com coin lit Mr u lie ho reached carl early today toda accompanied b by DIstrict President whit press for tor a vcr very general Inquiry while It Is understood the thur operators will seek to restrict the inquiry Dr Charles ONeill assistant recorder r rot ot of the commIssion called upon Free Pres dent todDy today to pa pay his re respects Although the reels feels lint the matters involved are ale now out ot of his lii lie he took occasIon to Impress upon his visitor the tho great grent Importance ot of the Investigation and the In lag character ot of the results to be made mad fhe anthracite coal coni strIke slon met at 2 this afternoon In Inthe inthe the hearing room ot of the Interstate com coin commerce merce All the members ers were present Mr III Mitchell president of at the United 1 Workers lund District President I ah appeared for the lie miners and the tho coal coni carryIng roads were represented all as President Haer of at the Heading l 1 n B Thomas chairman ot of the tue hoard board ot of ho vania anla Coal Coni company compan and Coal CoalIron CoalIron Iron Alfred Walter pred president dent Ilent ot of the Lehigh Ya Valley lIe W IV II If president of the Delaware Lackawanna 4 Western Wilcox vice Ice president or of the Delaware Delaure 8 had son eon John B 13 Herr vice ice president of at Scranton Coal com company pall anti l Elk lk Coal Iran hon company J n 11 forre attorney for tor tie the Delaware 4 Hudson and Francis I attorney for the tho Lehigh alle niley COlli company pun Before the th thus ot of iou tho lon and the ot of the contesting tICS Pen were Judge Gray ie IC president of the thou thon rear renti the lie order ot of the president creating the tite and In n a General way 1 outlined the to lie be loin the hue ot of the lie Issues lie lieI I that In with the tn H mortal i C alno a g Ingi lush ug peoples th the commission would fir t receive the statement or demands l I the miners who were to O ta kr th tue ot of this case casl liS as the Tin TIll of at the oth r sine woUld then IJ be heard Jud Judge e Gray amy saId In order that the commission inglut have before It a Issue At the hue conclusion ot of Judge Grays Mitchell stated that It h hull had with him the hue malle b by the upon the operators aid at the suggestion ot of Judge Gra Grah ra rahi hi h read the statement or of the miners millers IIi adopted b by the con lie tho rejection ot of which result P Pd In hit the strike I Edward was also present ns as a representative or of the The hearing room wu l with In thu cue anti spectators President hoc d to the appearance of 1 r Mitchell its a 11 representative ot of th the United Mine lIno Workers or of America Lu bu lie hind had no objection to otTer n Mr appearance na as a 11 of at the COIl coat miners generally Mr Ir users object was waB to avoid the reco recognition ot of the mine workers worker union as an order ceder 1 Mr 11 Mitchell replied that thus the as to his status were not Ir hr llvell In the co case lie SAM said that lie he di I appear WI as a representative of the an coal miners and distinctly re retraIned traIned 1 In III hits his reply from froni mentioning the tle union Presidents lOner anil Thomas to the commission that It proceed to the Ule cOlli fIelds In fri order that It mIght be informed t the outset OH af to conditions there |
