Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1900-10-18
HAVE REACHED THE LIMIT.


10 request Tor statrtn~nt aN To hts
views on the answer Of ih. United
Mine Workers 60 the operators' prop
o.ition. r. u. Watkins. president Of
the Temple Iron Co.. which company
Ia largely interested in coal mining.
last night gave Gu, somewhat
lengthy statement In which he says
la part.
We viii give our men reasonable
time "a return Co work. trusting that
they will sc~ the mistake of heins
guided and Influenced hy men. who.
however honest aud sincere they may
t~ In their efforts tc t-n~sit the mi.
n~r. of the anthracite. are unable &c
advise them inteilig~nily and for their
l.ess roosi. lseeanse Of their ignorance
of ,hr conditions controlling the
trade.
"Mr. Mitchell apparently thinks
that She control 80 the mining op.ra.
tions rests Va the hands of one or two
rcrsons. notably Mr. Morgan. or that
there u trasi ~ some sort which
can decade the whole question. when
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three cr four 81 the transportation
companies in which anyone concerned
has any influence. and they do not
represent thirty per cent. of the
whole anthracite tonnage. More thar
one hundred different companies and
individuals are Interested in mining
the total tonnage. and no one man
"A
fiucne- over their action.
The one thinr the eatnpanies are
apparently agreed upon. l. that ih~y
will not agree Efforts have been
made for wears to 90, some plan &c
Nhich all could agree. to control tn
tonnage. so that fair prices could -
secured for a product which requires
~ large an Investment II money with
smch great risk 10 the labor en-
plotesi a. we'll a. the capital rua.
plovsd. but c,or, after effort has
failed through failure 60 agree on o
plan that would no; violate the laws,
aud - which all would sul..erihe.
~liut Mr.. Mitchell comes here and
snsr in erec; that No mine worker
"tNtaA 80 NfH VIZ = MMNNN FNFfN Operator
does inst eVac,iv What she other On,
does. and that th. I~hirh and Schuyi.
kiii men IuHst have n new basis before
the men in the Iackawsnna and Wv.
omine regions can 90 20 work.
There are some individual of-ra
tors and some companies. who viii
iu-r their last dollar l., for- they will
enter into any arrang~m~n, with an.
other operator or viii Join in an ar.
rauEenent 60 recognize the union by
agreeing TO any arrangement Mr.
Miteheils orraniss ion dictates for .
settlement Of the strike.
The leaders Of ~. organization. /
trust. will soon SEE their mistake ia
insisting upon any further action b,
the companies. and order the strike
oS
The United Nine Workers will Law
themselves upen. " they have not al.
ready done ~. Ia the charge Of h~ing
the largest and most dangerous trust
to ,hc public welfare that has ever
existed. and the organization will
make the mistake ~ all others that
"tAfH A1NAfA ~ ERAANNE Nht AAf anu Us
ing is power To hurt the public as
we'll as those directly Interested.
Our company viii bc glad to dis.
ct,ss he mattsr-with our employees
when they are ready ;o meet US with
vieW to going back to work without
regard to what Schuylkiil operators
may do. The strike has ALREADY cos,
taa =. Hal ~ -
men much more. ss well as loss Of
trade which We may not recover in
years. In the meantime soft coal
mines are working night and day nh.
ing the place Of anthracite coal
Hefore giving out the statement Mr..
Watkins submitted II To various op~-
raiors. among them Superintendent
iathrope. of the L"hish Valley Coal
Co. ~ Nilkesharr-. aud /, received
unanimous approval. The fact tha,
J. T.. Morgan a Co. are allied with the
Temple Iron Co. aud that Mr.. Wat
kins and Mr. Lathrope are chairgcn
Of the operators committee In their
respective territories. gives added inn
poriauce Ia the statement
A conference Of operators Is to take
place to-day at one O'Clock in the of.
fee of the Temple Iron Go. Its imme.
iiate purpose j. not declared. but
generally speaking IL j. a. good as
certain that the counter proposition
made by the miners j. 10 h. conxid-
cred.
Another prominent operator. y. L.
Fuller. in an interview last night. said
the operators are not called upon to
do anything eNeepi continue their pa
tient policy Of waiting n reasonable
length Of time for their men to re-
turn to work.
There Is nothing before the opera
tors either collectively or individual.
W. said Mr.. Fuller. I'VE. or many af
us. offered our men an advance in
wages, addressing notice of the
sasse direct To our respective en-
ployes- We have heard nothing from
them as yet. of course We have seen
in the newspapers that a convention
of miners passed some resolutions.
They arc not addressed to ms and as
far as We know they were not from
our employees Ii is now up to the op-
orators"
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