Waterbury Democrat., 1902-10-20
MITCHELL'S ADDRESS TO MINERSl
He Congratulated the Men and Boys the Heroic Stand They Have
 Maintained During the Strike.


those dependent upon them sLedli measure of justice than they coulu oo- tain by continuing the con1lct' pe. Iiaye that the prompt acceptance oA. this proposition will secure to the lnlAe workers q greater degree or Juslics than they have enjoyed in tue past. q,ha neople of our country aWall with anxious expectancy the result oi your action today; the eyes oI the hS lion are centered upon you, ana Irlenus and foes alike demand the submission of issues involved in this strlke to tho tribunal nominated by the presl- dant of the United States. That there ara discordant clements in the con von+ion. that there are disSatished ones at home. am fully aware, but, gen tlemen. with all the earnestness oI which I am possessed, urge that you give vol1r approval to the action or your executive officers who have Te- Icommended acceptance of the proposl- fion that the strike be declared off and Ea ali men are then to return to WorK in the positions and working places occupied by them prior to the lnauguf- a+ion of the strike and that all ques- lions at issue be submitted for ad1usL- ment to the tribunal selected by the president of the United States.
 Chicago Oct 20.-A political quar- rel. beginning with an argument on the coal strike and ending Ill an a1- l tack upon socialism, ended last nlSnt l in the death of one man and the ln- l iury of two others. The hgnt, WHICH fook place in the saloon of James Wal 1 lace. 313 Fulton street, was part1clpat- | ed in by five men.
 The dead: | Charles Wu1ff, 27 years old. l The iniured:
 George Bowes, bartender; cut on head, neck and body.
 David Scultz, stabbed twice in right 1 leg and once in left side.
 The other two men who participated l in the fight were Frank Brown, who escaped, and John Eitz1bbons, Wno Is held as a witness.
 During the discussion some one made an uncomplimentary remark about socialists. Bowes who is a so- Icialist. was offended. Some one hnrl- ed an empty bottle, and that was the signal for general fight, in which Wulff and ScuItz were stabbed by Bowes, who was cut himself, and claims self-defense. Wulff died from his wounds shortly afterward. The estimated loss caused by the anthracite coal strike are:
 Loss to coal operators on I an estimated output of
 2S.oOO.OOO tons of coal $53, ,000,000 Loss to miners in wages. 27,40O,OOO 1 Loss to railroad employees
 and others not miners. s,ooo.ooo Loss to business men and small merchants in min-
 ing region .... ...... 12,ooo,ooo Loss to railroads in earn
 ings ........ ...... e,oooooo I Cost of maintaining coal
 and iron police and non
 union men .... 2.4s5,ooo i Damages to mines by
 floods and explosions z. 756,ooo l Total ...... ~. ...... SIP, ,591, ,ooo ] Number of men and boys
 employed in the mines l when the strike broke
 out ............ ...... 147,ooo Number of railroad men I and others dependent Il upon coal trade made ] idle by the suspension. 36,Ooo
 Total ...... ...... 1S3, GOO
 The strike has been the most costly and far-reaching in it's effects of any strike in the history of the mining in dustry, because it involved more men employed in other occupations outside of mining. The railroad men, who hauled the coal to market, were ren- dered idle by suspension of work at the mines
 It is estimated that 30.OOO men have left the hard coal region since the strike began. Eight thousand left the first month, and then when it became evident that the strike would not have an early ending about 5000 left the next ten days. This was on means of prolonging the strike Young men went to Pittsburg. Cleveland, Buffalo and other iron centers, and procured work in the mills. They sent their earnings home, and in this way their families were kept from want.
 The total amount of relief received by the men on strike is placed at S3.- 235,OOO Of this amount 1850 OOC was received from assessments levied on the miners at work throughout the country and the balance represents the contributions of organized labor il this country, Canada and Europe. Less than 100000 was received from Aus tralia. But in no strike of the past die organized labor contribute so gener ously as it did to the miners strike The west was more generous than tho east in the matter of individual con tributions.
 
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