Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-10-09
FORCE A SETTLEM ENT.

The failure, 81 far. OF the attempts
of President Roosevelt to bring about
arbitration Of the coal strike, only
emphasizes the necessity Of forcing
settlement without too much delay. The
President did not approach the oper-
ators and the miners In his own name,
but he spoke for the people Of the
United States, and the refusal TO con-
slider his propositions was more or less
Of an affront to the nation. IL II a
challenge TO the people to force GU
illusions.
New York papers claim that coal now
is paid for by the poor who buy In very
small lots, at the rate Of $3.50 a ton,
For a number Of years the salvation
Army people have bought large guam
titles of coal to sell to the poor at the
lowest possible figure, but this year
they have been unable to obtain sup
ply for the winter. At the same time,
the idea that coal may be imported In
large quantities seems TO be exploded.
The president of q coal company Is
quoted as saying that. there has been
but small quantity imported and
there will be scarcely any more, for
practically the entire anthracite output
OF Wales is contracted for on the cont
nent We have received small
quantity of Belgian and Scotch coal.
inferior TO our bitumlnous coal, and II
IL hardly to be considered. The strike"
he added, ''of the soft coal miners In
Alabama has made matters much worse
than they were. and the strlngency Is
growing day by day"
One effect OF the situation is said TO
be the increase OF larceny. In Rochcs-
ter. y. T.. wooden sidewalks are dis
appearing and timbers used In street
repairing vanish during the night, A
slmilar effect Is noticed In Chicago,
who're coal dealers are said to be TAX
Ing advantage OF the situation ana
doubling prices, though without sufii-
cient cause. Wooden sidewalks, bill
boards and building material are being
stolen right and left, and wooden street
| paving Is being torn up and carried on
| 10 the darkness on one street the
other Gay about 900 feet OF sidewalk
vanished and men engaged In repair
| ing the street found the wooden blocks
disappearing about as fast as they
were torn up IL this is the effect be.
fore winter has come IN earnest. what
will happen later on, unless an end Is
put TO an intolerabc situation2
Hut how We fancy that Is what the
President and his counselors are now
considering. They have the American
people behind them In this matter. and
a sovereign people cannot be at loss
for remedy Of an evil that is recog.
nized as such
There Is some talk of an extra SEES
sion Of Congress to be called for the
| NI'NiN Hul lNN' " lAHoilh Rh NtblNtR
tion law. II is claimed that the fail
ure OF the operators TO agree 10 arbi-
tratlon was a great disappointment to
the President, because 1t was UNDER
stood beforehand that both sides would
submit TO the decision Of an impartial
committee. That 1t Is claimed, was de-
clded by meeting Of operators held at
the Standard on cpmpanys Office. II
This is true, they went back on that de-
cision and left the President Of the
United States. who had taken the mat
ter in hand with the understanding that
there would Do no serious objection TO
an adjustment in rather humliating
position, for the first representative OF
q great nation. 1t cannot be supposed
chat every effort az settlement must
end now. On the contrary, the work
must go on, ana n an extra session OF
Congress is necessary, let It be called,
to deal with question without paral.
lel Ia The history Of the country.