Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-09-18

M. Mccarthy argued that the pres
ent difficulty in the coal region comes
through the gross Encouragement
Of the great coal corporation. None
Of these corporations, he said, pays
dividend, while the individual oper-
ators are all making money and get
ting rich. Relief can be granted, he
continued, by enacting legislation
that will enforce the sixteenth and
seventeenth articles of the state con-
stitution.
! Article 16 makes it unlawful for
any operator or superintendent to
employ any person as fire boss who
has not obtained a certificate of COM
potency, and article II prohibits any
boy under ~ years Of age or wom-
an from working in a coal mine and
also prohibits boy under 16 years
of age from mining or loading coal.
T. C. Parker, of Wilkesbarre, said
the conditions in the anthracite re-
gions are horrible in commercial
way and that hundreds OF people are
/ Being forced to leave that locality
because of these unfortunate condi-
tions. The best residents are going
away, leaving the region with rem
nant Of undesirable people. The
only remedy, he said, is an extra SEES.
sion Of the legislature for the en-
actment Of laws that will settle the
trouble to the satisfaction Of all con.
cerned.
Rev. DR.. Schwayer, Of Girardville,
a blind preacher, said that what was
needed to settle the strike and pre-.
vent trouble in the future was legis.
latioa such as that suggested by the
ALLIANCE.
4 i11ss:.:::::;;is': opinion Of tn. Coal strike.
Wi1kesbarre, Pa, Sept. 12.-Presi.
dent Mitchell on Saturday morning
will start for Harrisburg, where he
will hold q conference with Gov.
Stone. He expects to return to
Wilkesbarre Saturday evening. H.
Gaylord Wiltshire, the well known so
cialist, was closeted with Mr.. Mitch
ell for some time yesterday evening.
Mr.. Wiltshire thinks that unless the
coal strike Is settled in a short time !
there will be = social revolution in
this country.
A Statement BY Abrsm Hewitt
New York, Sept. 12.-Abram 8.
Hewitt, former mayor Of New York,
gave out q statement yesterday In
which he said he knew positively that
J. P. Morgan would not interfere In
the coal strike. Mr.. Hewitt also said
that the coal operators would not
agree to arbitrate with John Mitch
ell, but that he believed they would
consider grievances presented ~
their employees.
han;ns =, Pa, Sept. 1S.-To-day
the nineteenth week Of the
.ohl strike. The date on which Sen
ator Platt predicted that the strike
would end has passed and the hope
which was instilled into the people in
this locality because of that predic-
ton has been succeeded by feeling
that the end is still far off. The re-
iteration by the coal presidents DUR
ing the week that no concessions
would be made and the resolutions
passed by nearly all the local unions
Of the United Mine Workers renew
ing their allegiance to their officers
and pledging themselves to continue
the strike until concessions are
granted show that neither side to the
controversy is weakening.
Gen. Goblin, in charge of the estate
troops encamped in this county, de-
MES that he is preparing to remove
the troops at an early date or that
he expects an order from the gov
ernor to withdraw the troops. He
says he does not anticipate an order
of that kind until there is settle
ment of the strike.
Putting Men to Work in the Galleries.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Sept. 15.-Super-
intendent Barnard, of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western company's
collieries in the Wyoming region
yesterday evening notified Sheriff
Jacobs that additional men would ID
put to work to-day at the collieries
which resumed operations last week,
and that probably one or two more
of the mines would be started up.
Superintendent Barnard fears that
: the increased activity at the mines
may cause interference upon the
part of outside parties and he re-
quests the sheriff to furnish ample
protection for the workmen. Sheriff
Jacobs says he does not expect an