Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-18
MINERS EXPRESS
THEIR GRATITUDE
II President Roosevelt and the
American People,
THROUGH JOHN MITCHELL
s,o,v, How operators Tried to "oid
.,,o,, Party Accountable Tor
s,,oo,lon lie Was Trying 10 Mend

-,t,ston. oct. 17.-Following Is
mo text Of President Ml'eheIS COM
munIcation' ~. "a ,ooo Han
rsaodore Roosevelt President OF the
,-nl,ed states Washington, u =
~ e,r.-.f am IN receipt Of your tele-
,,a a, Of oct. &c, which reads as fol-
lows: ,t,.,ooo,.
pr,g Cen. John NJ. Wilson e. W.
,arEor Judge George Gray EE clark
,rSaroos II watkins and Bishop John
! snaldng. with Hon. Carroll d.
1vr,ght as recorder, These names are
occonted By the operators and | now
most earnestly ask and urge that the
miners likewise accept this commission
IL. a matter of vital concern to all
o,r ,oonle and especially to those IN our
ereat cities, who are least wen on, thaS
tbe mining Of coal should De resumed
without days unnecessary delay
CONVENTION CALLED.
uPsnlying thereto, | beg to inform
ro, mat your recommendation were
svbmItted to the executive boards OF
JIs,Jcts l. 7 and 8, United Nine
Workers of America, and they have
unanimously agreed TO call delegate
Convention to be held next Monday and
viii Viii recommend TO the convention that
oIl men now on strike return TO the po-
Jdons and working places formerly
occupled by them, and submit to the
commission appointed by you all ques-
ions at issue between the operators
ana mlne-workers of the anthracite
coal fields. In connection with this sub
ect we are glad 10 know that the man
ayers OF the coal companies have de-
dded 10 recede from the untenable po-
dHon which they so long occupied and
10 accept modified proposition for the
arbitration Of the coal strike and to
gye YOU full latitude in the selection of
commission. Ii will be remembered
that we proposed, on Oct. 3 to place
the whole matter In your hands ana
10 accept verdict OF a tribunal OF your
own selection. II viii also be remem-
bertd that the company managers AT
that time refused to accept the arbitra-
ment Of the president Of the United
States and preferred that OF the local
common pleas judges. We proposed
10 leave everything 20 ylu without con-
dtIon or reservation. having the utmost
faith IN your impartinity and good
Judgment
in their refusal to accept your arbi-
trament the operators sought TO hold
YOU In part accountable for the very
conditions which you were trying To
remedy and TO instruct you as to your
duties concerning them. Eight days
later they again appeared before you,
dropping the common pleas judge and
proposing TO abide by the verdict OF a
tribunal appointed by you, but attempt
Ing TO prescribe within fixed and mar
row limits the character and vocation
Of the men you were TO name.
DID OPPOSE PROPOSAL.
ITO this proposition. as the operators
made IT, we were unalterably opposed.
First, because our respect for you as "A
nan and our ideas as to what is due
10 The dignity Of your office demanded
that We should not be party TO a re-
quest Of you 10 accept this great re-
slonsIbllity accompanied by detailed
Hne impairment restrictions as 10 the
manner In which you should meet It;
second, because careful analysis of
their proposition disclosed 10 us. as II
DID to you and the public, that the re-
sfrictIons were too narrow to enable
you to secure under them a well-bal-
tnced and thoroughly impartial trI-
bunal But now that you have your
fet removed these objections by broad
etlng and strengthening the commits
'ion, we feel confident that our con-
lW,ion will declare It's willingness to
nave all questions between the employ
Ing companies and the 95 per cent Of
their employees who are members OF our
tiganzation determined by the board
Of eminent and impartial men chosen
y you. We feel grateful to you. Mr.
President, for the patriotic efforts
Which you have made to bring about al
honorable settlement Of the strike ef-
ft'ts which you continued despite tic
remarkable spirit and conduct which
you at first found in the company
managers
We were In position TO sympathlge
WIN you, inasmuch as we had long
Wen forced to endure arrogance, Insult
tnu false witness from the same source.
GRATEFUL TO THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE.
our gratitude Is due to you and &c
ue American people and the press who
nave supported you and us In the long
Vuggle which We hope Is now abott
eCse During all these long months,
~ which our motives have been I'M
lVled, and our characters mallciously
ss'alled We have refralned from say
nS any word or taking any action
um would tend to render reconCllia-
spl more difficult. but Il now becomes
uuy TO defend ourselves from the
sAn1ers which have been heaped upon
ana 10 proclaim that we have from
We hTst favored practically the method
LuIn is now employed to break the
deadlock II our proffer Of arbltra-
"u or impartial investigation had
=, ~ accepted six months ago instead
M now there need have been no strife
~ nave been so eager, Mr. President,
~ respond to the peoples demand for
t,,a. 'hat during the progress OF the
IKE We have more than once Of
INV arbitration. but we have inyaria
~, ueeh met with the reply; We viii
4, lerMit outsiders TO dictate TO US
We management OF our own AFFAIRS,
nave nothing to arhitrate,
,,.HvW that the managers Of the com
- w nave been compelled by you and
:, ogghly aroused public conscience
~, ele rom this position, we are
.lu1 MAT the frmness and the heroic
t,.ahee OF our men and women in
"a, ,ful OF their rights OF a vital Ameri-
,- l'hclple, have won the victory.
&, e poor, underpaid mine-workers
~ u'tse coal regions. who toll hard
10. eally morning until late at night
g. livelihood, nobly supported by
l, az Hied labor in this and other lands
p,,,. 'aosht these corporation man
fp,. useful lesson In civic and social
~ a. we exult over these tributes 10
r,,.ysnty or labor because 1t Is the
Va, pn OF right and OF good public
ON, ,, We do not however. exult over
ms. opponents. We appeal 10 them
the, We have from the first. 10 turn
obs,.,ss yes TO the future and to co.
le,,,.e Win us IN an effort to establish
a Uv'.E relations between employer and
''v TOT the advantage Of both.
SCORES OPERATORS.
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