Evening star., 1902-08-07
ADDRESSED BY HANNA
CHAUTAUQUA GATHERING LIS
TENS TO OHIO SENATOR.
Labor and Its Relation to Capital Dis.
cussed-Aims Of the Civic
Federation.

| Senator M. A. Hanna addressed the Ur-
bana, Ohio, Chautauqua yesterday on the
| topic Labor and Its Relation to Capital"
The senator was met at Springfield by a
/ large escort of citizens Of Urbana and
| President George w. Hit of the Chau-
| tauqua Association and taken by special
| trolley into the camp grounds. near Ur-
bana. An audience of nearly 5000 greeted
| him at the tabernacle. The senator was
introduced by Representative W. r. War
neck. He was first given the Chautauqua
salute-a waving of handkerchiefs-and
then hearty applause His address was ap-
plauded frequently and vigorously. 1t was
entirely extemporaneous and was largely
| devoted to an explanation of the origin.
| aims and accomplishments of the Civic
| Federation, Of which he Is the president.
Senator Hanna said, in part:
Il feel like beginning my address by
apologizing for having the temerity to ad-
dress Chautauqua circle. l told some of
my friends that to take up one who Is a
politician, who is accustomed to barn
| storming in politics, and ask him to ad-
| dress an audience like this seemed bit OF
corporal punishment. The next thing will
| be invited to fill some vacant pulpit occa-
| sionally. Qaughter) That welcome, my
| friends disposes of all temerity and makes
me feel perfectly at home with you. The
| subject which has been announced is not
new one in this country, nor the world
| over. 1t has grown in Importance as our
| country has become educated and 1t Is
growing in importance every day.
| I'VE now witness an object lesson when
| tells us that something must be done. My
| friend, Judge Warneck. has told you that
| in my business life l had been connected
| with Industries employing large number
| of men. That Is true. From the miner un-
| der the ground to the man that works In
| nearly every vocation in life in our In
| dustries l have had to do.
A Better Way Than Violence.
Thirty years ago / was a witness of and
| participated in one of the most serious
| strikes that ever occurred in Ohio. 1t was
| the miners strike of the Tuscarawas val
| ley After it had been settled, after prop
! erty had been destroyed and blood had
been shed there came time to think 1t
| over and I made up my mind that there
| was better way to settle such disputes
than that. From that hour until this 1t mas
been the thought and theme uppermost IN
my mind And as years OF experience nave
| every feature of the question, every trait
of character, every question that moves
| men, / have been formed in the opinion
that 1t was possible to settle disputes In
| different way Great app1auSe.)
| TT is not political question, but an eco
nomic one 1t Is that and more. 1t fs a
| moral one. The best way to reach men,
| minds and mems hearts is to appeal hrst 70
| the heart and then reason with the mlnd.
| Who knows better the great good that can
| be accomplished through education! Ana
| it is that work that 1 am devoted to per-
| sonally 1t is to that work that want 70
| enlist the sympathies of all such people as
| sit before me- and with Gods blessing may
| it spread through every circle In the lana
If l can enlist the sympathy and co-opera-
| ton Of the good women and men who unite
| in in combined ef-
| fort first to learn how to do 1t, and then 10
| do 1t, every day and in every action OF your
| lives, then / will feel that the work so be-
| gun will never be abandoned untll the HILL
! lennium comes"
| The senator then spoke of the National
| Civic Federation, of its origin and its work
| He said the object of the organization Is
| to better the conditions of labor, TO oring II
| in closer contact with capital and, If possi-
BILE, by effort and education, to make it i'm
possible to have strikes.
The Hard Coal Strike.
Continuing. he said "In every instance
| but one, in ten months existence, We
| have settled every labor difficulty that has
come to us. This one instance where the
| organization failed was the anthracite coal
| strike l admit that the Civic Federation
has failed In its efforts there. 1t is hard to
| conciliate, 1t is hard to arbitrate question
| when only one side will consider 1t. But II
| that connection 1 want to call your atten-
| ton to another incident in my efforts in
| that strike and others.
when appealing to the employers to con-
| slider some things in connection with the
| situation that did not think they fully ap-
| preciated or understood / told of the expe-
! rience of myself and associates recently In
| connection with the coal mining of western
| PENNSYLVANIA, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
| have said that 1 thought there Is better
| way to settle differences, and after twenty
years OF experience the operators control
ling the mines of the states mentioned have
| found better way. After days and nights
| of negotiation four years ago we organized
| what was termed the Interstate Associa
| tion,' composed Of the operatives and op.
| orators of the coal mines Of these states
| We agreed upon scale of wages, flexible
| enough to adapt itself to different physical
conditions. That scale once agreed upon
| all that became necessary was to fix the
| basis price. That was four years ago. The
contract was made. The operators wen
into the markets and sold their coal and
the coal miners abided by their contracts
| and delivered 1t. The next year 1t was re
| newed by a horizontal advance of price, the
next year it was renewed and then las
year it was renewed.
Peace and harmony, good and success
full business operation have succeeded tina
| policy.
The Honor Of the Men.
'In using that argument with others i,
was said to me. Why, what is your con.
tract worth with a labor organization? II
1t don't want to keep it it wont, and you
cannot make it, That is true, but wher
that remark carried with it the insnuation
that men~of that class had no honor in car.
rying out a contract I want to say that
deny it, and now I have the proof. The
prolonged strike in the anthracite country
has brought about a candition that is
alarming, not only to the peace Of society
but to the material interests of our people
There is in the constitution of the United
Mine Workers of America a provision tha1
II five divisions Of the organization make
an application to the president he shall call
together in convention delegates of the or
| ganiZation and settle that question. When
| every other means had been unsuccessfuliy
tried, when men became desperate from
their situation, when they saw hunger and
starvation before them, was 1t not natural
that tney Wou!d De desperate! They then
resolved to call that national convention
and five divisions asked the president tt
call 1t. The object was to decide the ques.