Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-12
Aided by Warrington Official Seeks Means
to Compel Resumption of Mining,
LABOR FEDERATION ASKS PUBLIC CASH
Issues General Appeal Placing Response
bihty Of Suffering en- Operators
OWNERS SAY NEGOTIATIONS ARE ALL OVER
Rumors that Senators Almost Reached
Settlement Denied, Railroad Press
ident Declaring No Conclusion
Could he Reached.

there may be federal action in settling the
coal strike. His cabinet advisers have
been requested to look carefully into the
laws which may have a bearing on the
subject, and see IL there is any statute
under which he can proceed. So far moth
ing has been found.
There is one ray Of hope, but II Is rather
faint in view of the attitude of the coal
operators. This is that some mutual ground
OF arbitration may be found The miners
are willing to consent to arbitration of all
questions. The operators admitted the
principle of arbitration to a limited extent
in Offering to submit individual cases of
disputes between employers and employees
to the courts of common pleas in the dis
tricts where the disputes occur
seeks Middle Course.
What the president and his advisers are
trying to ascertain is whether a middle
ground of arbitration may not be agreed
upon. This plan. even though 1t does not
now give much hope cf success, is the only
one in sight at present. Those who have
discussed the matter with the president
think that, as the situation grows more
acute, both parties in the interest Of the
public welfare may be induced to accept 1t
or something of a similar nature.
| l1dl tue pTtHl0tul 10 very uiuNh III
est is shown from the conferences on the
subject that continue at the White House.
Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural de-
partment, Carroll D. Wright. commissioner
of labor and Frank D. Sargent, commits
sioner Of immigration, we're among those
/ vino saw the president today, and 1t is IN
derstood all Of them discussed the strike
situation with him.
| The conference continued during the
greater part of the afternoon, but so far
as could be ascertained no definite scheme
of procedure was determined upon Nothing
having been accomplished in the effort to
find law applicable to the coal operators
combination.
skRpsaf 10 Pubnc sor Fumes
The American Federation Of Labor,
through its executive today issued an ad-
dress to the public, appealing for financial
and moral aid for the striking miners and
denouncing the attitude OF the owners, on
whom, the appeal says, must rest the re-
sponsibility for the hardships resulting from
the coal famine.
The address has been under discussion in
secret sessions of the council for several
days, and is as follows:
The strike of the miners is now in its
twenty-third week. That the strike oc-
dents of the coal companies; that the strike
has continued to this day is entirely due to
the contempt which those presidents have
for the people of our country and the untold
sufferings which all may endure.
No offer to settle the strike could be
fairer than that made by the miners rep
re sentatives at the conference with Presi'
dent Roosevelt. The operators naughty
arrogance, brutal, dominating spirit ano
, blasphemous assumption of divine wealth
| proprietorship shocked the civilized worlc
and aroused the honest indignation of al
| lev ers of Justice and fair dealing.
What more could the miners, do withou
forfeiting the respect Of their ir|fellow mel
} ali matters in dispute to commission ap
pointed by President Roosevelt and wheI
that was refused, TO leave the entire con
| men largely interested with the operators
There has never been time before tn
strike or since it's Inauguration when tn
have the questions involved investigated
and adjusted by any disinterested persons
These circumstances In connection witt
the strike are recounted so that the peo
, pie of our country may place where II prop
, erly belongs the responsibility for all tn
suffering which the people may have Il
, bear by reason of the impending coal fam
inc The cold blasts of winter confront us
the chattering teeth of young and limo
cent children, the shivering of the weak
poorly clad and underfed men and women
, commerce, the health undermined and tn
thousands driven to untimely graves, tn
, calamity threatening our entire social IF
: follow are all upon the heads Of the min
operators.
) miners are bearing the greatest sacrifice
. and burdens, are as dear to the hearts o
all as 70 the miners, and they must b
sustained In their righteous and holy strug
gle. They must at least have bread 10
themselves, their wives and their little ones
in behalf of the miners, in behalf of IN
cause OF freedom, justice and right tn
, undersigned, representing the organize
wage earners Of America, appeal TO a.
10 lfFfl ger 1eIN FRF,fI
and to continue the same until the termi
nation of this contest. And to that end
is suggested that:
Elaborate Relief Scheme.
l. In each .ity and town, business an
professional men form relief committees I
: solicit financial and other contributions.
n 2. The hour between 10 and IL o'clock O
each Monday morning during the continu
= ance of the strike is designated miner;
S hour" and the wages earned during tina
| hour by the working people of our countr
be contributed TO the strike
8 3. Ministers OF the gospel OF all denomins
tions make special p PleS 70 their TespeeuNy ~
u half Of the miners, their wives and chi
dren, and that they constitute themselve
- into relief committees among their respet
. ! tive parishioners.
licit contributions from their readers.
| g. Entertainments be arranged and COZ
10 tributions from unions and other organize
j. bodies be solicited.
Come to the aid OF the miners in the
heroic contest and administer a we
merited rebuke to the mine operators
their arrogant oppressive and un1ustiab
attitude. the operators who would tramp
y underfoot and crush the hearts and spir
OF the men whom they employ as callous
as they outrage the dignity, the manhoC
and the interests of every man, woman al
SEND ali contributions to w. b. WiIso
\ / secretary United Mine Workers OF Anne
- tea, stevenson building, indianapolis. Ind.
h Respectfully and ffaternally,
g. SAMUEL GOMPERS, President.
:, JAMES DUNCAN, First Vice President.
20 John MITCHELL, Second Vice PresideT
III JAMES O'CONNELL, Third Vice Presider
h. MAX MORRIS. -Four Vice President.
THOMAS /. KIDD, Fifth Vice President
Sc ID. A HAYES, Sixth Vice President
John b LENNON, Treasurer.
IN FRANK MORRISON, Secretary.
ie No Further Conference.
in NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-It was stated I
de day at the once OF z. B. Thomas. ohairm
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