The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-11

M Waiter Wellman. Washington eorfesponu'
On, ~ r., Chicago Record Herald, besides penny
to,.d ,,,o,, az one Of the most reliable newspaper
,os ,ss csnital has always enjoyed exeep-
,;on,i sdvantaqes Tor securing inside ihlolin
tion me following story from his pen is o.
President Roosevelt is disappointed az ~, une
,,,srtnt failure OF his efforts TO inauee
Mitchell 10 make a complete surfenuc'. ~
he Is not wholly discouraged ana uesp'" lson
advice OF number Of his couneil,ois " ,J..+
the whole matter. il IS probable ns r. ra~iy
,yill reke another move. Mr.. MiteheH 49,
NAV rive him Just the opportunity ne is seeh'ile
That Mr. Roosevelt is very much N ea' IT.
This matter all his associates understand
tsILs ~ tittl. else than the coal strike ana nas
virtually dropped all other public business
the time being Having once begun 'n9 ns 4,
the public he dislikes exceedingly 10 "o''N0
without results. h. Il +o
~ L obvious 10 his advisers that II ne Is 80
o., a. u.;tb The efforts TO secure settlement nc
r,ust move with great caution and along pIac''ea'
lires He can not afford 20 make any uo'
srcb mistakes as this seemingly futile appe1l
10 Tho miners 10 surrender The only lines Which
now promise 10 bring results are mutual asi
ment between the contending parties 70 aoiu0
snple arbitration which shall eliminate ''t
troublesome question OF formal recognition OIL
the union, elmer ny iAHAA4itt 'A' ~.
eether leaving IT to the future or by aeailus WIZ
he local unions Of the employees Of each OF the
mining companies
Among the friends Of the president good
deal of dissatisfaction was expressed with Gov
ernor Stones order massing the entire FenrSy'-
yania militia in the coal field, The curious part
OF this story is that Governor Stone acted IN
respone 20 pressure eNerted from the Whlte
House itself President Rooseyelts conservative
advisers. who want to make sure that he aVolus
getting into trouble by sending Federal troops 10
Pennsylvania or any other action which might
hazard his political future thought 1t would be
wise to induce Governor Stone to make the
FIRST move and call out the entire militia.
'sTbe trouble is that in the estimation OF the
presidents friends Governor Stone has moved
at the wrong moment They fear that the order
to the militia. coming just at the moment when
President Mitchell has President Roosevelt sur r.
render policy under consideration, will make IT
impossible Tor the miners to accept Were they
to surrender now they might be charged with
being afraid of the presence Of the troops, ana
with confession that the railway managers were
correct in their assertion that If enough soldiers
were SEM 10 the coal fields the strike would tall
to pieces. whereas Mr. Mitchell and his men have
always claimed il makes no difference how many
troops are ordered out because there are no ccru-
fcatcd miners that want to go back to work.
Hence Governor Stone is criticised here for
having done, at the wrong moment, the very
thing which the administration wanted him to do
at the right time But the fear OF the president
that the governors awkwardness has spoiled his
plan is untounded Mr. Mitchell and his adj
yisers had decided against surrender before Gov
ernor Stones order was issued.
In one way the action OF Governor Stone is