Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-10-15

ever honest and sincere they may be in
their efforts to benefit the miners of
the anthracite region, are unable to
advise them i~ntelligently and for their
best good, because of their ignorance OF
the conditions controlling the trade.
"Mr. Mitchell apparently thinks that
the control of the mining operations
rests in the hands OF one or two per-
sons, notably MI. Morgan, or that there
is a trust of some sort which can de-
eide the whole question when as a.
matter of fact, there are only three or
four of the transportation companies
in which any one concern has n in
fluence, and they do not represent thir-
ty per cent of the whole anthracite ton
mage. More than one hundred differ
emit companies and individuals are in
terested in mining the total tonnage
and no one man can control or have
the slightest influence over their ac-
ton.
1.-The one thing the companies are
apparently agreed upon and that is that
n will not agree. Efforts have been
made for years to get some plan to
which all can agree to control the ton
mage SO that fair prices can be secured
for a product which requires 20 large
an investment of money with such a
great risk to the labor employed, is
we'll as the capital employed, but eff
fort after effort has failed through fail
ure to agree ON a plan that would not
violate the laws, and to which all would
agree.
Dat NJ NFsA1lA1I -@~.N- LA-N o~I
says in effect, No matter how we'll you
may treat your employees or how much
you pay them, or what agreements you
may have with them, your men must
not go to work until every operator
does just exactly what the other one
does, and that the Lehigh and Schuyl-
kill men must have a ley basis before
the men in the Lackawanna and Wy
oming region can go to work
There are some individual opera
tors and some companies who will lose
their last dollar before they will enter
INTO any agreement with other opera
tors or will join in an arrangement 70
recognize the union by agreeing to any
arrangement Mr.. Mitehel1s organiza-
ton dictates for a settlement of the
strike.
THE leaders of the organization, |
trust, will soon see their mistake IN
insisting upon any further action by
the companies and order the strike off.
The companies and operators have
given an advance they cannot afford
unless they are able to get a better
price for coal. Having given in, they
will all be compelled to make an
earnest effort to secure better prices,
and without a doubt, after the r~estric-
ton caused by the strike, can get bet
ter prices for some time to come, GER
tainly until after April LIST, in my
opinion, so that the suspicion that the
advance is only given to be taken back
after election is unfair and unwise.
THE United Mine Workers will lay
themselves open, if they have not al
ready done So, to the charge of being
the largest and most dangerous trust
to the public welfare that has ever ex-
listed, and the organization will make
failed, by going too far and using its
power to hurt the public as well as
those directly interested"
President Mitchell would have moth
ing to say for publication tonight. He
spent the day in catching up with his
correspondence. He also had various
informal conferences with his fellow
officials, but what wa done could not
be learned.
This afternoon President Mitchell
went for a drive over the boulevard and
about the city with some personal
friends.
A conference of operators is to take
place tomorrow afternoon at / o'clock
in the Office of the Temple Iron Com
pany. It's immediatee purpose has not
developed. but generally speaking, it is
as good as certain that the counter prop
osifion made By the miners is to be
Considered.