The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1902-10-17
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the operators:
TO Thsodorc Rooserch. President 81 The United
States: William a. Stone. Gor,rnor Of Penn
syirdhu. n. u Od,H. Gorsrnor ~ N'u
York. Senator ". =. quay. Senator Bo"S
Psnrosc. Senator Thomas a.. Pidh. Mt-sts
Baer. Thomas. OivphdHi. Tru,sdaL. -Four
Ter. Mdrkis and Waiter.
We. the employees Of the Hillside Coal aud
Iron Company. at the Forest City and ,li'-
ford coleTie-. In meeting assembled -~SA
hereby unanimously adopt the following
Whereas. In the summer of 1901 John
Mitchell held a series Of public meetings IN
the anthracite region. at which he suggested
that certain demands should be- made by the
mine workers IN the spring following. and
telling them to 90 on strike IL not granted,
and
Where's. At a convention held at Sha-
rnokin in April last a strike was called by the
said John Mitchell. representing the United
Mine Workers of America. affecting the an
thracite mining in the State OF Pennsylvania.
TO take effect on May IL: and
Whereas. Since that time a partial sus-
pension of mining and shipping OF anthracite
coal has been in force. affecting large num-
Der Of our people and causing those interested
TO try to discover some way OF relieving the
situation: and
Whereas. Another suspension was called
by Mr.. Mitchell. representing the United
Mine Workers Of America. OF the engine
drivers. pump runners and fremen. which.
had II been successful. would have drowned
the mines and caused the mining OF coal TO be
pra ctically impossible for an indefinite time
and some OF the properties 10 have been for
ever destroyed: and
"Wherens. To avert such a calamity. and
recognizing that we had been justly and
honorably dealt with by our employers in
times past we, the employees Of the Hillside
Coal and Iron Company. many of us having
grown gray in their service, remained at
our places of duty and by so doing succeeded
in keeping the mines at Forest City from
destruction; for this we have been boycotted
ia the community. ourselves and our wives
and children insnlted In public and private. our
lives threatened and assailed our daughters
and sisters dismissed from their employment
as teachers In the public schools. we have
been bounded through the streets by riotous
nobs, stoning us and ca ling out. Kill them!
necessitating the calling out OF troops for
our protection. and
-Wb,rea.. IL appears that pressur, ia bein
brought 10 bear on our EMPLOYERS rather
than ON the marty that MANNED and called
,ho snsr.r.;on ana ,ho, ,bronoh such RE-
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promise o, teins o' 1e'tielli,h' oe d. any '.ile
so,la'ue,eu 'nae ena' oau'v 'o'an' auu Ia..'
.'''ees 70 oe r,p"'u mth ua"se' anu INJURY
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'oiis in,"'ie Vi o" VI ea".1a'io" .na'
,s "n', n,' ,h. ,,i ho No., 1855,
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S a o'ler r'.ihcs cu'eu oy 'no .nteu MINIS
"o,heIs vi H"'!,oa mr. anu ..ee
i"at We aHn .nn' YOU .on,,u.' '"o me, '
maui '''ne ",u VIM. go" IN VIC W.. 20
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taenou' "' 'sN''N'N -AN '"'N'N ~ Wv
p' sn,n ,., ~. .so, ,u,
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| q, 800. s,n.m,,.d a.. houses hn,nsS a. hu,Id
| inc, burned no. vasber.es burned A. s,ockad,,
hmrn.d ,. RIOTS 40. works dynnm,,ed, a. train
dynaui,ed. i; railroad bridges dynam.ted, 4. rail.
roads seized s. trains wrecked o. attempted wrecks.
| o. trans attacked. I: strikes In schools. II;
| THAT ask YOU to remember that no
| ono was ever expelled from this organiza =
tion for committing a crime or for conduct
| unbecoInjng a man, when such conduct or
| crime was against a non union workman;
| THAT the association EMPLOYS ATTORNEYS
| 70 defend. and. II possible, to free member
| arrested for crime:
-1ha, John Mitchell's denial notwith-
| standing the organization at tho Edward
| vile and Shamokin convention placed itself
| On record as sanct ioning strikes being called
~ any colliery employing any non-union
| holm thereby attempting either TO force US
| into the union or out OF our employment.
| This We contend. is contrary to the letter
| and snrit of the Constitution OF our count ~
| and contrary to American manhood and
| ci,izenship.
"We submit that IL Is a matter OF record
that several strikes took place in the Wyo-
ming region during the year 1901, In the
endeavor 10 force mon into the union;
That we ask our EMPLOYERS to tell John
>,,chall and his lieutenants. and all others,
TIM, when thew saw the oal and Iron police
cnmmis.,oned 70 protect the men that are
now working and the property of the min
,ny co,nnanies are A lot of thugs and crimi-
-. ,harare te,lin @ what they know. or should
- H. Ta,..,ood va have M Forest q, y