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TKLICPHoNK (XWNKCTION.
"All the News Thai's Fit to Print."
Evening Herald
SATll'DAY. APRIL 1, 1807.
Mom tl. in lliny Southern Represents
tncs Mippoi n d tin- piotoitive-tarltl' bill, an
cipei U'liur hcictoloie uukuowu in the taritl
lusliry of tin I ' in ti il States.
Si nato it in is reported s saying that
"there are mi prospect that the light against
tho Combine will stop," and dent having
opened mgotlatioiis with Dave Martin with
tli.it idea in viw.
Tu k. 1'iobibitiouists auuottuce that they
w 111 nominate Dr. Swallow as tbelr candidal
li.i state Treasurer. His recent experience
in thu pi '.itical nriiia uiay be uf much ad van
t ige in In campaign.
ncHiBALi ha decided that a Judge
11 ia not compelled to allow u person
of electh
tu enter ti.e election booth with a voter, oreti
at the request ol the latter, If iu the opinion
lit the judge the voter does not absoleteiy
r- iunc assistance.
ShsA toit CoYLK'sbill prohibilltlg hypnotic
pci lot induce throughout tlio state has been
np.nted favorably fruin committee. If the
Si nati.r i ould huve put the science upon
Speaker vicCarrell he would probably have
been u member of the investigating cent
nnttce. i
1 r Scei tary I'uriin, uf the Iljard of Hcultli,
had adopted the fuiiietiutiua.witli the counsel
for I'lymi that he did with the Hkraui, and
it iii nl i iu hi a copy of the iloard'i! tip.irt on
toe taa.'. bo would have been eervisig tbi
p iiilu i .ihcr thin favorite individual;). at:il,
tins i - acting too much.
A. i; iNT school law by wbfoh school
distnu-. vitro nnuie responsible to ontalde
di.tiicu lor the tuition of a pUjnl whose
i iil'iT a' n soldier in me late war nas oeen
Ihuih.ui ocjL- -unconstitutional
rTurf,"if t'ulunihia t'OUuty-, 1
hy Judge
.because of It
I'l'lUg
li.ss 1) gisl.itiou.
Tin. Detroit Evening Sews prcd irts that
' tin- year 187 will be a nvuked ouo in the
n.lvertisiug Held iu one particular adver
tiweirt will insist mow than ever on bcint
i clmlily informed as to what they ale pur
ih'tsing." Thla being true, one or two
udTi rtisitiB sheets in tbi county would be
compelled to go out of the business.
Jviwb Savihgk, of Northumberland
county, has consented to preside at the Hay
term of court at UloonisburL'. When the
Knorr-Wiutereteen dynamite conspiracy case
will bo tried. Thia trial will disclose all the
details of the sensational plot in which Knorr
h.a confessed that Lawyer Wlntersteeu of
fered him "$5000 to blow ox-Assemblyman
Waller's household, including Charles 11.
Eiu kalew and wife, to Hades."
Uov. Haotings is to be complinjented
for having, in spite of the opposition to such
a step, reappointed Dr. Nathan C. Scbaeffer
at Superintendent of Public Instruction. Dr
Schai-ffer has, by the capahlo manner in
which he has already discharged the respon
sible duties of Superintendent, won reap
pointment. It ia always to be regretted when
nun who capably fill important positions are
removed merely to gratify the insatiate
tlnit for spoils. Gov. Hastings has done
wc 11 in retaining Dr. Scbaeffer. We have
liott il hut one newspaper In the state that is
so hidebound as to raise a serious objection
t" the selection.
A mine foreman in PitUtou is under lwnd
in the sum of $200 to answer in court the
i barge of selling the right of employment in
bis mine. The information accuses him of
requiring from one applicant for hire a bonus
of ?:i0 and of attempting at a later time, an
additional extortion of $S, the alternative
being the workman' discharge. This, of
con isc, is only the plaintiffs side of the case,
in.l subsequent evidence may exonerate the
.Icicn.Unt. But if such a practice as is here
alleged be anywhere in vogue, the responsible
Leads of the various miuing companies
tliould not hesitate utterly to root it eat. It
amounts to a breach of trust involving the
meanest conceivable motives, is the way tbe
H i.lt-toii Plain-Speaker puts it.
Tiik excellent report furuisbed our readers
to day, by a stall' correspondent, detail ins the
work of the autbracite investigating com
mittee, is ouly in line with the Hkhald's
past policy of never being left in the matter
of news. This fact is appreciated by our
large army of readers, aud is one reason why
the paper lead all others iu tbe number and
i.nality of its patrons. Tbe people of the
anthracite region are greatly interested iu
the work of the commission, and by perusing
the accounts of their sittings iu these
ohiinus, being the only stenographic report
of tho proceedings furnished, can rest as
sured tbat they are reading a true and ac
curate account. The Heralu always lead,
never follows. If you want the uews when
ii is uews, read the people's faverlte paper.
1'iiK millions of dollars' worth of foreign
goods rushed iu from abroad by intporteis
wh had no regard for the prosperity of tbe
iiovei'imient or of the wurklngmen, will
pioM a serious lutlidiciip to tbe workings uf
the I in., -ley law. The fact enormous quanti
ties of l iods iu excess of present demands
have be. n brought iu, will, of course, check
thu im imitations of tbe first few month
after thu enactment of tho Dinaley law, and
at the game time reduce tbe demands upon
the home manufacturer for their goods.
People annul, therefore, expect that tbe
new law will be at once effective, Hbr aa a
revenue producer or a reviver of Industrie,
because i tin inuriuous importations al
ready m ide in antu ipatlou of iU enactment.
But foi the ietio.spectiv clause of the
Dingley bill, tiny would have been touch
uieater bi loie tho linal enactmeut of tb
law.
Torfciiriuu. u. Uium. aualy skin eruptions
bums and scalds are soothed at once aud
piomptly healed by DoWitt's Witah . Ilaisel
halve, the beat known cure for pile. C. 11.
jlageiibucb,
the jmpEBS'
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(Continued from Flrrt Pave )
FRANK MRVr.tt.
Frank Meyers sworn. Resident of Malm.
noy City. Druggist. His testimony was to
the effect thnt the condition of the people
wai vry poor and the cause was that there
wns nut enough work, which, he said, was
emmed hy
innufficlent demand for coal.
The ciinmimptlou is as much, but, at tlio same
time, the Improvements for mining and
manufacturing coal for market hare ra much
increased that the colllerica don't need to
work ni nun h a they used to.
Q. Have you any knowledge as to the uses
anthricite coal ii applied toy
A. Mostly dcmu'itic. There Is not as
much a there used to be for manufacturing
Theieiison is that they have been using
coke, or soft coal as n stilwtitute for anthra
cite. The bituminous ooal is getting in sharp
competition with the anthracite. The reason
I signed the petition for this Investigation
was that If the soft coat - region had an In
vestigation the anthracite region ought to
have nne.
Q Would yon be In favor of the restriction
of Immigration ?
A. Yos ; you bit It right on tbe head.
w. r. ClI FTOD.
W. V. Clifford, Habanoy City, teams tr.
called and sworn. "The condition of the
people through hare is certainly very poor.
Storekeepers complain that all are going back
and several business men dnlm a week, or so
aco that if the grocery men went on a cash
basis thousands of peoplo would starve inside
of two weeks.
Q. What has produced this condition of
affairs?
A The overproduction of labor and the
ooal trade falling away.
Q. Has the nto of anthrartllf ooal boon
abridgr-d in any way T
A. Bituminous is put right in here. En-
gines drawing coal from the collieries here
ndng bituminous coal.
Q From yotlC standpoint yon attrlhuto at
least a portion of the AUtreiM to the sharp
competition between bituminous and anthra
cite coal ?
A. Ye, sir.
Q Have you any knotsletSge about the
pay of millers f
A. I have seen checks ranriug from $3.50
In $T or f8 for two weeks' pay.
(j You sprtik of an overproduction of
labor; this consists, principally, oi" wliat'
nationalities?
A. Of the Polish, Hungarian, Slaves ami
people of that kind.
Senator Haines : Do the Poles and Hun
garians live respectably ?
A. No; they live n grout dal cheaper than
the American citizens can live. They will
pack 10 or 12 men in a hotiso mill one woman
to cook for those men, and each one pay their
share of the cooking, and each buy tbelr
own grub.
. .Senator Morcdith : You wouldn't eiipfoee
that an AtHericnii. Irishman, Welshman or
must any other nationality could live the waj
these people do ?
A. They oatj tU0' it Vory well. A sreat
W.Jtrji'laMre'to live tbat way Just now, but it
is not their nature. That tbe reason the
revolt is made.
Q. Revolt agntnst whom?
A. Against the Condition of things.
Q Who is the roVolttii0e niraliUl? If it
against the owner of the mine?
A. No, you don t boar anything or that.
Q. There is no complaint, then, agatnttthc
mine owners?
A. Oh, there is always a complaint of some
kind by peoplo working about tlio mines.
They think things could he done lwtter.
Q. Do you know of any Americans being
thrown out of wok and foreigners put in
their places?
A. Not to my knowledge.
Q. Have you a labor organisation ?
A. I believe there is ono. I don't know
whether there are any branches in town. I
know there is somethini; of the kind.
Q. What suggestion have you to make to
hiiiiK about an improvement in the condition
here?
A. I have been told tbe froiglit rates should
be lowered in order that anthracite bo put in
competition with the other ooal.
DAKIKI. IIOPEKS.
Daniel Hoppes was sworn and said he was
a dealer in feed and resided in Mahauoy
City.
Q. Statu what you know of the condition
of things iu the anthracite coal region ?
A. Things are kind of pour, that 1 true.
No work hardly. Not enough work for the
people that is bare.
Q. That is all you know about It?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Then there are more coal miners in this
rin
ExprriiiKO tv ichos Hie impor
tance' of s-.e. ii'l euro of the health.
Anil llxeil amo')g the impor
lYIe
tant principles of hygiene untl health is
the acknowledged noceeity of a good
Spring llodieine.
Jtut m llnnly estublislKJii hy tho ex
periences of millions of people, is the
iKsitive fact that IlooJ'g Saivapai iiln
is "far ami nw.iy" the bc.-t bSo.wl puri
fier ami Rpriti ;nmlicineov(rpi'. lite.'d.
The icci'Hsi:y is found in the im
pure condition uf (ho blood at this
season, owing: to tl.e close confine
ment and bre.ttl.liig vitiated air in of
fice, storo, shop, house, schoolroom
or factory ; exoessi ve eating and drink
ing too rioh and hearty food; late
hours and social indulgences. With
tho blood thus thick and impure, the
machinery of lifo srriuds hard.
Hood's Sarsaparllla purifies, vital
izes and enriches the blood, builds up
and strengthens tho ncrvos and tones
tho stomach. It oils up the machinery
of tho whole lHxly; tho liver takes up
its work anow, tho kidnoys resume
activity, the ache aoes out of ti-e back,
the bowels are regulated, the appetite
restored, the food is relished and as
aimilated. Don't wait till you are thoroughly
siok before you begin to take a Spring
Medicine.
Look tho door before the horse Is
stolon.
Take Hood's Sarsapanlla now as a
preventive and it will pay you a thou
sandfold in health and strength through
the ooming summer.
Hood's
Sarsaparllla
Sold by nil druggists. $1, eLx for $5. rrepaml only by
CI. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. The One True Blood rurificr.
vicinity than the coal operators are able to
give ompluynient to?
A Yea, sir.
Q. Can yon state what has produced this
condition of a Hairs?
A. Overproduction. That is all.
Q. Or what?
A. Labor and coal.
Q. Have you any remedy to suggest for
this condition ?
A. If the company would glvo the people
work, then it would belief o
O. You are engaged In tie feed business?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. In your business yon employ no more
men than you want ?
A. No, sir.
Sonator Roberts : Then, if you were In
tho coal business, you would mine no more
ooal than you could sell ?
A. No, air.
Q. Then you don't blame the mine owners
for not storing up a big quantity of coal ?
A. No; but I blame them for nut using
their coal and taking this coal away with
othsr coal.
Q. What slxe of coal do you burn ?
A . Pea coat.
Q Why do you do that ?
A. I can use it in my afore.
Q. How much do you pay for it?
A 1.40 for I of a ton.
Q, Why dou't you hum the other coal ?
A. It won't suit my stove.
Q. Why don't you get some other kind of a
stove?
At thla point there was a general outburst
of laughter.
Chaft-maa Meredith t Yon bay pea cdtl
becaose It la cheaper Mmii the other?
A. I couldn't use the other.
.Senator Roberta: You boy it because It la
oh en per ? N
A. Nut on that account alone. It burns
bettor In my stove.
MB. ADAMS TnrirtRR.
Jobn M. Adams, merchant, M.ihanoy City,
sailed and sworn.
Q What are tho condition of affairs iu the
anthracite rrtlon?
A. They are not very good just now.
Q. What are tho aondltlona of affairs iu
your own business?
A. They ar poor. Not as good if tbe
men were working steadier,
Q. Do yon know of any people being In
distress ?
A. Yes, there are a good many.
Q. Do yon know of any relief stores?
A. There waaone.
Q Do you know of poor committees being
appointed to furnish tbe needy with the
necessaries of life?
A. I saw It in the paper.
Q. You have no knowledge?
A. No; only what I saw iu the papers.
Q,. From your own knowledge you cannot
any that this Btato of affairs docs exist?
A. No; 1 was not there.
Q. Cau you give this committee any in
formation as to the causes of this condition
or affairs?
A. There is not enough work for tlio people
here to earn a living. There is an overpro
luctiuii of coal. If the work would go on
steady I don't think there would be all over
production of labor.
Senator Roberts: Don't you know there
has been mare coal produced in the last 10
vcara than any tirlor 10 years?
A. 1 think there ought to beinorfrnro-
lucc.d.. ' - -
Q. Why, then, do these men work J of tho
time?
A. I couldn't say that.
Q. Dou't oti think an over supply of
labor creates the distress?
A. They can mine more coal now than
they did year ago.
Q Dou't you know It to lie truo that theie
aro too many men here?
A. Won, 1 cotiiuu t say tint.
JOHK T. CtlJJW,
Mahauoy City, buleher, calltd and sworn.
Q. State. In detail, tho condition uf nllalrs
in this vicinity?
A. Thoro Is not employment for tho men.
There nro too many men hero. I attribute
tho distress to the fact that there is an over
production of labor. Four years ago I did a
business of $0,000 per month. Now I do a
business of $2,000 I don't think there is a
demand for anthracite coal. My idea Is that
not only Mahanoy City, hut tho country
aencrally, is In a depressed eouilition. Uusi
is stagnant.
Senator Itobcrts; Do you remember when
they used to ship a largo proportion of lump
coal 1
Ac Yes, sir.
Q. What was it used for?
A. Furnaces and rolling mills.
Q. Do you ship much lump coal now?
A. I don't think thoy do.
Q If the manufactories, rolling mills and
furnaces wore going on they would not have
this condition of affairs?
A. Yes, sir ; I believe it.
F. K. SMITH,
Mahanoy City, called and swora. I know
there are some people in want. I bad a fow
relief orders I bad to fill. I suppose the
overproduction of labor and non-consumption
of coal baa produced the state of affairs.
t, W. Dennis, Mahanoy City, dry goods
merchant. "J kuow by personal knowledge
that there has been a great deal of need and
distress. Tho relief committee has relieved
people at the rate of 30 to -10 families a day.
icine
" Wo' always tako several bottles of
Hood's Sarsaparllla in our family every
spring as n tonic and blood purifier and
we find that it overcomes that tired feel
iug iyes new life, end keeps us well all
summer." Wm. lltKOUL, 813 5th Ave.,
Peoria, Illinois.
Excellent Spring Wledlclr.o.
" For a number o( years I have taken
Hood's Sarsaparllla in tbe spring, not for
uny particular ailment, but on general
prinoiple, that the system needs a tonic
at tlib) time, and I have always found
Hood's Sarsaparllla a most oxoellent
spring medicine." Hakon Hamiihb,
Engineer, Pouetown, Pennsylvania.
That Tired Feeling.
" I was troubled with tbat tired feeling
all tbe spring. I puichi red three bottles
of Hood's Barsaparilla, an.; when I bad
taken about half ot It I v feeling well
again. I believe IIoou'h SV.r sparine to be
an excellent blood puilflor and tonlo."
Mm Oka B. Moboak, Uusoy, Illinois.
Builds up tho Health.
"We take Hood's Farsararll'a as a
tonlo in the spring. Two ol our children
bad tonsllitis and their blood was in a
bad oonditlon. Hood's Barsaparilla built
them up, and we have taken it again this
spring with much benefit." Mrs. P. II.
Oahoo, Pleasant Lake, Haas.
N. B, It yeq doelda to take Hood's
flarsnpariila do not b Induced to buy
anything else Instead. There is no sub
stitute for Hood's,
The lack of work tl tbe great trouble. When
tney nave plenty or wora iney nave money
to buy enough to eat and nriuK.
O. Have you any remedy to suggest ?
A. I have always advocated restricted im
migration. We are getting too much labor.
(j In tho discussion of this question in
tbe Senate It waa claimed that the output
of coal was. In a great measure, to he attri
buted to the coal trust, ami J. t'lorpont
Morgan was. In the mln, responsible for the
condition of affairs In the anthracite region.
What do van know about that ?
A. That I don't know anything about, but
I don't think Piernont Morgan's Interests In
the coal business goes tack far enough to fit
our rase.
Q You scarcely thiuk it possible for any
set of Individual! to corral the autbracite
eoal trade ?
A. I dou't think so,
Q, Don't you suppose that the develop
ments in the antbrailte region aud influx of
new men is, Iu the main, Instrumental for
the Increased production of coal ?
A. I think you have the idea exactly.
(J. Have yon any knowledge or bitumi
nous coal coming into competition with an
thracite? A. Not any further than the anthracite
companies are using it on their railroads.
Tbe Reading and Lebigh Valley hum the
coal ou their engine.
Q. Wliat do you surpoao is tho cause ot
that ?
A. I suppose, heoamtfl they thluk It is
cheaper. But it is liko haugm a sign on
your ''our, "Don't buy at my place, go uoxt
door."
Upon examination by Senator Roberts the
witness stated that he remembered when a
large quautlty of lump coal used to he
shipped from this region, when at least one
third of it used to be of that slr.o and two
thirds went to the Cataaaiiqua Iron Works.
The witness added, "If there waa as much
lump and steamboat shipped as at that time
there would be more work."
HKKKY SOU Kl KB,
Grocer, Mahanoy City, sworn. He testi
fied tbat times had been growing worse th
last two years. When aBkcd the average
wages of miners for two weeks he replied
that it ranired from 8 and 4 and ui to 10 and
18 dollars. Aside from this his testimony was
either of a hearsay or indefinite character
and of no importance.
WH.ttAM HRRSKKR,
Hardware merchant,' Mahauoy City, was
equally indefinite and the most direct evi
dence be gave was "All 1 know is that thoro
is dull times around hero, nnd not much
work,"
I'ATglCK o'DONNEtL,
Teamster, Mahanoy City, said, "The miners
In this district are in pretty poor circum
stances. Almost poverty strickon." As to
the oaiiM be said, I would suppose tbat the
soft coal region is running coal through iiore
and soiling in the markets cheaper than an
thracite coal."
J. M. KUTZ.
QriHwr, Mahanoy City, in auswer to the ques
tion, Uivo your ides, ot the distress ami
want thatexlstsin this vicinity?" said, "We
bavo considerable of it. I guess it is tho com
plaint all over. Wo liave it more so in some
lines than in othor parts of the country."
u. lias your trade ratten on muciir
A. Yes.
O. To what extent?
A. It has fallen off from $1,000 to $1,800 a
m mith
The witness said he knew of people in the
town who were suffering from hunger aud he
had helped tbein.
Q. What do yon attribute tho condition to?
A. First, tho over production of labor;
uuxtr the stagnation of the country: next.
i the 'rests.
tj. Can you tell wluit effect the trusts have
on I lie coal regions r
A. I take It tills way. The railroad com
pany and ooal combination is one, and that ia
the trust.
A. MK.VllI.R,
Mahanoy City, general store.
O. State what you know of the distress
and waut that oxjats among tho iiiithraclto
minora.
A. The men work only 2 or H days a weak
and that makes about f to $10 fur two weeks
pay. and wheu a man has a family of ft or 0
children lie can I support tnem ami pay rent
on those wagoi.
(J. Under this condition of affairs, liavo
you any remedy to suggest?
A. I have not, only 1 think immigration
ought to he Btoppcd.
. How far back does tho great influx of
laborers oxtcud ?
A. Five or six years.
Q. What nationalities are those peoplo?
A. Huns, Polos, Italians, Greeks, etc.
Q. You don't have many of tho (Icrmans,
Welsh, or Irish coming in now.
A. Very few.
II. K. SMITH,
Qrocer, Mahanoy City. Thoro is a great
deal of depression in business. I believe
there b more anthracite coal produced than
over befoie. There aro two many laborers.
Q. Take the jieoplo as a class. What are
their habits in relation to sobriety ?
A, The one class, the Huns, Poles, Slavs,
etc., are addicted to cheap living nnd carous
ing. There aro a great many peoplo of the
others who are thrifty and try to earn a llv
iug every time they can.
I'KTKK KICHMAN,
Merchant, Mahanoy City. Tbe men nln't
earning enouxli and there is lots of di stress.
Witness could suggest no remedy.
The committee thoil adjourned.
At 715 p. m. the committee reconvened
and John Horsker, hardware dealer, Majia
nny City, was the first witness called and his
testimony was to the effect that men iu the
mines do not cet enough money and work
aud he supposed the cause was that the
companies were not able tu sell tlje output of
coal,
William Y. Wobber. tinsmith. Mahauoy
City, said he know there were a great many
people In want. He never saw such times in
Mahanoy City d urine hie residence of thirty
years, butww worse when ho was in Phila
dvlphla in 1803.
U What is tlio cause or this condition ot
affairs?
A. In the first place it is liecause there are
too many Idle men ; wc buy too much from
the foreign manufacturers, We keep other
motoric? going anil ours closed. The cout
sequence Is our factories aud machine shops,
lounuries ami lurnaces aro oioMl, anil that
requires less eoal. Aud another is there are
too inuny combinations monopolies. Another
thing, It costs too much to run this country,
from the salaries In the townahlps ro tbe
President of the United States.
The witness spoke of the K.B0 basis nnd
said the sliding scale business ot the Sg.50
basis was made years ago, and at tbat time
there was no ouukwiicat coal, t he smallest
was chestnut, and they oucbt to stick to it.
and not bring in the buckwheat coal.
HARRY CLIFFORD,
Collector and salesman fur a piano firm,
stated : I know that just tbiotigh this
county that tlmca are very poor, and poorer
man in anjouung counties, tie atinuutou
the condition to no work
Q. What class of people do you And suf
fering the most ?
A. Tbe American people.
Q. A niucli us the foreigners?
A. Yes, sir.
1)B. A. P. BIBSBIX.
Resident of Mahanov City since I860.
Q. What do you know uf the condition of
the miners at tlie present time ?
A. Tlio condition at the present time is
certainly, so far us menoy is concerned,
alaek. Thtv have no monav.
Q. You aay there is certainly a deplorable
condition of a'ffalrs existing among tbe
miners of this vicinity ?
A. To a cttitain cxtint, among a certain
class.
Q. To what do you attribute thin?
A. Tu severs! cause : One I, tbe meu
have not enough work ; another is ti.ey driuk
too much beer: and then there Is too much
begging going ou fpr tbe Methodist churches
they are building hero, getting up a supper
every week, snd other causes. A Henry
Ward Beucher said, "The meu spend on tbelr
stomachs and the women spend, on their
backs."
Q. To what do you attribute the lack ol'
work r
A. To an over supply of coi.1 and not
enough consuming, not business enough to
sonsume the output, nnd there are too many
meu allowed tu ao into the mines ubo arc
not cltlicns of the United Rtabrs and can't
speak the language uf the United States, and
too much money Is given away to support a
hospital to keep men iii. Tbe Uiuers' hos
pital is full ot 1J ii ns and Poles that never
were cltlncns, ami never will lie.
Q. You iutioduce anew feature into the
examination You refer to the saloon. Will
you state, for tbe info relation of this co.n"
mittee, the population of the town ?
A. I should Jiiiltic about 10,000.
O How many saloons?
A. O, Lord ! I don't know. Oot oue for
every oilier door almost.
(. Is it not a fact, doctor, that the rniuers,
Nature's Detectives.
When a crime ia committed, no matter in
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to hide, lie
knows that
probably
somewhere
or other on
the look-out
is a detective
waiting to
lay bis baud
on him.
When any
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tacks man
kind and
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System, no
matter bow
obscure or
complicated
the disease
may be, Na
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her jrrent
force of de
tective reme
dies has one that will eventually bunt down
and arrest that particular disease.
Lung and bronchial diseases are among
the most baffling complaints which doctors
h.-we to deal with; because it isn't tnc imigs
or bronchial tubes alone which are affected,
but every comer of the system furnishes s
linking plate for there elusive maladies.
't'boy change and reappear and dodge
about tbe system under numberless dis
guises. They arc almost always compli
cated with liver or stomach troubles, nerv
outn -ss, neuralgia, or "general debility."
Tb; best detective remedy which Nature
hr s provided to search out and arrest these
.r,Viliii nfltnents is Dr. Pierce's Golden
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'ivi organs.
It pives the blood-making glands power
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the lungs with healthy tissue; feeds the
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For weak ltings.spitling of blood, shortness
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coughs, asthma, and kindred affections, it
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cures the severest cough it strengthens
the system and purifies the blood.
. IV. - ; . .
as a class, are addicted to diinklne?
A. Thoy like their beer pretty won. it
Kaler's brewery was not bore so many
wouldu t die of llright's d I, ease.
Q. Then yon are of the opinion that if the
class of people who arc in destitution aud
want had saved some of tbelr earnings whon
labor was plentiful, instead of spending it in
saloons, the condition would not bo as re
presented hero ?
A. Not as much.
O. T. LUiWKtLYN,
Insurance superintendent, recited the dis
tress lie found ns secretary of tho Mahauoy
City Relief Association aud tho work the
association performed. Me assigned lion
consumption of anthracite coal as thocauso
of tho haul times. He behoved that dis
crimination hi freight rates bad much to do
with the cause of the l)on-col)sumption.
UlfAIiLKS IIK.VSINQKH,
Retired, Mahanoy City, also found much dis
tress iu the town ami spoke of the work
done by the relief association. Among other
things he stated that the Truant Officer in
the employ of the School Hoard had told him
that he met hundreds of children who could
not go to school because thoy had no clothing
or shoes.
JOHN F. IIKCKER,
Grocer, Mahanoy City, said affairs wcro in a
critical condition.
BOBERT SNEDDON,
Miner, Mahanoy City, was the most inter
esting witness of either cession. He testified
that ho had not worked hincu December, 1800,
with the exception of three full days since
Tuesday, last. When asked why ho aus
wercil, "I eoiililut' get jt." Ho explained
ttiat me cmiiui no win-ken at nan siinidmvn.
Q. About what wages did you receive per
uay i
A. $1.17 each for those throo days.
i". v nat company uo you work Tor?
A. The Heading.
Q. You bavo no doubt but that the money
will bo paid?
A. O, sure, no doubt of it.
Q. What is tho condition of afalrs?
A. In general thoy aro bad enough.
Q. Have you over known it to bo worse?
A. Not in my tinio.
Q What is the cause of this depression
amoiiK the miners ?
A. Thoro ato too many collieries opeu.
When there are less collieries open they em
ploy loss men and give steadier work.
Q. Do you thiuk there is an excess of labor
in this community?
A. '1 lint is for the work that is going.
Q. If tho collieries were able to work con
tinuously is there too much ?
A. No, I don't believe there is.
(.. A gentleman this afternoon Btated that,
taking tho miners in this vicinity, no more
than j aro constantly employed?
A. At the present time, yes.
Q. Then you attribute this condition to an
over-production of coal?
A. No, sir; I don't.
Q. What thou f '
A. Jf there were less of the mines open
there would be fewer ingu to work them and
give steadier work.
Q. If thoro were fewer mines thoro wuuld
be less production?
A C'ofreat.
O. And w th tho utimbor of miners in this
vicinity, less work?
A. If there wore tho same quantity of peo
ple here, yea.
U. I his population is hero now and must
bo provided for in gonip way f
Q. You have been able to llvo?
A. So far.
Q. And without seeking assistance?
A. No, sir.
Q You had to apply for aid ?
A. 1 hail to, but t was willing to labor foi
it.
ana did
O. Have you any knowledge of what
it
ooate to put a ton oi coat on tne cars?
A. I have never given it a thought.
Q. Tho miners, as o rule, are mild by the
ton?
A, lly tbe wagon.
Q. What does a wagon bold ?
A. Three tons of coal.
Q. How much do you receive per wagon?
A . Ninety cents.
Q. How many tons will tbe average miner
mm
A. According to the place you have. Take
an average of three cats per day. You get
your share as the cars run.
Senator Roberts : You don't moan to say
that three ears would give you t.T0T
A. When von take the cost for nowdor.
paper, oil. squibs and blast barrels out, it la
considerable leas. They are furnished by
the oooipany, but we pay for them.
Senator Haines : Do companies controlled
by corporations use their men as well as
those working lor individuals r
A. Well, in regards to treatment the com
pany Is just as good as the individual.
Senator L'uiuphell : There is no perference
glveu to any of the employes?
A. No, sir.
CHARLES BURl'lIII.L,
hotel proprietor, was called to the witness
stand Just before the committee adjourned
aud stated that there were about 140 llquer
licenses iu Mahanoy City. The license coat
f ISO each, aud revenue .Iceuae KS, and by
tbe time tbe lawyers get both 'fixed upl'.lio
oust is $200. Of those only two are whole
sale licenses and two for bottling establish
ments Q. If the liquor business of this city was
caiiAnd to the regular hotels, do you thiuk
the same amount uf poverty and distress
would exist?
A. 1 don't think it would.
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