The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-10-11
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able labor, wages they do not deny they J,
afford to pay 'sn vel
1T must be remembered hat under q.
OF Pennsylvania the companies can IL. ~
miners from other states, because only eer,;s.ltH
miners can work in the anthracite cott;,A Nead
course no one will suggest that Il" q
may be willing 20 violate the law ~ sgsa
nounce the miners as lawless men and ~ q
who deprive others of the sacred ripL, 'al't
and with whom as a matter Of nrin.;s,. sefk
must refuse TO have any business deal,as ~
if there are no certihcated miners TIA, "a
work when 10000 troops stand guard o,. s' \,
this contention will also fall to the ero,ss 'n'a
no further excuse will appear for rega'. s''
pay the wages asked by the only ayailabl. n.
mo little surprise was felt here wbe, !.
dent Roosevclts order, the terms OF bis ,a .ss-
ton to President Mitchell TO surrender n, sss
and trust 70 future developments were NJ NJ
public. This action is bitterly denounced l.. nae
Of Mr. Mitchell's friends including oies, = Il. s'a
American Federation of Labor. They sav ~. Y Y
the first place no such suggestion sho,iS /. q
been made According to their view H.. uAN
no propriety in singing out Mr.. Mitchell !. w
party who should be asked TO make ths sa - y
sacrifice They inquire: why was No, r'sts
pressure brought to bear upon the on,r....
Why did not the president write to bsr- 49,
insist that they yield to the minersi Mr. M,,l.s
had made a fair proposition OF arbitraAo, i,
had offered TO leave everything in the bsra. !,
the president The whole country has ina- 49,
that offer as broad and generous. Whv AZ ~
the president turn his attention to the eom,.-s
managers which refused 20 accent this far ss.
and see if they could not be induced h 49,
slider their determination? Instead Of ~, ~
president seemed to conclude; We'll Ni,,..s
has demonstrated that he is a reasonable M
patriotic man. Perhaps we can induce him !,
give up everything he has fought for.'' San, !.
Mr. Mitchell's friends in this city are ~
deal exercised over this and declare tba, 81
president has made blunder by bringing x.
weight OF his influence to bear upon the wros,
party.
They also complain of the manner In with.
the suggestion was made and of the pub;r,t
which has followed it. They say that 4 A.
president felt it his duty to ask Mitchell 10 NV
up everything and abandon the long strusSl
which he and his men have carried on with 4
much sacrifice the request should have been mad
quietly and without any possibility of its settu,
10 the public. Half dozen proposals designs
to bring the strike to an end have been made
in the course of the last few weeks and no, M
of them has reached the public for the sinps
reason that the negotiators felt it would be un
Just 10 one or the other side to publish INV
plan which failed of acceptance.
Publicity in such cases only adds to the dib
hcuty of resumption of other efforts with promiss
Of success. Ii one side is asked to do sone
thing which it can not see its way to do, il ouzs
not to be held up TO public scorn because it,-s
fused Anybody can bring forward Tkanuil%
Element Mr., Mitchell has made proposals ghh
if given to the public would have brought popus
opinion with a rush to his support and made 4
decidedly unpleasant for the railway presidents
who refused to accept them. Mr.. Mitchell tosk
good care that not word of these matters shoua
reach the press. Hence his friends claim di
he has not been rightly treated by having thh
offer of the presidents rushed into the news
papers, even before Mr.. Mitchells reply d re
ccived, They offer the criticism that il loOh
altogether too much like an effort to gain credit
for the administration at Mr.. Mitchells expas
and to rally public opinion in such way as b
exert pressure upon him in favor of plan d
whose preparation neither he nor any Of Is
friends had any voice. Negotiations regardng
such delicate and critical matters as labor strla
are not usually carried on in this way say w
Mitchells friends in Washington"