The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-10-26

{ cssiobs are bl-nt drrl-1s He knows that
truth and ~sinpi-liu ~ nrres-.7u af- great
err than o~raJary. thei T7re. DEE tells the
truth. and he talks RS az ulan-st ev-
cry man in his IuG.euE-8ud when be has
ended he mas sa11 s8mt&irg-
His manner j. sym5 Seal ~ She whole
nature or the man. o. " reserved. almost
grave. The deep-et eygl the firm. traish
mouth the iuvolun-aE citnCh-uE az he
jaw. the Impressive foSAeaG all speak for
themseives and speak determination and
depth
FIRM. DErISVE VA
OF SHAKING HANDS.
But there arr o:he- Hffnes that sneak -
well His haa8~haEe alfsns yo.uu7s. he
Erasps the one given IAN as hs E-lspa a
question. and. once 90 a han1shak- has
occurred. l. Is ID urn. fNEt. strong. whole
some grasp. that tlBrs- hold and holds and
says This is Sumltaf-E. THIS Is au Drra-
sion: this Is the hand have been waiting
TO hold" But there IS "A sp5Etsn= y about
f. That band b ad6acsl slowly. more
slowly than the eyes u while the band IS
coming the eyes have g5need seen. c0nsld-
cred and decided
Il IS Mr MItchel-s sALuce that inur~sSes
as much as his s7eecfS Il is not possible
for thai head OK h57,fb ho,i aura, hut
thought which c0mu0~d respect and at
tention. There is-sCUe NuE doing when he
thinks There is no Fonty in his corn
position. A glance AZ b. dress proves that.
A Prince Albert coat. a lain collar, aHiack
tie which hides his sc7t iron; and gives
him al hrSt glance the ENeara7cs o. "a min
lister. which impression Whole face bars
out
There are ~ineong-ui about all mer
and Mitchell wears . ~zt haf with those
clothes, to the horror Z h t-tor and the
amusement o. men Whoa ink knowing how
70 dress il style s. pue1Js the chief require
naents Of mauliness
Why do you aty EaS your dress some
tines MS secretary asssd one day.
En- he said. -tartlsa hy the question.
"Ehc~-he never mag4s an answer with
out apparently thinking 81 over several
times-Tve been dressing this way Tor q
long time: guess ri c~ontinue-"
Dress IS nothing 10 AIR. Mitchell. and yet
he is always neat and wen dressed
II rs rot an easy thing TO control 1900
men who are on strike. ard especially IL
O0 mine workers. TheTEare fourteen differ
ent languages spoken y this force-f5ur-
teen different nat-oraHtE-the fiery Italian
the phlegmatsc Gersat the torpid STAY,
the energetic I~rishnan&1he argumeutau1e
W~elshmnn. the uninag Native EnEishusan,
the -enterp-isiug Pole Sd the cose-liy!ug
Lithuanian are IN thA majority. These
men. OF different tastfl varied training
conflicting ideas, Il wa.t demanded. should
be directed and goyerf1d ard kept loyal
TO the cause. and II rec 4reG a man among
men, q general ut naKre. a manager. 4
power, TO grasp these q John Mitchell has
grasped them and held sem and win them
as he has won them
To-day. throughout IT, coal region. his
name IS anonymous v n loyalty. and at
some of the locals the ,1en hrst expressed
their alIegiancs to JohP Mitchell and then
to the union.
John Mitchell has WOE the respect Of the
operators Baer. Oiyphaus, Thomas. Fowler.
wilcox. Markie, and ever Morgan. recognize.
Mitchell IS a man Of oEe and. as men Of
power themselves. they admire him. They
do not admit t. Some q them call him
names abuse him. insinuate things which
make men clench their fists. but they cannot
help admirinE him he has won his way 70
the top Of his class, as they have 10 theirs,
and he has compelled tEeir respect.
ONCE A POOR HARD
WORKING MINER
Mr.. Mitchell came up from the mines. A
poor farm boy. 4 poor. kard-woTking. con-