The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-09-13
BLACK PLAYS THE OSTRICH.
,rIIs TUBE C0MPANY'S PREsI-
nyNT THERE'S NO VIOLENCE.

uo-Mayor Blaca says No One Il
Uindering Them Prom Going to work.
and Declares mat he VIII Not Allow
IN. Police 10 ne ICED 60 lnumidate
s,rLor-Inbunctien to Ne Asked For
An,thsr suicide Because % stsrvAtten.
vcKxrsponr, Pa, Sept. n-In spite
IN. fact that scores OF man have bean
s..,sn In the public streets because they
Au,red 70 20 TO work and In spite OF the
a., that hundreds Of Others have been
,h,.a,.ned with severe bodily injury and
ia, ths Chief Of Police admits tho situa-
,I,n u beyond his control. Mayor Black
It'll declares that this h . peaccable city
ard that every mar desiring TO 20 70 work
4. a, liberty TO do so. Although the Ma
uonal Tube Company has secured tho
.sAaytts Of more than a hundred parsons
who have been maltreated In the last three
or four days for trying 10 get to the works.
o.. Navor asserts that there has been no
d.order and that the stories Of trouble
4, the city are due TO over n~ealouspess on
,he part Of officials Of the tube company.
Ye-,arday Mayor Black reosived by
Messenger a o Of q letter prepared by
Frank ]. HeArns. President Of the u
company. demanding Profession for the
man employed by the tube company and
.oquAintng the Mayor with the fsoh In
ue case. Mr.. Hearne's letter was;
o.. s,,.,, J P'TBII s1s. no, pr ., s : /. ca - o,
pEis siR j rs:p.,S,t1lIy SsSL e se sDt,s
E0g a; ;hS Msyos q ru the S nor 81 6 SSSsss0i Is
sow and has been unable for weeks past
10 conduct re ea-iness and operate Us pIan, n
H. manufacturing business by reason OF
M. unlawful and continual interference by
strikers, picksts and Others ~ ana n spSns
streets leading 20 and from the company's
stoper,y With workmen and employees q
s .svs sU ,be work. from DAY 70 day. that WORK;
men Of the company who are DESTROYS, OF
returning to and enteriny upon the emp,oss
violently prevented from so doing by large
crowds. who congresate In and about ne
property o, the c sSmpPss a' s aaa r. 'a n. p Se%9
panv and it, workmen have not been fur-
hished adequate police protection IN otner
trss,. and privileges as %citifens Of the city
OF Mckeesport: that at the present uins
threats are openly made SoY ,s .H compsny
ard forcibly 20 remove therefrom such em-
ployees a. remain upon the premises TOT
UT .s facts. whiI. open and notorious.
are brought specially 20 your attention. N
order that you, as the chief executive omccI
OF the city. shall furnish TO the company
and It's Officers, agent. and employees RoIice
projection % lives and persons OF Us onlcrrl
agents and employees from bodily harm ana
/ respectfully reaues, that ,y9u take such
action In the premises a. shaI ensc sbor ~
feferred TO and / also request and insist that
you shall furnish adequate police prot"c,
ton 10 the officers. agents arc empIoyseI
the company In going 10 ana from 'he" No's
Very truly yours,
SSIioNAL TYR w9n.. oqsIasIi,
The following IL the Mayors reply;
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.. 49,.
cITJ or MoknrsronT pa. sspr y; ts,lh
psss STAT Your iet,er OF Yesterday
handed me by messenger last evening has
received my careful attention and prompts
ooff ansirs In this city. as believe i do. there
IL nothing for me TO say but this
u. rss' c u s in.a Ia II y rS,a i.ts-r. YOU have been
biz advised, mlsinformed and misled The
iIcular No man or set Of men have been
restrained from entering your wotks Tor
than The lawful means Of argument, and
persuasion. and no man or men have been
restrained from committing, acts OF VITO.
lenos against the property OF the company
Tor the reason that no violence ha. been
attempted. md. 80 far as the polio" and the
executive Departments hAve knowledge none
The real reason. as ! see z. Why the com;
pany is unable TO operste It's plant " nat
return under present conditions. and l will
not be a party TO any. c~oercive measures
,Sai wi. PSe,tss sir t fellow. 0 10 PsasSsde them
Is safe. your company and it, varied Interest,".
are cafe, your employees. both the present
You can have at any time every facility
q the police and the executing deha,'mssn n,
a. long as am at tho head 81 tho CITY you
can never use them for the purpose OF intlnl-
DATING and ooeIei1s any Gonn, Q, SSay Pl.rmmein,
me. 20 suggest, that a personal inspsG Ss1s
would considerably emil sht"n you, as 10 me
IN your letter Of the 10th 81 September Re
@reistiS. 20 the REMOVAL Of the mills from
McKeesport. and knowing how unjust was
your criticism OF the police ana .iecuuNe
that interview, 80 far a. the criticisms referred
q are concerned. by giving 70 w. pnbno
/, beng the nrst request / have had from
you Tor police protection and this - It's reply
] am. sir. very truly yours, g.
The letter OF Mr.. Hearne and The reply
Of Mayor Black will be the basis OF legal
action which will undoubtedly b~sin to-
morrow. Mayor Black was not 40 courteous
A. Mr.. Hearne in the delivery Of the reply
Instead Of sending MIR Hearue a copy OF his
reply, he sent tho letter from the tubs
oompan and his own reply 20 the news
papers and informs Mr. Hcarne In the
closing lines M this will Ia his reply
The letter has made a sensation. lnssmuch
a. the town Is even now Ia the hhnds OF
the band Of hoodlums who prevented the
resumption Of work az the National Tubs
works on Monday morning. the ignorance
OF the Mayor Of the real situation Is some
thing remarkable.
When tho National TUBE Company ar
ranged To open the Monongahela Steel
works yesterday morning, the strike cad
erS Informed the company officials that II
such an attempt was made, III" strikers
would not only not permit the steel work.
err TO 60 to work. but would prevent those
employed at the blast furnaces from going 20
work also. Tho disastrous results that
might have ensued 90 tho blast furnaces
from a sudden shutdown caused the tutr
company officials In allow the steel works
60 rrmain closed Tor tb" present
Mayor Rack having In this letter hlun'ly
refused 90 furnish any protection other