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freely whether or not the btws Is in on
ont. Causes of Accidents.
Tliu dealt o if the inlni.rn to But out
early, i-iirelcHsnesst unit iiiIsJikIkiihmU, lie
declined, weio respoimlblc for lltty per
font, of the necldontx. Ho stiRRpsted
once as a preventive of accident?, that
the itilnct Htuy with hi si Inliorer until,
nt lenst, niiDii, mid received letters frdm
Stephen Jteup mid John P. Kearney,
dWtrlct otllccrs tit the ITnjted Mine
Workers, compliilnlnfr itfrttlnst his kiik
KCstlon. .Some conipiililes lnive u lulo
reinililiiK the miner to stay In his place
' until noon, but It Is not rellRlouily ob
peeved. Mlni'tH complain very Kcner
nlly about their Inability to Ret cais.
He declined the Illinois do not co
operate with the Inspectors as they
fdiould, In his 'efforts lo enforce the law.
Ho cited the Instance of the necessity
of Rotting: mi Injunction to prevent the
working of the Itlclimnnd colliery at
Prlcebm-R, after bo had condemned It
its dangerous. lie only knew of two
miners who were directed with asth
ma. Mr. Underlet admitted that he was a
mine foreman before be was appointed
Inspector and said he know of only one
Inspector, 1'utrJck Ulewltt, who lint! not
been a foreman or mine official of some
kind before beeoniliiR an Inspector. He
ntlded Incidentally that the two new
Inspectors, the first to be elected under
the provisions of the miners' own Inu,
the Garner net, arc mine foremen. He
only knew of one Instuncc of a com
pany refusing to obey bis directions.
That was the Richmond colliery Inci
dent. Homy Owen Prylherleh, Inspector of
the Second district, and Hugh McDon
ald, Inspector Qf the Third district, gave
testimony along the same general line.
Mr. Prytberich read a lengthy answer
to the question ns to why he took a
mine boss with him In mnklng Inspec
tions. One of the main leasons, he t.ild,
was because the boss could know what
suggestions he made to miners and
thereby be chocked lioin giving con
llictlng orders.
K. K. Reynolds, Inspector of the
Fourth district also takes the foreman
with him on bis tours of Inspection.
Prior to Ills appointment as Inspector
he was a mine superintendent.
Ex-MIno Inspector William H. Davles.
of the Fifth district, who is now a sup
erintendent for the Lehigh Valley C'o.il
company, was next called. He was In
spector for six years, leslgnlng three
months ago to accept bis piesent posi
tion. There are 123 openings in the
Fifth district. The foreman accompan
ied him sometimes, but quite ns often
he went about alone. He did not ex
amine all the working places. It was a
physical impossibility. He examined
the places he thought needed inspection
most, visiting as many as be possibly
could. Each mine was inspected three
or four times a year in this manner.
The miners were not deterred from talk
ing freely to him, because of the fore
man being with him. He received fre
quent complaints and always investi
gated them. Mr. Davies, too, was a
mine foreman before becoming an In
spector. It was absolutely impossible, the wit
ness declared, to observe the new in
spection law the Garner act requiting
an inspection of every working place.
Wilbur Stein, of Shenandoah, Inspect
or of the Sixth district, also declared it
was Impossible lo visit all the breasts
on an inspection tour. Some collieries
lcqulre Inspection ilfteen times a year
and some only once. It depends on blh
own judgment ns to the necessity for
Inspection. The boss always accompan
ies him on Ids tour of inspection. Ho
sees miners going home from work at
i! or 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and
others at G.30 o'clock. He knew that
miners complain generally about the
companies failing to give tli'em a full
supply of cars.
.John McGulre, ex-Inspector of the
Seventh district, resigned Inst May to
become division superintendent of a
coal company. He was a foreman prior
to Incoming Inspector. The foreman
usually accompanied him when he
'niqde' an inspection o a mine. It was
Impossible to examine all the workings
i .in, a mine. Some contained fifty miles
1 of roads. Ho received few complaints
orally from the miners. He often, how-
't:ei;' received letters containing com
plaints, especially about the failure of
the company to liolst men when live as
semble at the foot. Homo complaints
were nbout poor ventilation. Miners
get through work anywhere from 2 to
" o'clock.
Non-Union Men's Cnso.
The non-union men's case was open
ed by Mr. Lcmihan reading excerpts
ft oin I he coirespondeiiee lending up to
the submission, bearing on the provis
ion that nil employes "whether they be
long to u union or not" weio to be par
ties to the bearings. '
Mr. O'Hrloti then proceeded lo exam
ine witnesses. The Rilling of James
Winston at Grassy Island by a. crowd
of strikers was told of by the widow
and the victim's son-in-law, Samuel .1.
Lewis. Thomas Walking, financial sec
retary of the Grassy Island local tes
tliled, with some show of reluctance,
that the tin eo men Indicted for the
murder are union men. It wns also
brought out that prior to the strike, the
murdered man and those accused of
killing him were on friendly terms.
John riniiMghan told of a crowd of
forty strikers holding him up, on his
way fiom work tit Dunmore No. 1 col
liery of the Pennsylvania Coal company,
mid putting a rope mound his neck.
One of the men In the ciowd, be said,
was a delegate to the Indianapolis con
vention of the United Mine Workers.
Fire lioss Charles Beatty related how
District Hoard Member Stephen Heap
led n bolt of strikers from St. Patrick's
church, Olyphant, because of tho pres
ence of the witness, who was a non
striker. He iiIfo told that If the pumps
at the collleiy whole he worked were
shut down for forty-eight hours they
would be under wattr and It would
tnke two years to reclaim the mine once
It was Hooded. He could not get any
Olyphant storekeeper to deliver goods
to him. It wns necessary for him to
get his provisions In such small quan
tities as his children could carry. A
typewritten notice given a merchant dl
lecting him not to soil goods to the wit
ness under penalty of the boycott, was
presented, but as the witness would not
give the name of the merchant from
whom the notice n gotten. Judge
Gray lefusod to admit It as evidence.
George W. Uoweii. John Murphy,
David Lewis, Fred Reynolds and
Charles Gio'.swick weio also sworn col
lectively at the opening of the non
union men's case and will he heard to
day. Flood Damage Past.
Wllkes-liarre, Dec. 17. Yesterday's tain
storm was followed liy freezing weather
hcie and all dnngcr of u flood In the Sus
quehanna river Is past.
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A Few
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And Christmas shopping will be at an end
so far as 1902 is concerned.
Have you made your selections, or are you
going to wait a few days and run the risk of being
inconsiderately jostled about by the surging
t masses of "tail-enders?" Better come today.
Depleted stocks is the late man's re
ward. Rings, Watches,
Diamonds, Brooches,
Sterling Silver Novelties,
Everything usually found in a first-class
Jewelry stock.
R. M. VAIL,
Jeweler and Optician,
401 Spruce Street.
Job Printing
of Every Description. Neatly, Promptly, and Ac
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1 THE CERSON MILLINERY STOCK
If IS NOW on sale at ONE-HALF and ONE-QUARTER of
J5 regular prices.
1 Everything must be sold. Price is no object.
a i rimmed nats Untrimmed Mats
I Ostrich
I Fancy
I Birds, Wings, Flowers, Ribbons, Vel
1 vets, Silks, Laces and
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We are Scranton Agents for
THE BURROWES PORTABLE
BILLIARD and
POOL TABLES
Or Combination "Balletto" Game Boards.
Archarona Stasp
Combination Bolf
Still Leading in Popularity
WITH 55 GAME-S.
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There is a grace and a character about Clothing that goes from
this store. The most expert custom tailor cannot make better clothes.
He charges about double our price, though.
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Clothier and
Furnisher
416 Lackawanna Avenue.
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