The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-09-10

| cratic politicians or by self-lntarest In hone
q Of Grst deG'doyins and thfn mrS SpP 5ia to dst
termine lust yet, but the fact is evident, a. all
orders received by local leader. come Oyer
tho wirea from that city and that CITY II we
Mecca OF all tho a~gitators working here VINO
! journey there frequently,
AFRAID OF PrBLIC OPINION
As 20 why the strike was not ordered last
night az q O'Clock az threatened, the !fut reason
is that tho managers did not dare order II. Pub
lie sentiment l. unanimously ana u'ttilhlu''"l
against it and the leaders know II Inc UNION
| claims "A membership Of 70 to 40 per cent 81 we
mining element The truth Is has not over
10 per cent and probably less, but thls 10 l'I
cent asthey khow, J., -nHoi|n' {% ,I'P tswu u-
[ rarily, not because OF their nuiubcr-, but because
Of their character They viii hesitate az
nothing. not even murder. 60 gain their ends
and the other and better class Of miners are 80
afraid OF them, aud with sufficient reason,
that they will stay at home and not atteihpt
10 40 INTO the mines 10 their work untl Ihls
laWles. element has been efcctuglly sqlelched;
Herein IL where the danger OF q prolonged
strike lies. and 50 long "a tho agiiator-- they
] call Themselves organi2crs-Can Keep The stTlke
going they will do 50, rs their salaries and
per diem expenses 60 on Just the same as IN
the time If peace. except That IN times ul strlhc
they can turn in roore each day Tor expense
PRIESTS AGAINST THE STRIKE.
Is to what has broken the backbone. Of the
| strike, frat come the priests ~ the Roman
catholic church They are sensible men and
~ close touch aud sympathy with the members
| OF iItlr NDugTfGHllpuN anu IdNt bffu ANi'll'l'Nh
In ard out Of the pulpit in denouncing "A strike
They have been ably seconded by tho Protestant
ministers Of every denomination, The locai
hoarls II trade took a hand and denounced
the proposition most cnUhatlCallF To cap the
! climax, he Wholesale dealers, having IN Ulnd
former cvpericnces Of the sort whore they
were big I6sers, because they had given large
credits To small retailers. whose patrons were
largely miners, notified these small dealerS that
should there bea strike they. would feel COM
pc.led 10 sell them goods only ou. n cash basis
1Iis preclldes. the possibility OF these small
dealers carving, the miners TO an extent
hope lay in credits from the wholesaler. Then
tho support ~ tho striker and his family during
q strike lay In his own savings, which only m
few cases are large. The pittance .dol"d ont
bN the union, which in numerous former. li-
stances has failed TO- be produced would IN
miner q work aS hardly to prrvrnt starvation
and not even that, ~ m" union l. said to have
only something like slOO,OJO In the relief fund
Tho ton days ultima'um, glyeniby the Hae%l-
ton rIuNeniIon 10 me "pcrll1IS 70 meeI ne
officials of the union. was regarded here largely
rs a blum from The leaders. IF the.unipH., a. II
Wa not thought they would make any EFFORT
10 meet the operators and they didn't, They
simply scnt them printed circulars Of their de
maud- and that was the last ~ 1t IA, they knew
1t would be. To OUTSIDE disintere-ted persons
and newspaper men tho operators said they
were cItirrlv willing Ia confer with their own
employees as employee. either -lngly or IN
possibility Of inducing them 20 r"cog,lr' any
union and they say they Will stand hy their
resolutions 81 long "a there l. coal To mlle.
lho most ridiculous and inOrudlarF feature
~ the trouble Is the part sone newspapers have
taken In the matter. Their misleading %illnstra-
tious and news matter have done more to pref
ullca the outside public AGAINST the people
and coal Operators Of this region than can he
outlived I'm many wears. They picture the
miner a. a t%orlorn, hali-baked, hali-starvcd
creature. ht> wife as worked 10 death and haf
clad and his children as. good seconds TO IN"
wholly starved children Of India, Ia whom hearS
are Il luxury and meat entirely unknown. ON
the contrary the average Industrious miner j.
a pretty prosperous person VIII 4 c9niortanl"
house. a wholesome, active VIE ana a iairhi
Of deccntly dressed, wel-ted and Euiu;-iu-9cluul
children. To be- sur" The Huns. A. q rule
though thcro arr many exceptions. live rather
more like cattle than ANYTHING else, although
thr5 have plenty 10 'at. But this living in CIu.e
UIartorS and dirt j. not bv any means u uoor--
sir. TueE do so from Choic" and save ever
cent possible to enable them to return TO their
native country and pose ~ capitalists, buying
their lives in comparative luxury, IL" luxury
Of z Hungarian lea~aNf.
The charge made in newspapers that miners.
children, when dead, are l4u"ared FOR, j. another
deliberate fal-"hond. They are A. deccnt,y
buried as a bankers child. although not with
such elaborate trapplugs possibly, 1t al pe-
pending upon the means 81 The family. az in
any other community. The story that a Hum
whom dead l. dumped into the potter field j.
true in many cases, for the reason that IL the
dead man was single and had been a boardrg
IN one of the many Hungarian boarding houses
the boss" and his wife and IN" other bOIrders
utterly repudiate him, deny all knowledge of his
identity, apprOp7atc what available assets lie
may have loft In the hT7rvr and let the authoTl-
ties bury him. But some " the most gorgeous
and expensive funerals that pass through the
streets of this valley are those Of Huns" whose
personal savings have been large or To- Whom
some of the numerous societies Tor beneficial
purposes have given an elaborate funeral.
Al, the anthracite coal inner want loWoFk
out their own salvation Ia "a cessation Of inter-
ference from the soft coal lgltators. and II
looks "a IL they hay" decided 10 compel il.
The poStponcment Of the strike is a blow
which will greatly lrSsen the enthusiasm of
many ubn were kpVsI nm In tho ~ rikp mitch.
II has already shaken tho miners confidence
In their leader, Though Unexpected by the
operators II does not change their position a
particle: THE SIN correspondent saw the
heads Of all the big companies here to-day and
while most Of them desire not TO DO quoted. all
spoke freely. on the situation. one Of them
said decisively:
There is really nothing 10 say on our side.
The position 81 the operators IS most salts
chell of the United Mine Workers now"
Another remarked The action OF the
Executive. Board Lroyes. only one thing 20 me,
weakncss and Is afraid Of the final and con-
elusive test | should not be SURPRISED II the
Leaders continue to hedge until they manage
one Of the best known OPERATORS. whose
company has an inXariahle, rule against being
length, Mitchell, d" he said, is between the
devil and the deep sea, and he %knowsit. He has
imp3rtgned US, begged us, threatened ne,
he knows Il is useless. We have expressed our
decision and will stick to II. Tho postpone
ment in declaring n strike does not affect rs
IN the least. We will continue looking after
our own business and refusing Interference.
As long as our men will work there will be
work for thcm, When thcy strike we will
fight the strike TO the bitter end, There will
be no giving In. President Mitchell Of tho
Mine Workers il a shrewd man. He knows
that the pOstponcment Of the expected order
Il n suhtcrtuge 10 gain time for him 10 eytrtCat,
himself from the muddle In which he has gotten
himself. II Il not the miners he wants TO save.
bat himself. He knows II hodeClarea n strike
We will beat him; he realize that after all his
agitation II he does not call Il strike the prestige
Of the United Mine Workers l. gone. The
organization has existed here for three years.
It's members have paid dues for that time,
and IL return II has done nothing II has not
even gained recognition from the operators.
Now II has thrown down the gage Of battle
and may sneak away from II.
There never has been a successful organi-
2atiou Of miners in this region. aud there never
viii Toe as long a. they are run for the political
elevation 81 the leaders. Politics has been
the death OF all Of them and most Of the leaders
have teathered their nests. A. for the EXecu-
tive Boards reasons for continuing the strike
they are absurd. The operators do not want
more time. We will not settle ANYTHING with
the union: we have nothing 10 settle. so there
Is no hope Of arbitration or amicable adjust
ineut or any thing else the United Mine Work.
es propose The leaders give as another