Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-18

their inability to operate their mines,
without our consent and cooperation
we hold out the right hand OF TREND
shin and ask them to join win US III
securing amlcable relations and Whole-
some conditions IN this region, we Tor
give them even the false accusations
which they have made against us lheS
charged US with being criminals rot
ers and anarchists, and our organl2a-
ton they denounced as lawless ana IT.
responsible They know and did know
that their charges were untrue ana
without foundation IN fact they know
that every officer Of the United Nine
Workers Of America, from the president
down, has constantly urged upon lts
membership the imperative need OF re-
spectng the law: that every man VINO
commits deed Of violence Is an enemy
to our cause has been our watchWord'
FEW TRANsGREssIoNs OF LAW.
despite these admonitions supported
with all our influence, there have been
a few crimes and number of misde-
meanors chargeable to those on strike.
But Mr.. President. we make the un-
qualified declaration that the Imported
guardians of law and order, the com
panies coal and iron police, have COM
mltted more unprovoked murders dur
ing this strike than can be charged to
the great army Of men who have been
I'm idleness for the past five months, We
have repeatedly, and I'm language not
susceptible Of misconstruction, con-
demned transgresions of law on the
part Of those on strike; we challenge
the coal companies TO point to one pup
lie utterance on their part In when they
have even deprecated acts of violence
committed by their hired guards.
REPROACH FOR INSULT.
1--WE declare that II was unfair and
unmanly for the coal road presidents
to insult us while we were your guests,
and charge our organization with re-
sponslbility for acts OF lawlessness dur
ing the strike. II would be just as logI-
cal TO charge the American army In the
Philippines with being an army Of muir
derers, torturers and robbers because a
few crimes were committed by soldiers
there. Until the millennium there will
be crimes in every community and hu-
man nature is the same, no better and
no worse. among the half million people
dependent upon the coal fields as II Is
everywhere IN our country. The pre-
tense of the operators that they were
unable 10 produce coal because intlmi-
dalton kept from work men who were
willing TO work has been proved false
by the fact that the protection which
they demanded has decreased rather
l.,g he M har nf
ing coal. A hundred thousand troops
could not have enabled the operators to
start their mines, for the simple reason
that the men who work them are
members OF the United Mine-Workers
OF America, men who were determined
TO stand to the last for their right to
organize and through their organiza-
ton to demand better wages and i'm
proved conditions OF employment.
STOOD TOGETHER.
Deprivation, Misrepresentation and
troops together were not sufficient 20
drive them into surrender, They stood
shoulder TO shoulder TO the last. The
operators declared that they could have
nothing TO do with the United Nine
Workers OF America, but they have
found II necessary TO recognize the
power Of the United Mlne-Workers OF
America. through YOU, Mr.. President,
and 10 seek terms NJ peace which viii
enable them TO resume their business
Of mining and selling coal The recog-
milton of our strength thus forced upon
the operators by stern necessity we ex-
nit over. not in any narrow spirit but
because we believe It marks a forward
step toward new era. Upon the foun-
datons laid through war we are ready
10 ioin with them in building for better
conditions and a long and lasting peace.
The United Mlne-Workers OF America
since its organization In the anthracite
field has constantly sought fair wages
and lust conditions OF labor, conditions
Inst 10 both operators and miners. We
have never made demands beyond the
ability Of the industry 70 pay on basis
OF equitable division Of profits between
labor and capital
INVESTIGATION INVITED
"Amleable relations between employ
ers and employees, the latter speaking
through their organization and their
organizers and the companies In main
taining dlscipllne. adjusting all difficult
Tics nv coneIllatory methods. avertlng
local strikes and lockouts and securing
stable and satisfactory conditions 10 the
Industry. our organization oy tle
same methods which we have proposed,
has secured iust such relations ane
lust such results In the coal helds Oh
the country. Organization IKE an in-
diyldual. must stand upon what " mas
done and the life It has lived. we M
wife scrutiny and Investigation OF our
record and character. In the sol' ca,
fields we have Joint conferences , WIN
the operators and with them we aaJus'
dIfferences. we sign joint agreements,
together we preserve discipline settls
disputes and maintain harmony snI
tT,t,,. "a the trade We have asked