Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-09-11
WILL SETTLE STRIKE.
Senator Plat Reiterates His State.
ment That Miners VIII Co Back.


ment That Miners VIII Go Back.
New York Sept. S.-Senator Plat
repeated his assertion that the coal
strike would be settled in a fortnight
from last Saturday, and the repre-
sentatives of the coal company re
iterated that there could be no set
Element except by the strikers return
ing to work. Senator Plat was seen
in the afternoon at his office, 40
Broadway.
THE strike will be settled in two
weeks from the time I last made the
prediction" he said.
How is 1t going to be settled? Is
either side going to give way?" he was
asked.
Il will not say, but l stand by my
original statement on the subject" he
replied.
Stands Pat.
LIZ Plat would not say on what
the based his assertion. He said that
he had not talked with Senator Quay
at any time regarding the coal strike,
and had no intention of comforting
with him on the subject.
Senator M. S. Quay of Pennsylvania
who held a long conference with
Senator Plat at the Fifth Avenue
hotel, denied that they talked about
the coal strike, directly or indirectly.
He would not say what they talked
about.
1T was" said Mr.. Quay, merely
long. friendly talk"
Officials Make Denial.
The officials of the coalcarrying
companies declared that Mr. Plat
made these statements on his own re-
sponsibility. An official of the Della.
ware. Lackawanna G. Western road
said:
'Mr. Plat has put the end of the
strike back at least two weeks by his
utterances. Matters were improving
at the mines, but this gives the miners
another false hope that the operators
may make some concessions. The
strike would have ended long ago il
1t had not been for the talk of arbi-
tration and politics and other things
that raised will-o-the-wisp hopes in
the minds of the miners. Now every.
thing is in the air with them"
False Hopes Held Out
J. E. Childs, general manager of
the New York, Ontario & Western
railway, said he could not understand
Mr.. Platt's statement or prediction.
Mr.. Plat had no better means OF
knowing when or why the strike
would end than anyone else.
THE strike" he continued, was
first prolonged by the promises of
Mitchell that the strikers would get
financial assistance from the soft coal
miners. This was failure. Then
the pump miners were called out by
Mitchell, and that was a failure. Then
there were hopes held out by Mitchell
and other leaders Of arbitration, of
government interference, and finally
that Mr.. Morgan on his return would
interfere. All these hopes were base
less. Mr.. Platt's statements have de-
layed the returning Of the men to
work only a little longer"
Coal Is Being Cut.
Henry d. Fleming. president OF the
Anthracite Coal Operators associa.
tlon, representing the independent op
orators, said regarding the necessity
Of every miner having certificate:
There is a mistaken idea as to that
matter. While every miner must have
certificate, he can superintend the
boring and blasting instead of doing
1t himself. He can take charge of two
or three chambers instead OF one by
having mine laborers, who need no
certificate, do the actual mining under
his supervision. That is what is be.
ing done now. and considerable coal
is being cut"