Deseret Evening News | 1903-01-31 | Page 5 | Operators Close Their Case

Operator Close Their Case Philadelphia Jan the tho ex I of oC the presentation of ot statistics I Ithe the coal col operators today to n closed their case cae before betor the coal strike commission und and It I Is expected that the tho striking strIkIng ing miners will wi begin 1 ln calling witnesses In rebuttal tomorrow The Il miners will wIl take talle up three thre or four COUI days das In rebuttal next w week ck which the commission will wi adjourn until the tho following Mon Ion Monday dRY day The arguments r will wil consume the greater part of ot the week commencing Feb eb 9 Up VII to date the commission has hns heard witnesses I The Philadelphia and Heading Coal and Iron company occupied all 11 of ot to days session In n the forenoon session selion counsel for tor the miners and the paymaster ter of oC the Beading company differed In II their views og 81 to the th reliability of ot the averages 8 hown In the wags statement to the commission lon by 1 the com company pany It I developed during the that n a miner who testified before the tho com commission cm mission nt had lost Ion his place because he was wa In and the tho ant commission exacted a n promise from the superintendent of ot the company that ho would bo he reinstated this concession be being beIng ing scoured after Chairman Gray Ory hall had expressed the opinion that It I was not right to deprive a man of lili hl position for Cor testifying the commission The miner J P Clarke larke t I 1 h hal d n un and 1 nIl went to without first notifying his foreman John K I Davis On the third day of t his bla absence the foreman fortman tilled his instate place pInel him afterward refuted to re reinstate