Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-10-04

QOlI4N MI
President T. M. w. of A.
JOHN FAHY,
THOMAS DUFFY.
d. d. NICHOLS,
District Presidents u M. w. of A.
The statement of President Thomas
followed much the same lines as that
of Mr.. Baer, as did that of Mr. Markle
In part, the latter said:
Markle Demands President Interfere.
l fully endorse these remarks from
you, and as an American citizen and
citizen of the commonwealth of
Pennsylvania, l now ask you to per-
form the duties vested in you as the
president Of the United States, to at
once squelch the anarchistic condition
OF affairs existing in. the anthracite
regions by the strong arm of the mill
tary at your command. A record of
FL murders, a long list of brutal as
saults. houses and bridges dynamited.
daily acts of violence now taking
place, and several washeries burned
down, are actual evidence of this con-
dition of lawlessness existing there.
Are you asking us to deal with set
of outlaws? / can hardly conceive of
such thought.
Please remember, Mr.. President.
that there is large idle class of men
now in the anthracite coal fields. TAX
ing every kind of unlawful act to pre-
vent those who desire to work to re-
lieve the situation in the anthracite
coal market. Please remember tSat
in the field now are only 5000 ma
tional guard; please remember that
the total national guard of the state
of Pennsylvania is only about 10000
Mr.. President, condition exists,
not theory, In the anthracite coal
fields between a set of professional
agitators and their co-workers on the
one side (anarchistic in their acts)
and the operators and a majority of
the working men on the other, who
are endeavoring to relieve the serious
ness of the anthracite coal situation.
You, Mr.. President, | believe, can re-
lieve the situation at once Will you
do it?
Truesdale Asks Government Action.
Mr.. Truesdale said in part:
1t is first and foremost our duty
and we take this occasion to state
and press it upon your consideration
and through you upon that of the au-
thorities of the state of Pennsylvania,
to insist upon it that the existing con-
ditions Of anarchy and lawlessness. of
riot and rapine, condition which has
been raging with more or less vio-
lenee throughout the anthracite re-
gions during the past five months, be
Immediately and permanently sup
pressed That to this end we ask
that the entire authority and power
OF the state of Pennsylvania, civil and
military and, If needs be, that of the
United States government as we'll, be
exercised forthwith.
Second, we ask that the civil branch
of the United states government, TAX.
ing cognizance of and following the
decisions of its courts rendered in
litigation growing out of previous sim
liar conditions, at once institute pro-
ceedings against the illegal organiza-
ton known as the United Mine Work
ers organization, it's well-known Off
GERS, agents and members, to enioin
and restrain permanently it and them
from continuing this organization and
requiring them to desist Immediately
from conspiracy, conniving, aiding or
abetting the outlawry and intolerable
conditions in the anthracite regions.
for which they, and they alone, are
responsible. We are advised by our
counsel that such civil action will lie
on the part of the United States gov
eminent, as 1t is well known that
United States statutes are daily,
openly and grossly violated; that pre-
vious decisions of the courts justify
fully such action being taken at this
time; and that ample remedy can be
OIL irr1f, ar6t of0Jx
existing conditions
Serious Charges Against Strikers.
Third-Then, Mr.. President, there
/; great, pressing, duty imposed
upon us at this time to thousands Of
true loyal citizens of PENNSYLVANIA,
who have been lawfully pursuing their
various avocations or professions I'M
der great difficulties, and who, with
great sacrifice, have been abused,
yillified. boycotted and in many cases
almost ruined, because they had the
manhood to raise their voices against
the illegal acts and violences of this
illegal organization and it's officers
and agents. No step can be taken
by us, Mr.. President, which can posi-
bly, result in placing these good citi-
zens Of Pennsylvania at the further
mercy of this Illegal organization, it's
officers and members. Think of it,
Mr.. President, physicians have been
threatened and boycotted because
they saw fit to minister to the diving
child OF some poor worker, because
he was exercising his God-given right
to labor for his family and to provide
for the wants of his dying child.
Members of the clergy have been
treated likewise for performing the
offices OF the dead to the member of
a family Of non-union worker.
Fourth-Another duty, Mr. Presi-
dent and we regard Il az the most