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Show IjH II MITCHELL UNDER FIRE illragl Wm 11 SPt'iJ) IliPlfilil Severe Cross-Examination IffijyP'ljPtll by Brilliant Lawyers. Ilili lllli FEW SCARS AS A RESULT Www fMf Hi' t R!III Cil,c' ot tll Mlne-Worltcrs Occupied I I'll, M lflll the Witness Stand for Tour Hours I id' ill awftl'B nnd a IInlf"Be!t ot Harmony l'rc- l Ill's, 1 aJatiH vailed Between Attorneys find Wit- WMU 'S ? fflS ncss Wayne HcVeagh's Exnmlna- Witm : JtJv III ticn Wn' ns ft Kulc' Vcry Keen"" liF (IiSeH Missed No Oppjitunity to Place I'l J vlJlai 'til Mitchell's Ileanoiu in Bad Light. aBtitillxHrU Scranton Pn , Nnv iS-Presldent ff Bill I ill J W Blltihell o the t'nlted Mine-Workers' Bl&IKllf'lJJ P'l unlon "cruplnl the witness stand today BlRli'is I throughout lioth sessions of the conl HI IrlliW; )UK Mrlke commission for four hours and r iirsraJfii "ill " ,la,f l10 look ,h0 """,lre nf tw" H II Si'St '' lrllllant attorney of the cod com- i 'lilMt k J Mnles ami ended the .lay with few ' SUl 41?? "An ' "" tt """" "' lhr bn,,lt' ,',vl', Hi i 'Jlrat Ji'i! Wilcox of New "N-ork of general mun- H i '1'k!' ?m w r"r "" Helawarc Hudson om- 'PaTia'M ' Iff J,any aml "'nc MacVeagh of Phlla-I Phlla-I J5v iW I ' delphli who Is r presenting the lnn I SsfpS' ' l'1 t ylv aula foal company and Hie Lehigh H miK It Toal and Iron enmpony were the prln-HlH&il' prln-HlH&il' iM.1 ,irnl lucsllnners, and 'hey put liun-HKtffrtt'w liun-HKtffrtt'w i ' flreds of questions In Mr Mllrhill BHawlfl'' '' "J T,1C nest of hatmony rrevaded be-W5rlHP be-W5rlHP !) ' 4 I ltwecn "" 'HW'e, al"1 lhB wUncM Tno fiBtif' iii M I! members of the commission tuhc Die IKSHH' e Kai'e Interest In . verjthlng and frc-HlSFlfint frc-HlSFlfint i i fiuinlly Intirrupt with questions that HXuB J'U ft i thev mm have a belter understanding HKiiK)iiJ'' f"1 ul "h"1 '" MnK ""''' MsBt'iM. ' Ml MAC V1:C1H8 HXAMINATION HHalYit I St 'jfJl The nflernoon session as the more HB'"!?' iiSnl Interesting Mr MatVeaghs cross- IHWa, III I. v)iM rxnmlnitlon was as a rule very keen LflHHHklU k Wit 'd while he nssureil Mr Mllihell that HnBflftimi !"ififi( " waa not rndlcall opposed In him. HinPPwiViti i'41 he dll not miss un nppoituiilty to place KflMX. "uJi lSl Jr Mitchells reasons for hetter ondl- HflVll (IS aitf tlnns In the anthracite mil lleld In a Wffiui V UiTm! "'ad llKht before the commission HMHIoH liltilf He took up the demands of the miners HMiWwI I BffJrtl rerlatlm He tiuestloned Mr Mitchell HUtlfnl 1 ?rSt nn the demand for an Increase In wanes HWlftHl I asSilli nd pressed the national president hard RJIMr S SirrJlJ when he asked him If he cared to carry tl.fir'l liC BrT 'he responsibility of IncreisliiB the llv HISlllli 1 !r W'J 't InK expenses of tho Rreat miss of the HilT' fit 1 J 1'cople ot the l.astem Blales, who Hilt lit' Mr 1 ould ultlnmiel) hae to carrj the HMlifii llViifi i Ihurdeus of the miners It higher wages HillrlfiJiilSt !' ,erc gianted HfBriVil" fill ' Mr Mltchills repl was. In suu- Hiffii If ''SlWil i Malice that the miners could not ns- Hi&lill i'VrTu f tume the responsibility, ns It was n slt- HKffiii 5llrl2S'".i nation oer which the) had no rontiol HYiIIOI riM madij most or oitoutunitv Hiffitlf vvlli: ifL J,r MacVtagli madn most of his op- HfSTmJ 3ilMl(!i ( nrlunltj to picture the errat burden HlSllm l3fi!( !ni th"' would fall upon tho people If Iho HUpHlLlr rlPli'ta demands of the miners were grantel, lypf!! HJ Jl 3'rnin this (piestlnn he passeil In the de HKBolfI,Jil riHHtr( mands for a shorter working d ly and HMiIHTtI B3ii l,c welghlnr of roal hy the Ion of ::t0 HHRimV juH! SMI! Bounds and then took up the fourth HVllri r SES l I demand ot tho men for trade ngrtc Hflren P j) KitiE!l ments. which practically means lecng HKXfl I &H!la!t dtlnn of the union He asked Mr. HirVt ? iHl'l -fi Mitchell what sort of n contract he HkBi i SliH 'Wl ould draw up, and the latter replied HKwl 4 iiPW Afi 1l,al ll0 wouhl faor nn agreement as Hi 4 1 1 t'.Hf" Jl13, outlined In his suggestions to tho coin- Hili'''Sr Mi uilili mission scslcrdny. Bwiilf fcll'i CONDITIONB at coM.inmnH Hi llimr UK fikiti ' After going over the demands of the HI UrfV (I'l Vfix miners, Mr MacVeagh tiil( np the HI HtW -4!t R tlS 'ondltlons existing In and about the Hil WJ 'nf a jfiJ collieries of tho company he represent- Hlml' hrSitu ri' n'"1 lrl-'1 ln "how tht the iniidl- HIITl' lit) Ji'H tlons spoken of by Mr Mitchell were HBl"TS ilt t! Fffi not borne out by Investigation He took HI Sill fll J'ort City, where the mines of the com- Hll'lirt V 1 1 r'J ' faults aie situated, as nn example, nnd Hi Itl'f ' '' ill C Troducfd photographs of houses In the Hl'l'IkV iilt't'fl' town, nnd nlsn referred In tho large. & Wij '' iff deposits of money In tho loial bank to mm In'il' " ill III tdiow tho prosperous condition of the HsiDlv) 11 ll'! irli rnminutdty HM hH " WrV 'Mr Mitchell although not admitting Hi 4! ilV i Mfit-ar 1,lat ""' conditions as represented b Hsi II m'' ftwi cJ Jlr MacVeagh were true, said he could Hh l; I i MSt''J ,nt for l,lck nt fnulliarlt with the Hb l ' V ''''' Lomtnunlt) deny his assertions. Hlfilvlf Hlilt inuiiT-Hoim da v. HH ji 0 7S(j iSllak Thn constitution of the United Mine- HH1 I k )'SltKjtk' Workers of America was also taken up HBJL'i'Tj ksllli-3 Iy the lawyer, and he nnd Mr Mitchell Hb V iM f t Ptl' ieeral times spar' r points re- HB I',' iU c iJ'iJ rardlng tho refeicn. -ontah ed In It Hllitatl ? ? '''V In nn eight-hour da Mr MnrVcjgh HEI RslSj t' . r contended that nn one tail Ihe rlht to HlliiWl I 'rili' t' deny a man the prlv ge nf wniklng HBi Wi i J ffi! i more than right houn n da If he de- HbIk' U8 ' ;' xlred. Ho s lid not one member of tho HH Sl I '! ilil'i commission wotdd bo occiiplng his HCl Mil! .. II in-csent high place If he had limited hla HH9i. f' (V i",! il i oun labors to light hours a d ty 111' 'S !t Syri I With reference to this argument. Mr. HHSl! ilW-Prl' '' Mitchell thought It was not fair to HHtI' if. tt '' f ompare the minc-workcra with the nr- HH V i 1 i'l IrJln I' Ibltrntors. HHrl iyWi'k Mr MacVejRli slid he himself had HH ftl Ml 111 I III started out 111 life by working fourteen HH H It I 'lilts' I'l 3ours u day on a. furm. and for moio HH jil V VWt U tnan rnrty yours he had worked mote HH lit '') i' L'nlv V than ten hours u day, HH i I i !' ! S nouns or uuioit. HfiL jl I WM li To tho direct question of whether he HH Hi '' iTi'lV F nn rresldent ot the union, had a right HH triil' Ji'S 'fli al1 1o curtull tho hours ot emploment HH 'l fl'if J "ch diy of the miners, Mr Mitchell HHiic! ' i. 14 ri mU ho thouRht he had and made an HH ?'l ft 13 & explanation h saying that If one inlnci HH'X1 W iii ft forked more than eight hours a du It HH. it' 'tf (K 'would piohabl) lesult In the othei men HH il ' 'il M li lielng compelled to woik the same num- HH r4 V 'f !l ler of hours HHJti) L M Is I roitM or aoui:i:.mi:t HH'fti ti 1" MS Tho attention of Mr Mlti hell was dl- Hi jli 1 M V) A '" rerted to the demand that the ner- HHiV'i'il i!t Si i "tors should in ike an agreement with HH fi ' T 1 ' (ho United Mlue-orkris and Mr Mui- HH fi 11 rl,Kl asked If he had piepaied a diaft Hit i ll Si l "' l""h Hn xR'cement which he would HH i i, . tJ U I have the commission lotnul lb in to HWl.' Hi J execute Mr Mitchell leplled thut hn HH " -I'll i ll,lJ suggested In his opening address HH lUl I- ) if f ,n "' 'ommlsslnn n form that vvoult HHl9lli , J, ', lie practlcible and mceptalili to all In- HHllUl v tl ili if r trrrsts In the anthraoltn Held HHml O'US v ,l Ir MacVeagh declau I that there HHuilitf'' fli fj nu9 ndhlng III Mr Mitchells sugges- HH Jilflitt' iDli i tlnns that the mmpaules iimih enter HHfJcisii ' ?' ! lnt0 Partnership with Ihe t'mteil Mlm- Hil'j ') Jill "i Workers an 1 Inquired If that was ono HH HH i ' t! I r Df "10 ml'u'rH' demands HHlM Si III roNTi:NTio. or compsy HHl h ill- ' Mr Mitchell answered that It was HH II 'l ii' iVA '" reuK.n Mr MacVeagh said his com HHii'i'l "it VrtJ 9 ,nn5' "n endeorlng to ascertain HHtjlDVi I J! r l what reasons there were for attempting HHlVi' 1 ' 3 S( l to .impel them tn enter Into that agrce- HHMl 'i t thi U " '" HH'vt 1 di'lMfl I u l!4 expected that nil of next week HH'V '1 51 0 ,w" '"' tnheu up hy the minus in pie- HH If 'ji v L ci ' ng ,t"'lr in' HHflt( f I ' S r ATI'S OK NON-UNION MT N HHi hy1' & i l( ' ' n edlntely after the openlni. of the HH i 1 1 "j $ H m """K session, C'lialitliHn Onj fm HHj ll' tiB J II 1I"' cmnisslnn addrimsed John J' HH! !(, IV j Iienih en one of the nttornojs for the HHtrirV 1(1 I1!! Jim unioi in it At jesterday's sesshn KlHW Jt rl 'r ''"' n n ,a,':, '"' repriiBenteel the Ht t 'ill 11, If" non Ul"n men who woiked during th. Hki Jlv rl'ilili tt 'ftk3 "d vianted to know what their HHT t W i ? rt! itufWTHciiId be before the commission HHIv. I, I '6 I (U. ' J'llB aroy"-iiM the commission ttniill HHJirir iff.afl ! ncJt Elva 8 decision until after It had HHLxfJ f K Klli cuie fully considered the matter, and HHiui'iAr 'i ife) grromlsed mm? sort nf nn answer to- HVIifl'ariy $ i ' day' T1'1'' mornln lhe chtlrman s.ua V ilrSF ft rP I ' k DECISION or COMMISSION HH-l'iMif fill '"Thci coniml slnn has cunsltlertd the I HH.'yllKt . K'i . matter of our application, and hai HHlKikili 1 J V- h V dfClJed that It will ask nu to submit HHl' ilU'l"'- il hi io them 't statement, chnwlng who ou HH fr'UJIV 1 Sfi riprcsent, by what aulhoiltv. hat HK' f i--2l ' flnls other than those already at Is-HHRl'! Is-HHRl'! li'l!?;i',i) '.(Hue'ietvyesn the tormol parties to the BHBHfe controversy sou wish to Injei t Into this hearing, an 1 a concise statement or what ou claim or vhat jour position Is In regard to Ihe general propositions between the formal and logical parties tn this lommlsslon and nlfo state that ou giidinntee submission to the award of this iniuml slon Mi Mitt hell denial that Ills organl-rallon organl-rallon restrb ted the quantity of work a man should perform but said tt did believe In regulating1 the hours of work qi7i.stiom:d hy judoi: nrtAY Judgo Uray asked 'If I blast and throw down enough coal to employ three laboicrs to load and sou only throw down enough to employ two am I not to be allowed to employ the third luboiei " ' Mr. Mitchell replied 'You woull not he because jour laborers could not all work In the rumc pluie You should have to work ut two dlfferert lire ists to do that and us you would have to comply vvlth the law of Pennijlvunlu In looking after the snfetj of jour laborers la-borers jou can only do that by being with them and working with them ' W ATKINS AUKS QUHSTIO.S Commissioner Watkhta followed b asking Mr Mllchell If the union permitted per-mitted u miner to employ three libor- The organisation Is opposed " sold Mr Mitchell 'to miners employing more than one laborer It Is not the execution of any well defined policy. It Is simply a legulitlon that the miners of the anthracite Held nnd necessary to protect thennclvcn against favoritism nnd agiinst out man going out and Idling a lot of liborers and bringing them In mid having them work for him qri.HTioN or waoi:h In reply In a. question us to whether he believed thut nil miners should be laid by the daj rather than hj the car or ton Mr Mitchell s ild he did not know whether It would be practical Here followed n long line of questions on the paying of wages by the ton The miners leiders said that every miner should be paid for every pound of mcr. chantable mil pioduced by him Mr Mitchell denied any knowledge of the organisation having begun a strike because of Ihe rinplojmcnt of non-union on n but he had heard that local unions had suspended work on this account ac-count Ho had no jiersoml views1 to offer on Ihe subject of members of the union joining the National Ouard, but he felt that they should exercise the same rights nnd privileges that everyon else does In that respect. |