Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-12
MITCHELL ON THE. GO TO-DAY.

HARRISBURG, PA, September 1.-THE
lance, appointed at their convention at
Hazelton last Thursday, appeared be-
lore Governor Stone this afternoon and
submitted plan for effecting settle
ment of the anthracite coal strike. Their
plan consists of calling an extra session
OF the legislature to enact laws for. com
pulsory arbitration; better control of
foreign corpora tons doing business in
pennsylvania and enforcing the sixteenth
diA seventeenth articles of the consul
luton. Article XVI makes it unlawful
TO employ any person as fire boss who
mas not obtained: certificate of conpe-
tency, and article AVII prohibits any bow.
under II years of age. or a woman, from
working IN a coal mine, and also prohibits
a boy under 1t years of age from mining
or loading coal.
Daniel j. Mccarthy, of Hazelton, said
the Alliance represented the business
people OF the hard coal districts. and that
It's purpose was to secure a settlement
OF the strike. There was no sign OF a set
tlement, and the only hope of bringing
ABOUT an end to the strike is an extra
session of the Legislature for the enact
ent strike and prevent strikes in the fu-
ture. Mr.. Mccarthy suggests that@if any
extra session is held some action should
be taken to curb the great foreign cor
poratlonS which are doing business in
pennsylvania. He attacked the beef
trust, the steel trust, and other large cor
porations, because of the alleged high
prices which they charge for their pro-
ducts. Cdr. Mccarthy said:
BAER CREATURE, OF MORGAN'S.
President Baer, of the Philadelphia
and Reading Company. is the creature of
j. P. Morgan's, and the latter should be
forced to compel Mr.. Baer to arbitrate
the strike. a load of coal cannot be
bought in the coal region at present,
from the large coal corporations, at any
price. If the legislation is enacted which
the alliance recommends, it will bring the
strike to an end, and prevent strikes in
the future
Mr.. Mccarthy argued that the present
difficulty in the coal region comes
through gross mismanagement of the
great coal corporations.
Addresses were made by other members
of the committee along the same lines,
all urging remedial legislation. The Gov
ernor said he was glad to hear from the
alliance and expressed his qualification
on hearing the views of the speakers.
He made no comment on their remarks.
FLYING TRIP OF MITCHELLS.
WILKESBARRE, PA, September IL
ments to-day for flying trip to Phila-
delphia and Harrisburg. At s. o'clock to-
morrow morning he will meet a COM
mittee from the State Legislative Board
of Railway Employees Of Pennsylvania,
and at o'clock in the afternoon he will
leave for Philadelphia, where he will adj
dress the United Labor Councils of that
city. On Saturday morning he will start
for Harrisburg where he will hold a
conference with Governor Stone.
George W. Purcell, national board mem
Der from Indiana, who has been in West
Virginia, for some time past. arrived IN
town tonight. He had conference with
President Mitchell. He said the strike
in the New River District, West Virginia,
was progressing favorably to the miners.
Several operators had granted the de-
mands of the men, and he claimed 1T
would only be short time before all
the other operators follower suit.
PREDICTION OF REVOLUTION.
H. GAYLORD Wiltshire, the well-known
Socialist, was closeted with Mr. Mitchell
for some time this evening. Mr. Wilt
shire is of the opinion that unless the
strike is settled in short time there
will be a social revolution in the country.
HEWITT ON MITCHELL.
NEW YORK. September n.-Abram s..
Hewitt, former Mayor of New York, gave
out a statement to-day, in which he said
he knew positively that ]. P. Morgan
would not interfere in the coal strike
Mr.. Hewitt also said that the coal opera
tors would not agree to arbitrate with
John Mitchell, but that he believed they
would consider grievances presented by
their employees.
QUAY CALLS ON BAER.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, September IL
United States Senator M. S. Quay called
upon President Baer, of the Reading
Company to-day, and remained in the
latters office about five minutes. After
the Senator had departed, Mr.. Baer said
tina Senator's visit had no Significance
as he came to see him about purely
private matter. The anthracite mine
workers strike, he said, was not dis
cussed- Senator Quay declined to talk :
GOVERNORS COMMENTATOR.