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Show Miners Ready to I End Testimony I Counsel Has Covered Conditions In All Properties Of the Calumet District Hnncock, rob. 16. Tho nnnounco-ment nnnounco-ment was made by counsel for tho minors at the opening of tho congressional congres-sional Inquiry today that they expected ex-pected to conclude tho presentation of witnesses on mlno conditions during dur-ing tho day unless tho committee indicated in-dicated that it desires to hear mora. Wo feol that wo havo covered all tho properties in this district, declared de-clared Angus W. Kerr, ono of the attorneys at-torneys for tho Western fodoratlcn, We havo several hundred moro witnesses wit-nesses along the same line, but wo think wo have presented enough testimony tes-timony and we will pass along to another subject it the commltteo desires. de-sires. After a short conference Chairman Taylor announced that It was the sentiment of tho commltteo thut, without passing on tho merits of.lhe testimony offered by tho 50 witnesses witness-es already hchrd that theso witnesses witness-es soom nbout as good as 23 or 60 men along tho samo lino. " Mr. Taylor said that ono of tho( H commltteo had suggested that when H tho commltteo visited a mine, h? J hoped it would bo before the oporat- H ors began tho presentation of thor JH side, and that ho should be aceoin- B apnlcd by ono or two of the striking Wo want to see the things thoy; H want us to see, added Mr. Taylor. We do not want to mako an exparte inspection. Mr. Kerr said tho operators shonld H not be permitted to select the mine Inspected. E. Pettermann of eoan set for tho companies retorted that H Mr. Kerr could' pick out the parts H of tho mlno that he thought are th H And I havo no hard feelings against M the committee, he added with a H Counsel indicated that the oporat- H ore would not bo willing to permit 'H a minor selected by the federation H to accompany tho commltteo into the H mines, whereupon Chairman Taylor IH said he hoped tho two sides would H bo ablo to agree on the matter. H |
