The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1902-08-08
SENATOR HANNA
Talks Interestingly on the
Labor Question.
HIS TRIBUTE TO TUE LABORERS
Of TIE COUNTRY.
HIS Plans for Settling Labor
Troubles.

Senator Hanna addressed the Urbana |
ION the eampmeeting |
gIoundsl Wednesday afternoon, on the |
Labor Question He had an audience |
of 1900 or 5000 most Of whom were |
seated, and listened
TO his ddress OF an hours length with
great Interest and attention
Judge Warnock introduced the Sem
ator In = neat speech, in which he gave
the Board VI Managers great credit for
their energy in securing the distin-
guished Senator for . place on their
and complimented the Sepa-
tor rs one of the greatest and wis<st uf
our political leaders When he closed
his remarks, and introduced the Sens-
Tor, the latter Was greeted with 1.-THE
Chautauqus salute" the waving OF .
wilderness OF white hHndkerchiefs by
flair women and brave men" and with
hand clapping.
and In good style. His address WAS
historic, argumentive, and suggestive.
IL was . relation OF the history of form
or labor troubles; his conviction that
force e settle strikes, his part in the
Organization Of societies to prevent
troubles between lAborers and opera
tors, and The success that has attended
the efforts Of these organisations. He
paid high tribute TO the intelligence.
spirit Of fairness, and patriotism Of the
lAborers Of the country, and said bis aim,
and the aim of all should be to live by
the golden rule. and recognize each
Others rights in all relations.
In speaking Of the miners riots In
the TuscarAwas valley, during McKin-
iey's administration as Governor, he
said he became convinced that the set
tlement Of such troubles by force was
not the best way. And as result of
this thought he and others secured
the organization OF the soft coal miners
and operators of Western Pennsy lvsnia,
Ohio. Indiana and Illinois into societies
in which they mel as. friends, and every
year agreed upon scale Of prices
Since that time there Id been no
strikes among the coal miners In these
States, and every thing had moved
along smoothly between the miners and
and operators
The National Miners Union has q
clause In It's Constitution, providing
that II . stated number OF Divisions in
the Uaion ask that National Conven-
tion be called to consider any question.
such Convention shall be called.
As result of the strike Of anthracite
miners In Pennsylvania, such u Nation
al Contention was recently called to
consider the question whether the soft
coal miners should strike IN sympathy
with the hard coal miners
Such . strike would soon have
stopped every locomotive, closed every
factory in the land. and paraly zed
all business. But the Convention did
not declare in favor of such q strike
The coal miners Of Ohio, Indiana, and
Illinois, said they had an agreement
with their employers, TO work for .
year for wages that had been agreed
upon, and they would not break that
agreement, and this defeated the pop
os.:.sSn for sympathetic strike. And
this action Of these bituminous coal
miners prevented q movement that
would have been National catastrophe,
or would have greatly endangered the
prosperity OF the country.
The National Civic Federation which
Is composed Of miners, operators, capi-
talists and leading public citizens. was
It's object IL to conserve the interests
OF capital and labor, to prevent misnn-
lderstandings, to reconcile differences,
to prevent strikes, to seek redress OF
wrongs, TO settle strikes, to harmonic
the interests of both classes and thus
secure the interests of the country.
This Federation. ef which Senator
Hanna 1t the leading spirit and one Of
the principal officers has prevented ell.
even strikes since last November. II
has failed only in its endeavors to settle
the strike of hard coal miners 10 Penn
lsylvania, and 1t has failed there simply
because the operators refused to SUBJ
NIT the question to arbitration.
These facts show that the lines upon
which the Senator is acting, are very
important ones; that by means OF efforts
along these lines much has already
been done, and much more can be done;
and all that Is done is for the good OF
both the miners and the operatives,
and of the people at large.
The Senator puts as the corner stone
of his theory the recognition of the fac,
that "a mans man for a. that" and
he recognizes the equal rights of mar
as the only principle upon which so
ciety and government may have perfect
and enduring peace, prosperity and
happiness. His efforts have been upor
this line, and as q result he has never
had q strike among his thousands o
employes, and his efforts in the socie
ties cited have met with most encour
i aging success.