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Helves lit squads, ami stood Hentlnrls he
foro thee tntlue houses, and nnyone
who attempted to niter wiii prevpiif-ri
hy physical force, 'J no omcors iirrriueu
Home of tho rlnRlenderN. The nowil In
stantly gntliPicd nnd demanded the iu-
Jcnsc or tile mem unti mo diii-kchh pru
dently conceded their demand.
A most atrocious deed was perpetrated
Inst summer, which wu by public opin
ion attributed to imlonlxm, though tin
direct proof will ever found. A non
tinlon rohinder had it cow. One night
onto wretch lied a slick of dynamite to
Its horns and blew Itt Heiul to ntoni".
With such nit element forming a lnrfin
percentage of the mining population,
there 1h every reason to believe that,
should a conflict develop to IN mo-t
orlous stages, riots, bloodshed and nr
on would bo tho Inevitable lesult.
About Outrages.
Mr. Wolverton next read un nrtlcle
trom the Outlook written by Dr. Hub
erts In October laHt. In which he fair
ly out-Sunned the Sun In setting loriit
the "outrages" which occurred during
the strike.
In his direct examination, Dr. Iloh
crts had said that tho newspaper re
ports of the strike disturbance'? uere
greatly1 exaggerated.
In his article In the Outlook, Dr. Rob
erts describes In detail the violence
that occurred during the strike and
then proceeds to characterize the "out
rages," as "brutal beyond description."
revolting, savage and the like. Append
ed ari excerpts.
T,et us consider some of the acts of
violence against poisons. These some
times take a fotm that is brutal be
yond description. Nothing In the an
nals of savagery exceeds In brutality the
latat assaults made upon Boddull, or
Shenandoah, and Winston, of Olyphant.
Tho savage attacks weto lcvoltlng and
horrible. The brute aroused In the Slav's
fcicast Is as fletce us the led-el.iuod beast
of the forest, and thl element when ex
cited In the Celt's natute is a good thlid.
Some Slavs proposed to mink every non
union man they caught by clipping his
(ar. They began the practice on a vic
tim who thev cotwht. who in addition
to that was slugged and pitched into tne
ctoek. Another non-union man was
watched by these men. Some fi lends
warned htm to stay home, but the wife
was the head of the home and she said.
'You must go to work." The man stood
hetwlxt two flies, tie chose the less of
two evils, nnd bv cunningly selecting
unseasonable hours he evaded the vig
ilance of the "vlgllants." But one morn
ing about three o'clock ho was caught
and slugged. A woman heard the cries
and the pommeling. She rushed to the
window and shouted for help; the as
sailants took fright and scattered, leaving
their victim In a willful condition. It
that woman had not interfered, the prob
ability is that another victim would havo
been added to the list of the dead In tills
strike. Another man, a mine foreman,
who lived in one of tho mine patches far
removed from town, had a longing to
tome to town, where he had not been
for several weeks. He tisked it on a
Saturday evening. The "vigilants" saw
him and lay in wait; that night the man
was sandbagged; he lost his purse and
watch, and cariled marks of the assault
for many days.
Within the last twenty-four houis. as
the National Guauls are pouring Into
the coat fields, a house was dynamited at
Bi ownvllle, a deputy trounced and thrown
Into tiie eicek, a non-union man slugged
on the streets of Shamokin, the men at
work in a mine at Mount Caimel fired
upon and stoned, and a mob disposed
by troops at the Ttoa1 Oak collleiy. A
non-union man and his wife whom wo
saw last evening said, "We fear noth
ing as dynamite." and tho woman, who
suffered fiom heart trouble, said, "l
an't sleep at night. I imagine they .no
coming all the time."
State of "Warfare.
This is the state of warfare which ex
ists in our society up to the coming of
the National Guatd. Tho Instances above
given could unfoitunately be multiplied
indefinitely, nnd no section of the anthia
ite coal fields is exempt. All paits of
this aiea are not equally subjected to a
reign of tenor. Wo know of some sec
tions whote foremen go and come as tney
:hoose, notwithstanding they aie "scab
bing"; in other communities tho sphlt of
lawlessness runs ilot, and before It all
sense of decency, personal lights, and
obedience to law Is swept away. Streot
cais aro held up, persons In them slugged,
Incoming tiains ate watched, the names
of those who leave home for other paits
of the anthracite coal fields to scenic,
work are published, and their families
maligned and ostracized. H is a lament
Able state of affairs, and occasionally
uch villainous deeds aro done that men
who have connived at slugging nold up
their hands In honor. Think of tho vill
ain who. In tho silent houis of tho night,
places dynaralto under the poich of the
house of a non-union woikers, whoso wife
was about to become a mother and to
whose side nestled her two llttlo children
while their father was at work. That
dastardly deed so aroused tho lie of one
of tho priests that ha charged tho mem
heis of tho union with minder, "not,"
said he, "of men who can defend them
selves, but of Innocent -women and hiiim
less children yes," ho added, "jou try t
mm dec even tho unboin."
Lawlessness ngnlnst propeity is also
piovalcnt. Tho order calling out tho
engineers, firemen, pump-runuois, flto
bosses and bnrn bosses must over bo
regarded by tho unprejudiced as an ovoit
act against -the preservation of propeity.
Tho mining Industry differs from most
other industries because of tho fact that
the fixed chaiges aro constant regaidless
of tho production of coal, Unless one Is
jeady to abandon a mine, ho must every
day pump out tho water, repair the gang
ways, nnd keep open the passuges made
for the air, IIoio In tho anthracite coal
Holds mtllons of dollars are sunk In
tunnels, gangways, airways, statlonaiy
engines, ipumps, etc. If all tho pump
runners, englnoeis, lopalr men anil flio
men had deserted their posts, It would ho
In every respect similar to tho destruo.
tlon of millions of dollars' worth of pi op
orty. The Lytic colliery nu tWinlly Ue
. eerted. Tho operators said, "Let It
stand." Since Juno '-' no water has
been pumped, and this plant, icpre
sentlng a capitalization of over throo
fjuartors of a million, Is gindually lining
up. It will take from four to five mouths
to get this colliery Into working condi
tion no as to employ Its SOO hands and
produco tho amount of coal which was
shipped to mm Ue t before tho strike, viz.,
270,911 tons annually, During tho last
December floods one of the employes of
Picston collleiy No. 3 fell down tho shaft.
The Heading company for over six months
TvorKea at mat water in older to iccover
the icmaliis of the drowned mini. In
July lost, after on expenditure of neatly
tJoO.OOO, they succeeded In getting the
body. No sooner was this dono thuii the
local union Insisted upon the engineers
and firemen coming out. They did so,
and the colllory Is abandoned and thu
pumps removed. If the company will not
open It again, 3o3 employes will bo out of
employment and 103.111 tons less coal an
nually shipped to maikct. If It Is opened,
It will mean uuother expendltuio of r,000.
It seems Incredible that intelligent men
should advocate and adheie to such a
foolhardy policy as to insist dpou the
flooding of the mines. 'Willful destruction
of capital will Injure none as it will Jubor,
and the attempt to shut down the collier
Jes will Bland forth as a conspicuous ox
ample of a short-sighted policy, pieclpl
tated bv a. sntrtt pnmnniimin,i anmiiu nt
braggadocio, spite, and stupidity. I
iu comvtem with the ubovo all other
attempts at desticvlng propeity are
minor. Dynamite Is the wenpou of a
sneak nnd n cowatd. llo cutuiot plead
the excuse of the limn who loses Ills In
dlvldualliy In tho etiwd, Foully and by
night does this degenelilte go to wotk,
nnd lie knows not who may bo tho letlm
of his nefni lous deed. A doctor In one
of our towns, who was oil his errand of
ineicy about midnight, heaid twelve
ynuls aheifd of lilin the denlotilug lo.if ot
an explosion, n lid saw the poich of a
house blown to pieces and the windows
luoken on all sides. A saloon keeper who
sold llciuor to deputies wan suddenly
stnt tied fiotn his teposo by tin explosion
Vl" dyiinmlto which inado the spirits
shake. In another town thren houses ot
non-union men weio dynamited, l-'or-tunnhely
none of the residences, ot these
dwelling were Injuied.
Time will not permit mentioning the
tampering with talhoad tiacks, the at
tempt to destroy bildges, and the burning
of washeilcs. The.so deeds of lawlessness
hn.vo been perpetrated, and the sense ot
liiHecuilty engeudeied by them brings
about a mental tension which tests tho
steadiest nerves, while it works havoc on
those of weak and timid women, livery
foicimiti Is mined, and he keeps his wen li
ons nexir film every hour, night titul dnv,
and innist be leady to meet posslblo
emergeiiK'les. The windows ot his home
aio .snnlblied, efliglcs aie hanging In
front of Mb door, Ids ehidieu aio insulted
on the street, their playmates shun them,
nnd In the public schools tliev are vic
tims of iniallgiuuil epithets. Tho wife is
ostiaclzed, and the butcher, milkman,
and bilker aio warned not to sell their
commodities to theso families.
The Heading company advanced the
wages of employes who hnve In this con
flict stood loyal to their tiu.st, ten pei
cent. Well may they. These men and
their families have stood tlie hi lint of the
battle, wlille the absentee capitalist le
celves leiioits at a safe distance, Thu
fact that them1 foiemen are living with
their families ftn the midst of tho tempest
makes their sacrifice far greater than that
of tho impoited men who are away from
home and ale well kept in the collleiics.
Some of these Imsbands and fatheis aie
for weeks away from their famlile, and
If the wire or little balms go to see him
they must do so surreptltlounly.
Tho coiTr-nue-nce of this division of so
ciety into two hostile camps is seilous
aim appaumg. Hotn slues to the con
flict are intolerant and abusive. An iin
paitial and rational discussion ot the sit
uation is not possible. A calm and ju
dicious estlmaite of the ineilts nf either
side Is abused' as factional and biased.
The heat of 'asslon beclouds the judg
ments of both paities nnd the oidln.iry
demands ot ouvtesy and chailty aio for
gotten, lieddall was burled under mili
tary escoit; Winston was boycotted even
In death the lodge to which he belonged
and the men who woiked at his side aim
wcie raised witli him as boys daied not
attend his funeral. School teacbeis with
lelatlves among the lanks of the non
union men are cut off from their means
of subsistence lentoiselessly; bunellccnt
societies aio dl.stuibfd, and social bonds
are snapped asunder. Such is tho con
tagion of the spirit of lawlessness that
we have seen ragmen pelted on the sticet
by Inconsldeinto bos, so that they had
to flee for safety Dom their peiseuitois.
Into the tender mlnda of (hildien the
poison of intoleiance ami violence is In
stilled. When IKping childhood giovv.s
white with passion and clenches Its tiny
white hdiid in lage, saying ".Me kill scab,"
it bodes ill for the peace of society.
Work of Desperadoes.
Dr. Roberts explained heie that he
discovered later that these deeds weie
the work of despeiadoes not connected
with the union. Theie was much of
lawlessness, ho said, but it cannot be
put on tho union. The conditions which
the strike hi ought about were respon
sible for much of the tioublc. When
a man is hungry, the doctor said, ho
becomes desperate.
Next was Introduced the aiticlo fioin
the Outlook or Nov. S, 100.', from which
the following is culled:
Hut not only does inrlnstt Jul conflict
drho men and young women from home.
It also disturbs social peace at homo and
sets brother against brother and family
against family. Two men Who left tlicl'r
mother couutiy together, shared tho
same bed, and divided eipially their earn
ings, are today enemies they will not
exchango tho time of day. One of them
went to woik, and the other called him
"-.cab." This opprobrious epithet sticks
and stings most hulently. When tittered
It means social ostracism, and for
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there Is nn lemedy There i no Mil as
KTievous as VcahbhiK" in the ethical
code of these woikois. Half a dozen wo
men, membeis of the Ladles' Aid society
of one ot the chinches, weio talking of
non-union woikois, -when one of them
.said, "I (oulcl look at s-culis hiuiRi'd." and
the otheis echoed her sentiment. To what
extent this IcolhiK an les men was II
llistiated hi l.ansfoid. Shaipe, a union
man, who was .shot b.v a deputy, had a
fiiuei.il such as wa-. never wltncssul In
that town. All the union men Hotn the
mining villages came to paj the last
ti Unite of lespoet to one whom thuy i ou
sldeied a martjr for the uiuso. Tho
union leaders weie in chaise, and the
pi occasion was solemn and Imprctshe.
A few weeks after, a non-union Hungar
ian who worked was accidentally lUlhd.
On the day of the tuueial the undeitiiKei
could not get u man to ieiuoe his ie
nialns Horn the house to tho funeial i.ii
His fellow coinitiymen said, "lllm die a
seal), lllm huiy a scab." and to a man
they Kept away fioin the tuueial
A soldier on hoisebaek was on a stiert
of one of our towns when he heaid the
wold, "Scab! scab!" He instantly tiniU'd
his horse, dismounted, and looked for the
culpiit. He letuined ciestfallen unild the
latlRhter of spectators, tor the cilniluiil
was a pal lot which belonged to one ot
tho mlneis.
Xot for a Kciiei.itlou will the .'iiiiiltles
and hailed engcmleied bv this stilke dm
away. Industilal pence Is in sight, but It
will not bilng peaio to the men who stood
by the opeiatois In this cint rgency, Tho
families which li.ie siiffeied lepro.ich in
the lait few months will not be icstored
to fiiMir. Social ostiaelsin will leniulii
when tho 1 1 oops mv gone and eo.il pio
iluccd. A li oop ol oung men standing
on the sliett corner in Shenandoah dls
ciissid the treatment ol "scabs" when
the colliules- lesiimed. "Yen," s,id one
of them, "we'll tend to them good," and
any one familial with the mines knows
what that tnoiin A .ouug lad on the
llav.leton mountains oalml outliiii'd it
scheme wbciebj the "seal)" could be
blown to pieces bv powder. The lot of
these men who e.eicise thill ualuial
light In woik will lie u sad one for many
dns to come. No foiennin will be able to
piotcct them nam the bailed of union
men.
Schools Aic Better.
.Mr Wohcitou closed his cioss-cv-
i minat inn attei eliciting- testimony to
show that schools arc better, wages of
teuchcih higher and school tei ma
longer, in the coal district ul -Noi thuiii
heil.iiul iminty Mi Wohcrton'.s homo
count than In the .igiioultmal dis
till ts of tho same iouiii.: that the bulk
of tho taxes to .support the schools, in
the coal towns, such as ShntnoUin and
Mt, L'.irincl, att paid by the coal coin
lianicp, and that It is the ruiilt of tho
mlneis iheinseUes, who cuntiol the
school nmnnseineiiL in such places, if
theie is no enfoi cement of the iiiupul
sorj education law iciiuiniig chlldien
between the ages of i! and H to attend
school until llle, have, at least .10
Hiiiieil ,1 kiinwledKo of the cinunion
lOnglisli brunches.
Fi.incis 1. flowan, counsel for tho
Lehigh Valley company, called Dr. Jlob
erts' attention to sonic palpably erton
eous passages In the tianserlpt of his
evidence of the day befoie and had him
make collections, after which .Major
llveretl Wan en, of this city, of coun
sel for 1 he I'hle company, In ought out
by cios.s-ewiinln.uloii that In flaming
.1 lepoit of a non-latal accident the
mine Inspector can, and usually does,
question the injuied man, that the law
leqiilics the Inspector to attend all In
quests In cases of mine latalities; that
the mine inspector Is appointed on the
iccomiuenilatioii of a boaid of live, ap
pointed by the piesldont judge, tlnee
of which lie aie actual mine woikeis:
and that an Inspeetoi is in no way
allied with tho companies.
Major Wat 1 en seemed nn admission
fiom the witness that as a rule a miner
gets thiough his woik befoie noon
time, and Hint a largo peicentage ot
mine accidents aie uitiibut.ilile to the
anxiety of the miner to get out fiom
his woik earlier than this hum. Major
U'.tnen asked If titty per cent, would
not be a tail' estimate, Tne witness
thought It was not as huge ns that.
lienei.tl Counsel n,tid AVHlcov, of
the Dcliiw.uo and Hudson company,
culled I)i. Uobeits' attention to ins tes
timony of the day before, to the effect
that he loiiiul twenty-four hoys, under
the legal age, w 01 king In tho hieakeis
or mines, of the Olyphant legion, and
inquired if the witness had taken any
steps to remedy this evil. The doctor
leplled that one cleigyiuan who brought
piosecutlons for this offense hail the
costs put on him. The witness ad
mitted lie had not notified the employ
ers of his discoveiies in tills matter.
He said he attributed the w 01 king of
these young hoys to the fact that their
patents were hard piessed for inaney
to pay orr moitgages. In many cases,
he said, the mine hojs who aie under
age me the sole suppoit of widowed
mothets.
Further Cross-Examination.
.Mr. WIIIcox, geneial counsel for the
Del.iw.ue and Hudson company, re
sinned the ciuss-exiimliintluii ol Dr.
Roberts at the opening or the after
noon session.
Htlll further leadings lroin tho doc
tors book showed that us 11 lesult of
Ills investigations lie lound that tho
eins vailed in every feature in the
different basins: that venditions at
piesent are very unfavorable, compai.i
tlvely speaking, because of the great
depth of the shafts, length of hauls and
the like: that the llxlns of a "minimum
wage" by legislation would be vicious
and dlsastious; that it would bo a
matter of ease to multiply cases of
gloss neglect on the pait of miners, re
sulting lioin their desiie to save time,
labor or expense; that when boys under
1:1 years are employed It Is because ot
the wilful perjury of the paients; that
it is bad leasoning on the pait of the
mlneis to claim any shaio of the profits
of uashery pioduct, as the miners 10
ceived pay for his part in producing it
when lie was paid for mining- it.
The witness took occasion to modify
a declaration of one of his articles read
earlier in the day, that a "minimum"
Lite of wages was inexpedient and
socialistic. He now considers it expedi
ent, he said, find Is willing- to adopt
.socialism to the extent of declaring for
ine lixtng or a minimum wage rate. .'
Jn 1 espouse to a, question by Com
missioner Parker, Dr. Roberts stated
that the 111.1 joilty of the Olyphant chll
dien woiking In the mines who aie
under the legal age aro the necessary
.support of their families.
At tills junctmc, Mr. Dnrrow wlth
diew Dr. Roberts temporarily, to ac
commodate some of the physicians who
jire to testify for the mlneis, and who
aie anxious to got away.
Dr. John O'Mulley, of this city, who
has had nineteen years' cxpeilcnco in
this legion, was called and examined
by Attorney James Lenahan.
Dr. O'Mulley told that diseases com
mon among miners are acute and
cliionk: c.itarih, rheumatism and
itiincih" asthma. The latter disease,
which is very common, results 1'iorn
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