Omaha daily bee., 1902-10-07
GOVERNOR ORDERS ALL OUT
Entire Division Of Pennsylvania Guardi 60
to Strike Region.
MITCHELL SECRETLY VISITS WRIGHT
suspicion Prevails that He Received
Message from ROOsevelt-No Out
breaks Daring Day-Fgr-
eiEn Prices Climbing.


The soldiers will be in the field tomorrow.
The order calling out the guard says:
In certain portions Of the counties OF
Luzerne, Schuylkll, Carbon, Lackawanna,
Susquehanna, Northumberland and Colum-
bia tumults and riots frequently occur and
mob law reigns; men who desire to work
have been beaten and driven away and their
families threatened. Railroad trains have
been derailed and the tracks torn UP. the
local authorities have been unable to main
tain order and have called on the COM
mander- In chief for troops. The situation
grows more serious day by day. The terri
tory involved is so extensive that the troops
now on duty are insufficient TO prevent all
disorder. The presence OF the entire d.
vision of the national guard is necessary
in these counties. The major commanding
will place the entire division on duty. plac-
ing them in such localities as will render
them effective for the preservation OF the
peace.
"As tumults. riots and disorder usually
occur when men attempt to work In and
about the coal mines, you will see that al
men who desire to work and their families
have ample military protection. You will
protect all trains and other property from
unlawful interference and will arrest all
persons engaging In acts Of violence and in
timidation and hold them under guard until
their release will not endanger the public
peace; will see that threats, intimidations,
assaults and all acts OF violence cease at
once. The public peace and good order
will be preserved supon all occasions
throughout the several counties and no in
reference whatever will be permitted with
officers and men in the discharge OF their
| duties. Dignity and authority of the state
must be maintained and its power to sup
press all lawlessness within its border be
asserted"
The formal order was given out at the
executive mansion shortly before II o'clock
tonight by Private Secretary Gerwig. after
Governor Stone had conferred with the gen.
eral officers Of the guard.
Mitchell Sees Wright.
WILKESBARRE, Oct. 6.-President John
Mitchell or the United Mine Workers OF
| America slipped out OF town before dawn
this morning for Philadelphia, where he
| met Carroll d. Wright. United States COM
missioner OF labor, who is President Roose-
velt's personal representative on matters
pertaining to the anthracite coal strike.
Mr.. Mitchell returned here tonight unac-
I companied and unannounced and made the
simple statement that he had met the labor
commissioner. He refused absolutely to
! discuss his visit to Philadelphia, declining
to say where in Philadelphia he met Mr.
| Wright or what passed between them. Sub
| sequently he informed representative of
| the Associated Press that he saw other
| gentlemen while there but declined to dis
close their identity.
Presidents Only Way.
| WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.-There was only
one development of Importance in the coal
! strike situation today. Frank p. Sargent,
! commissioner Of immigration and for many
! years chief of the Brotherhood OF Loco
motive Firemen had a long interview with
! President Roosevelt today and left Wash
| ington very soon afterwards Mr. Sargent
indicated that the interview concerned the
coal strike. but he would not discuss the
matter From the fact that he always has
been influential with labor organizations
! it is generally believed that he is entrusted
with a message to President Mitchell Of the
Miners union. II is also said that Mr..
Sargent is to meet Mr.. Mitchell in Phila-
delphia and deliver the message Of the
president urging that the miners end the
| strike in the interests Of the public.
While many propositions have been under
discussion IL is almost certain that the
administration is taking up only one plan
at time. The present plan is that out
lined in the Associated Press dispatches
Saturday and Sunday and contemplates an
ending OF the strike by the action Of
President Mitchell and his associates and a
full investigation of the mining conditions
later No hope is entertained that anything
can be accomplished through the coal oper-
ators. Should the movement now on foot
fail, there seems to be no other plan which
presents a feasible solution Of the serious
problem.
VIII Help Coal Importers.
The Treasury department today sent the
following letter to the collectors Of the
principal ports OF entry in the United
States:
Reports indicate that a large quantity
of coal has been imported. IL any portion
of this should arrive at your port the de,
It's prompt delivery. So far as may be
possible give consignments of coal pref
present solve ali reasonable doubts in ia
vor OF the coal importer.
BOSTON. Oct. 6.-william NJ. Wood and
James NJ. Phillips jr., Of the executive
committee of the American Woolen com
pany has eabled abroad for 5000 tons Of
anthracite coal to be placed at the disposal
OF the operatives Of the mills Of the com
pany. The coal is to be sold at exact cost
NEW YORK, Oct. 6-John B. Kerr. gen
eraI counsel for the New York. Ontario 4
Western railroad, speaking Of the report
from Boston that certain New England own
ers OF coal mining properties in the anthra-
cite helds in Pennsylvania that are held
under lease by the operators are talking Of
beginning suit to break the leases because
their royalties have stopped since the strike
began, had this to say Of the matter: "AIl
the leases so far as ! know contain strike
clauses. They provide that In case Of a
strike when the lessee is willing to pay the
prevailing wages TO his employees. he is
excused from the payment Of royalties dur
ing the strike, All the leases l know any
thing about place the lessee in the position
in which the owner would be placed II he
were operating the mines.
Need Pay No Royalties.
"If an operator attempts to cut the wages
OF his men to less than the prevailing wages
and they strike he is not excused by the
strike clause. But in the present instance
the operators are willing to pay the prevail
ing wages and are excused from the pay
ment OF royalties" .
The Churchmen's association, which In
eludes more than 100 OF the representative
Protestant Episcopal clergymen Of the dio-