New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-09-29

a.stroved by Mr. MitchelIs adher-
20 T,rs mite ID freely used to wreck 'ne 49,
and the family of any man VINO go ~ ,T,,cheu
- AZ American ctizen-to labor iee W. ,,,.
- .rrye,vih.az is going on SATISFACTORILY,
says, 1919, who have been attacked says
-. q, Al. coal regions ARE not inpof'eu VI" ~
-" ia r.sidents of the towns VINO haTo "oiAe. !.
Co. the company for years ana nav -. oon.-
Is some have been beaten ana ieiL 80
No"e =, .ha streets; others have been ca.rieu 49,
cious IA III. beaten. stripped Of their clothing
I" 49, ,,.d IN make their way for seVelai iniies
80 - hest they could. Others nave oeen ~
auc,sd and have not returned anu - -
- ,sbIe TO get traces OF the"' i",'o. -,
~src,zed his right to Work happe' - t,,
- ., group of four Not being sure "ii1,,
iioi'e - ~. Mr. Mitchels subjects wrecked al
n ching the doors and windows Oh al, wen
1 80, stoned have had their eyes souseo ou''
and have suffered every III tna' t'ia.. -, -
=. man" could devise tet MI. N.'.i7i' says
"Eyervthins is going on SATISFACTORY.
WHO &c II that finds satisfaction IN s'a'e VI
w nj, .bi.7 Is It Mr.. Mitchell? Is his vanity
es..sr.d by the title of president ana ms ac.
,o,sd1ed control over this large pooy OF str'heis
One wishes that he could be conVihceu 'ia' ~ - ii
-, 90 .nv man to be the leader, however anso-
, borde of rniscreants. such as many OF
80 strikers have proved themselves 10 De.
Tbieves flor they steal from heisnpoiihe e'a.esi'
rds flor they lie in amoush LOT tneii 'icuHi1
80 rrdererg-what dishonor to be the leader OF
anu hrd, Now let us see whether there is any
.s-xoo,ior fsnoe Mr.. Mitchell says everything
8. gone on satisfactorily TO the miners. whose
frend Mr. Mitchell says he is
8pafors the strike their wages were so liberal that
IN. majority of them had procured homes Of their
err. no. only So but they had laid by large sums
=; +ba exneca ton and intention of perpetrating just
s,,ob an IN Jury TO the whole country as this pro-
,o,e.d strike has rroved to be- If they had not,
MI Mitchell claims. living wages, now could they
Name laid by? whatever our national follies and
Faults scant or niggardly pay to our laboring
class is one of them inc me @ ,
mentioned a sufficient Vindfcation OF the opera
tors should one question or deny their hper.
aiity Let show what the living wages OF
1,ioers can be when they animated by spite
and resentment and in obedience to the command
Of Their misguided, mistaken leader The relief fund
single man, 81 Is a week TO a man ana Wlfe. and
17i% cents additional week for every child. Fancy
such a rate as thisI Does Mr.. Mitchell think this
ARRANGEMENT Satisfactory to the miners or, Is the
death and hunger of the women and children sat
Of The cold and misery in store for the poor this
coming winter will not speak. If the present suf-
feri1g in the anthracite region does not move Mr..
NitcfeTs heart picture of the impending future
would appeal to his compassion Whatever his mo-
five NAV be for his present leadership its
pose as a friend of the workingman.
In ex-Mayor Hewitts most admirable letter to
and patriots should read and preserve, he 1T
would be far better to abandon the business of
mining anthracite coal than to concede the demand
of any man, set of men. to deny the rights of
employment and of labor, upon which the whole
structure Of free government is founded" If any
good can out of this disaster. We must hope
employer not the employed, has the right to fix
the amount Of wages he vii pay and an that the
tected in his right to labor. OLD CITIZEN.
New-York, Sept 70. 1872