| Show Coal Companies Open op en Tb ei Side Delaware and ad Hudson Company Undertakes to Ia Stow Show Slow Pot For wIan Years Year Up to 10 Beginning j of in I I J goo 1900 Company and h Io es Were iVere Friend F Trouble Began Hilll Advent of United Mine Altic Mile Workers Philadelphia Sari JI 10 The men len having clown closed their cuss CUM l tIle the Coil cou opened o their she sl e of ot the he con COl today l hoort before for the tue strike coma com commission cm mission it Gray OrA 0 ray In Ii Ii still at II I con to 0 his lila horns home in Iii Wilmington tol nut suf faring from a u cold and Oen again awn I a presIded The were welt toda to ar arI by I tie Delaware company through Its Il counsel James H II Torre forrey of ot In presenting the ems 11 of ot the tile company he lie h Mr Tor Tur icy t ml first delivered nn no a Indicating what the hits company would try tr to prove Iro He lie Ie spoke In Iii UH Ott 11 follows A general opening of or thu cane on bo be bohal huh half hal of or the residents having been minnIe made I J shall at this lila time lat tm myself HO so 10 far n 11 as to o a it 1 bud brief statement of or the lie batten which It U is expected to prove mind and III reply l fluting to the ease case of or tile the Delaware K Hudson company Wo We o shall shah hal prove proe UK tIn charter power of or the lie company set e el rii In It Ia its answer already Hied loll with wih the tie Ion by hy which hiiri It will wil appear that hut this thin wan 11 the If t company t tenter to enter cuter upon the lie of mining and anti transporting out of ut the tie state HH Its iK nil no thracie e I Xo Wo shall show allow Kho that bitt for or many 1111 years III up UI to the lit beginning of oC tie the WOO huGo strike the relation between the company anti and UK its hall had been bell ft loudly lend ly tumId 1111 anil u a nt 21 d that ha t I th tl t lit Inception of or such degree of at hostility ai as 11 lisa has marked those relations was 1 with the he entry Into the lie an anthracite on field O 11 of the lie organization ton of ot the thic United Mine MImIc lne So SQ S far ns us al relates to the lie Ihl formal de do demands 10 mands pending before this commission I Ii In is I only fair alt to to this lila respondent to 10 suite mute that It I Is II In tie the position unusual men elen In 11 debate and practically sable wible In Iii late hate proceeding of ot being cpm com pled to prove rove n a negative ne ale After Atter of ot valuable time hue the cn e c upon tile tho part of the main mainIS eis 11 IS was closed without tho lie production of r any material evidence to t I II Ic any 11 of their claims With almost Infinite II labor and paint pains and ant by the all aid alt of an al ar army of clerks and alli accountant aast a avast vast ast array orrl of o Information has been ac accumulated accumulated cumulated for ha use of or the tIle commis commission r sion 1101 with wih to the tile wages agos anti and ali conditions of employment of or our em Uy J U these statements and from other testimony offered It I will willbe wil Ili be demonstrated d that tiIa there Is no merit Inell Ip 1 the first demand fora for orn a 20 o pet per cent Increase upon the prices paid during durin the lie year of 1901 to performing contract work It I will wi bo be bl shown that lInt both hoth the tile rates rate paid and ad ald the lie annual I earnings upon tion n this kind of or work are larger lorer than are arc paid to the bituminous miners mailers for similar cork vork anti and the l lons skill and ami training raining In Inthe Inthe the lie region We e are lre satisfied tile the com coni commission mission will wil there Is II no 10 manual employment requiring so 60 8 lIttle training or Dr skill kilI sll tile the exposure to to so o little Itu risk Ilsk of or health of or life le the lie occupation of BO so small smal a n portion of ot the lie working day which Is so IO liberally compensated In wages aage as ag the he work of the he anthracite miner miners In tIlls this connection we shall dhow that the lie employment Is II not extra hazardous ous anti and Is more ordinarily healthful We Ve shall slum show sho that lint since Ince the hie last Increase of or wages there has 1155 ha been leSil no material advance In Iii II the lIe eon cost of living We Ve shall Ihal negative the th iii unsupported unsupported ported Irtel claim that lInt the children ot of the lie miners are ar forced to work nt at t nn mimi fl early earl iffe ige by II submitting a list of or whose boys are arc workIng with wih the tie nn tin earnings s of the parents parent which about WO To the second demand Iemand for or an eight lour hour day a for fOI or company men the lie evl el 11 lence which has hR already tte ii outlined wi iiii to 0 a R large lar extent apply appl In mill atil boil thereto we shall submit stats state ton ments which will wi show how that t even Ien dur dil In the period when coal will wi be he mo mOil moat t tn In n II demand end and the collieries op Oil rated to the lie limit of their capacity the he lie breakers operated an average of lel eW than eight hours hourI per day for red rea rel oils ons due to o the he action or if the men maCil mel and amid partly Pat to causes cause be hi ond the control either of tile the company co I or r tin th hit men We W e ha prepared a schedule showing th the wages wage the awn num awner nUI mr er of or days worked suit and the annual of oC all 11 company men nod and boys 05 the he general average being bellg for Or men mIl HSK mUS and amid ali for boys boyi bYI which Is II a average obtained In other employments In lila thU connection we show list hat the ha only on I tabulated statement of or red ered In evidence e by b I the tise ide workers to give rive a comparison of the lie of or rom 1 men In the n fields Is mIs and ani anthracite 11 In It Il Its scope rop full ful of or Inaccurate te leI lee In detail and anti fats fait fa and nd misleading In n I conclusion Hearing upon un the lie third demand of ofte h te miners for or the he weighing of or coal ll ml ni the thi payment by b 1 the tho ton for tor mining ri l shall show ho that list for many man years his ls has hl Paul paid hi at St t some of or Its 18 nines iines by hy weight and Ind at others other by b the thu thur I nr fr r We VC W shall show how the actual I In i I marketable co r eash J I of ot units of ot weight ht eat uni uniformity I Ril nd ni per r car r and n that a 1 pr of wages WI resulting from both systems W Wi shall Ihal show how that so I far farus faras us as 1 our own no io 0 com complaint plaint has ever er been made directly to tolie the lie company 00 1 that either system wad wi w unfair or d In Inadequate Ind or un unequal equal huRl ual remuneration for fur the tue labor actu actually actual actually ally al performed Ue We have hae claimed In our answer that the tue commission cannot under lIler the tha terms of ot the he submIssIon of ot the issues It ItIs ItIs ItIs Is to 10 pu I pass s upon Ulon consider the tw fourth furth submitted by h the complain complainants ants viz Ie TIle The he execution I of ot an agree agreement Iro ment with wih the lie United Mine lne Workers Worker df dt America governing the tho lie Wages to be paid and the lie conditions of ot employment of ot Us ls Without waiving tills claim we shall offer such sueh testimony In addition to tile tie evidence already be before before fore fol the lie commission to establish I the lie undesirabIlIty of or such Buch an au agreement If It I It I were well fairly at tut lt Issue Is ue We shall show that bunt tin the ho relations between this lila re respondent tOld anil its 8 hud hind been ben for fur and harmonious many peaceful until they Icy were disturbed d by lie thu ma mn machinations of oC anti and agents of the lie United Mine ln Workers Worker that lint tho lie offset effect nf if lf the lie organization of or Its Is In that list association a has been to create a I of or discontent and hostility on ontie the tie part of ot the tho discipline which IH Is essential p to the lie wife safe and all prof profitable Ia bIt conduct of ot the business has hns been bon very ely greatly Impaired that systematic efforts havo tn made to 10 force all of ot Its It I Into this the organization that lint the tie management of the lie business might be he put hut absolutely under Its Is control anti ant that list In lii ninny many man Instances to ti further the Ito te designs desIgn of the tile organization or i the lie ethl em clency cleney anti and productive capacity of ot the he themen themen men lInt has been ien voluntarily diminished In conclusion the statement says Bays the minors minor union has lIas hUl no control over Its Is members that thai no blacklist was VilS wal ever eyer prepared or recognized recognize by b the tho company und anti that hat the lie evidence presented by bythe bythe the lit Delaware Hudson company will wi tend to Indicate Its ls sincere desire to 10 establish and anti maintain amicable and ant friendly relations with wih itil Its lis Upon tho tilt conclusion of illS his addres Mr Ir Toney Tore called alpl to the lie Ih witness ln ss isS stand etani diaries Charles C Hose HOe of or Scranton superintendent of or orthe of the mining department the company Under the tie examination of oi Mr Ir Torrey Torre the th lie said DId Ild that the he relations bo be prior to tho 1 strike b Lucen t the company 0 1 11 n and aM tho the irien llen wei cordIal After ter that lint strike most niost of ot tho the men Ilien Joined the lie Miners union which resulted in conI i l content among the tile men min and the tha braking banking up UI of ot discipline In and abu about a lt the moines mines In II some collieries the men required to load lond pounds to a adr 1 dr In other mines 2850 p At Atone A Alone Aone lone one Ir the weight Is Ip fixed it at 2710 cOler pounds The he of ot the cars core he h said alJ differs at various arlous collieries So far fur 03 na nah lt I he lic h knew no block black list lpt exists e In the lie th an ito regions re lolls The TIle witness ls al also alFo o stat stated ed oil that It would be he unwise to 10 liars hav hl ekly k 1 pay pa I days lays The Tl men bell mel he said sall nov los lof twice ns us 11 much time hub with semi semimonthly monthly n pay days as nut al they th did dIl when tiny they were Ivere paid t aiti once a month Mr Ir Hose closed his hil testimony by producing Ig n a let letter le tom tel written to him Idol by 1 President Oil 01 iten of or the tie company after the him to stand by bythe Indel The letter leter told Iy tile the th men muon who WilD stood tooti stol by b the company campan dur during ing Ilg II this the th strike He lie le was as Instructed to tn warn to lx be careful e and if ur reviled revilo not again aln Uc ne I lelet the returning strikers strike the th let letter letter letter ter said aM Give Oie them item a mt 1 good OO welcome they this are ure not all al bad bd who are misled Thin communication also instructed the hue superintendent to take heck back nil all ni men where chert places could lull be found for or them but hut no man should bo ho tl taken buck back who hind had been b n guilty gui of ot committing a crime rile On Om cross examination by br counsel counsel for forthe fortl the tl lii minors rs Mr AIr I Ilot Itose H said ld that prior to 1900 the tile contract miners miner earned orne rr W tn mn 0 a R year eur Mr Ir Hose noe said 1 he h con considered eight hours a n fair lay day do for tin his tho miners but hut foremen should hould work hours hourt hour While the law In permitted 12 I j earold boys loys to 0 work vork on the time IJ i io s did ld not think boys bors of ot tint that age Ige should l be hi there Two TOO years ago alO he h did not think the lie 10 per Pr cent Increase given the men was WR fair but he had since hU lila hi mind HP lie could roul not ot how iver r reconcile himself to the increase nol now asked for tor by L b the tl miners miner He lie le said the he companies would have hl voluntarily l all ald the Increase In 1900 10 if I the he men hll remained at work to a I question by loner Watkins Walking Mr Hose Itose HOle Mid ill It I was al nt lot hot necessary for the miner miller anti and his U la orr borer to 10 BO go to the saloons to th heIr lr wages 18 Po as 11 alleged by br the lie minors miners The rhe company compan would give them heal a I room There the divisions could rull be lalli In to tn 0 a question ton by I President Mit Mithell I hell Mr Ir hose Hoe nol sold said the miners mIner are arc mains less lel coal rl In the ears cars rr now nol than hey thY did two years ear al ago fr r Mitchell Ichel You have the power to dock lok them aven you youe OU We WI e have but we dont fully hilI exer exerIe l Ie e it was wa the reply Atel til ll 1 1 Oliver of ot New Xu York Vork con can on roller or of this the th Delaware Hudson cern oom om any was u the Ih next witness He lie le bad ht hl pay P rolls of the company flitch lie 1 1 informed Inform the be t commission ere fere tr absolutely correct t Mr Culver Culvera wa rae ras II a taken still lUl on n the hi stand stan when n a 1 rees |
