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Show GOAL MINERS' WAGES Important Action by Strike Commission. SHUTS OFF CONTROVERSY Arbitration Hoard Decides That If Any Award Affecting the Existing Hate of Wages Should Be Made, the Award Shnll Be Effective From November 1st The Commissioners Spend Another Day In Continuing Inspection of Mines nnd tho He-glon He-glon About Scrnnton Scanton Fa Oct 31 The first Important Im-portant irtlon of the nnthiaclte ea) strike commission which Is arbltiatlng the differences existing between the itinera iti-nera and Ihelr employers was taken todav when It wis announrel hy Car-loll Car-loll D Wright, the recorder of the commission com-mission that If any award affecting the existing rate of wages should be made the award shall be made effective fiom November 1st It was fully expects 1 that this question ques-tion would come up before Ihe arbitrators arbitra-tors but the action of the commissioners commission-ers shuts on" any possible controversy that either side mnj have desired to raise The miners wanted the new scale if one Is ma le, tv dote com the time they relumed to work but tlii! operators lefl the matter to lo decided by the commission The mlne-woikers are perfectly satisfied satis-fied however with the decision of the commission The strike has been off only one week nnd most of the men have not worked more than four or five days ANNOUNCnMnNT MADR The announcement of the commission was contained In the following rcsolu linn oted unanimously that If the commission com-mission at the conclusion of Its hearings hear-ings an I dellbeiations makes any award affecting i xlsllng rntis of wages, hitch award shall take effect from .November .No-vember I, 1102 The commissioners spent the entire day In continuing their Inspection of the mines an 1 mining region nliout Prrnnton They visited Ihe Manv Hie colliery In tin furennin nnd the after niicm was spent In riling through the region In a sieclal trolley car The commission will spend Saturday lu the vicinity of Wllkesbane teturnlng here In the evening , rmiMMiN via niponr it Js insslhlo lint the rommlilon may make n prellmlnarv report on three of the prlnclpil strike questions Thev are the Inctense of wigea n shirler work day and the weighing of ooil Uier thene hive been decided tho commission can tnke up all other questions without undue haste It Is known that the commissioners hive this feiture tinder consideration nnl It Is likely a rellmlnary report will be made The tommlselnners were underground todiy for two hours and a half Recorder Re-corder WrlBht dll not nroompiny the laity, owing to the pressure of work In connection with the Investigation Tho arhlltntors Inspected practically the entire tindergrounl workings They nsked niinu roils questions of nil the men they emnunteieil In the gangways or chimhers and did not seem to mind the dlsmmfort of the trip WOltST minm: IN SCIl ANTOV The Minvlllo Is said to be one of the worst mines In the rei,lin for tho ml ners to work The veins of coal are not more than three feet thick and I the miner his n more dllllciilt time In gating the rool out than where the vein Is thlcki r The lommlssloners walked several miles through the ging-w ging-w lys nnd owing to the exceedingly low roof they had to lo their trimp-lug trimp-lug almost usually In a stooping position posi-tion fter the nrbltritnis had been In tho vmrklngs an hour lodge Urny decided that bis Kick aihel enough for once nn I he came to the surface, occom-innlel occom-innlel by Illshop Ppildlng ASKFD MANV Ql'ITIONS Altogether Ihe commissioners Inspect- el thien chambers wheie mlueia were! at work at the fine of the breasts blasting coil The first hri ist visited was JoeiO feet fiom the font of thi shaft There the Investigators foun 1 a miner und his helper at work Gen Wilson and Messis I lark and Pirker rrawlcd Into the three-foot opening out of which the coal was being tuktn 'lha miner was asked hoev much he tnndc a day how many cars of coil he was nl le to get out how many hours he worked what he pull his helfei, how much he made per mouth before the I strike and numerous other questions I thit might give the commissioner I some Ide i of how to pioceed i win in. ui'MovnD hock ! The visitors were then tnken twin feet In nnother direction to where a miner was working In an accumulation of water Tills miner was questioned prin Icliully regarding the venter He toll I of how he Hikes It nut every morning before doing any mining nnl also told the commissioners what roinpcusillnn he receive I for doing It Ho tailed ul tentlou lo the loose rock overheid I which made bad rooting It often full j 'ug and convening him to spend con sldeiabje time In improving conditions about the breast In leply ton question us to how inuih he got for removing the rock he said We take it out for the good of our souls " fll Pl.1IIN1LNDn.N1 K OPINION' nu the way to the first breast 1m mediately after being loneied to the Ii.il linn of the rhift which Is uhout 3U feel fiom the suiface bupl ltnserillel the eeimmisslonei s atlentinn lo a train of mire ears filled with coal The rules of the conn any tequiic that lliete must bo six Inches of toppim, on eai li etr The ccrs exhibited were filled onlv to I the top edge of the sides In e eminent I Ing on this to the lommlsslnnera Air I Hose said It was a sample of how the company Is Imposed upon by sonie of the men Ifter luncheo lelr hotel the com mtssloners took a le about the region I in a sieclal troll , ar Thev vlsitt I Tivlor Dunmore nnd Throop tluee small mining towns outside of Hcran ton This was done fo the purpose of viewing the homes and surinundlngs of the mine workers wn.i. i isi r w n.Kn&nAitnr The commission will go to W likes barre tomormw morning The Pros pect colliery located In Vonh Wilkes barre will be Insiertel nnd a trip to Plymouth and other mining towns lu that vicinity will be made rhe com mission will return here in the evenlni, and spent Sunday Illshop Spalding will pieach In the e'atheiral on Sunday In place of Illshop Iloban whon- jmis diction i tends all ovr the anthracite field excepting the Sihilyllilll region 1 VhlVt, JL.HIIMOM Tin commission his not jil decided when it shall begin taking testlmons Chalimnti l.iiiy sail toluy It ma) be nearly a v .k before the hearings ire begun Hi i Older l HUit tod ly sent out letters to the sixty seven Individual operators in the e o I fields giving th in the same prlv l"ge e t n p ring h for the coniml sunns cs tne lartcr optr utors. |