Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-04
President Roosevelt Does Not
Contemplate Calling Con.
fress on Strike Affair
CHIEF EXECUTIVE is PowERLEss
IL. Apparently Exhausted HE Efforts
% Bring About Cessation of the
striks-state Of Pennsylvania Still
Has Control Of The Situation - Not
Likely That Roosevelt Will Issue
Statement. s..e,.,..

this stage. The president expressly
stated In his appeal to the operators
ana representatives of the miners yes
terday that he did not act officially IN
calling them together.
!. He has for the time being exhausted
his Individual resources. In his view,
the matter is again one with which the
state Of Pennsylvania should deal. II
the commonwealth finds itself unable to
control the situation and appeals to him
; thru constitutional channels the prest-
dent viii be ready to bring into play
the great forces Of the national govern
ment, military and civil. but for the
i time being the president has relaxed his
efforts.
IA great many radical suggestions
have been made as result Of the fall
ure OF the conference yesterday and
they include everything from taking
srossession Of the mines by the govern
ment to sending United States troops
s mn to Pennsylvania without regard to
any call from the governor of that
state. It can be positively stated that
1 none OF those suggestions has received
eerious consideration by the adminis-
tration.
TETS not yet known whether President
Roosevelt viii issue a statement com
mentinR upon the result of yesterdays 9
rcal strike conference. Some OF the
president's cabinet will advise against
such q course. There is disappointment
that the EFFORT of the president met with
no better success, but 1t seems to De
the opinion of those who are cosnl-
yant OF the situation that the admins
tratfon can do no more. The good
Cffices OF the president to settle the
strike Is the limit Of his power. Late
/ last evening the operators who We're IN
1 conference called upon Secretary Root,
1 but the position they had assumed
made It impossible to carry the nego-
4iations further. altho various phases
az the situation were briefly discussed
President Mitchell and other members
nf the anthracite miners committee LEFT
washington at 10: SO today for Wilkes
barre. Before boarding the train Mitch
eli said probably soon after his arrival
In Wilkesbarre he would issue direc-
lions to the miners as to how to pro-
ceed. but that he could not say posi-
lively what he would do. Asked what
directions, IL any. he would issue. ne
replied that any directions issued
4 1 would only be for continuance OF the
strike. do you feel" he was asked.
ssThat public sentiment will sustain
you In continuing the strike. 1T GER
tainly will do so. after the result OF
yesterdays conference" he replied.
eve are confident we will have the
sympathy or every workingman in the
/ country and we believe we will have
the financial support OF most Of them {
.Is the outside contribution sufficient
Is relieve the present distress?"
8 Il can't state exactly, but SO far we
have been able to relieve all cases OF
absolute want, and we expect contri-
buttons to increase in volume. We feel
quite confident Of being able to continue
the strike thru the winter, but we
shall regret very much to have to do
30. not only on our own account, but
the public. Indeed II only the inter-
ests Of the miners and operators were
concerned the strike would be of COM
paratively little general Importance"
Mitchell referred to the charge Of
lawlessness made by the coal operators
I'm the conference yesterday. saying:
"Several of them made the statement
there had been twenty murders by the
strikers since the beginning of the
strike. We challenged the statement
on the spot and I volunteered to give
my resignation then and there II 1t could
be proven that there had been twenty
deaths all told from violence since the
inception Of the strike. The proposition
was not accepted"
SENATORS SAYS USE THE ARMN
Henry w. Blair Declares President
Should Seize the Mines.
Manchester. N. H., Oct. I'm an in
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